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robertgroves.com | ✶✶✶✶ | Chicago, IL Teaches machines irony; they reply with stack traces. Survived Leet Heat, still tastes colors. Deploys personal code at 2:42 a.m. because chaos needs company. So it goes.

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Robert Groves @robertgroves.com · 25d

To all the developers out there, I need your help. Would you take a quick 2 question poll asking about what brings you the most joy in your work (about a minute of your time and no data is collected besides your answers):
forms.gle/LWfYb2mb5HF1...

Reposts for reach are much appreciated.

What Brings You Joy as a Programmer?

I’d love your input! This quick two-question poll explores what programmers find most rewarding in their work. It should take about a minute to answer and results will be shared back with the commun...

forms.gle

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Harper 🤯 @harper.lol · 10d

We gave our AI coding agents access to social media.

They immediately started posting. A lot.

Then we tested their performance. Turns out agents with Twitter solve problems faster than agents without it.

harper.blog/2025/09/3…

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Robert Groves @robertgroves.com · 19h

Feel like this needs an "angel jump-scare" upgrade. 👁️🪽

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CodeTV @codetv.dev · 3d

📣 Just Scheduled

When porting a site to Astro, how do you handle images? @marcysutton.com and @jason.energy pair program to set it up on Marcy’s site.

Details: www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3Q8...

Handling images in Astro

When porting a site to Astro, how do you handle images? @marcysutton.com and @jason.energy pair program to set it up on Marcy’s site. 🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out…

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SleepySam @this-sleepysam.bsky.social · 6d

Day 4 of Weird Web October - Filters
Using Svgs and CSS filters to get an x-ray effect.

sleepysam-wwo.netlify.app/filters/

#WeirdWebOctober

Filters | Oct 4th

This site is part of the Weird Web October challenge, a creative daily web development event throughout October encouraging fun and spooky projects.

sleepysam-wwo.netlify.app

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potch @potch.me · 5d

doing some light hackin around on my personal site! twitch.tv/potch

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Jason Lengstorf @jason.energy · 7d

this one is SO GOOD. if you've been waiting for a sign that it's time to become a CodeTV supporter, this episode is it. look at that lineup! 🤩

CodeTV @codetv.dev · 7d

NEW Web Dev Challenge is live for supporters! @angiejones.tech and the goose team challenged 3 teams of devs to build apps using unconventional inputs. featuring @leonnoel.bsky.social, @ericaxtech.bsky.social, @kentcdodds.com, @joelhooks.com, Billy, & @zig.computer

watch now: codetv.link/wdc/s2e10

No Keyboards Allowed | Web Dev Challenge Season 2

How can you control an app without a mouse or keyboard?

codetv.link

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Brittany Ellich @brittanyellich.com · 7d

Alright friends, I think we are live! 😁 I've only tested this with my own data so I have no idea if it works for anyone else but I think commitgraphghan.com is live and working 🤞👀

I'm trying the pattern out this weekend to see how awful it is to make 😂

Where are my @github.com #crochet fans at?

The generated pattern from a 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 commit graph

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Robert Groves @robertgroves.com · 7d

The 10x Enveloper? 😆

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Josh W. Comeau @joshwcomeau.com · 9d

I’ll be speaking in Toronto in a couple of weeks! It’ll be on animation design, and some of the cool things we can do to make our websites/webapps more whimsical. ✨

fitc.ca/event/webu25...

Web Unleashed 2025 // October 21-22 // Toronto & Online

The ultimate conference for front-end dev experts

fitc.ca

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Aboogail Screamini @abbeyperini.dev · 9d

Join me this month at my favorite tech conference! Use the discount code SPEAKER10 for 10% off your ticket! 🎃

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Robert Groves @robertgroves.com · 10d

That sucks man. Hope you're feeling better soon. In the meantime, to clear the passages, might I suggest...

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Seve Savoie Teruel @techsev.bsky.social · 11d

Shameless self promotion: I did my first talk at the TorontoJS React Meetup about using React to make a game for Steam. It was a blast, got to meet a bunch of people and "talk shop" You can find the live stream here,

www.youtube.com/live/uiR_Xu5...

