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Justin E. Samuels @thugdebugger.dev · 16/07/2026

@antfu.me hey! I've been trying to reach you via email for a special message 😃 Could you send me a DM?

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Justin E. Samuels @thugdebugger.dev · 09/07/2026

Leave others names out of what you're building. Its distasteful. Make what you're building, hot, on its own.

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Justin E. Samuels @thugdebugger.dev · 09/07/2026

Sneak dissing never ends well with me

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Justin E. Samuels @thugdebugger.dev · 09/07/2026

What was the purpose of this sneak diss?

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James Snell @jasnell.me · 24/06/2026

So it's looking like I'll be speaking at @renderatl.com at the Node.js Interactive track.

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Justin E. Samuels @thugdebugger.dev · 15/06/2026

Catch me and @pfrazee.com live tomorrow! Going to be fun discussing builder mentality and ownership in respect to how its showing up at Bluesky!

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Seve Savoie Teruel @techsev.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

June is coming so fast! I'm so excited to have my stupid idea from a year ago be so close to done. Fingers crossed but if everything works out, I hoping to launch the game live during my talk "How I Ignored Reddit and Made a Steam Game Using React" at @renderatl.com

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RenderATL August 12 - 13, 2026 @renderatl.com · 15/05/2026

"move fast and break things" was a cute motto until you break prod on a friday at 4:47pm. then it's just "move fast and update your resume." be careful out there...

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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 22/04/2026

Doreen Roberts, 2013-April 21, 2026

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RenderATL August 12 - 13, 2026 @renderatl.com · 17/04/2026

We’re excited to welcome technical communities and organizations from around the world into RenderATL as community partners. Every year, it gets bigger than Atlanta, and that’s because of the people building in their own cities and bringing that energy with them. Apply today: RenderATL.com/links

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Justin E. Samuels @thugdebugger.dev · 17/04/2026

Happy to welcome @pfrazee.com, CTO of @bsky.app to the @renderatl.com 2026 speaker lineup! See you soon in the Silicon South!

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P(aul) Frazee @pfrazee.com · 08/03/2026

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Justin E. Samuels @thugdebugger.dev · 08/03/2026

Paaaaaaaain in my eyeeeeeeees, can you sew them shut?!

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Clelia Astra Bertelli @cle-does-things.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I've been seeing an alarming pattern in OSS GitHub communities lately: people just scraping issues, pinging maintainers with urgency to get the issues assigned to them and producing PRs (mostly through coding agents) within minutes of maintainers agreeing to assign the issue.

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RenderATL August 12 - 13, 2026 @renderatl.com · 26/02/2026

Have you heard!? We’re giving away FREE tickets to BlerDCon so if you love anime, gaming, comics, cosplay, and blerd culture… this is for you. And while you’re there? Pull up to our conversation with Zillow! 🎟️ Grab your free tickets now in the RenderATL app: renderatl.com/app

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Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

least surprising thing ever: llms are NOT ANALYTICS TOOLS. “it explained everything so confidently, nobody questioned it” literally “so confident” is a red flag.

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Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 01/02/2026

This is how I stay focused.

A screenshot taken from an iPhone settings menu showing the allow notifications setting being disabled.

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Justin E. Samuels @thugdebugger.dev · 01/02/2026

@steipete.me hey! I saw on your repo to ping you on social (or email) about speaking at conferences! I organize @renderatl.com and I would love to have you keynote our AI track this year. We also created an open source award show, that I would love to nominate your projects for! 👇🏾 commits.dev

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The Commits Award Show | August 12, 2026

Join us as we honor open-source innovators, share their stories, and give them the flowers they deserve. The real reward of open-source? The community that builds it.

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Justin E. Samuels @thugdebugger.dev · 08/12/2025

Speaker list for @renderatl.com so far is looking 🔥 For all those that’s been asking….CFP drops 1/1/26 and will be open for only 30 days! Set your alarms ⏰

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Justin E. Samuels @thugdebugger.dev · 28/11/2025

Less marshmallow. More pecans!!!!

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Justin E. Samuels @thugdebugger.dev · 27/11/2025

Stop Drop Shut em down Open up shop

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torcdotdev @torcdotdev.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

JSConf Guadalajara was the perfect setting to meet these amazing people 💙 What started as networking became real friendships. Good food, great conversations, and connections that matter. @rginn206.bsky.social @msbrianaholmes.com @thugdebugger.dev @bytesofbree.bsky.social

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Justin E. Samuels @thugdebugger.dev · 05/11/2025

More conferences are adapting the silent headphones stages I welcome this trend 😏

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Justin E. Samuels @thugdebugger.dev · 02/11/2025

I found it best to separate work and pleasure by the physical device itself. Does it suck having two bills, yes. But the peace of mind around turning off one after hours is amazing

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Justin E. Samuels @thugdebugger.dev · 09/10/2025

MCP is about to do to user experiences, what API did in the 2010s While you may not like AI, your customer & user base is eating it up and demanding it in your app interactions. MCP will become a standard within the next year.

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React @react.dev · 06/10/2025

We are excited to announce @infinite.red, Old Mission, @arcjet.com, and @renderatl.com as React Conf silver sponsors this year!

