Ryan Edge
@chimon.bsky.social
Google Developer Expert
~ Flutter Engineer
~ GDG Charlotte Organizer
My GitHub: github.com/chimon2000
Not everyone can become a great engineer, but a great engineer can come from anywhere.
~ Flutter Engineer
~ GDG Charlotte Organizer
My GitHub: github.com/chimon2000
Not everyone can become a great engineer, but a great engineer can come from anywhere.
Tools evolve and complexity increases, yet creativity, curiosity, and systems thinking continue to define great developers.
Lowering the barrier for entry doesn't eliminate the need for human expertise—it amplifies it.
www.allthingsdistributed.com/2025/11/tec...
Lowering the barrier for entry doesn't eliminate the need for human expertise—it amplifies it.
www.allthingsdistributed.com/2025/11/tec...
Tech predictions for 2026 and beyond
We’ve caught glimpses of a future that values autonomy, empathy, and individual expertise. Where interdisciplinary cooperation influences discovery and creation at an unrelenting pace. In the coming year, we will begin the transition into a new era of AI in the human loop, not the other way around. This cycle will create massive opportunities to solve problems that truly matter.
www.allthingsdistributed.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Tools evolve and complexity increases, yet creativity, curiosity, and systems thinking continue to define great developers.
Lowering the barrier for entry doesn't eliminate the need for human expertise—it amplifies it.
www.allthingsdistributed.com/2025/11/tec...
Lowering the barrier for entry doesn't eliminate the need for human expertise—it amplifies it.
www.allthingsdistributed.com/2025/11/tec...
The whole Midoriya wants to save Shigaraki thing seems kinda pointless in retrospect 🤷🏾♂️
December 9, 2025 at 5:49 AM
The whole Midoriya wants to save Shigaraki thing seems kinda pointless in retrospect 🤷🏾♂️
These first episodes of Stranger Things aren't hitting for me like it used to.
December 2, 2025 at 7:04 PM
These first episodes of Stranger Things aren't hitting for me like it used to.
I would not call CSS broken, but it's a relic from a bygone era that no longer reflects how developers actually want to build UIs today.
thenewstack.io/css-in-js-t...
thenewstack.io/css-in-js-t...
CSS-in-JS: The Great Betrayal of Frontend Sanity
CSS-in-JS promised simplicity but delivered performance issues. Learn why ditching it for native CSS solutions leads to faster, more maintainable web apps.
thenewstack.io
December 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I would not call CSS broken, but it's a relic from a bygone era that no longer reflects how developers actually want to build UIs today.
thenewstack.io/css-in-js-t...
thenewstack.io/css-in-js-t...
Rating the Alien/Predator movies by director:
1. James Cameron (Aliens)
2. Dan Trachtenberg (Prey, Predator: Badlands, Predator: Killer of Killers)
3. John McTiernan (Predator)
4. Noah Hawley (Alien: Earth)
5. Fede Álvarez (Alien: Romulus)
6. Ridley Scott (solely for Alien)
Then everybody else...
1. James Cameron (Aliens)
2. Dan Trachtenberg (Prey, Predator: Badlands, Predator: Killer of Killers)
3. John McTiernan (Predator)
4. Noah Hawley (Alien: Earth)
5. Fede Álvarez (Alien: Romulus)
6. Ridley Scott (solely for Alien)
Then everybody else...
November 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Rating the Alien/Predator movies by director:
1. James Cameron (Aliens)
2. Dan Trachtenberg (Prey, Predator: Badlands, Predator: Killer of Killers)
3. John McTiernan (Predator)
4. Noah Hawley (Alien: Earth)
5. Fede Álvarez (Alien: Romulus)
6. Ridley Scott (solely for Alien)
Then everybody else...
1. James Cameron (Aliens)
2. Dan Trachtenberg (Prey, Predator: Badlands, Predator: Killer of Killers)
3. John McTiernan (Predator)
4. Noah Hawley (Alien: Earth)
5. Fede Álvarez (Alien: Romulus)
6. Ridley Scott (solely for Alien)
Then everybody else...
@tanstack.com is an amazing OSS ecosystem and I wish @flutter.dev had something similar.
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
@tanstack.com is an amazing OSS ecosystem and I wish @flutter.dev had something similar.
“Predator: Badlands” is an exceptional sci-fi action thriller with memorable characters, beautiful and terrifying animals (and plants), a structurally airtight script, and lead performances that deserve to be included in discussions of the year’s best
www.rogerebert.com/reviews/pred...
www.rogerebert.com/reviews/pred...
