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Arthur Doler

@arthurdoler.com

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Avid international public speaker. Resigned & begrudging generalist developer. Mental health advocate & grappling with my own experience daily. Opinionated blowhard. Not secretly a goat. Lives in Omaha, NE. Works for Aviture.

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Arthur Doler @arthurdoler.com · Oct 21

Hi, I'm Arthur, or Art, take your pick.

Pertinent things in no particular order:
- 20-year developer
- I much prefer the human side of the job these days
- I'm an international public speaker
- Mostly about psychology & brains in tech
- I draw all my own slides for my talks
- So tired every day

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Generalist developer, amateur cognitive psychologist, international speaker, terrible philosopher

arthurdoler.com

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Arthur Doler @arthurdoler.com · 1d

It's World Mental Health Day! I'm excited to announce that the world's mental health is...

*opens envelope, starts reading excitedly*

BAD! ....oh....

*ten seconds of awkward silence*

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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 1d

We are power-pilled, to the point that many people do not understand not wanting power, in the sense of "power over" (Mary Parker Follett).

𝕍∃, Cyber closed shell syndrome relief fund coordinator @vortexegg.com · 1d

We need to stop seeing people cleaving to power as being the Most Rational Default Human Behavior. It is a source of collective madness both for those in power and those who wish to be power's paypigs and its authoritarian downlines. It is the source of the highest irrationality and insecurity.

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Arthur Doler @arthurdoler.com · 1d

It's World Mental Health Day! I'm excited to announce that the world's mental health is...

*opens envelope, starts reading excitedly*

BAD! ....oh....

*ten seconds of awkward silence*

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Mathias Verraes @mathiasverraes.bsky.social · 2d

Engineers like challenges, but we tend to be selective about what we consider a valid challenge. "I need to build this despite shit code /politics / lack of resources..." The mindset switch is that all these things are not inhibitors to solving the problem, they are part of the problem definition.

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Arthur Doler @arthurdoler.com · 3d

"The next song is a song about sweets: Cookie Day!"
*The crowd loses their fucking minds*

Arthur Doler @arthurdoler.com · 3d

They are jpop with a base of pop punk and surf rock, and it's electric. I've seen them live more than any other band, and part of that is that they typically play these tiny-ass venues in the US!

Arthur Doler @arthurdoler.com · 3d

Need to work on a larger post about all the concerts I've been getting to see, but I have to break in and say that if you ever get the chance to see Shonenknife, you will *not regret it*.

The three members of Shonenknife rocking out at the recordBar in Kansas City

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David Giard @davidgiard.bsky.social · 5d

#TechnologyAndFriends, Episode 871:
@arthurdoler.com on Code Archaeology
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Arthur Doler on Code Archaeology [EPISODE 871]

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The Onion @theonion.com · 7d

Everything Falling Apart, Reports Institute For Somehow Managing To Hold It All Together https://theonion.com/everything-falling-apart-reports-institute-for-somehow-1819569822/

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David Giard @davidgiard.bsky.social · 8d

Monday on #TechnologyAndFriends:
@arthurdoler.com on Code Archaeology

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Arthur Doler @arthurdoler.com · 8d

Idiots who are bad at jokes, I guess?

Arthur Doler @arthurdoler.com · 10d

What the fuck did I just read

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Patrick! @tragicgay.bsky.social · 10d

Iron Chef when Asako Kishi isn’t one of the guest critics vs when she is

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dev2next.bsky.social @dev2next.bsky.social · 11d

Survival isn’t about holding on—it’s about understanding your brain. 🧠

@arthurdoler.com's inspiring keynote at #dev2next, Survival Under Fire, showed how to stay whole during adversity and prepare for the next challenge.

Photos from the keynote below!
#Resilience #WellBeing

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Blue sky nice guy @rajandelman.bsky.social · 12d

The bees have discovered Brutalism

Cube Enthusiast @killhamster.bsky.social · 13d

Nature is healing

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Arthur Doler @arthurdoler.com · 12d

I'll be speaking there, so get your tickets early and cheaper!

NDC Conferences @ndcconferences.com · 12d

Last chance to grab NDC London Early Bird tickets—this Friday! Secure your seat today 🇬🇧 ndclondon.com

Arthur Doler @arthurdoler.com · 12d

No, it's named after the animal, because when people used to put old logs on a fire, salamanders would run out, and people assumed they were generated by the flame itself.

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Arthur Doler @arthurdoler.com · 12d

See, a grill here is a charcoal or propane grill, or at worst a cast iron stovetop pan. All bottom-heating. Broilers are top heating. I'd much rather use the old school term "salamander" but that also sounds damp, so...