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Is the subscription era ending? When AI makes building cheaper than buying, why pay monthly forever when you could build once and own it? I really wonder how software monetization is going to change with more advanced AI that can build faster and cheaper than ever before.

If these CAPTCHAs get any harder I'm not sure I'm going to be able to pass them 😅

Certainly only the coolest of cool kids spend their Friday evenings vibe coding their own personal productivity tools... right? 😅 brittanyellich.com/i-guess-im-a...

I'm a pretty big fan of #AI but Moltbook is deeply unsettling 😅

Yesterday I built this neat little automation that I'm running locally that will see how many issues I have assigned to me right now and automatically assign one from the backlog to Copilot on my behalf if I have space. I've shipped 3 PRs already with it since enabling it. I love the future.

The commit graphghan is coming together 👀 I finally picked up this project again and found a way to get it a bit more organized with a yarn bowl! I'm really not looking forward to the number of ends to weave in, though 🥲

If you missed it, @Brittanyellich.com explains why maintaining existing systems often beats rewriting them and how to use coding agents without chaos. Catch up on her conversation with @Robbyonrails.com on @maintainable.fm: maintainable.fm/episodes/bri...

You know who has starter packs already? @bsky.app 😏 Here's one I am maintaining for folks who write content for developers! go.bsky.app/AnM2t7r

Want to level up your #AI knowledge? 👀

This room is such a vibe now and I love spending time in it (which is good cause I spend a lot of time in it). Thank you for the help @dangitalex.wtf !!

I'm sorry for what I said when I was overstimulated.

This is huge 👀

One of the biggest lessons I've learned as a software engineer is that working code is worth maintaining. I was thrilled to be asked to be on the @maintainable.fm podcast with @robbyonrails.com ! If you want to learn more about using #AI to make codebases better, you should check it out!

You can handle so much more than you think you can

This week on Overcommitted, @abbeyperini.dev gets real about accessibility and ADHD 👀 This was a great talk and this clip captured a bunch of the best moments ♥️ Full episode out now wherever you listen!

I have no more patience for platforms. I'm done. #offprint https://tynanistyping.offprint.app/a/3mcsvjjceei23-publishing-on-the-atmosphere

I recently hired @dangitalex.wtf to help me with lighting design for my office and am doing the work to set it all up today and omg.... He's like, really good 👀 excited to share a before and after soon!!

Welcome to all the new users! We're Streamplace: Open-Source livestreaming on the AT Protocol. Get started streaming today with OBS! Directions and video settings are here: docs.stream.place/docs/guides/...

Guess who is now an official card carrying member of the Interim Computer Museum? 😎 This is such a cool way to interact with historical tech and learn from the past! Thank you @scott.hanselman.com for the push 😄

New logo, who dis? We are employing are very limited design skills to make a thing. Do you like it? 😄

We are halfway through the Writing for Developers book club through the @overcommitted.dev community and the writing motivation is strong 💪 - 10 blog posts folks wrote this week and got feedback on - Discussions every day and started some co-working sessions - A supportive community of developers

I think this is a solid take by @brittanyellich.com (from @github.com): brittanyellich.com/ai-has-an-im...

Pets stay free AND yoga mats in every room?? Me (and Timber!!) are in! 😎

A recipe to make the world hate AI: 1 part apocalyptic predictions 1 part bias 1 part stealing art 1000 parts hype Mix during political and economic turbulence and serve. I spent a year getting good at these tools. Here's what I learned about where we are today with #AI.

One of my favorite parts about AI is that I can now end every sentence with an exclamation point and it isn't weird! I can convey how excited I truly am, and it just tells you that this wasn't written by AI! I'm a human! This is awesome!

The Overcommitted hosts recently sat down with @christinacodes.dev and learned her approach to building "silly software"! Want to learn web sockets? Build a cursed video player! Saw a joke about coding with Gen Z slang? make a Babel plugin! Add a twist, make it fun, and learn by doing!

