Jaana was a distinguished engineer at GitHub and is now a principal engineer at Google. I expect more testimonials from accomplished engineers about productivity gains of AI in 2026. Engineers claiming AI tools don’t work well will increasingly look like a skill issue than a problem with AI tools

Heads up, #Boulder Fire reporting a structure fire on Thunderbird Drive in south Boulder. Avoid area

I've been walking my dog first thing in the morning. I stroll around, listen to a podcast, and enjoy the stars and/or sunrise. It's a delightful way to start the day. (Don't worry, previously, she got walks at other times.)

I've been walking my dog first thing in the morning. I stroll around, listen to a podcast, and enjoy the stars and/or sunrise. It's a delightful way to start the day. (Don't worry, previously, she got walks at other times.)

Fun! I did my own "wrapped". I am, to be fair, a big fan of @troutgirl.bsky.social ! www.madebyolof.com/bluesky-wrap...

I just said this on a group chat, and I want to say it here to every one of you who writes book: Don't neg your book.

cars are a large, depreciating asset and exploding car prices / monthly payments is just taking money out of people's pockets. frankly this is a direct route to making people poorer.

Shout it from the hilltops!

It's not too late to turn the page on old habits and start reading again in 2026.

It’s like investing in index funds versus stock picking. The question isn’t whether an individual company will make it but instead the category. Will 900M ChatGPT users simply decide one day that it’s a fad like fidget spinners? Unlikely. Could some company build a better chatbot? Probably.

Shout it from the hilltops!

Shout it from the mountaintops!

Public media (NPR, APM, PBS and others) is free to the public… no paywalls. The journalism isn’t free to produce, but we get support from our audience and foundations and others to provide the service.

God, no one does it like @vickiboykis.com, mixing discussions of production code with Earthsea and Sylvia Plath newsletter.vickiboykis.com/archive/my-2...

A picture I took of a hardy cactus growing out of some cryptobiotic soil in the desert Southwest of the USA.

It looks like it's been scrubbed from every official 60 Minutes page now. It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.

December is the time to lock in your RubyConf 2026 plans. Join the Ruby community in Las Vegas for learning, connection, and celebration. Early registration gives you the best access to workshops, events, and meetups. ❤️ Register today at rubyconf.org or book time with Tom at [email protected]

Hooray for consistency! Plus the content is worth your time too.

You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you?

Here's an interview by @tracyalloway.bsky.social and @weisenthal.bsky.social with @alexbores.nyc on this exact topic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIYw...

Made a web version. Just make a copy and fill in your predictions!

I expect AI to be regulated, the same as other massive innovations. The law attends, just slowly. When ecommerce first started, no one knew how to handle sales taxes; there was debate in the USA and elsewhere. www.chicagofed.org/publications... / archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes....

Insightful. We won't have to motivate AI "employees", but we will have to direct them.

Shout it from the hilltops!

Heads up folks. Don't do this.

I was looking at my weather app for Boulder today and it's not scheduled to get below freezing until 2026. that's so unheard of I don't even know what to say.

Shout it from the mountaintops! When I see a friend beat themselves up over something, I often ask them "what would you say to a friend who was in the same situation as you are?" People are often way harder on themselves than they'd ever counsel a friend to be.

You will be visited by three spirits

Have *you* been flocked? haveibeenflocked.com

Who says there's no water in the desert.

And now we've cruised right on past the 100 mph mark, per NCAR Mesa station #Boulder #cowx

Dearest mother, We still have no power. We have not showered in what feels like a fortnight. But as remote workers, we must go out now in search of food and internet, fighting off rivals for open outlets. I shall endeavor to write you, unless my device perishes.

”The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.”— Eden Phillpotts

I am in favor of eating ice cream.

🗓️ Tomorrow on the TuxCare stream, my guest is @mooreds.com from @fusionauth.io . He and I are going to chat about different auth models! #DeveloperCommunity

🥳 New episode of Changelog News! changelog.news/174

US Demographics Are Changing Although the US population continues to grow each year, the number of families with children under 18 peaked at approximately 37 million in 2007 and declined to approximately 33 million in 2024. Torsten at Apollo

Coming up this week on @coffeeandopensource.com I will be chatting with Kat Cosgrove 2 about all sorts of #tech and #opensource topics. Streaming live on #Twitch this Tuesday December 16th at 11:00 AM PST. Come say hello and join the conversation. https://www.coffeeandopensource.com/schedule.html

Enjoyed this podcast with @donmackinnon.dev and @robbyonrails.com talking about: - consulting and product companies re: careers - allowing devs to explore - the problem Searchcraft solves - the relative benefits of strongly typed and weakly typed languages maintainable.fm/episodes/don...

TIL about how Microsoft ships APIs and UI updates.

I don't really care where the anti-semitism is coming from -- the left, the right, wherever -- it's wrong. Period. End of story. The kinds of anti-semitic violence (and murder) happening all over the globe now simply cannot be tolerated. And I have no idea why saying that would be controversial.

Person of Interest detained in connection to the Brown shooting. Shelter in Place order has been lifted.

Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, has been identified as the heroic civilian who disarmed one of the Sydney terrorists. He was shot twice by the second gunman firing from a bridge and is now undergoing surgery for his injuries.

WATCH: Bystander disarms active shooter at Bondi Beach in Sydney

I’m overwhelmed by this tragedy at Brown. I was a student there; I can recall myself walking through these areas, now crime scenes. As a parent, eager to see my son for winter break, the devastation these families must be feeling rips out my heart. And nothing will change.

“The cost of abstractions with #AI is very high. Over abstraction was always annoying and a code smell but now there’s an easy solution: spend tokens.” @leerob.com’s write up on @cursor.com ditching their headless CMS @sanity.io is worth a read leerob.com/agents

Kudos to the Brown University students who are posting continuous live updates, spaced just minutes apart, on the campus shooting. A lot of grace and professionalism under immense pressure. www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...

Two dead, eight wounded in Brown University shooting, Providence mayor confirms. The suspect, described by police as “a man dressed in black,” remains at large.

Pretty amazing to be able to get a first draft of a blog post done by using a notes app and speech to text.