Joseph Woodward
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Joseph Woodward
@josephwoodward.bsky.social
Lover of Go, systems level things and Neovim. Occasionally blogs at https://josephwoodward.co.uk and also at https://x.com/_josephwoodward
On the market for a decent Linux laptop, anyone have any suggestions?
May 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Bit of bedtime reading of my new arrival.
April 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Wow, didn't see Microsoft rewriting the TypeScript compiler to Go coming. Taking VS Code repo compilation times down from 63 seconds to 5 seconds. devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/t...
A 10x Faster TypeScript - TypeScript
Embarking on a native port of the existing TypeScript compiler and toolset to achieve a 10x performance speed-up.
devblogs.microsoft.com
March 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
An interesting side-effect of AI generated code, according to the latest DORA report, is that the increase in productivity resulted in larger batch sizes which in turn impacted software delivery performance.
November 26, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Pretty comprehensive list of Gophers that are now on BlueSky!
Wanting to see more #golang content here, let me try to get the ball rolling with a developers plus contributors starter pack!

go.bsky.app/Hz6nVzr
November 22, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Really enjoyed this podcast interview with @ironmissy.bsky.social by @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com discussing some of the tooling at Google. I was especially interested in hearing how much focus they have on code readability. newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/promotions...
Promotions and tooling at Google (with Irina Stanescu, Ex-Google)
In today’s episode of The Pragmatic Engineer, I’m joined by Irina Stanescu, a seasoned engineer with over 14 years in software engineering and engineering leadership roles at tech companies like Googl...
newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com
November 20, 2024 at 10:45 PM
TIL that rats can not only drive little cars, but actually ENJOY driving them 🤣 www.kbb.com/car-news/sci....
Scientist: Rats LOVE to Drive, Choose the Long Route - Kelley Blue Book
University of Richmond scientists taught rats to drive, and found some choosing the scenic route to get more time behind the wheel.
www.kbb.com
November 20, 2024 at 5:52 PM
People who regularly post on LinkedIn, how do you manage to put up with the amount of cringe and humble bragging on that platform? It's unbelievable at times 😆
November 17, 2024 at 1:05 AM
Learning C really has been like being able to see the matrix, more than any other language I've spent time learning. I wish I'd started to learn it sooner!
November 15, 2024 at 10:53 AM
Any other Gophers I should be following on here?
November 12, 2024 at 8:34 PM
bitwisecmd.com is such a great resource for experimenting with bitwise operators. I've been using it when implementing network protocols (for hobby projects) and it's been a game changer.
BitwiseCmd
Free Text Online Bitwise Calculator
bitwisecmd.com
November 12, 2024 at 2:25 PM
Learning C has been like learning a superpower, it’s like being able to see the matrix.
November 6, 2024 at 12:18 PM