Check out my featured projects: Episode Atlas for TV tracking, AI-powered Semantic Search, and a robust blog platform on Azure. Dive into tech that scales and transforms ideas into reality. https://www.funkysi1701.com/posts/projects/

Good Design Is Easier to Change Than Bad Design #ThePragmaticProgrammer

Build Documentation In, Don’t Bolt It On #ThePragmaticProgrammer

🖖 Star Trek fans! Explore every series, find episodes fast, and rediscover your favourites with Episode Atlas 🚀 https://www.episodeatlas.com/ Live long and prosper!

It’s Both What You Say and the Way You Say It #ThePragmaticProgrammer

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English is Just Another Programming Language #ThePragmaticProgrammer

Critically Analyze What You Read and Hear #ThePragmaticProgrammer

Invest Regularly in Your Knowledge Portfolio #ThePragmaticProgrammer

I've added a cool new feature to Episode Atlas, you can now select a random episode that you have not watched. So no more clicking through 10 randomly selected episodes you watched last week! Check it out at www.episodeatlas.com/random

But why are we singing... www.episodeatlas.com/episode/star... Feel in need of some Subspace Rhapsody

Make Quality a Requirements Issue #ThePragmaticProgrammer

Remember the Big Picture #ThePragmaticProgrammer

This is cool I just implemented semantic search for my blog based on a talk I heard at NDC. Going to add a blog post about it soon...

Be a Catalyst for Change #ThePragmaticProgrammer

Exploring AI tools for coding? Here's my current toolkit: ChatGPT, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot. https://www.funkysi1701.com/posts/2026/how-i-use-ai-on-side-projects/ #AI #ChatGPT #Cursor #GitHubCopilot #SideProjects #DeveloperWorkflow #Blazor #Hugo #Productivity

Don’t Live with Broken Windows #ThePragmaticProgrammer

Provide Options, Don’t Make Lame Excuses #ThePragmaticProgrammer

You Have Agency #ThePragmaticProgrammer

Think! About Your Work #ThePragmaticProgrammer

Care About Your Craft #ThePragmaticProgrammer

It's Your Life #ThePragmaticProgrammer

Don't Enable Scumbags #ThePragmaticProgrammer

Left: Earthrise, Apollo 17, December 1972 Right: Earthset, Artemis II, April 2026 A strikingly similar shot. Same Earth. Same world?

First, Do No Harm #ThePragmaticProgrammer

If the vulcans want to make first contact with #Artemis crew a few years early I am fine with that 🖖

🚨 Christina Koch has officially become the farthest any woman has ever traveled from Earth

I am continuing to watch the #artemis footage from Nasa as four humans travel around the moon. I find it absolutely amazing that we are able to watch what is happening over 100,000 miles away. Please more of this, it is giving me so much hope for humanity

Sign your Work #ThePragmaticProgrammer

Delight Users, Don't Just Deliver Code #ThePragmaticProgrammer

Don't use Manual Procedures #ThePragmaticProgrammer

I've just asked copilot to add pa11y.org to my build and create issues for any accessibility problems it finds. This is going to be a great way to make my sites more accessible #a11y

I am a big fan of watching sci-fi, but tonight I am watching real life science fiction as Artemis 2 is about to launch www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3kR...

Find Bugs Once #ThePragmaticProgrammer

https://socialsync.app/fundraiser/cr-qnr6m50om73kw?currentTab=feed It's not an April fool but I have decided to walk 100 miles in April for Comic Relief. Really appreciate donations and encouragements

Test State Coverage, Not Code Coverage #ThePragmaticProgrammer

Use Saboteurs to Test Your Testing #ThePragmaticProgrammer

Coding Ain't Done 'Til All the Tests Run #ThePragmaticProgrammer

Test Early, Test Often, Test Automatically #ThePragmaticProgrammer

I just watched His Way (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 6x20) on Episode Atlas! 🖖 #StarTrek www.episodeatlas.com/episode/star...

Use Version Control to Drive Builds, Tests and Releases #ThePragmaticProgrammer

I just watched Inquisition (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 6x18) on Episode Atlas! 🖖 #StarTrek www.episodeatlas.com/episode/star...

Deliver When Users Need It #ThePragmaticProgrammer

Remembering Leonard Nimoy who was born on this date in 1931. memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Leonard... #StarTrek #StarTrekTOS #StarTrekFilm #StarTrekTNG #StarTrekDSC #StarTrekPRO #IDIC #Quote

🖖 Star Trek fans! Explore every series, find episodes fast, and rediscover your favourites with Episode Atlas 🚀 https://www.episodeatlas.com/ Live long and prosper!

Do What Works, Not What's Fashionable #ThePragmaticProgrammer

I am old. I started working in IT in October 2006! So that is 20 years of IT experience. I started my blog in 2014! That is 12 years writing about things I have learned or interest me.

Software devs: learning Kubernetes doesn’t have to be overwhelming. I’ve shared what I’ve been learning—the wins, struggles, and practical tips along the way. Take a look: https://www.funkysi1701.com/posts/2025/learning-kubernetes/

Organize Fully Functional Teams #ThePragmaticProgrammer

Is the second golden age of #StarTrek coming to an end? I feel like all the treks are ending or about to end