"Every line of AI-generated code is a plausible-looking liability." Great quote from this article mrkaran.dev/posts/ai-hom... by @mrkaran.bsky.social

Arrived in Switzerland for my next CERN delivery. Think this the first time I’ve arrived in daylight.

So good! I was looking for the dogs as it felt like something you would make.

This came up in my RSS feed today - this would have made teaching A-Level Maths much more fun. I kind of miss teaching linear algebra. little-book-of.github.io/linear-algeb...

✈️ Ever wondered what it’s really like to get flown around the world to teach developers? It’s not all airports and adventure — there’s also late-night prep, receipts, and managing energy after long days in the classroom. New video: youtu.be/sCJDePAUL9Y Would you want to teach internationally?

AI can already write lessons, quizzes, even full courses. So… do we still need teachers? 👀 I explore that question here: youtu.be/3CuqbqEAp-w What do you think — will teachers be replaced, or is the role just evolving?

AI can already write lessons, quizzes, even full courses. So… do we still need teachers? 👀 I explore that question here: youtu.be/3CuqbqEAp-w What do you think — will teachers be replaced, or is the role just evolving?

Before I teach a single thing, I always start with the same 3 questions. They set the tone, build trust, and often save the whole course. Here’s the video: youtu.be/Xsuf0KIEu5g What’s the first question you ask when leading a group?

Recently delivered a client Statamic project. Trying to work out if it would be interesting to pull together all the things I learnt through the build.

Disappointed that Kevin McCloud from Grand Designs is not Kevin MacCloud the composer of lots of TikTok background music. Lost a bet about it.

Continuing my map theme - here's an atlas of space atlasof.space very cool!

Who doesn't love a map? Here's an energy dashboard for the UK www.energydashboard.co.uk/map

I love scrolly-telling articles and this one was great! pudding.cool/2025/06/hell... A study that paired random partners for 30 minutes of conversation - measuring people positive/negative feelings at various points of the conversation. I love 30 min conversations with new friends - hit me up!

Got a DJI Mic Mini so I could improve my audio quality in future videos. Course recordings are normally at my desk with my lovely Shure mic but talking heads were harder. It wasn't working. Very confused. Turns out I was plugging it into the headphone jack not the mic jack! Doh!

Think I’m going to create a bit more content around being a developer educator. My first attempt is to argue that every course should begin from an empty page even if you have taught it a lot before. *Always* start with a blank page youtu.be/ombhvp2OdEA

While training yesterday, I tried to zoom in on some JSON on my browser and Chrome crashed. Tried again, same thing. Decided I'd try switching to Firefox again and my old preferences had Vimium installed - forgot how amazing the web is with Vimium. Hoping to stick to FF this time - let's see!

Really interesting post from @hazelweakly.me about working with AI tooling in a way that aligns with how we learn and think as humans. hazelweakly.me/blog/stop-bu... ht/ @spavel.bsky.social most recent post.

I scored 19/21 on e-mail.wtf and all I got was this lousy text to share on social media.

You know that stage of a client project where it’s pretty much done but it also never seems to be done … I do. Too well.

I really enjoy working with Claude code. Tried doing API pay as you go and it clocked up fast, upgraded to Pro and I keep hitting usage limit, trying to decide if I can justify Max as a solo dev. With a Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor subscriptions and I'm feeling bled dry by AI companies.

Planning a one shot for my D&D group - our DM is overwhelmed and I’m picking up the reins. Going to do a Blades in the Dark inspired heist game. Imagine Ocean’s 11 but we start in the middle of the heist-every time we hit an obstacle there’s a flashback to explain how someone prepared for it.

It might just be my reluctance for change but I'm not enjoying GPT-5 and miss 4o and o3.

Last week, I stole a classic classroom move for a corporate AI ethics session: think->pair->share. A prompt for individuals to think about (90s), pair with someone next to them to discuss (3 min) and then share with the group. Zero grandstanding, lots of voices. Best conversations of the day.

My kid is doing a Python summer camp and asked me to look at the code he’d written for a text adventure game. Couldn’t help saying “yuck” when I saw he was using the global keyword. Other than that it was looking good

Hacked Claude Code to see what it does. It's kinda funny. mariozechner.at/posts/2025-0...

