I just used Chat GPT to write code that calls the Chat GPT API in order to generate more code. I'm both impressed and appalled at myself.

[gets rejected for a job] uh excuse me but i have 30,000 followers on the website blue sky? oh you havent heard of it? its like an early retirement home for 30-somethings who wish twitter clout still meant anything

Was reflecting this morning on the three most impactful conference sessions I've been to over the years and thought I'd push my appreciation out into the ether. So here goes....

Mitch Hedberg (RIP) had a great joke about baked potatoes. He would have loved 3d printing.

"Hey Bob, how are sales?" "Terrible. A bunch of toothbrushes had a security hold and now they've turned into a massive botnet that's taken the site down." This is why cloud connected devices are often a bad idea www.tomshardware.com/networking/t...

My new home automation concept is a sensor that detects a door opening within 10 seconds of a toilet flushing and announces WASH YOUR HANDS in a loud voice. I think they'd sell like gangbusters to parents

Back to work for the first day since 12/20. There's not enough coffee for this. Like, I mean in the whole world

Nearly $750 for an average car loan payment is nuts.

First time in a cube in 15 years. Thanks! I hate it.

my favorite holiday meme

I'm feeling pretty good about this #codemash session on authentication. I've continued to tighten it up and have made some significant improvements since Momentum. I think it's really solid. So, I look forward to the day after CodeMash when I suddenly realize all the ways it still sucks...

AI: "You're trying to implement a complex algorithm in an unfamiliar programming language, using random types you described in poorly written English? I got you, boo." Also AI: "You'd like me to create a story problem illustrating a simple 6th grade math equation? Allow me to show my ass a bit..."

Me, in the summer: I'm gonna submit talks I've already written to #codemash, so that I can spend December chilling out and not stressing over prep. Me in early December: this talk is garbage, I'd better overhaul it. Me in late December (probably): that was stupid

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Shout-out to the guy at my @momentumdevcon session who asked a question that momentarily stumped me. You, sir, are the impetus for a few new slides that will make it into my CodeMash deck. Gonna go ahead and clear up that confusion head-on.

@aaronpetry.bsky.social 10 years. Glad to see Teddy doing so well!

This OpenAI drama is interesting. Looks like the board maybe tried a power play and is now in the FO stage of FA,FO?

Been studying nosql one-table design patterns as I prepare to start our first cloud-native project. I think I get it, lay things out in NoSQL Workbench, and then try explaining it to someone and realize nope, I still don't totally get it. Getting closer though.

I have a joke about legacy code, but there's probably only one person out there who truly understands it

Protect your kids this Halloween

Mike Pence should be forced to carry his Presidential campaign to term.

It used to be that Windows was frequently unstable and rebooting fixed everything. These days, my computer runs perfectly stable UNTIL I reboot, at which time Bluetooth, camera, and audio settings randomly change or devices stop working. Forced nightly windows updates are great fun.

we all thought Twitter’s collapse would be swift and sudden like the fall of the Roman Empire but instead it’s been a steady, irreversible decay like the fall of the Roman Empire

If you: 1) Use an editor like Confluence 2) Leave documents in edit mode while you step away from your desk 3) Find random "asdfasdfghadsgfa" type garbage in your documents at some point in the future ... then you might have a cat.

1st session at #Momentum makes me think of how poor the UX is of the elevator at the Holiday Inn I'm staying at. You have to scan your room card to choose a floor. When you scan it you get a green light. But when you choose a floor, it lights up red. I thought my floor selection was invalid...

On the road heading to my first Momentum conference. Looking forward to tomorrow!

I'm on a year long winning streak in Wordle hard mode. Anyone else still playing?

Hey Autumn!

I can't attach a photo to a skeet without the app crashing. But there are fewer nazis and idiots here, so I guess that's still a net positive

a metric is a signal to do a qualitative deep dive to generate insights, not an insight on its own. - Fred Hebert

Tomorrow night at COJUG I'll be giving my "Practical Auth for Developers" talk. If you get all twisted up over the difference between OAuth and HMAC and JWT, or how API Keys relate to passwords, then now's your chance to get straightened out! www.cojug.org

Personally, if I applied for and was rejected from a promotion 15 times before they begrudgingly gave it to me, only to last 24.5 Scaramuccis, I would not keep going to work.

I'm excited to be speaking (twice) at CodeMash in January! Once on home automation, once on authentication and authorization. They just so happen to be my two favorite talks to give, which is nice.

Anyone I know looking for remote C# developers? A lot of really good people applied for my open role and went through my interview process, but I don't have budget to hire them all. I'd be happy to make introductions and to share what made them stand out to me.

I've identified like 4 different programmers I'd be happy to hire, but I have the budget for 1 or 2. I don't suppose anyone has some spare headcount funding they're not using and could, like, give me?

Rookie mistake. Junior dev needed help with a feature on our very configurable app. Says "when <x> happens, it's not doing <y>". I dig in and start hunting through code. 3 hours later I realize that his app was configured explicitly to NOT do <y> after <x> happens. Code working 100%. Doh.

@eodyne.bsky.social did not post this here, but he should have. It's too good.

I did NOT approve this.

The more I read from the heart in a blender guy, the more I respect and like him. Been an eve 6 fan for years, but I'm becoming a Max fan these days. Man, imagine if ALL my 90s music heroes turned out to be good humans too? What a world that would be.

Sorry, Tim Mackinnon, I just outed you as the worst programmer I know. dannorth.net/2023/09/02/t... #developerproductivity #metrics

Hey there sky ppl, or whatever we call ourselves, I'm hiring! Looking for a solid, mid-level career dev that can hit the ground running in C#/SQL/Javascript on a team of smart, nice, caring, and results-focused professionals. Fully remote, Ohio preferred, RS plz apply.workable.com/heuristics/j...

Saw a comment in some old code today. 10 years ago Seth was fighting the good fight. I wish I could tell him the monstrosity he was railing about had been fixed in the intervening decade. But I'd be lying. Sorry bro.

The neurodivergent need…

The last three ABC news stories I've read on my phone have all had Trump's mugshot at the top instead of imagery related to the current story. I think this is just ABC showing how accurate my user preferences profile is, knowing there are certain images I'll never get tired of seeing.

Home Alone 2 cast: Where are they now?

Where do bad rainbows go?? Prism It's a light sentence, and gives them time to reflect.