Adam Gordon Bell
@adamgordonbell.bsky.social
Follow me for Coding, Computers, and Backend stuff.
Community at Pulumi
Host of CoRecursive
Give me feedback: https://admonymous.co/adamgordonbell
Community at Pulumi
Host of CoRecursive
Give me feedback: https://admonymous.co/adamgordonbell
New Podcast episode tomorrow.
It's about using software to commit accounting fraud ... sort of.
And it has surprisingly good music in it.
It's about using software to commit accounting fraud ... sort of.
And it has surprisingly good music in it.
October 2, 2025 at 12:37 AM
New Podcast episode tomorrow.
It's about using software to commit accounting fraud ... sort of.
And it has surprisingly good music in it.
It's about using software to commit accounting fraud ... sort of.
And it has surprisingly good music in it.
This is my biggest fear with AI.
That it's helping me so much but also it's eating my brain.
That it's helping me so much but also it's eating my brain.
August 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM
This is my biggest fear with AI.
That it's helping me so much but also it's eating my brain.
That it's helping me so much but also it's eating my brain.
Do AI coding agents make you question your worth as a dev? Same here. A little bit.
In my new episode I unpack this:
→ Why we tie identity to code
→ How fear disguises itself as “these tools are useless”
→ Turning AI into a skill-multiplier, not a threat
In my new episode I unpack this:
→ Why we tie identity to code
→ How fear disguises itself as “these tools are useless”
→ Turning AI into a skill-multiplier, not a threat
July 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Do AI coding agents make you question your worth as a dev? Same here. A little bit.
In my new episode I unpack this:
→ Why we tie identity to code
→ How fear disguises itself as “these tools are useless”
→ Turning AI into a skill-multiplier, not a threat
In my new episode I unpack this:
→ Why we tie identity to code
→ How fear disguises itself as “these tools are useless”
→ Turning AI into a skill-multiplier, not a threat
But the real turning point came when John stopped trying to hide his differences.
How do you rebuild when you feel like an outsider?
How do you rebuild when you feel like an outsider?
June 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
But the real turning point came when John stopped trying to hide his differences.
How do you rebuild when you feel like an outsider?
How do you rebuild when you feel like an outsider?
John turned to online communities. He ran IRC bots to keep recovery chatrooms safe from trolls and built scrapers to solve tough data problems at work.
June 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
John turned to online communities. He ran IRC bots to keep recovery chatrooms safe from trolls and built scrapers to solve tough data problems at work.
John Walker grew up building computers and exploring early internet forums, always looking for a place to fit in.
Drugs became a fun exploration and a social experiment. But soon, addiction pulled him into homelessness and jail.
Drugs became a fun exploration and a social experiment. But soon, addiction pulled him into homelessness and jail.
June 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
John Walker grew up building computers and exploring early internet forums, always looking for a place to fit in.
Drugs became a fun exploration and a social experiment. But soon, addiction pulled him into homelessness and jail.
Drugs became a fun exploration and a social experiment. But soon, addiction pulled him into homelessness and jail.
Nico Thomas is introducing a new metaphor to computing. The Buffet
May 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Nico Thomas is introducing a new metaphor to computing. The Buffet
I've updated my personal website from hakyll to hugo. Now I can start trying to update it.
Porting it is more fun than actually updating it. Good bye Haskell.
Porting it is more fun than actually updating it. Good bye Haskell.
May 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I've updated my personal website from hakyll to hugo. Now I can start trying to update it.
Porting it is more fun than actually updating it. Good bye Haskell.
Porting it is more fun than actually updating it. Good bye Haskell.
Pretty excited about this one ( coming out tomorrow )
May 1, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Pretty excited about this one ( coming out tomorrow )
Back to my roots .... complaining about YAML
April 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Back to my roots .... complaining about YAML
I want an LLM that can teach me things the way this guy teaches binary.
www.garlikov.com/Soc_Meth.html
( via @stevekrouse.com )
www.garlikov.com/Soc_Meth.html
( via @stevekrouse.com )
April 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I want an LLM that can teach me things the way this guy teaches binary.
www.garlikov.com/Soc_Meth.html
( via @stevekrouse.com )
www.garlikov.com/Soc_Meth.html
( via @stevekrouse.com )
Ok, so fun story.
