I really like @hankgreen.bsky.social's recent take that what AI can be is either utility or slop, and that, for better or worse, software has always been primarily utility for the end user. Here's to hoping we don't let our tech, design and products become slop either 🤞 youtu.be/dT5IJExTUR4

This video is so good!! You will learn so much and also you should hype it (if you know what that means) youtu.be/MSYQf-iRiz4?...

I've started replacing scrolling with solitaire card games during breaks, and this is the closest I've come to beating Klondike so far 🥳/🫠

📣 Survey time - tell us about your experience with AI for software engineering, me and @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com want to know! The survey takes about 11 mins to fill out 🙏 results will be published in about a month, full access for those who help out! www.surveymonkey.com/r/tpe-ai-sur...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8U7... I've recently moved up north in my country to a smaller city, and the coworking space I go to has people who work outside of tech, and it's honestly *so nice* to just hear about things that aren't tech and software!

Fancy duck season has come to Stockholm! 🦆🎩

Do you have examples or experiences working with MCP servers and solutions? 🧑‍💻 We at @pragmaticengineer.com want to hear from you! We’re looking into MCP and would love to hear how you/your team or company work with MCP! DM me - or fill out forms.gle/4hWZRh4ZKBvn... - or both!

A very mean-looking beetle joined me for dinner yesterday - its rage was palpable

awww look at you @bsky.app, making it onto the NYT mini crossword 👏🦋 (I don't know how to flag the screenshot as a #spoiler I'm sorry 😭)

Hank and John created two absolute bangers recently which has helped me understand my relationship with content and the internet, starting with @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social 's video about how we're addicted to things *for a reason*, because they _feel good_: youtu.be/0veampRSw7w?...

youtu.be/if-IgLJQbPI?... talks about rage bait and controversy as basically the most effective marketing strategy that exists, and it's true and I hate it so much

These are the folks most likely to save PEPFAR. Please call them TODAY and tell them to vote NO on codifying cuts to PEPFAR and other critical, life-saving aid. act.pih.org/global-healt...

I'll be at LDX3 (formerly: LeadDev) in a week, together with the full @pragmaticengineer.com team (with @hejelin.com‬ and Dominic, our editor), in London - vey much looking forward to it! If you'll be there, there will be plenty of opportunities to say hi to us: leaddev.com/leaddev-lond...

Hey you! You should watch this: youtu.be/NSuSyZ92Cjg?... (It's a 4-ish min funny but somehow also profound speech which is not nearly as serious as the thumbnail and title suggests)

@hankgreen.bsky.social i need you to do connections today! Ktnxbai

📣 What's in your tech stack? Me and @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com want to know! We're doing our biggest @pragmaticengineer.com survey yet, to get a realistic snapshot of what the industry is using, loving and disliking, and we need your help! 🙏 www.surveymonkey.com/r/whatisyour...

This video contains a lot of what I've needed to hear recently, about creativity and the value of sharing the things you create with other people. Because chances are, on the other end, there's someone who needs it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sZZ...

At least spring is springing

🔥🔥🔥 youtu.be/QEJpZjg8GuA?...

Today's fancy duck walk was sunny ☀️

I constantly revisit this Hank Green talk, dismantling the concept of dreams, and why you have no obligation to a desire you once had, or to your former self - because that person is not only dumber than you, they also *don't exist* www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPto... @hankgreen.bsky.social

@hankgreen.bsky.social pls do connections today

@livmdr.bsky.social 👋👋👋

Chemical Formulas xkcd.com/3040

I finished my #sensitsweater on new years eve, and have been pretty much living in it since 🥰🧶 I miss having a big project tho, might need to make another one... 😬 #crochet

I was today years old when I realised the top shelf in my fridge can actually store tall things because there's MORE SPACE AT THE BACK 🤯

From today's fancy duck walk 🦆🎩

I think the Instagram discovery feed algorithm is bullying me

@hankgreen.bsky.social it's a Hank Green-type of Connections today!

today was blissful ⛸️☀️❄️🧊 #nordiciceskating

my personal favorite comic of 2024

I'm crocheting an owl pillow and just finished the eyes and he's so cuuuuuteee!! 🥰🦉🧶

This is a fun yet excellent way to do a recap of 2024, I did mine as lil zine! youtu.be/H1GEnSe9o_E

It's almost a real thing 🥹🥰🧶 #sensitsweater #crochet

Today on Fancy Duck Walks 🦆🎩

Crows are epic 🐦‍⬛ youtu.be/tpg3VvoIVfA?...

Somehow I managed to finish the back of my #sensitsweater today?! I went from 4 rows into part 1 to stitching together the front and back. Addictive pattern, I tell ya 🤯 #crochet

I'm obsessed with the #sensitsweater, I've spent a silly amount of hours this week on it, but I can barely tell because they fly by so fast 🧶 it's my first proper big project, and front is done! 🥳 The yarn is a ridiculously soft merino which makes it so delightful to work on as well! #crochet

@hankgreen.bsky.social I need you to do a Connections video today because I just need it, ktnxbai

Enjoy!

I just finished writing about how I spent my summer in my family's old lake house, or alternatively cabin in the woods. I really enjoyed it - both the summer and the writing. It's about learning how to live again, kinda. hejelin.substack.com/p/about-last...

This week on making-my-life-slightly-more-convenient, I put a drawer in my Bekväm step stool so that I can keep my WIP crochet projects somewhere not-on-the-floor ✌️ also sawed off the legs so I can use the drawer behind it 🪚 is cute!

Today, I finished my second worry wyrm and gave both of them faces 🐉🧶 #crochet

I made a #zine for a friend who wants to get into #embroidery and it was so much fun 🪡

The mandarin ducks were as fancy as ever this morning

I was deeply disappointed by the lack of nature/science/climate/enviro on many major end-of-year book lists—so I decided to make my own! Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚 Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!

Is there a feed on here for happy lizards? Because I need one!! 🦎😋

Hank Green makes the case that populism was inevitable in this moment of a new communications technology (many-to-many social media), and along the way makes observations about the role of trust in a functional society, along with many other nuggets of brilliance. Spend a half hour on it. Trust me.

THIS: youtube.com/watch?v=d8Pn... @hankgreen.bsky.social 👏👏👏