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Jason St-Cyr
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Dad, Writer, YouTuber, Corporate DevRel-er. Opinions expressed are my own, but often work-related. (he/him) #dnd #ttrpg #devrel

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roxiqt.com
My husband and I have been really into binging reality television lately. One thing we've noticed is that all of the random production assistants wear medical masks when interacting with the cast. There is a reason for that. Don't let the media convince you that it's extreme to protect your health.
npr.org NPR @npr.org · 2d
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy. n.pr/4akK70l
Olympic Covid restrictions are gone, but some athletes still self-quarantining
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy.
n.pr
February 10, 2026 at 3:23 AM
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This is inevitably coming to pretty much any channel where age verification is going to be required for certain content. This won't be a big hit to Discord communities that keep things accessible to any age audience, but I can imagine this is going to cause a stir...
February 9, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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shehackspurple.bsky.social
Canada is one step closer to mandatory secure coding in government software.

Petition e-7115 is live!

If you can sign, please do it today:
👉 https://twp.ai/9PZlS4

This is how we make real change. 🙏
February 6, 2026 at 3:53 AM
jasonstcyr.com
So what new #puppet module releases came out in January? Check out the details on the 4 new releases that are out:

dev.to/puppet/puppe...
Puppetlabs Modules Roundup – January 2026
Welcome back to the Puppetlabs Modules Roundup! This series is all about keeping you in the loop on...
dev.to
February 5, 2026 at 1:59 PM
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orcspiration.bsky.social
YOU CANNOT GRIND THE BONES OF YOUR ENEMIES INTO DUST TOMORROW IF YOU DO NOT DO YOUR STRETCHES.
February 5, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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I would actually be really interested in seeing the output of the reports of that "impact-evidence". The fact it looks at bugs, and also AI usage vs human-written code, could yield some interesting data on whether AI code generation provides the results needed. And have a good scale of data inputs.
alexhanna.bsky.social Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 7d
Meta now forcing all employees to use AI tools and tying it to employee performance, according to @theinformation.com.

HR said "this is not an activity tracker—it’s an impact-evidence starter"

That's a fun way to rebrand workplace surveillance.
Businesses such as Microsoft are increasingly nudging their employees to utilize AI to get more done. Others are forcing the issue. One of the biggest firms to take the more aggressive path is Meta Platforms, which at the end of December had 78,865 employees. At a companywide meeting last month, Meta leaders briefed employees on a new performance review and bonus system closely tied to their AI usage, according to a recording of the meeting. For instance, the company’s AI-powered performance tracker, Checkpoint, looks at how many lines of code are generated by software engineers using AI tools, along with over 200 other data points. They include the number of errors or bugs associated with engineers’ code; the amount of code an engineer wrote themselves without AI. Checkpoint is supposed to reduce the time it takes to prepare performance reviews, according to the meeting recording. It uses data from tools employees already use, such as Google Workspace to provide a summary of an employee’s work. “To be clear, this is not an activity tracker—it’s an impact-evidence starter,” said one HR leader during the meeting. Managers then evaluate employees’ impact based on these checkpoint summaries and assign a rating. To help employees accomplish such goals, Meta has expanded their access to AI models made by other firms, such as Google’s Gemini 3 Pro and OpenAI’s GPT-5, alongside Meta’s own Llama models. Employees use such models for coding and other tasks.
February 4, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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calvobianco.com
1Password not mincing words here:

"If you are experimenting with OpenClaw, do not do it on a company device. Full stop."

"If you have already run OpenClaw on a work device, treat it as a potential incident and engage your security team immediately."

1password.com/blog/from-ma...
From magic to malware: How OpenClaw's agent skills become an attack surface | 1Password
The same capabilities that make OpenClaw a groundbreaking tool also make it an urgent security risk. This blog contains confirmed examples of agent skills being used as malware vectors, and advice on ...
1password.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:12 PM
jasonstcyr.com
Morning thought: would somebody want this if you didn't tell somebody it had AI in it?

I'm editing a video I made about using the Puppet MCP server to create a new module and this is what I'm thinking about... if this wasn't AI, would this be interesting?
a cartoon man wearing glasses is pointing at something and asking is this ai slop ?
ALT: a cartoon man wearing glasses is pointing at something and asking is this ai slop ?
media.tenor.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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justingarrison.com
I'm once again reviving this meme template for the Kubernetes community
Robin saying "Ingress nginx" and batman slapping him saying "No"
January 29, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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New Puppet CD dropped with new features, fixes, and security updates!

👀 NOTE: CD 4.x is EOL starting Feb 5, 2026. That’s next week!!! Start that CD 5.x upgrade!

Release notes:
🔗 5.14.0 → help.puppet.com/cdpe/current...
🔗 4.39.0 → www.puppet.com/docs/continu...

#Puppet #InfrastructureAsCode
Perforce Puppet release announcement banner image. The heading reads: “Puppet Continuous Delivery” with a subtitle that has the text “Security updates, better UX, Impact Analysis fixes, and more in the new releases of Puppet CD 5.14.0 and 4.39.0”
January 30, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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"If you’ve ever glued together 12 curl calls, piped them through jq, and told yourself “This is fine”… This PEClient Ruby library might be just what you need."