Predator: Badlands movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert
An exceptional sci-fi action thriller with memorable characters and lead performances that deserve to be included in discussions of the year's best.
www.rogerebert.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
“Predator: Badlands” is an exceptional sci-fi action thriller with memorable characters, beautiful and terrifying animals (and plants), a structurally airtight script, and lead performances that deserve to be included in discussions of the year’s best
www.rogerebert.com/reviews/pred...
www.rogerebert.com/reviews/pred...
Engineering is about maximizing value while minimizing waste. This economic thinking is what separates developers from software engineers.
Ignoring the business impact of your technical decisions isn't just bad engineering—it's bad for the business you're building.
Ignoring the business impact of your technical decisions isn't just bad engineering—it's bad for the business you're building.
November 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Engineering is about maximizing value while minimizing waste. This economic thinking is what separates developers from software engineers.
Ignoring the business impact of your technical decisions isn't just bad engineering—it's bad for the business you're building.
Ignoring the business impact of your technical decisions isn't just bad engineering—it's bad for the business you're building.
The greatest compliment I can give to #Flutter is that it "got it out the mud."
Flutter succeeded on merit, without a trendy pre-existing language or ecosystem, or a large zealous community. It achieved global success from a challenging start, with little to no external help.
Flutter succeeded on merit, without a trendy pre-existing language or ecosystem, or a large zealous community. It achieved global success from a challenging start, with little to no external help.
October 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The greatest compliment I can give to #Flutter is that it "got it out the mud."
Flutter succeeded on merit, without a trendy pre-existing language or ecosystem, or a large zealous community. It achieved global success from a challenging start, with little to no external help.
Flutter succeeded on merit, without a trendy pre-existing language or ecosystem, or a large zealous community. It achieved global success from a challenging start, with little to no external help.
How many lines of code can a senior engineer maintain? AI can generate thousands of lines in a week. But optimistically, if a senior engineer can only maintain half of that, generation speed outpaces comprehension capacity. That's the new technical debt.
October 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
How many lines of code can a senior engineer maintain? AI can generate thousands of lines in a week. But optimistically, if a senior engineer can only maintain half of that, generation speed outpaces comprehension capacity. That's the new technical debt.
I'm cautious when adopting pub.dev packages maintained by individuals because losing support is a high risk. Solo maintainers can burn out or move on—partly because developer communities don't support them, even when tools drastically increase our productivity.
The official repository for Dart and Flutter packages.
Pub is the package manager for the Dart programming language, containing reusable libraries & packages for Flutter and general Dart programs.
pub.dev
October 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I'm cautious when adopting pub.dev packages maintained by individuals because losing support is a high risk. Solo maintainers can burn out or move on—partly because developer communities don't support them, even when tools drastically increase our productivity.
This month's adventures in AI assistants, the CLI edition...
😄😄😄
Augment (w/ Sonnet 4.5)
Cursor Agent (auto)
😐😐😐
Gemini
Claude Code (w/ Sonnet 4.5)
☹️☹️☹️
Warp (auto)
😄😄😄
Augment (w/ Sonnet 4.5)
Cursor Agent (auto)
😐😐😐
Gemini
Claude Code (w/ Sonnet 4.5)
☹️☹️☹️
Warp (auto)
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This month's adventures in AI assistants, the CLI edition...