TorontoJS Tech Talk | September 2025

YouTube video by Toronto JS

www.youtube.com

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Robert Groves @robertgroves.com · 12d

Felt. I too was impressed with @convex.dev when I used it in building a couple of apps for the @codetv.dev Web Dev Challenge hackathons.

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christinacodes.dev @christinacodes.dev · 13d

Making friendship bracelets for @supabase.com Select and @react.dev conf. Any color requests?

Friendship bracelets made with seed beads and letter beads laid out on a floor. They say: Supabase, React Conf, React, git commit, and I heart React

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Robert Groves @robertgroves.com · 13d

Some people never got an incessant amount of spam calls, and it shows. 🤣

Robert Groves @robertgroves.com · 13d

Amazing offer for those floating out there.

This conf looks fun. I'm hitting GitHub Universe in October, so not able to attend (due to time/money), but definitely adding it in my top 3 conf list for 2026 (those being @commityourcode.bsky.social, @renderatl.com and now @magnolia.boo).

Kayla HalloSween 👻 @kayla.ooo · 13d

posting this here because I feel like we’re all buddies

if you want to come to @magnolia.boo and you’ve been laid off or are otherwise unemployed or just need some help, holler at me or @richard.sween.dev.

as long as you can make it to Jackson, we don’t want the cost of tickets to be a barrier 💙

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Robert Groves @robertgroves.com · 13d

That's amazingly awesome of y'all!

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Kayla HalloSween 👻 @kayla.ooo · 13d

if you aren’t interested in coming to @magnolia.boo, what’s stopping you? if you don’t feel comfortable replying here, feel free to dm 💙

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Robert Groves @robertgroves.com · 13d

If you were at #CYC25 and I am not following you, react/comment on this post.

Robert Groves @robertgroves.com · 13d

Goals for @commityourcode.bsky.social 2026:

1. Speak again
2. Take more (non-slide deck) pictures; shouldn't be hard, that will be > 1 😆
3. Bring tech & art stickers I have collecting in a storage bin for the community stickers table
4. Possibly organize a night owl hotel lobby hackathon?
#CYC25

Robert Groves @robertgroves.com · 14d

Commit Your Code 2025 was amazing. I set 2 goals after CYC 2024: to speak at the conference in 2025 and to talk to more people than I did last year. Mission accomplished!

Huge thanks to @dthompsondev.bsky.social, all the volunteers, all the sponsors, and the amazing community.

#CYC25 #CYC

Robert Groves @robertgroves.com · 13d

Hey #CYC25 peeps👋 if I didn't get a chance to ask you to take this super-quick (2-question, no personal data collected) developer poll, would you mind taking it now. Reposts for reach very much appreciated!

forms.gle/r6Xvw6R8dBTp...

What Brings You Joy as a Programmer?

forms.gle

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MagnoliaConf (OCT 21-23!) @magnolia.boo · 16d

if you’re at @commityourcode.bsky.social and want to come to magnolia (or even if you’re not at CYC) use code CYC10 for 10% off your ticket!

if you’re here, come find @kayla.ooo or @richard.sween.dev and get some stickers!

www.tixtree.com/e/magnolia-c...

Tixtree

By selling or buying tickets on Tixtree you are leading the way towards a sustainable future.

www.tixtree.com

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Robert Groves @robertgroves.com · 14d

Appreciative of Hackathon.com for sponsoring Commit Your Code. Their support ensured that developers could come together to learn, collaborate, and be inspired in a professional yet welcoming setting.

#CYC25 #CommitYourCode

Find & Organize Hackathons Worldwide - Mobile, Web & IoT

Hackathon.com is the first platform to find a hackathon near you.

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Robert Groves @robertgroves.com · 14d

Huge props to coder.com for backing #CommitYourCode. Sponsorship like this fuels real opportunities for devs to connect and stretch what’s possible. 💻✨

#CYC25

coder.com

Robert Groves @robertgroves.com · 14d

Couldn’t be more grateful to @vonagedev.bsky.social for supporting #CommitYourCode. Your backing gave us all the chance to learn, share, and dream bigger as developers!

#CYC25 #CommitYourCode