I wrote this while working on @collectivesocial.app . I'm going to go finish it now.

In 2025 I spoke at 5+ conferences, started a podcast, learned a TON, finished a Spartan race, raised 3 tiny humans, and learned I'm probably doing too much 😅 Here is my year in review, the top things I learned, and what I'm changing in 2026: brittanyellich.com/2025-in-revi...

This week on @overcommitted.dev , why education for engineers with 2-3 years of experience is critical: they don't know what they don't know. Check out the episode as we chat with @glich.stream about why he's creating a system design course specifically for this demographic.

There's a new meetup happening next week in Vancouver WA for anyone else in that area! I know this is a big remote worker spot so it's time to get out of the house for a bit 😁 luma.com/mp7nv4ln?tk=... Thank you @saeris.gg for organizing ♥️

Thanks @brittanyellich.com for planting this community. And thanks @sarna.dev and @cynthiadunlop.bsky.social for the book! Here's my way to pay it forward! tidefield.dev/writing/hell...

Are microservices more problems than solutions? 👀 Most companies embark on that pattern because they think they're solving scaling, when actually they're solving organizational inefficiencies. This and more in this week's episode of @overcommitted.dev with @glich.stream !

I'm a busy lady, full-time developer, 3 kids, major trust issues with social media, and not a ton of bandwidth for learning. This post by @jimray.bsky.team effectively describes why I'm betting my limited free time on #ATProto jimray-bsky.leaflet.pub/3maenxn7kqc2a

Why yes I am still finishing Christmas crafts on January 4th. What about it?

Me: I'm going to build a super cool productivity tool so I can be extra productive! Also me: I've spent the last three evenings worth of crafting time detangling this yarn so I can continue this project

My kids are on a Pupstruction kick and I'm afraid this show is really going to give children unrealistic expectations about construction timelines. Turning a firetruck into a fireplane in time to put out a forest fire? Seems like a bit of a stretch.

I highly recommend this gift for future you: Head to futureme.org and write yourself a letter for one year in the future. Talk about your life and where you are now, and where you hope to be a year from now. This is my favorite New Year tradition, it's like a little time capsule for each year ♥️

I've got some massive end of year cleaning energy going and it feels incredible. Today I boxed up all the unfinished projects I know I'm never going to get to. Some I've been toting around for literally two decades. It feels so good to let those go.

Want to learn how to get a coding agent to work for you? There's a blog post for that! Shout-out to @jasonet.co for the collab on this 🙌 github.blog/ai-and-ml/gi...

My friend Kim is an absolutely incredible stained glass artist and I need the world to see more of her work. She made this stained glass piece for my kitty we just lost 😭 it looks so good. Her work is at guidaraglass.com if you know of anyone who might like it 👀

I'm a bit planning obsessed and this is my favorite week of the year. Between Christmas and New Year's is the perfect amount of chill time to reflect on the year and plan for the year ahead. Here's the 7 things I do each week during this time to get ready for some new year vibes:

Merry Christmas, Bluesky! I love having this space and these friends on the internet and I hope you all have a lovely day ♥️

This was such a fun conversation and definitely convinced me to upgrade my keyboard situation 👀 Check out the Overcommitted podcast where you listen to podcasts!

The internet in 2025

Me, two weeks ago: wow it's so fun making an #ATProto project, lots of the hard stuff like auth are already taken care of! Me, now: *writing blog posts and staying up way too late thinking about auth for my ATProto project*

@brittanyellich.com and I have been talking about community modeling on ATProtocol lately and I wrote a follow-up piece to her recent post "Representing groups in ATProto".

I wrote up a doc about what I'm thinking for opensocial.community and representing groups in #ATProto in case anyone has any thoughts or feedback on it! brittanyellich.com/atproto-grou...

Finally, I can be a real programmer with a real keyboard!

Have you wanted to read the book Writing for Developers? Or have a resolution to do more writing in the new year? Join the conversation and the book club! 👇