😄😄😄
Augment (w/ Sonnet 4.5)
Cursor Agent (auto)
😐😐😐
Gemini
Claude Code (w/ Sonnet 4.5)
☹️☹️☹️
Warp (auto)
😄😄😄
Augment (w/ Sonnet 4.5)
Cursor Agent (auto)
😐😐😐
Gemini
Claude Code (w/ Sonnet 4.5)
☹️☹️☹️
Warp (auto)
Everything I ate in Austin
🤤🤤🤤
Ramen Del Barrio
Ramen Tatsu-ya
Magnolia Cafe
Taqueria De Diez
Cooper's Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que
Licha's Cantina
🙂🙂🙂
Paperboy
Ike's Love & Sandwiches
Tacos Juanita
Korea House Restaurant
El Raval
JewBoy Sliders
Home Slice Pizza
🤤🤤🤤
Ramen Del Barrio
Ramen Tatsu-ya
Magnolia Cafe
Taqueria De Diez
Cooper's Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que
Licha's Cantina
🙂🙂🙂
Paperboy
Ike's Love & Sandwiches
Tacos Juanita
Korea House Restaurant
El Raval
JewBoy Sliders
Home Slice Pizza
September 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Everything I ate in Austin
🤤🤤🤤
Ramen Del Barrio
Ramen Tatsu-ya
Magnolia Cafe
Taqueria De Diez
Cooper's Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que
Licha's Cantina
🙂🙂🙂
Paperboy
Ike's Love & Sandwiches
Tacos Juanita
Korea House Restaurant
El Raval
JewBoy Sliders
Home Slice Pizza
🤤🤤🤤
Ramen Del Barrio
Ramen Tatsu-ya
Magnolia Cafe
Taqueria De Diez
Cooper's Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que
Licha's Cantina
🙂🙂🙂
Paperboy
Ike's Love & Sandwiches
Tacos Juanita
Korea House Restaurant
El Raval
JewBoy Sliders
Home Slice Pizza
🎬 Just survived Fantastic Fest 2025 yesterday! 7 days of cinema madness.
Everything I saw this year:
Everything I saw this year:
September 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🎬 Just survived Fantastic Fest 2025 yesterday! 7 days of cinema madness.
Everything I saw this year:
Everything I saw this year:
A study of experienced developers found AI tools made them 19% SLOWER, not faster. Additionally, developers expected AI to speed them up by 24%, and even after experiencing the slowdown, they still believed AI had helped them work 20% faster.
metr.org/blog/2025-0...
metr.org/blog/2025-0...
Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity
metr.org
September 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A study of experienced developers found AI tools made them 19% SLOWER, not faster. Additionally, developers expected AI to speed them up by 24%, and even after experiencing the slowdown, they still believed AI had helped them work 20% faster.
metr.org/blog/2025-0...
metr.org/blog/2025-0...
I read a review disparaging The Long Walk while comparing it unfavorably to The Hunger Games. One is designed for youth with a theatrical flair meant to entertain, while the other is an unflinching, brutal examination of mortality, hope, and an authoritarian, dystopian reality.
September 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I read a review disparaging The Long Walk while comparing it unfavorably to The Hunger Games. One is designed for youth with a theatrical flair meant to entertain, while the other is an unflinching, brutal examination of mortality, hope, and an authoritarian, dystopian reality.
Once every five years, I rediscover the nightmare of implementing file uploads using multipart/form-data.
September 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Once every five years, I rediscover the nightmare of implementing file uploads using multipart/form-data.
I'm all in on Kumi Morrow after episode 5.
September 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I'm all in on Kumi Morrow after episode 5.
I cope with my AI tool fatigue by learning a new JavaScript framework.
September 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I cope with my AI tool fatigue by learning a new JavaScript framework.
Alien: Earth is only 3 episodes in, but I think it might be the best SciFi show since The Expanse and the best horror show since The Outsider.
August 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Alien: Earth is only 3 episodes in, but I think it might be the best SciFi show since The Expanse and the best horror show since The Outsider.
"The talent sets the floor, the character sets the ceiling." This is as true in software engineering as it is anywhere else.
We all know engineers who can solve problems and write beautiful code. Their talent sets the floor for their career.
We all know engineers who can solve problems and write beautiful code. Their talent sets the floor for their career.
August 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"The talent sets the floor, the character sets the ceiling." This is as true in software engineering as it is anywhere else.
We all know engineers who can solve problems and write beautiful code. Their talent sets the floor for their career.
We all know engineers who can solve problems and write beautiful code. Their talent sets the floor for their career.
A critical take on Vibe Coding with some valid points. Where I disagree is that the internet has always been polluted by low-quality, poorly documented code and misunderstood/misutilized patterns. Like a child, AI's output reflect it's environment.
pdelboca.me/writings/202...
pdelboca.me/writings/202...
Patricio Del Boca - vibe coding is the fast fashion industry of software engineering
pdelboca.me
August 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
A critical take on Vibe Coding with some valid points. Where I disagree is that the internet has always been polluted by low-quality, poorly documented code and misunderstood/misutilized patterns. Like a child, AI's output reflect it's environment.
pdelboca.me/writings/202...
pdelboca.me/writings/202...
JavaScript framework churn ain't got nothing on AI tooling churn.
August 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
JavaScript framework churn ain't got nothing on AI tooling churn.
Join the CLI waitlist | Augment Code
Sign up to be the first to try CLI.
www.augment.new
August 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM