Thank you to everyone who has reached out today to check in. I’m incredibly grateful for the support and wanted to let you know that I survived the layoffs. Having just joined three weeks ago, so it is a lot to process. My heart goes out to the folks who received bad news.

The cohort just hit CODE FREEZE! They have spent the last 6 weeks building solutions that solve real world problems! Code Freeze was at midnight and we have some late night programmers celebrating! This program is completely free! I do not monetize any of the programs I have. It is 100% Free!

Listened to Ep 24 of The Programming Podcast from @leonnoel.bsky.social & @dthompsondev.bsky.social while driving. It's from April 24th of last year. This one went into networking, both for the job hunt & outside of it to make friends. #100Devs #webdev

Alright y'all, who should we get to keynote at CYC26? 🤔

If you give me a rehearsed answer, I asked the wrong question! I like hearing, "That's a great question!" But I love hearing, "I... I don't know. I've never thought about that before." Because once we leave the script behind, true progress is inevitable

Venue details are 99% locked in for #CYC26 👀 The @commityourcode.bsky.social Conference! I know y'all keep hitting me up for details but I need it 100% before I announce it. Based on today, we are aiming for the first week of September but will confirm soon! Tracks I am thinking about this year:

I met a software developer with over 10 years of experience who said it was their dream to go to a specific tech conference but they couldn't afford to go. That's when I realized there are devs with experience that do not have access to resources because of income. Here's what you don't realize:

I met a software developer with over 10 years of experience who said it was their dream to go to a specific tech conference but they couldn't afford to go. That's when I realized there are devs with experience that do not have access to resources because of income. Here's what you don't realize:

There is a VERY distinct difference between Vibe Coding and Software Engineering with AI.

Did you know Jira is statistically the most fit software on the market? It's true because it is always... preparing for the next sprint.

Vibe coder "I made sure the database and everything was working" "Great! Wait... Uhhh Where is the data?" Vibe coder "Well I had to make sure the DROP TABLE command worked as well otherwise how would I be sure? So I dropped the table."

We may have two sponsors committed to The Commit Your Code Conference 2026 IN JUST TWO DAYS after reaching out! 👀 Y'all, we may end up putting on something special this year at @commityourcode.bsky.social If you were me and you were setting up CYC26, what would you do differently? 🤔

Y'all, I am not an expert on body language but... I think my cat is mad at me for not giving him snacks when it was time to eat breakfast...

A 5-minute conversation you had last night MIGHT BE the exact reason someone didn't quit their dreams today! The true value of an event isn't the speaker on stage. It's the people sitting next to you. Look at last night's DSD meetup. THIS is community. 👇

Stay tuned here! I know I have some followers from Austin!

I am ramping up our efforts for The Commit Your Code Conference 2026! Aiming for the end of October. I have a prospectus, you have a company. What's the best way to share this prospectus with your org? 8,960 total attendees between in person and virtual! #CYC26

AUSTIN, TX putting this on your radar now, I will definitely be putting on a meetup there within the next few months 👀 Y'all have been asking for a couple years so let's do it big!

For our Cohort I always managed it with Spreadsheets & I got tired of it. Spent today building out an internal Cohort Management System. Stack: Next.js + TypeScript + @appwrite.io Save so much time! The best part, I'm using role based auth to protect personal data from volunteers.

THEY GOT THE JOB!!!! We currently have our cohorts going on and it's been a VERY busy week but nothing is better than seeing someone land a job in tech on a Friday after being laid off for a year. Came in the discord, changed his strategies, and the rest is history! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Yesterday with JavaScript I made a speaker card tool. One huge pain point with organizers is speaker cards. Especially if they are not great designers. I wanted to solve that! Give them the easiest way to download speaker assets. Just a few clicks and it's done!

Today Gemini 3.1 Pro just dropped. It's great and so are the benchmarks. Every LLM release that comes out is great. It functions well and all that. It still gets A TON WRONG. If you don't know how to identify it, explain it, and understand programming to fix it, you are screwed.

Why have we normalized 'organizer burnout' is just part of the job to run free community events instead of a lack of support from our software? I either built the best meetup platform no one will use, OR a new industry standard. So far, the Beta testers are telling me I nailed it! 👀

Some of y'all have been waiting on the same "tomorrow" for 3+ years. I'm sure it will be great when it finally comes!

In an agentic era, in person events are going to be significantly more valuable than they are now.

TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY AT THE NEW JOB! Senior Developer Advocate at Atlassian. It's official y'all! I am pumped! Haters will say this is AI but we all know this really happened. I am working on the Atlassian Forge team! It's a Serverless App Development Platform!

