Ryan
@codingwithryan.com
Developer Advocate who likes Python, web dev, Twilio and tech communities.
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@codingwithryan.com
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Ryan's Website
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codingwithryan.com
Hello there, I’m Ryan! 👋
I’m a Developer Advocate, Web Developer, and startup enthusiast.
Here, I share thoughts and things from all three worlds.
Follow me if you're into that kind of thing. Or don't, you're your own person. 🤷
Also, if you're interested, here's my website:
codingwithryan.com
I’m a Developer Advocate, Web Developer, and startup enthusiast.
Here, I share thoughts and things from all three worlds.
Follow me if you're into that kind of thing. Or don't, you're your own person. 🤷
Also, if you're interested, here's my website:
codingwithryan.com
This plant will die if I'm on my phone too much
YouTube video by Simone Giertz
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Sometimes a cup of tea just hits different
November 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Sometimes a cup of tea just hits different
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I don’t know howwww people are vibe coding without knowing how to _actually_ code
My workflow has been:
Claude helps me a little
Claude regresses
I help Claude
Claude tells me I was right all along
I close Claude
I do the rest myself
My workflow has been:
Claude helps me a little
Claude regresses
I help Claude
Claude tells me I was right all along
I close Claude
I do the rest myself
November 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I don’t know howwww people are vibe coding without knowing how to _actually_ code
My workflow has been:
Claude helps me a little
Claude regresses
I help Claude
Claude tells me I was right all along
I close Claude
I do the rest myself
My workflow has been:
Claude helps me a little
Claude regresses
I help Claude
Claude tells me I was right all along
I close Claude
I do the rest myself
@figma.com is better than any other design tool. It's so good and you don't realise until you're working with another design tool.
November 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
@figma.com is better than any other design tool. It's so good and you don't realise until you're working with another design tool.
For those that can afford it (or their companies), the Django software foundation is looking for donations for 2026.
Happy birthday Django!
Happy birthday Django!
Twenty years of #Django releases 🚀 www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025... Over those twenty years,
- 447 Django releases shipped 🚢
- 131 security vulnerabilities addressed
- 262,203 releases of Django-related packages in the #Python ecosystem
- 447 Django releases shipped 🚢
- 131 security vulnerabilities addressed
- 262,203 releases of Django-related packages in the #Python ecosystem
Twenty years of Django releases
Posted by Thibaud Colas on Nov. 19, 2025
www.djangoproject.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:45 AM
For those that can afford it (or their companies), the Django software foundation is looking for donations for 2026.
Happy birthday Django!
Happy birthday Django!
At SIGNAL London today and I'm helping out with Twilio's Builder Arcade. Each game shows off what you can do with Twilio's AI 🎮
Playing video games for work isn't a bad life!
Playing video games for work isn't a bad life!
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
At SIGNAL London today and I'm helping out with Twilio's Builder Arcade. Each game shows off what you can do with Twilio's AI 🎮
Playing video games for work isn't a bad life!
Playing video games for work isn't a bad life!
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cloudflare's on-duty IT staff bangs on the doors which I have padlocked from the inside as I calmly break open lava lamp after lava lamp and drink the contents
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
cloudflare's on-duty IT staff bangs on the doors which I have padlocked from the inside as I calmly break open lava lamp after lava lamp and drink the contents
“I’m not saying it is simple. I’m saying it is possible” @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
I hope these are words I live by
I hope these are words I live by
November 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
“I’m not saying it is simple. I’m saying it is possible” @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
I hope these are words I live by
I hope these are words I live by
I joined Twilio's developer advocacy team last week. It's been lovely so far.
October 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I joined Twilio's developer advocacy team last week. It's been lovely so far.
This post from @pedramnavid.com is well worth a read for DevRel folks.
I particularly like:
> Undifferentiated content might as well be no content.
I particularly like:
> Undifferentiated content might as well be no content.
This writeup by @pedramnavid.com is easily one of my favourite texts on DevRel (and the mythological reference didn't go unnoticed)
Central argument: DevRel is just Marketing, for developers, with a feedback loop to the product.
Do you agree?
#devrel #developerrelations
Central argument: DevRel is just Marketing, for developers, with a feedback loop to the product.
Do you agree?
#devrel #developerrelations
Reflections on 2 Years Running Developer Relations
What is DevRel and do I need one?
databased.pedramnavid.com
October 5, 2025 at 10:56 AM
This post from @pedramnavid.com is well worth a read for DevRel folks.
I particularly like:
> Undifferentiated content might as well be no content.
I particularly like:
> Undifferentiated content might as well be no content.
Want to turn your dev work into great content?
As you build, make commits that capture meaningful steps. Write messages that describe what changed and why. When you’re done, your commit history will serve as an outline for a tutorial or blog post.
As you build, make commits that capture meaningful steps. Write messages that describe what changed and why. When you’re done, your commit history will serve as an outline for a tutorial or blog post.
October 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Want to turn your dev work into great content?
As you build, make commits that capture meaningful steps. Write messages that describe what changed and why. When you’re done, your commit history will serve as an outline for a tutorial or blog post.
