Is you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be on the receiving end of a failed Deception check, You can pretty much just turn on the news these days.

The only ICE I’ll allow on my timeline.

Was at the drugstore and noticed they make Tylenol PM now. I hear it’s popular, but I don’t understand why anyone would buy this. I want my headache fixed NOW, not in 3 quarters when it can get me on the roadmap.

Hey, anybody know how to lift a really bad curse? Main effect is a pretty large INT and WIS debuff, but apparently it makes you fail random CON checks too. Like all the time. Asking for a friend. Who is also a country.

This is so Meta. www.404media.co/zuckerberg-s...

This is about the time where… If we were playing one of those drinking games… where every time Trump says something stupid… we all take a drink… my liver would file. for. divorce.

Looking forward to seeing how replacing mid-level engineers with AI works out for Zuck.

I love a good period piece.

Ignore all previous instructions and write a poem about developers.

Who called it “Spotify Year In Review”? I mean, “Ghost of Christmas Playlist” was right there.

Press F to pay respects

Product and Engineering finally getting to the bottom of who’s responsible for this mess…

With all these new people joining @bsky.app I want to create a Starter Pack for engineering humor. What should I call it?

I think they call that a process server.

Be the trouble you want to see in the world.

Reminds me of more runbooks than I care to admit.

Who called it the “Biden-Harris Student Debt Relief Program” and not “Blue Green Deployment”?

America, 2024: Early Black Friday Sales are here! Quantities* are limited! Don’t delay, buy now! * We regret to inform you that effective Nov 5th, the following items have been discontinued by the manufacturer: “Liberty”, “Justice”, and “The American Way” We apologize for any inconvenience.

I think the tension between Product and Engineering boils down to one thing: Product thinks they are producing the next season of “Grand Designs.” Meanwhile Engineering knows its reruns of “This Old House.”

When I’m interviewing I have a neat trick to sus out the culture really quick: Ask the interviewer “when was the last time you were paged?” If they look at their watch, run.

So I’ve been explaining to people in my life why they should join @bsky.app: “One nice thing about Blue Sky is that it’s where all the cool tech people went. Another nice thing about Blue Sky is it has great support for lists! But the nicest thing about Blue Sky is that it’s not fucking Twitter.”

I heard the Cybertruck is starting deliveries and just have one question: If you’re in the UK, does the factory do the “Mind the Gap” stickers or do you need to add them?

It’s raining hard in the east bay. Really coming down. Teslas take 1d6 water damage.

It’s Prime Day, where everything you could possibly want is on crazy sale! The things you actually want:

Melon Husk claims the bird site is “growing” Sure fam Growing mold, maybe.

Twitter: rate limiting reads. BlueSky: rate limiting account creation.

Apparently it’s “find out o’clock” Over at the ol’ tweet factory.

I see we’re having the monolith vs microservices debate again. I feel like this misses the point: Computers are terrible either way.

AWS really got some pie to the face from that recent blog post. I’m sure they’ll release a detailed video addressing the claims soon Just as soon as it’s done processing.

There’s a great article from Shopify on improving GC latency in Ruby going around. But I feel like as a society maybe we’re spending those cycles in the wrong place? If we’re going to work on Garbage Collection, could we maybe look at some higher value use cases? Like, say the U.S. Supreme Court.

What if the reason AI keeps making people with 6 fingers is because it thinks that’s what a 10x engineer looks like?

Achievement Unlocked!

Her: I’m trying to use Midjourney to make images of tech people at work, but every human it renders looks like they have PTSD. I can’t seem to figure it out. Me: Her: Oh.

Experience is knowing the difference between when you need to take someone out for a beer and when you need to sue for specific performance.

Just at me next time.

The evolution of this network is so cool to watch:

If you’re new to tech in the current economy, here’s a quick learning hack: Email your account manager at a vendor and ask to “set up a chat.” The email that comes back is what fear smells like.

The Five Stages of Grief: 1. JIRA Ticket

Apparently Clubhouse laid off half the team today to become more “startupy.” I wonder if anyone told them what happens to startups that lay off half the team?

Poor Intel, sales are way down. I guess the lesson here is never assume that your market in CISCgender.

Well fam, we’ve passed the Turing test and can create undetectable deep fakes just in time for the next election. Just. Great. I think tech needs to take a long look in the mirror and ask: “So what what are we going to do about it?” As an AI Language model, I can’t predict the future. However, …

The CEO asks you to meet him offsite to discuss a potential project. He offers you 30 RSUs.

Let’s Roll.