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Geoffrey Huntley @ghuntley.com · Jun 4

📰 LLMs are mirrors of operator skill

This is a follow-up from my previous blog post: deliberate, intentional play. I didn't want to get into the distinction between skilled and unskilled work because people take offence to it, but AI is a matter of skill. Someone can be highly experienced as a software engineer in 2024, but that does not mean they're skilled as a software engineer in 2025, now that AI is here. In my view, LLMs are essentially mirrors. They mirror the skill of the operator. how do identify skill One of the most

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Darryl Hughes @slipdexic.bsky.social · Jun 30

Just built my first basic #MCP server! 🎉 Hooked it up to #Claude & #VSCode, now trawling my old projects, auto-writing docs and dropping them into Confluence with near-perfect formatting. Took about an hour to create; the server does all the graft. ✅ Next #AWSBedrock #AI

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Darryl Hughes @slipdexic.bsky.social · Apr 21

DC4420 is back 29 April from 19:00
Talks :
30+ Years of Infosec Failures
OWASP Nettacker
dc4420.org

NEW Location
The Greene Man
383 Euston Road
London NW1 3AU
Closest stations: Great Portland Street, Warren Street, Euston.

#dc4420 #owasp #defcon #infosec @dc4420.bsky.social

DC4420

DC4420 - DEF CON London

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Darryl Hughes @slipdexic.bsky.social · Apr 21

DC4420 is back 29 April from 19:00
Talks :
30+ Years of Infosec Failures
OWASP Nettacker
dc4420.org

NEW Location
The Greene Man
383 Euston Road
London NW1 3AU
Closest stations: Great Portland Street, Warren Street, Euston.

#dc4420 #owasp #defcon #infosec

DC4420

DC4420 - DEF CON London

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Alec Muffett @alecmuffett.bsky.social · Apr 4

European Commission: to protect Ukraine we must prevent their ability to have end-to-end secure communication
https://alecmuffett.com/article/113127
#ChatControl #EndToEndEncryption #EuropeanCommission #GoingDark

European Commission: to protect Ukraine we must prevent their ability to have end-to-end secure communication

“Going Dark” is the new name for “Chat Control” the Commission will prioritise an assessment of the impact of data retention rules at EU level and the preparation of a Techn…

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Werner @werner.social · Apr 4

A collection of open source #AWS MCP servers is available at #awslabs github.com/awslabs/mcp

GitHub - awslabs/mcp: AWS MCP Servers — specialized MCP servers that bring AWS best practices directly to your development workflow

AWS MCP Servers — specialized MCP servers that bring AWS best practices directly to your development workflow - awslabs/mcp

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Darryl Hughes @slipdexic.bsky.social · Mar 21

@dc4420.bsky.social
The resuscitation edition of DC4420 will be on Tuesday 29th April 2025 commencing from 19:00.
New venue is: Greene Man (Euston),383 Euston Road,London,NW1 3AU (maps.app.goo.gl/mPahakU6ZFmQ...)
Nearest Tube: Great Portland Street, Warren Street.
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London .NET User Group @ldnug.org · Jan 28

TONIGHT! Doors open 5pm, Mads will take the stage at 5:30 to talk about all the awesome stuff that's coming up in C#. Venue & food provided by the awesome folks from @ndcconferences.com; there's a cash bar, we'll finish by 7pm and head to the pub. Still space to sign up if you want to come along!

London .NET User Group @ldnug.org · Jan 7

We're kicking off 2025 with something special: Mads Torgersen is here for NDC London, and he's joining us on Tuesday 28th January at 17:00 to talk about what's happening with the C# language in 2025 and beyond.

Huge thanks to @ndcconferences.com for hosting us!

www.meetup.com/london-net-u...

NDC London special with Mads Torgersen, Tue, Jan 28, 2025, 5:00 PM | Meetup

Happy New Year, everybody! We're kicking off 2025 with something special: Mads Torgersen, lead designer on the C# language team at Microsoft, is in town for NDC London, and

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Darryl Hughes @slipdexic.bsky.social · Jan 16

Our two would if they could, but I'm allergic.

