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Ryan

@codingwithryan.com

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Developer Advocate who likes Python, web dev, Anvil and cool communities. Blog → http://codingwithryan.com/blog

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Ryan @codingwithryan.com · Aug 27

Hello there, I’m Ryan! 👋

I’m a Developer Advocate, Web Developer, and startup enthusiast.

Here, I share thoughts and things from all three worlds.

Follow me if you're into that kind of thing. Or don't, you're your own person. 🤷

Also, if you're interested, here's my website:
codingwithryan.com

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Ryan @codingwithryan.com · 14d

AirPods’ noise cancellation is one of those technologies which, even though I get the high level theory, feels like magic to me.

Ryan @codingwithryan.com · 16d

This post from @pedramnavid.com is well worth a read for DevRel folks.

I particularly like:
> Undifferentiated content might as well be no content.

Juan Luis @juanlu.space · 16d

This writeup by @pedramnavid.com is easily one of my favourite texts on DevRel (and the mythological reference didn't go unnoticed)

Central argument: DevRel is just Marketing, for developers, with a feedback loop to the product.

Do you agree?

#devrel #developerrelations

Reflections on 2 Years Running Developer Relations

What is DevRel and do I need one?

databased.pedramnavid.com

Ryan @codingwithryan.com · 16d

Want to turn your dev work into great content?

As you build, make commits that capture meaningful steps. Write messages that describe what changed and why. When you’re done, your commit history will serve as an outline for a tutorial or blog post.

Ryan @codingwithryan.com · 17d

Me after writing code without AI help

Ryan @codingwithryan.com · 17d

This repo from @jpt.sh saved me a lot of time implementing honeypot fields in Django.

It's simple to implement and works really well.

codeberg.org/jpt/django-h...

django-honeypot

🍯 Generic honeypot utilities for use in django projects.

Ryan @codingwithryan.com · 17d

If you’re going to base your design on anyone, Stripe isn’t a bad one to pick.

Ryan @codingwithryan.com · 17d

To be fair, I gave it no instructions on colour.

Ryan @codingwithryan.com · 17d

AI did the CSS for my most recent greenfield project while I was working on the backend. It was purple.

Wes Bos @wesbos.com · 17d

AI has a purple problem

Why does every website look like this? Where did this come from? Is Tailwind to blame?

I went to the sloppiest and purplest corners of the web to find out

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG_7...

Ryan @codingwithryan.com · 17d

To be fair, I didn’t give it any instructions and it was pretty good as a starting point. But it’s funny purple seems to be the default.

Ryan @codingwithryan.com · 19d

They even have a hit counter

Ryan @codingwithryan.com · 19d

I absolutely love @posthog.com's website. It's bold. I'm not sure it will have a good impact on UX. But by god do I love it!

posthog.com

PostHog is for product engineers

We’re building every tool for product engineers to build successful products.

Ryan @codingwithryan.com · 20d

I hate that AI has made them em dash a tell for AI written content - it was my favourite!

Ryan @codingwithryan.com · 21d

I’m going to be referencing that last paragraph a lot going forward - it’s great.

Been loving your work recently, Simon. Your blog posts and podcast appearances have been incredibly helpful.

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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 21d

Wrote up my initial impressions of the brand new Claude Sonnet 4.5 - I think it may live up to Anthropic's claims of being the "best coding model in the world", for the next few weeks at least!
simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/29/...

Claude Sonnet 4.5 is probably the “best coding model in the world” (at least for now)

Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 4.5 today, with a very bold set of claims: Claude Sonnet 4.5 is the best coding model in the world. It’s the strongest model for building …

simonwillison.net

Ryan @codingwithryan.com · 21d

Agreed. Accountability is the thing I keep coming back to when thinking about AI dev.

The AI can do a lot but having semi-cynical diligent devs overseeing the output is key - and I don’t see that changing without another breakthrough in AI reasoning.

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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 21d

I shared a few more notes here, including this hopefully reassuring note for anyone afraid of the impact this will have on their career as a programmer simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/29/...

For anyone who sees this as a threat to their livelihood as programmers, I encourage you to think more about this section:

It is easy to create systems that appear to behave correctly but have unclear runtime behavior when relying on agents. For instance, the AI doesn’t fully comprehend threading or goroutines. If you don’t keep the bad decisions at bay early it, you won’t be able to operate it in a stable manner later.

Here’s an example: I asked it to build a rate limiter. It “worked” but lacked jitter and used poor storage decisions. Easy to fix if you know rate limiters, dangerous if you don’t.

In order to use these tools at this level you need to know the difference between goroutines and threads. You need to understand why a rate limiter might want to"jitter" and what that actually means. You need to understand what "rate limiting" is and why you might need it!

These tools do not replace programmers. They allow us to apply our expertise at a higher level and amplify the value we can provide to other people.

Ryan @codingwithryan.com · 21d

Learning new tech stacks is hard and struggling to learn them doesn’t make you an idiot.

Perseverance is key. You’ll get multiple “aha” moments

Ryan @codingwithryan.com · 21d

What’s your rank on LeetCode now?

Ryan @codingwithryan.com · 25d

Is the rise in AI, in part, a response to how unusable the average website is for quick questions?

Ryan @codingwithryan.com · 26d

You definitely aren’t. Love the analogy btw

Ryan @codingwithryan.com · 26d

It gets easier but the fog is an ongoing battle

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 27d

Javascript programmers be like
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Ryan @codingwithryan.com · 27d

Python programmers
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Ryan @codingwithryan.com · 28d

As always, OWASP is one of the best dev communities to be part of

Ryan @codingwithryan.com · 28d

@owasplondon.bsky.social had a talk tonight on dev driven threat modelling.

Good talk but the pushback was “don’t devs already have enough on their plates”