“I haven’t been able to find any wind farms in China”

It just occurred to me that this is actually a GDPR violation. More than one even...

Nuance evaporates when oversimplification serves someone's agenda.

Another day, another bill for someone else's account - because apparently my email belongs to a stranger according to a major telecom provider. The irony? I've been getting laughs telling this story at conferences. They have no idea they're now part of my material.

Lots of fun at the Christmas Unplugged

@darktelecom.bsky.social forgot to share this legendary pic #AgileTD

No parent wants this text. Thinking of the Brown University community.

Se querem uma boa gargalhada.

#whamageddon They got me!!

It’s here. A recap of my #SpotifyWrapped www.spotify.com/wrapped-shar...

I am once again telling everyone to get the fuck off Substack leavesubstack.com

Fixing the real problems that slow teams down is hard. Much easier to say teams should use AI. And if teams arent faster, they arent using AI well.

Watching Rear Window and these neighbors need some curtains!

If you are at #AgileTD, do feel free to propose a session for this year’s open space with @jrosaproenca.bsky.social and @alexschl.bsky.social. It doesn’t matter if you want to present something or simply discuss a topic, just post it on Slack 👉 agiletdzone.slack.com/archives/C08...

If this is what they are doing with the AI, what do you think they are doing with the much simpler and easier to control algorithm that chooses which posts you see and which of your posts are seen by others?

Wrote what I learned in my 1st day at @oredev.org I attended sessions on: - Synthetic Monitoring - What testers are afraid to say - Collective Risk Management And More. nicolalindgren.com/oredev-confe... cc @jrosaproenca.bsky.social @testerfromleic.bsky.social @joshuakerievsky.bsky.social

Code quality and maintainability will become more important than ever before... (with AI) @oredev.org

A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

I feel the same way about flaky tests. @jrosaproenca.bsky.social giving a great talk at @oredev.org

The McDonaldization of Friendship. Excellent metaphor being brought up by Lianne Potter @oredev.org about the dangers of AI "friends". It's fast, convenient, readily available and if you do it too often it will be bad for your health!

Loving the visuals at @oredev.org . Looking so forward to this!

Obama: They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and D.E.I. For every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? D.E.I.. Wife mad at you? D.E.I..

I don’t see how anyone can hide behind the ”it’s not making her more money” or ”she’s just fighting for women” anymore. No. She is hurting people. She’s using that money to hurt people. Stop lying to yourself. I don’t care how much I loved those books. She is just pure hatred at this point.

Desconfiem de adultos que são contra a educação sexual nas escolas, é o meu conselho.

Last night the straps on a 26 year old guitar bag I have for my Tele broke. Luckily I caught the guitar and no harm done. I was looking for a new one online and I have no words for the review I just read...

I did it! It's October and I finished the list!

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

I have a feeling that this event is going to be awesome! I will be speaking about Synthetic Monitoring at @oredev.org ! See you there?

I'm baffled how Google Meet still doesn't show the event name from Google Calendar inside the meeting. Because who wouldn't want to play the thrilling game of 'Guess if I'm in the right meeting' while hopping between tabs?! 🙃

Of course I had to come to Canada 🇨🇦 to see pastéis de nata being served at the hotel breakfast buffet 😂

Saw this talk yesterday at Targeting Quality 25 and it gave me a lot to think about regarding guardrails for AI systems, by @jigyasa-grover.bsky.social and @rishabh-misra.bsky.social Definitely recommend for anyone interested! Recording from another event: www.youtube.com/watch?v=q__B...

Speaking at Targeting Quality today in Cambridge, Ontario. I'm enjoying a talk on technical documentation and of course @maritvandijk.bsky.social gets mentioned! 🙌🏻

Precisely

This is a massive, history making abuse of your power. It will define your legacy and one day you will come to regret punishing free speech and trying to destroy democracy.

There is so much GamerGate energy in American politics and culture today. I’d never have guessed that was going to be the blueprint for what living in America would be like in 2025.

This: "It is bleak to even be calling Kirk’s death “political violence” at this juncture, before authorities have even found the shooter." Might be the best point I've heard so far. Great job.

Been diving into AI-driven disinfo lately. Feels like the world splits in two: some fear the biggest threat is making people believe events that never happened; others worry more about emotional spins - like portraying leaders as superheroes. Still not sure what my own opinion is though...

If I was an engineer at Coinbase and heard this mandate, I’d just start to review AI code less rigorously and let it rip. The stated goal is to increase AI generation numbers, and nothing about quality, maintainability, correctness, lack of duplication - right? Give devs a goal and they meet it

I would be too embarrased to admit this is how I felt

i think the nazi bar analogy kinda understates the case severely. it's a nazi bar where the nazi owner modifies the acoustics so anyone saying "hey nazis are bad" can't be heard (on top of throwing many of them out) bsky.app/profile/wolf...

Funny how we could all see, miles away, that RFK's "people should have a right to choose" meant that he was eventually going to ban stuff on the basis of his personal beliefs.

PSA: When you hear someone downplaying COVID-19 by saying, "The flu kills more people every year anyway," call out that misinformation. Between 2020 and 2025, COVID-19 has caused at least double the number of deaths worldwide compared to the flu.

For the first time ever, I'm talking dev in a Reddit thread and advocating for short-lived branches. I'm being downvoted to oblivion. 😂

Noticed a pattern: every country with a housing crisis points at their neighbor’s fix - rent control here, build more there, loosen zoning elsewhere. But all those neighbors have the same crisis. Almost none of them tried what's pointed out below...

Este é aquele vizinho que entra no zoom da reunião de condomínio e liga a câmera durante 2 segundos, depois desliga e não volta a falar, nem quando lhe fazem uma pergunta.

So we're outsourcing initial job interviews to AI now? You'd think all the productivity gains would free up humans for the important things, like interviewing our future co-workers. At this pace, every candidate will need their own interview bot to keep up. Soon, bots will be interviewing bots.