DALLAS! Our Last meetup of the year is on December 9th and it will be our most requested meetup to end the year right, A Night Of AI. I need some speakers for this one. Anyone interested in speaking in person for this one? Need 4 speakers for 10-15 minute lightning talks.

True friendship is joining your friend's livestream to ask questions that spark discussions. Also, @dthompsondev.bsky.social is live on LinkedIn go check it out great stuff! www.linkedin.com/events/stopl...

After using COUNTLESS AI agents & LLM-powered IDEs, my takeaway is simple: We're obsessed with benchmarks, but developer adoption will come down to one thing: UI/UX. The BEST EXPERIENCE will win, NOT just the highest score.

Still trying to leak sensitive data?! Instead of a 'safelist' for WHAT TO INCLUDE, you need a 'blocklist' for what to exclude! Meet Omit. It's the perfect utility type for when you want to return ALMOST everything from an object, but need to guarantee you hide sensitive fields:

Success is empty if you're the only one who makes it. The real goal isn't to get into the room; it's to hold the door open and pull three more people in with you. That's impact

The scariest bug in production? Accidentally exposing sensitive data! Don't just hope you filtered your objects. Enforce it at the type level! Here's how TypeScript's Pick utility type acts as your security guard. It lets you create a "safelist" of properties.

Working on a new advanced Typescript talk for a tech meetup, showing and explaining Template Literal Types and really highlighting Type-level string manipulation. Is there anything in this area that you think I should really highlight or emphasize?

The Commit Your Talk (CYT) project now has Auth and User Management on the Website using @WorkOS AuthKit! Curriculum has been added to the site and now the goal is to add in curriculum tracking so people can log into their accounts and keep track of how much they have done!

A weekly call that helps software developers of all levels become more confident in discussing technical topics to help their careers. I am at the very beginning stages but I am creating this open source project with my discord where we will host weekly calls with a curriculum!

@dthompsondev.bsky.social @leonnoel.bsky.social Enjoying the latest episode of The Programming Podcast in particular, haha :) Glad it's not just me!

I AM SORRY. I have to clear up the rumors: Yes, we are THAT HOUSE That all the kids at school will be talking about on Monday.😎 We are bringing out the Full-size candy bars, Japanese candy, and a massive selection for the kids to go wild! Healing my inner child every year 🥹

Stop selling features or bragging about who you worked with and start solving problems. The invoice will follow.

What's more powerful than a developer who can delete their own 'clever' code for more readable code for the good of the team?

YouTube youtu.be/cYD3ZBFMB_U Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/6CaS... Or anywhere else you listen to podcasts!

Want to know how NOT to take a project from ticket to production? 😂 Tomorrow's "The Programming Podcast" episode covers all the lessons learned the hard way. I just rewatched it, and it's a GOOD one! What's your biggest "project gone wrong" regret? Let me know below! 👇

What are you currently learning or trying to learn about software development? Are you learning a new tool, experimenting with a new framework, or implementing something new? What is on your plate that you are trying to tackle?

BY THE WAY! The latest episode of The Programming Podcast was officially our 50th published episode!!!! @leonnoel.bsky.social! Wow. I saw it when I made the YouTube API request while working on the podcast page of my new site. I remember us getting 10 listens, & we were literally GEEKING out!

If I ever fail doing something, it will NEVER be due to a lack of effort or trying. It will be for factors outside of my control. If I can control it, I'll always have it to the greatest level of my abilities.

For The Programming Podcast, we are VERY selective on the guest cohosts we bring on. We try to make sure that if they are there, it is for a huge purpose, and y'all seem to love this. Who should we start aiming to bring on next? Who do YOU want to hear, and the big one, WHY? @leonnoel.bsky.social

Always love spending a morning with my #CYC homies, building community and exchanging wisdom with @dthompsondev.bsky.social

Established trust; advised but rarely directed; helped me set my own goals and reach them, held me accountable for when I didn't and helped me grow. Took me seriously/at my word when I reported problems. Established psychological safety. Helped me understand MY narrative in the company.

The BEST manager you ever had, what made them the best TO YOU in your eyes?

6 coffee chats today, 10 next week, and 6 the week after that. I’m feeling so fulfilled. Bringing people together and creating community brings me so much joy 🥹 Thank you @dthompsondev.bsky.social for emphasizing the power of coffee chats & connection.

Ended up chatting with the #CYC community for almost 2+ hours since we were all feeling fired up from @dthompsondev.bsky.social and the conversations that were happening during this weeks mentoring session 🔥

4am and this is the perfect time for me to get things going! My house is silent except for the typing of my keyboard. Just released a blog post, Stop Parsing LLMs with Regex: Build Production ready AI Features with Schema-Enforced Outputs. 1/3⤵️

From thinking "I'll Never Learn Math" to Distinguished Professor of Engineering & one of the world’s leading experts on learning! @dthompsondev.bsky.social & I had the HONOR of chatting on the pod with the 🐐 Dr. Barbara Oakley A DEEP DIVE into How To Learn in The Age of AI + so much more

New Blog post will be coming out soon! I feel like I've got it where I want it, but I'm going to sleep on it to make sure I feel the same way in the morning. I really like the angle of this one. I think I am going to turn it into a video tutorial as well! 👀

the @torc.dev vlog is baccckkkkkk!! this highlights our time at @commityourcode.bsky.social in dallas! unreal event put on by @dthompsondev.bsky.social that really aligns with torcs mission of being community first. BIG thanks to our community and ambassadors ♥️♥️ youtu.be/vO30Yx7dEtU?...