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Justin E. Samuels @thugdebugger.dev · 06/10/2025

It’s here! Nominate your fav and learn more below. I hope to see you there in August bsky.app/profile/rend...

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Justin E. Samuels @thugdebugger.dev · 06/10/2025

For too long, Open Source developers have been overlooked and taken for granted. Our goal with The Commits is to provide a platform where open source can finally have their biggest night at the same level as The Oscars or The Grammys...but at The Commits ⬇️

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Justin E. Samuels @thugdebugger.dev · 03/10/2025

Protect your mental health. Strong leaders protect their and their team’s mental health. Be strong leaders.

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Justin E. Samuels @thugdebugger.dev · 03/10/2025

Exactly. It’s having the opportunity there to help which is powerful

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Josh Rogers @iamjosh.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

I think you're both generally right from my experience. I think we are doing a disservice to juniors by telling them not to learn how to use it. The reality is, it is almost impossible to find a job right now if you don't accessorize your CV with it. I also think it is destroying our pipeline of

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 03/10/2025

Can't code? I'd say ask a friend, but at the rate AI is improving, maybe you won't even need to. Someone built a functional Appview with replit overnight. bsky.app/profile/doll...

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Justin E. Samuels @thugdebugger.dev · 02/10/2025

I understand that you have a position on it and I can respect someone that has a position on a subject based on research that they’ve collected. Ultimately, we are all able to change our opinion in the future based on what we experience in the void, which is what make human intelligence soo great 😃

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Justin E. Samuels @thugdebugger.dev · 02/10/2025

FWIW. I got to stennis because of that first boss 😆. She started on punch cards and made me do it too.

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Justin E. Samuels @thugdebugger.dev · 02/10/2025

Things that junior devs usually focus on. The big projects are still human driven. But I do at times write my discrete math into the AI to get a sanity check and it helps, to do then say “now convert this into a Boolean equation for my statement”

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Justin E. Samuels @thugdebugger.dev · 02/10/2025

Did it help me, yes. Did she also make me write much assembly to earn her respect, also yes. Did me knowing how to use an IDE make me any less of an engineer, no. So I think, while you can argue it’s hype, it does have some small productivity boosts, like scaffolding and small tests

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Justin E. Samuels @thugdebugger.dev · 02/10/2025

We’re getting back into nuanced territory tho. I can use a personal example again When I first came into industry, IDE experience was a requirement My first boss told me “I don’t respect you because you don’t really understand how to code since the computer helps you now” To her point…

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Justin E. Samuels @thugdebugger.dev · 02/10/2025

We must show excitement from a senior level. If not, we can resist, but they’ll go elsewhere and ultimately that’ll only hurt the most vulnerable (entry and person of color). This was just my experience and why now I’m heavy on “adapt. Adapt. Adapt. Or we will miss out”.

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Justin E. Samuels @thugdebugger.dev · 02/10/2025

To shape what’s coming next. As I talk to many employers about what they need from new hires, AI isn’t even a negotiation now, it’s a requirement. That coupled with academia, I had to put my personal grievances aside and just understand that if we want the future to get excited and participate,

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Justin E. Samuels @thugdebugger.dev · 02/10/2025

The “why” is greater than the “you” here. Again, I resisted AI until Nov 2024 when I went to UC Berkeley to learn more. I left that visit with my eyes wide open because of what they’re doing on the academic side for the world with it. What we get B2C isn’t as advance yet (per usual) but it’s going

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Justin E. Samuels @thugdebugger.dev · 02/10/2025

FWIW, I don’t agree with all these moronic little use cases. But the big prospect of the future for what it can be is exciting. And that excitement is what will fuel innovation. And that innovation is what fuels the next generation.

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Justin E. Samuels @thugdebugger.dev · 02/10/2025

Also, I think about our colleagues that have put many hours into AI. It’s a real science, you know this I’m sure with how the decision matrixes work; that’s hard stuff that I wouldn’t ever want to do. But I do appreciate the work & pursuit that is happening to help push us forward, which is the goal

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Justin E. Samuels @thugdebugger.dev · 02/10/2025

I think we can disagree here and I’m fine with that, but not et all I agree with you on the notion that it’s wrong a lot. That it can screw you and is screwing good ppl out of jobs But I disagree on us not encouraging the future developers of the industry to pursue its use or to shill on it.

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Justin E. Samuels @thugdebugger.dev · 02/10/2025

It’s an assistant. Which is GREAT. Wouldn’t you wish you had this extra brain when you’re keeping mental mapping in your head the whole time? It’s such a beautiful thing that if we continue to go head on with industry, a lot of new ppl are getting confused. This reminds me of 2015 all over again

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Justin E. Samuels @thugdebugger.dev · 02/10/2025

Chances (like mentioned in other thread). Like I said before tho, demonizing AI isn’t going to help anyone here when it’s about to be a real requirement (unlike blockchain which was a shill).

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Justin E. Samuels @thugdebugger.dev · 02/10/2025

Being able to have someone that you can problem solve against while you’re there. It is the missing copilot (no pun intended) to help make solving the biggest problems more feasible. Not the driver but the assistant. And you’ll be shocked how many new grads don’t use AI and it’s crippling their

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