Introducing the new Ruby client by PS Engineer Zach Bensley to make it easier to use PE APIs!

dev.to/puppet/pecli...

#Puppet
PEClient.rb - The Puppet API Ruby Client Library
TL; DR If you’ve ever glued together 12 curl calls, piped them through jq, and told...
dev.to
January 29, 2026 at 1:18 PM
jasonstcyr.com
I've been banging my head against GitHub CoPilot trying to figure out why it wasn't following my custom instructions file. Asking the LLM why it didn't follow them was no help. It told me "my bad" and made useless changes which it then also ignored.

The clincher was .github\copilot-instructions.md
a man sitting at a desk with a computer monitor
Alt: a man sitting at a desk with a computer monitor is angry and throws it across the room
media.tenor.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:54 PM
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shehackspurple.bsky.social
I’ve been working toward this for years, and it finally happened.

Canada now has a parliamentary petition to require secure coding in federal software. If you care about cybersecurity, public safety, and better government tech, please sign:
👉 https://twp.ai/9Paevl
1/2
January 27, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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missamarakay.bsky.social
Where are we finding CFPs? I'm looking for conferences in North America.
January 27, 2026 at 9:43 PM
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anniesexton.com
This is a stretch but WHO HERE DRAWS COMICS? Literally any number of pages is fine. I need help testing out a Thing I Made
January 27, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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I don't post TikToks much, but this one got my day started off nice and hopefully it helps someone else who might need that!
January 27, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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As usual, Robin is spot-on with his takes on Reddit as a "channel" in your developer outreach:
1. Don't shill there
2. Don't sell there
3. Don't try to MQL there
4. Don't "check out my article" there

There are ways to engage on Reddit. Worth the few minutes to read!

rmoff.net/2026/01/23/i...
Interacting with Developers on Reddit
LLMs are rapidly changing how we use the internet. Remember just a few years ago when you’d search for something on Google and scroll through the results like some kind of Neanderthal? Heck, you…
rmoff.net
January 26, 2026 at 12:52 PM
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konnaire.bsky.social
Everybody thinks 'https://' stands for 'hypertext transfer protocol secure' but it actually stands for 'head to this place, sucka' followed by a colon and two laser sounds
January 13, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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arcanerobobrain.bsky.social
Might be starting a Blades in the Dark game soon. I’ve never run, or even played, it. Any advice?
January 25, 2026 at 8:39 PM
jasonstcyr.com
📢 Puppet Enterprise 2025.8 & 2023.8.8 are out! This quick follow-on from the December release provides some fixes for advanced patching and CVEs.

Read more about the release:

🔗 2025.8: help.puppet.com/pe/current/t...
🔗 2023.8.7: help.puppet.com/pe/2023.8/to...

#InfrastructureAsCode #Puppet
Perforce Puppet release announcement banner image. The heading reads: “Puppet Enterprise” with a subtitle that has the text “New fixes released with Puppet Enterprise 2025.8 and 2023.8.8!”
January 21, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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dairykillsme.bsky.social
Hey you! Are you a TTRPG writer staring at discourse on bluesky??? Would you rather be writing for a game? I want to pay you (at $0.20/word) to write for a zine month project!

I'm seeking folks interested in folk stories and examining power structures in storytelling!
How I Heard It Guest Writer Application
First Pancake Studios is seeking guest writers for our upcoming TTRPG How I Heard it (Free Ashcan Available Here). How I Heard it is a GM-less storytelling game played around a campfire. Players take ...
docs.google.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:04 AM
jasonstcyr.com
This is a great post on the importance of building trust for growth: www.elenaverna.com/p/growth-is-...

The focus is more on SaaS products, but I think a lot of this applies to any type of team trying to get folks to choose their product over the competition.
Growth Is Now a Trust Problem
Growth is broken. Trust is the fix.
www.elenaverna.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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charity.wtf
The difference between "dev" and "ops" is not about who writes code. It's 2026, dude: everyone writes code.

The difference is a separation of concerns. Are you responsible for writing code to generate revenue, or building the systems for code to run on?

charitydotwtf.substack.com/p/bring-back...
Bring Back Ops Pride
"Operations" is not a dirty word, a synonym for toil, or a title for people who can't write code. May those who shit on ops get the operational outcomes they deserve.
charitydotwtf.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:01 AM
jasonstcyr.com
Using VS Code Copilot today (instead of my usual Cursor) and a little astounded by the jump they've made since I tried it out last year. Used to be completely awful, but now starting to get there. I find it still requires more effort than working with Cursor, but they are definitely closing the gap.
January 19, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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Bolt 5.0.1 is out with a new plan_context function to get information about whether a plan is running in Bolt or Puppet Enterprise. Windows 11 and RHEL 10 support were also added!

Full details in the official Bolt release notes:

👉 help.puppet.com/bolt/current...

#Puppet #InfrastructureAsCode
A Perforce Puppet announcement banner featuring the Perforce Puppet logo and two headings. The main heading reads “Bolt 5.0.1” and the subheading reads “Determine if a plan is running, run on Windows 11 or RHEL 10, and more now available in the latest Bolt release!”
January 15, 2026 at 4:11 PM