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had a really weird, vivid dream about someone inviting me to an event and then being a terrible host
thanks for that random story, brain
thanks for that random story, brain
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
had a really weird, vivid dream about someone inviting me to an event and then being a terrible host
thanks for that random story, brain
thanks for that random story, brain
we had 14 people show up at sangha today
which is great because i've only been doing the every sunday thing as an experiment
and it seems to be unexpectedly working
which is great because i've only been doing the every sunday thing as an experiment
and it seems to be unexpectedly working
November 10, 2025 at 6:49 AM
we had 14 people show up at sangha today
which is great because i've only been doing the every sunday thing as an experiment
and it seems to be unexpectedly working
which is great because i've only been doing the every sunday thing as an experiment
and it seems to be unexpectedly working
matt and i saw infinity somg
November 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
matt and i saw infinity somg
i've been stuck in a war room for the past few days with long hours
which is not ideal,
but the experience has given me confidence about what i bring as an engineer
which is not ideal,
but the experience has given me confidence about what i bring as an engineer
November 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
i've been stuck in a war room for the past few days with long hours
which is not ideal,
but the experience has given me confidence about what i bring as an engineer
which is not ideal,
but the experience has given me confidence about what i bring as an engineer
the relief i have after balancing my budget...
and the joy of having money to donate to my community's food bank 😌
and the joy of having money to donate to my community's food bank 😌
November 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
the relief i have after balancing my budget...
and the joy of having money to donate to my community's food bank 😌
and the joy of having money to donate to my community's food bank 😌
i am thrilled to announce it is raining in sunnyvale
November 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
i am thrilled to announce it is raining in sunnyvale
HONESTLY
Didn’t even take 24 hours for billionaires to decide they aren’t leaving New York after all.
November 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
HONESTLY
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I demand to see random interviews, think pieces, studies and focus groups narrated by Morgan Freeman and David Attenbourough on Democratic Socialist voters just like all them torturous Trump supporter ones I was subjected to the past 10 years.
November 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I demand to see random interviews, think pieces, studies and focus groups narrated by Morgan Freeman and David Attenbourough on Democratic Socialist voters just like all them torturous Trump supporter ones I was subjected to the past 10 years.
the important part here is there's an entire meetup of google employees who are also homeless
I spent three months living in my car to make an employment opportunity at Google happen. I don't regret it, but I wish it hadn't been necessary.
I accepted a job at Google, but couldn't afford Bay Area rent. I lived in my car for 3 months to make it work.
I spent three months living in my car to make an employment opportunity at Google happen. I don't regret it, but I wish it hadn't been necessary.
www.businessinsider.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
the important part here is there's an entire meetup of google employees who are also homeless
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🎙️ New episode of @overcommitted.dev with @turoczy.bsky.social now out! Included:
- How Rick has supported startups in Portland
- Challenges and mental health aspect of being a founder
- The evolution of startup culture through recent years
open.spotify.com/episode/2gla...
- How Rick has supported startups in Portland
- Challenges and mental health aspect of being a founder
- The evolution of startup culture through recent years
open.spotify.com/episode/2gla...
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November 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
🎙️ New episode of @overcommitted.dev with @turoczy.bsky.social now out! Included:
- How Rick has supported startups in Portland
- Challenges and mental health aspect of being a founder
- The evolution of startup culture through recent years
open.spotify.com/episode/2gla...
- How Rick has supported startups in Portland
- Challenges and mental health aspect of being a founder
- The evolution of startup culture through recent years
open.spotify.com/episode/2gla...
come to think of it, i can definitely name some issues we've had because the architects were too far removed from the day-to-day struggles of building and maintaining the software
did we reinvent waterfall?
did we reinvent waterfall?
Rare to read a post arguing about the importance of software architecture BUT doing it without software architects than this one.
And you can just sense the hard-earned scars Matt got on the way: at Netflix, Twitter & other places:
Such a good read: newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/what-is-go...
And you can just sense the hard-earned scars Matt got on the way: at Netflix, Twitter & other places:
Such a good read: newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/what-is-go...
November 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
come to think of it, i can definitely name some issues we've had because the architects were too far removed from the day-to-day struggles of building and maintaining the software
did we reinvent waterfall?
did we reinvent waterfall?
i like being in south bay to visit my team, but i miss being productive 😅
November 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
i like being in south bay to visit my team, but i miss being productive 😅
what a time to be alive
Polymarket users bet on Coinbase’s CEO saying certain words including bitcoin, ethereum and web3 during the earnings call. He literally loaded up the site and just read aloud all the words at the end of the earnings call.
He found an even less regulated market to manipulate than crypto. Legendary.
He found an even less regulated market to manipulate than crypto. Legendary.
Coinbase CEO Stunt Exposes Vulnerability in Prediction Markets
When Coinbase Global Inc.’s quarterly earnings call wrapped up Thursday, its chief executive, Brian Armstrong, didn’t finish with profit guidance or statements of confidence. He closed it out with a l...
www.bloomberg.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
what a time to be alive
i need these people to stop looking at clearsky and see a therapist
no, I think it’s incredibly good actually that Bluesky gives people opt-in tools that allow them to use social media *without* constantly getting into stupid fights with strangers.