Mikhail Shilkov opened a feature request issue as a user for Pulumi, 7 years ago, in early days of Pulumi.
(It had work arounds, and doing it right would be complex, so it sat around)
Then Mikhail joined the company and eventually got the feature shipped and closed the ticket.
Mikhail Shilkov opened a feature request issue as a user for Pulumi, 7 years ago, in early days of Pulumi.
(It had work arounds, and doing it right would be complex, so it sat around)
Then Mikhail joined the company and eventually got the feature shipped and closed the ticket.
February 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Ok, so fun story.
Mikhail Shilkov opened a feature request issue as a user for Pulumi, 7 years ago, in early days of Pulumi.
(It had work arounds, and doing it right would be complex, so it sat around)
Then Mikhail joined the company and eventually got the feature shipped and closed the ticket.
Mikhail Shilkov opened a feature request issue as a user for Pulumi, 7 years ago, in early days of Pulumi.
(It had work arounds, and doing it right would be complex, so it sat around)
Then Mikhail joined the company and eventually got the feature shipped and closed the ticket.
Spoiler alert:
February 3, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Spoiler alert:
I've been using this prompt forever.
Pretend you are William Zinsser and roast my writing, section by section.
Be ready for extensive feedback. Here is it on 2 paragraphs of my writing.
Pretend you are William Zinsser and roast my writing, section by section.
Be ready for extensive feedback. Here is it on 2 paragraphs of my writing.
January 31, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I've been using this prompt forever.
Pretend you are William Zinsser and roast my writing, section by section.
Be ready for extensive feedback. Here is it on 2 paragraphs of my writing.
Pretend you are William Zinsser and roast my writing, section by section.
Be ready for extensive feedback. Here is it on 2 paragraphs of my writing.
Finally did a winter trail run
January 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Finally did a winter trail run
Merry Christmas from Teddy
December 26, 2024 at 4:18 AM
Merry Christmas from Teddy
⚠️ The main trade-off? Cold starts. The first request is sloooow as the whole thing starts up
• Python/Node: ~3.8s startup time
• Go: 600 ms (recommended!)
This might not be your best bet if you're building something that needs consistent sub-second response times.
December 23, 2024 at 3:20 PM
⚠️ The main trade-off? Cold starts. The first request is sloooow as the whole thing starts up
• Python/Node: ~3.8s startup time
• Go: 600 ms (recommended!)
This might not be your best bet if you're building something that needs consistent sub-second response times.
Here's the solution I've implemented:
1. Put a Container on Lambda
2. Put API Gateway v2 in front of it
3. Add a domain name
4. Setup proper route handling ( so container gets proxied full paths and can do routing itself )
1. Put a Container on Lambda
2. Put API Gateway v2 in front of it
3. Add a domain name
4. Setup proper route handling ( so container gets proxied full paths and can do routing itself )
December 23, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Here's the solution I've implemented:
1. Put a Container on Lambda
2. Put API Gateway v2 in front of it
3. Add a domain name
4. Setup proper route handling ( so container gets proxied full paths and can do routing itself )
1. Put a Container on Lambda
2. Put API Gateway v2 in front of it
3. Add a domain name
4. Setup proper route handling ( so container gets proxied full paths and can do routing itself )
Dev Ops people: Your bash scripting skills are already programming - making the leap to Python easier than you think.
I made a video answer to this reddit question: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKiN...
I made a video answer to this reddit question: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKiN...
December 19, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Dev Ops people: Your bash scripting skills are already programming - making the leap to Python easier than you think.
I made a video answer to this reddit question: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKiN...
I made a video answer to this reddit question: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKiN...
I ran out of space in the image :)
December 4, 2024 at 7:19 PM
I ran out of space in the image :)
December 4, 2024 at 4:36 PM
I was remarking to a colleague that there are certainly many ways to run containers in the Cloud.
He suggested I look deeper into it, and wow, it turns out I was just at the tip of the iceberg.
He suggested I look deeper into it, and wow, it turns out I was just at the tip of the iceberg.
December 4, 2024 at 2:06 PM
I was remarking to a colleague that there are certainly many ways to run containers in the Cloud.
He suggested I look deeper into it, and wow, it turns out I was just at the tip of the iceberg.
He suggested I look deeper into it, and wow, it turns out I was just at the tip of the iceberg.
Of course, the risk is always this
November 27, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Of course, the risk is always this