I wanted to solve the issue for meetup organizers & event hosts to be able to make event images in a couple clicks. Well, I did it!!! The entire project is made with TypeScript, Next.js, TailwindCSS, and more! After a year of work, this project is now at almost 140,000 lines of code!

Comforting Imposter Syndrome is a waste of time. Corner it instead! If I told you "Don't sweat it! You got this!" It would go in one ear and out the other. It feels empty and in a serious moment, almost useless. I force them to look at the evidence. Confidence through evidence

I wanted to solve the issue for meetup organizers & event hosts to be able to make event images in a couple clicks. Well, I did it!!! The entire project is made with TypeScript, Next.js, TailwindCSS, and more! After a year of work, this project is now at almost 140,000 lines of code!

working on padding ('inside' of a border) and margin ('outside of a border') and listening to @dthompsondev.bsky.social 's talk Congrats on your new job btw!

Listened to Ep 23 of The Programming Podcast from @leonnoel.bsky.social & @dthompsondev.bsky.social while driving. It's from April 17th of last year. They spoke with @marktechson.com about so much stuff. His advice & experiences about learning & growth are really insightful. #100Devs #webdev

ALMOST 350 COMBINED RSVPS FOR TOMORROW'S MEETUP! We doubled in a week! I've been working on this workshop around the clock. Even cancelled get togethers to make sure nothing but the highest quality information is served tomorrow. This will fundamentally change how you even THINK about AI.

Of the 100 or so DMs I have received only one person so far has accurately guessed what company that I'm going to be working for next. I love that y'all are so invested in this! I truly love the community that we have built!

Left: AI-Built UI Right: Danny-Built UI lol The AI Version got me 80% of the way there. I could have easily launched with it. The problem? It just lacked soul. My Discord voted on it! Notice the differences: - Clearer date badges - Card Styles vs Flat list - Clean design

I need folks to stop with the CODING IS DEAD talk because developers know that isn't the case but upper management thinks because these posts have a lot of likes they must be right. Tons of devs still work over 40 hours a week. I am very pro AI but this message isn't accurate.

I have had this thought for a couple days but didn't know how to put it into words until now. You can’t out earn your own lack of skills. I tried. It didn't work. The moment I stopped trying to "make money" and started trying to "be valuable," the income differential was undeniable.

TOP 21 ON THE STATE OF JS SURVEY?!? In our very first year?! I am actually speechless (and y'all know that rarely happens!) I had to do a double-take to make sure I wasn't seeing things! Wow! Thank you for recommending us! Especially with so many other great podcasts there!

BIG BIG NEWS Y’ALL! After a great journey with the team at This Dot Labs, I’m officially moving on to my next adventure. Thread ⬇️ 1/5

Don't lose potential customers on your website because you focused so much on the design and not on the actual experience, otherwise, you will have an absolutely beautiful path to another abandoned cart.

Hard truth: Some of y'all are treating AI like it's magic (it's not). Some of y'all are treating AI like a fad (it's DEFINITELY not). The real value is in the middle, but most people are too busy picking sides to find it.

Clean code is a preference. Stable code is a paycheck.

With TypeScript, you actually have two options, whether you realize it or not. Let's say you are using TanStack React Forms and need a type. You can do this in 2 different ways! Have you tried this yourself? This is a small clip from a larger video with the link below.

From my conversation with @dthompsondev.bsky.social on @coffeeandopensource.com "There are so many paths to success in #tech" #developer #technology www.tiktok.com/@isaacrlevin...

Software Developers! What is a technical opinion you held strongly as a junior developer that you have completely flip-flopped on as you became more experienced?

Amazing opportunity for devs and team leads!! Level up your skills!!

Reminder, these are happening again. Apply now!

Use AI to audit your site as a user or a group of users! Are you using AI like this? This is one of my favorite things to do with AI because the value is just on another level. It's one thing to just audit how things work, It's another to make AI try it with user personas!

I see #TheProgrammingPodcast, I click. Simple! Curious to know, has release cadence change from Thursday to Monday? @dthompsondev.bsky.social @leonnoel.bsky.social

THE COHORTS ARE BACK! A 6-week Software Developer program where you work on a team building a project that is actually worth talking about in an interview while being guided by 2 professional software developers in the industry. We do not monetize this. It is completely free.

I’ve literally loved the last year building EventConvo, and today, the hard work paid off with these Lighthouse scores! EventConvo is hitting Beta soon, and it’s blazing fast. Vercel & Next.js 15, React 19, TanStack, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Appwrite, Stripe, and Resend!

I wasn't planning on a redesign, but after a bit of inspiration from @dthompsondev.bsky.social, the wheels started turning. I knew I had to create something more impactful and story-driven. I’m locking the editor on this portfolio for at least 6–12 months. djneill.com