Blocking hatemongers is one thing but this trend of using mass block lists to avoid hearing from people who might or might not hold points of view you expect to disagree with is unhealthy imo and hurts the platform.
Bluesky was better off with folks like Margaret Mitchell and Giada Pistilli on it.
Bluesky was better off with folks like Margaret Mitchell and Giada Pistilli on it.
November 4, 2025 at 2:49 AM
i need these people to stop looking at clearsky and see a therapist
👄 rose tint my world 👄
November 1, 2025 at 8:12 AM
👄 rose tint my world 👄
okay so listening to my episode on scott's podcast, i realize i do actually still ship 1-2 impactful PRs per week
it just doesn't feel like it because they're smaller
it just doesn't feel like it because they're smaller
October 31, 2025 at 8:30 PM
okay so listening to my episode on scott's podcast, i realize i do actually still ship 1-2 impactful PRs per week
it just doesn't feel like it because they're smaller
it just doesn't feel like it because they're smaller
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Thank you @scott.hanselman.com and @katexcellence.io for this weeks show. hanselminutes.com/1021/cheat-c.... Really interesting discussions which will appeal to developers regardless of their experience. Excellent stuff. 👏
Cheat Codes for Junior Engineers with Kat Excellence
This week Scott talks to Kat who shares her tactical wisdom from her blog Katexcellence.io, where she decodes the early-career engineering experience with clarity and wit. From learning to build witho...
hanselminutes.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Thank you @scott.hanselman.com and @katexcellence.io for this weeks show. hanselminutes.com/1021/cheat-c.... Really interesting discussions which will appeal to developers regardless of their experience. Excellent stuff. 👏
hey thanks!!! glad you liked it ☺️
Thank you @scott.hanselman.com and @katexcellence.io for this weeks show. hanselminutes.com/1021/cheat-c.... Really interesting discussions which will appeal to developers regardless of their experience. Excellent stuff. 👏
Cheat Codes for Junior Engineers with Kat Excellence
This week Scott talks to Kat who shares her tactical wisdom from her blog Katexcellence.io, where she decodes the early-career engineering experience with clarity and wit. From learning to build witho...
hanselminutes.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:13 PM
hey thanks!!! glad you liked it ☺️
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If the phrase `open source` means nothing to you
imagine if your favorite app worked like Wikipedia and anyone could come along and edit it
that's how the code for Blacksky works
anyone can edit it
it's also how our docs work; if you think something's missing or could be improved, change it
imagine if your favorite app worked like Wikipedia and anyone could come along and edit it
that's how the code for Blacksky works
anyone can edit it
it's also how our docs work; if you think something's missing or could be improved, change it
GitHub - blacksky-algorithms/Documentation: Documentation of the tools maintained by Blacksky Algorithms
Documentation of the tools maintained by Blacksky Algorithms - blacksky-algorithms/Documentation
github.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:29 PM
If the phrase `open source` means nothing to you
imagine if your favorite app worked like Wikipedia and anyone could come along and edit it
that's how the code for Blacksky works
anyone can edit it
it's also how our docs work; if you think something's missing or could be improved, change it
imagine if your favorite app worked like Wikipedia and anyone could come along and edit it
that's how the code for Blacksky works
anyone can edit it
it's also how our docs work; if you think something's missing or could be improved, change it
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engineers will really develop an entire technology to avoid going to therapy
October 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
engineers will really develop an entire technology to avoid going to therapy
i think the thing that frustrates me the most re: "just leverage ai"
is that if the internal documentation sucks, ai isn't going to just magically come up with the answer
or, it might, but it's gonna be hella wrong
is that if the internal documentation sucks, ai isn't going to just magically come up with the answer
or, it might, but it's gonna be hella wrong
October 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
i think the thing that frustrates me the most re: "just leverage ai"
is that if the internal documentation sucks, ai isn't going to just magically come up with the answer
or, it might, but it's gonna be hella wrong
is that if the internal documentation sucks, ai isn't going to just magically come up with the answer
or, it might, but it's gonna be hella wrong
damn
First time I’ve seen a website name and shame their cloud provider for an outage.
October 30, 2025 at 1:51 AM
damn
currently reading "a philosophy of software design" and it's giving me a lot of validation re: why it took me so long to understand software
it's not that i was too dumb
it's that the software was too complex
software should be simple and *obvious*
it's not that i was too dumb
it's that the software was too complex
software should be simple and *obvious*
October 30, 2025 at 1:49 AM
currently reading "a philosophy of software design" and it's giving me a lot of validation re: why it took me so long to understand software
it's not that i was too dumb
it's that the software was too complex
software should be simple and *obvious*
it's not that i was too dumb
it's that the software was too complex
software should be simple and *obvious*
"sitcoms will never be the same"
hype bros ruin everything i stg
hype bros ruin everything i stg
AI sitcom accidentally a Lynchian fever dream. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and insane lament.
October 29, 2025 at 10:49 PM
"sitcoms will never be the same"
hype bros ruin everything i stg
hype bros ruin everything i stg
star trek discovery is so underrated
October 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
star trek discovery is so underrated