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AWS Community Builder Blog Posts @awscmblogposts.bsky.social · Jan 16

✍️ New blog post by Arpad Toth

Implementing passwordless sign-in flow with email in Cognito

#aws #security #cognito #authentication

Implementing passwordless sign-in flow with email in Cognito

We can configure Cognito to send email verification codes to users via Amazon Simple Email...

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Lisa Forte @lisaforte.bsky.social · Jan 15

Our new complete guide to running table top exercises is now out. No paywall, no email required. Just a resource if you want it. 🫡

red-goat.com/the-complete...

The Complete Guide to Running a Table Top Exercise 2025 - Red Goat

The Complete Guide to Running a Table Top Exercise 2025 - Red Goat -

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Stacy Cashmore @stacy-clouds.net · Jan 12

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Lee Gilmore @serverlessadvocate.bsky.social · Jan 11

🌱 Imposter Syndrome should be embraced - it means you’re levelling up and growing. Try to switch your mindset. If you don’t have it, you are probably sitting quite comfortably.

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Darryl Hughes @slipdexic.bsky.social · Jan 10

I find VS can be slow.
So are you saying Resharper slows down VS?
Which I have installed.

Recently I find VS is just so memory hungry.

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Darryl Hughes @slipdexic.bsky.social · Jan 9

My biggest grievance is the date time format.
I'm full ISO8601 all the way including the TimeZone.

Where I can, I will always stipulate ,for all systems the time must always be in UTC.

I have connected to API's in the past that flipped between MM/DD and DD/MM or time in 12/24 clock.

Darryl Hughes @slipdexic.bsky.social · Jan 9

I may have been guilty in the past 🤭. Seen it happen a few times between front / backend. Or API method 1 has one format at the method 2 has the other.

The problem is when it's in the API picked up months or years later. Too late to fix. We have a central data dictionary, with defined API names.

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Darryl Hughes @slipdexic.bsky.social · Dec 30

Hope it goes well, I've had a few of them.

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The AWS News Feed @aws-news.com · Dec 20

Amazon EventBridge now supports proactive OAuth token refresh for API destinations, enabling automatic token renewal before expiration to prevent authorization errors and delays when invoking endpoints.

Amazon EventBridge announces API destinations proactive OAuth token refresh

Amazon EventBridge now supports proactive OAuth token refresh for API destinations, enabling automatic token renewal before expiration to prevent authorization errors and delays when invoking endpoints.

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Darryl Hughes @slipdexic.bsky.social · Dec 18

I finally managed to make some time.
And I've completed "RAM Run" - Day 18 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/18

Day 18 - Advent of Code 2024

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Darryl Hughes @slipdexic.bsky.social · Dec 17

What about "keep" alive/active events.

Where a service in the quiet hours needs to still be reactive but there is no traffic. So every 5-10 mins send a dummy/canary request.

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Darryl Hughes @slipdexic.bsky.social · Dec 17

I'm with you on this , we have found a lot of our children's , clubs push everything out via insta or Facebook, and others others you must have whatsapp , all Meta services! instead of a simple email.
Always interesting conversation when you say "you may not publish a child's image on social media"

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Darryl Hughes @slipdexic.bsky.social · Dec 16

Just been to see some brilliant immersive art #framelessldn in #london

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FRAMELESS | The Ultimate Immersive Art Experience

Frameless is the ultimate immersive art experience. We are the largest permanent multi-sensory experience in the UK of its kind.

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Darryl Hughes @slipdexic.bsky.social · Dec 16

Learning from mistakes caused by giving advice no one asked for!

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OWASP® Foundation @owasp.org · Dec 12

OWASP Members change the world. Your membership helps shape the organization and drives our projects and community. If you are not a member or are due for renewal within 60 days, please join or renew today and get 10-25% off!

owasp.org/membership > Memberships > Apply

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BSides London @bsideslondon.bsky.social · Nov 15

#BSidesLDN2014 will be held on 14th Dec 24 @ Novotel London West.
Our website: www.bsides.london
Twitter: x.com/BSidesLondon
Sign up to our mailing list: bit.ly/BSidesLDNMai...
Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bsides-lon...

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