Off to Birmingham to deliver a workshop on AI for consulting professionals. Slightly worried about mutant rats.

Started to log my pen plotting build journey www.kevincunningham.co.uk/posts/buildi...

Thinking about building or getting a draw bot/ pen plotter. Do I know anyone who is into this that could give me some advice?

Added a simple code editor component to my blog toolkit - trying to keep it light as I build more tooling around teaching. www.kevincunningham.co.uk/posts/array-...

📚💙 Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros This has been on my backlog for a while. The protagonist is a seemingly weak woman who is stronger than all around. Dragons, magic, murder and sex. A lot of sex or thinking about it anyway :)

📚💙 Axiom’s End by Lindsay Ellis I enjoyed this a lot though found the main character a bit annoying. The narrative was excellent, the aliens great and I’d like to know more about its culture. Interesting questions about relationships with different power and cultural norms. Who changes who?

📚💙 House of Chains by Steven Erikson I’m really enjoying this universe. Some longer arced storylines brought into land and lots of seeds sown for future development. While the surface level is more and more understandable it’s clear that there is a wider context that is gradually being revealed.

📚💙 The Hunter’s Code by Oleg Sapphire Travelling from Belfast to Brighton - a bit of entertaining LitRPG. Fairly good and I’ll probably work my way through the series. The protagonist is a bit sexier but otherwise likeable enough.

Murderbot is coming to Apple TV!!! Amazing. Just watched the trailer and it looks cool - though I think I always assumed that it had a female face and I can’t remember if that was from the books or from me? Another reason to keep Apple TV while I wait for the next season of for all mankind.

📚💙 Memories of Ice by Steven Erikson Okay - it’s taken to the end of the third book for me to start to understand this world. It’s epic and worth the time. Epic stories of compassion, honour and sacrifice (with dollops of magic, gods and unrelenting empires). Excited to keep going.

BFS ✈️ LGW Short trip to teach some React :)

Super exciting to see this. I really enjoyed working with redwood and this could be a meaningful step towards making local first development a first class choice.

Just published my latest course with Pluralsight! If you’re working with Flask and want to get a solid grip on authentication and authorisation, this one’s for you: 60 minutes of discussion and demos that turn an unprotected app into a secure one. www.pluralsight.com/courses/flas...

I’ve done lots of things today that didn’t need doing urgently and avoided things that did. I love ADHD :)

📚💙 Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer This is in a lot of folks top ten but I didn’t really like it. Had lots of elements I normally love - dystopia, sci fi, unreliable narrators - but for some reason it didn’t work for me. Don’t think I’ll read the rest of the series.

Some client work cancelled this week. A bit annoying for cash flow but lets me catch up on some other work. Also, I’m at the cinema at 1.30pm. Could be worse :)

📚💙 Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson Second book of the Malazan series - I think I almost understand what’s going on but still not completely. Really interesting characters and compelling plot even as there’s still so much unexplained. I think I’m committed now!

It’s a content creation day around here. Trying to keep my ADHD brain engaged with lists and smaller goals. With so many spinning plates it can be hard to stay focused.

Speaking at ELI5 event about Local First today. 7 minutes and no slides. Using a notebook and a coffee stamp loyalty card as props.

Happy pi-day! Teaching Python at CERN this week. Since the release of 3.13, I’ve started most courses joking how as a mathematician I can’t wait for 3.14 because then at will have Pi-thon. Even this group of the world’s best scientists and engineers didn’t laugh. Think I need to move on.

Did you know that you can install Bluesky as an app from any of the main browsers? It will no longer appear as a tab in your browser but will display as it's own thing. No more trying to find the right tab! I've done this on my phone before. Here are the three button presses in Chrome:

TFW you try to login and pay your VAT bill but the HMRC website login isn't working ...

📚💙 The Inevitable Ruin by Matt Dinniman Just finished the latest book in this series. A key beat as it brought lots of open threads into land. Funny, irreverent and occasionally messed up.

Slowly coming to the realisation that I might need to use a CRM for my business. Of course I’m tempted to build one myself but anyone got ideas for cheap/self hosted/open source things they use. Extra points for TS, Python or PHP (which is surely most?)

Spotted while walking the streets of Edinburgh