I've been cooking chat! I've been building EventConvo, a platform to find events and conferences but also solves a lot of problems for Meetup Organizers, Conference Organizers, Speakers AND Just regular folks going to meetups! I love how much progress has been made since I first spoke about it!

Surprisingly useful conference swag from @thisdotlabs.bsky.social , Pan pizza dough recipe from @kenjilopezalt.bsky.social , thanks @dthompsondev.bsky.social !!

Enjoying listening (to podcast version) of The Programming Podcast (recommend for computing educators), hosts @dthompsondev.bsky.social & @leonnoel.bsky.social talking to Barbara Oakley of 'Learning How to Learn' Coursera fame. YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=si_Z... cc @cs4fn.bsky.social

Friday morning hanging out in the #CYC discord with the crew and @dthompsondev.bsky.social as he drops gems and strategies while answering questions 💎🔥

Your AI co-pilot is only as smart as the questions you ask. ✨ @dthompsondev.bsky.social shows how tone detection and clarifying queries can level up your daily grind.

SHE GOT THE JOB! Make sure you show Lisa some love y'all! I am very behind on the They got a job posts but LISA went through the cohort, she truly went above and beyond, and is now officially a backend apprentice at LinkedIn! 👏👏👏 She did it y'all! 🥹

In January, I posted, "I want 2025 to be my year of more meaningful leadership conversations! If you are a director or above and are open to a conversation, I'd love to speak with you." Which led to over 50 conversations! I learned SO MUCH and would love to do it again!

HE GOT THE JOB Y'ALL!!! Show Hadi some love y'all! He deserves it! Went through the DSD cohort, put in work, he learned SO MUCH! I was just saying to myself that I have a backlog of they got the job posts I have to make and Hadi was on that list then I saw this! 🎉

Coming in clutch tonight with the new episode drop! @dthompsondev.bsky.social @leonnoel.bsky.social no doubt the podcast will be top 2 in my Spotify wrapped for 2025. #theprogrammingpodcast open.spotify.com/episode/1Vlf...

I didn't do a good job of keeping up with posting during #CYC25. 😜 The sign of a good time. But I'll make up for that now. @dthompsondev.bsky.social @quincy.bsky.social @leonnoel.bsky.social

As you know with @commityourcode.bsky.social I like to be 100% transparent with EVERYTHING. For #CYC25, A full financial post-mortem is coming soon, but we are supporting three charities this year instead of 2! St. Jude Children's Hospital Operation Kindness and FreeCodeCamp Long post

A huge thanks and shoutout to @dthompsondev.bsky.social, Yum! Brands, sponsors, and speakers for helping make #CYC2025 possible! Time to rate the speakers' presentations, follow up with new friends, and think about how to use everything new I learned.

I think I MIGHT have a brand new headshot to use for the socials that was taken at the FREE headshot station at The @commityourcode.bsky.social Conference wearing my very classy @thisdotlabs.bsky.social pin of course. Always representing the DOT! Thoughts? 🤔

I want to thank the amazing man that put #CYC together @dthompsondev.bsky.social With this being my 1st ever conference I honestly don't know how other conferences will ever top this. Next year I'd like to put it on the record I want to volunteer. Hers a snap I got with The @leonnoel.bsky.social 🙀🙀🙀

Commit Your Code 2025 was amazing. I set 2 goals after CYC 2024: to speak at the conference in 2025 and to talk to more people than I did last year. Mission accomplished! Huge thanks to @dthompsondev.bsky.social, all the volunteers, all the sponsors, and the amazing community. #CYC25 #CYC

so glad @abbeyperini.dev told Richard and me that we should just go to every conference with her 😂 @commityourcode.bsky.social was amazing @dthompsondev.bsky.social is amazing if he winds up doing it again, see y’all next time in Dallas! 🤠

#100devs live at #CYC25 🔥🔥 @dthompsondev.bsky.social @leonnoel.bsky.social

"some scars I'm proud of, others I try to hide with facial hair." This knowledge!=wisdom framing from @dthompsondev.bsky.social is echoing notes I took from @snowded.bsky.social earlier this year linking explicit knowledge to tacit knowledge through narrative #cyc25 #commityourcode

At #CYC25 @dthompsondev.bsky.social dropping value with his keynote talk and fireside chat with the CTO of Yum Brands 🔥 @commityourcode.bsky.social

The #CYC conference keynote was a fantastic kickoff w/ @dthompsondev.bsky.social and Matt McDole. It was fascinating to learn about using AI to create better work environments for employees. And Yum's approach to onboarding engineers w/ AI. #commityourcode

#cyc2025 was actually so much fun! Even though i wasnt able to physically get to Dallas, i feel like i learned so much from the community. Shout out to @dthompsondev.bsky.social and the team responsible for orchestrating all of this. Excited for day 2!

The @commityourcode.bsky.social Pickleball event for Day[0] was a HUGE SUCCESS! We even had a pickleball pro guiding newer players with a group lesson! I guess you could say it was a... Smashing success 😂 pun absolutely intended! Also this shirt by Jake is actually amazing 😂😂😂