How many enterprise companies have meaningfully reduced, or eliminated, their software engineering backlogs. Are we at the point where GenAI is paying off in production? Are salaries increasing to match this new level of productivity?

i have no memory of what this package does (the tweet is deleted) but for some reason it got a spike of downloads in the last few packages

Our first speaker is Dustin Long (@dustmop.bsky.social) - "Works Well With Others"

how do I watch bad bunny without a subscription

I just saw Shakira and she is genuinely ageless what the fuck

yet another wave of ticket spam

How Vaccines Work 🧬🧫🧪🔬💉🥽

Started iteration on ESM support in the Node.js embedder API with new overloads that likely will be less prone to ABI breakages as more features are added.. github.com/nodejs/node/... Initial support has released in 25.6.0 nodejs.org/en/blog/rele...

I drew Ethel Cain in MacPaint from 1984 with a 25 year old mouse

Tickets are on sale for Brooklyn Web Workers on February 23rd

sad to report that sugar free RC cola is bad actually

I feel like posting companies taking 10-20% dives on the stock market is a hallow gotcha and removes our attention from actually holding them accountable

@npmx.dev LEVEL UP! thanks for joining forces with us @bnb.im <3

Every few weeks someone spams my email address into zendesk support portals, it’s very weird

please please please please please

just found out about @e18e.dev and I'm *beyond* excited about the work they're doing + absolutely looking to get involved

genuinely cannot describe how huge of a win this would be for *everyone*

ATProto is now in IETF standardization process. BOF stage passed at IETF 124 Dublin. Working group formation is next. datatracker.ietf.org/wg/atp/about/

I *do* wish there was a bit more of a coupling between The Rust Book and Rustlings. Rustlings is a good way to get reps in, but there's desynchronization - for example, Vectors are early in Rustlings, but late in The Rust Book, and Option<T> is early in The Rust Book but late in Rustlings.

updated `bitandbang` on npm, thanks to the reminder from @zachleat.com <3

The intensity of how arbitrary this i simultaneously hilariously insane *and* deeply worrying

Team Fortress 2 mentioned in the Rust Book

After all the turmoil and pain we’ve collectively suffered so Disney could keep their hands on Mickey Mouse’s copyright, it’s pretty jarring to get ads on TikTok for “AI companions” of Elsa doing the TikTok thirst coreo to CHANEL by Tyla with boob physics in a Santa outfit

I’m looking for remote staff or senior frontend roles. I have 19 years of experience, mostly with React and TypeScript. If you know of any openings, please let me know. I’m happy to share more about my experience.

Rust people are so unserious lmfao

@aeronautapp.com is *really* nice

@bsky.app on a games verification run I wonder if they’re going to start giving more third-parties the power to verify. It doesn’t feel like it’s happened a lot outside of journalism?

lol

This is like when we discovered Luigi Mangione was incredibly handsome on top of being a net good for society

okay edge is genuinely the best templating language I've ever used. It does everything exactly how I'd expect a templating language to.

I've been taking the opportunity while I've been at @recurse.com to start using @typescriptlang.org for the JavaScript projects I'm doing so I don't have to caveat that I don't know it when interviewing. I have... many thoughts.

bubblesort studios is turning 1 year old in feb and this is how i’m celebrating its birthday—by hosting an internet cafe featuring some of my favorite interactive artists 💓

I... really hate that @codecov.bsky.social is using PR comments to promote new features. This sucks, actually.

Excited to announce that Aeronaut is now live in the Mac App Store! 🎉 After two years of tinkering, polishing, and obsessing over the little things, it’s finally here! If you’re looking for a Bluesky app designed and built for macOS, take a look… apps.apple.com/us/app/aeronau…

I appreciate the colorblind assist in the replies 🫠

tried setting up postgres locally and oops I now have a rouge postgres taking up the default port and I can't find a way to kill it i swear to god how is setting up a local db this messy in 2026

remember that everything happening now is a test to see how much they can get away with and the pressure we apply, both physically and digitally, *does* have an effect

The popular firehose service at 'bsky.network' is finally going to be upgraded this coming Tuesday. The disruption to PDS operators, firehose consumers, and jetstream users should be minimal, but read the full post for all the details.

they’ll kill you and lie about it no matter what you do or don’t do. anyone who is still scolding and peace policing at this point is on the wrong side

wearing the Waffen SS belt while lying about the guy you just murdered to anyone with a pair of eyes and an internet connection

security for protesters, right?

years and years of avoiding plain language and the active voice do make the choice to use it more impactful, I suppose

Due to current events

you, too, can have the discord emoji

Very cool that Congress just renewed ICE's budget with absolutely zero concessions

Shotguns for the Storytellers A poem for all victims of secret police.

anyone have favorite mailing list tools that aren't substack

Feels like a good time to read this book again.