As you build, make commits that capture meaningful steps. Write messages that describe what changed and why. When you’re done, your commit history will serve as an outline for a tutorial or blog post.
Me after writing code without AI help
October 4, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Me after writing code without AI help
This repo from @jpt.sh saved me a lot of time implementing honeypot fields in Django.
It's simple to implement and works really well.
codeberg.org/jpt/django-h...
It's simple to implement and works really well.
codeberg.org/jpt/django-h...
django-honeypot
🍯 Generic honeypot utilities for use in django projects.
codeberg.org
October 4, 2025 at 9:53 AM
This repo from @jpt.sh saved me a lot of time implementing honeypot fields in Django.
It's simple to implement and works really well.
codeberg.org/jpt/django-h...
It's simple to implement and works really well.
codeberg.org/jpt/django-h...
AI did the CSS for my most recent greenfield project while I was working on the backend. It was purple.
AI has a purple problem
Why does every website look like this? Where did this come from? Is Tailwind to blame?
I went to the sloppiest and purplest corners of the web to find out
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG_7...
Why does every website look like this? Where did this come from? Is Tailwind to blame?
I went to the sloppiest and purplest corners of the web to find out
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG_7...
October 3, 2025 at 1:46 PM
AI did the CSS for my most recent greenfield project while I was working on the backend. It was purple.
I absolutely love @posthog.com's website. It's bold. I'm not sure it will have a good impact on UX. But by god do I love it!
posthog.com
posthog.com
PostHog is for product engineers
We’re building every tool for product engineers to build successful products.
posthog.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I absolutely love @posthog.com's website. It's bold. I'm not sure it will have a good impact on UX. But by god do I love it!
posthog.com
posthog.com
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Wrote up my initial impressions of the brand new Claude Sonnet 4.5 - I think it may live up to Anthropic's claims of being the "best coding model in the world", for the next few weeks at least!
simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/29/...
simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/29/...
Claude Sonnet 4.5 is probably the “best coding model in the world” (at least for now)
Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 4.5 today, with a very bold set of claims: Claude Sonnet 4.5 is the best coding model in the world. It’s the strongest model for building …
simonwillison.net
September 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Wrote up my initial impressions of the brand new Claude Sonnet 4.5 - I think it may live up to Anthropic's claims of being the "best coding model in the world", for the next few weeks at least!
simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/29/...
simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/29/...
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I shared a few more notes here, including this hopefully reassuring note for anyone afraid of the impact this will have on their career as a programmer simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/29/...
September 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I shared a few more notes here, including this hopefully reassuring note for anyone afraid of the impact this will have on their career as a programmer simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/29/...
Learning new tech stacks is hard and struggling to learn them doesn’t make you an idiot.
Perseverance is key. You’ll get multiple “aha” moments
Perseverance is key. You’ll get multiple “aha” moments
September 29, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Learning new tech stacks is hard and struggling to learn them doesn’t make you an idiot.
Perseverance is key. You’ll get multiple “aha” moments
Perseverance is key. You’ll get multiple “aha” moments
Is the rise in AI, in part, a response to how unusable the average website is for quick questions?
September 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Is the rise in AI, in part, a response to how unusable the average website is for quick questions?
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Javascript programmers be like
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September 24, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Javascript programmers be like
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@owasplondon.bsky.social had a talk tonight on dev driven threat modelling.
Good talk but the pushback was “don’t devs already have enough on their plates”
Good talk but the pushback was “don’t devs already have enough on their plates”
September 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
@owasplondon.bsky.social had a talk tonight on dev driven threat modelling.
Good talk but the pushback was “don’t devs already have enough on their plates”
Good talk but the pushback was “don’t devs already have enough on their plates”
With their upgraded album:
Sound of Gold
Sound of Gold
Technologically advance a band:
OLED Soundsystem
OLED Soundsystem
September 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
With their upgraded album:
Sound of Gold
Sound of Gold
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i feel pessimistic about creating educational content, i wonder if i've pilled myself into believing something that isn't true... it *feels* like there's less market for that, like there's a broad movement "against" learning and in favor of quick solutions and llm-will-do-it. idk if i even disagree
September 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
i feel pessimistic about creating educational content, i wonder if i've pilled myself into believing something that isn't true... it *feels* like there's less market for that, like there's a broad movement "against" learning and in favor of quick solutions and llm-will-do-it. idk if i even disagree
"In this tutorial, we're going to show you..."
I have read and written this line sooooo many times
I have read and written this line sooooo many times
September 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"In this tutorial, we're going to show you..."
I have read and written this line sooooo many times
I have read and written this line sooooo many times
Something interesting about our SaaS:
User activation rates from generative AI signups are about 50% lower compared to those from traditional search signups.
User activation rates from generative AI signups are about 50% lower compared to those from traditional search signups.
September 17, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Something interesting about our SaaS:
User activation rates from generative AI signups are about 50% lower compared to those from traditional search signups.
User activation rates from generative AI signups are about 50% lower compared to those from traditional search signups.