Reposted by Beau Simensen✨John Carpenter’s BOObies✨ @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social · 11/06/2026The A QUIET PLACE movies are so much better than they have any right to be. Still remember BAWLING in the theatre during the climax in the first film. 1211
Reposted by Beau SimensenZaher 🇸🇾 @zaher.dev · 09/06/2026My contract ended and I'm open for my next remote opportunity — software engineer or full-stack, whatever fits. PHP/JS generalist (I don't tie myself to one tech stack). If your team needs someone who learns fast and ships, zaher.dev has the details. Repost appreciated. 032
Reposted by Beau SimensenEric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 23/05/2026I feel so honored to be part of this @phparch.com team, and I am so proud of the hard work they put into PHP/JS Tek. It was a wild one, but I'll save that tea for the podcast this Thursday. 083
Reposted by Beau SimensenKuba @kuba.zalas.pl · 14/01/2025“duplication is far cheaper than the wrong abstraction” - Sandi Metz in “All the little things” at RailsConf 2014 The quote is often put out of context to support the idea it’s always better to postpone the abstraction until there’s enough duplication. #SoftwareDevelopment #oop 154
Reposted by Beau SimensenKuba @kuba.zalas.pl · 20/05/2026I've been using this approach for the past few weeks and it's been brilliant so far. I'm grateful (and relieved) to have found it while still trying to figure out my own strategy. fjzeit.github.io/coding/lode-...fjzeit.github.ioGetting Started with Lode CodingNote: This article was updated on 27 Jan 2026 to cover a stepwise improvement in the approach. The lode-overview.md has been removed and replaced with a system prompt which you can either append on th... 121
Reposted by Beau SimensenSara Madison @saracodes.bsky.social · 15/05/2026How about #buildinprivate where you slave away on your app that will never go anywhere and you never tell anyone about it? 🙃 5463
Reposted by Beau SimensenDavid Flanagan @rawkode.bsky.social · 11/05/2026I need your help! I am removing this did:plc and migrating to my own did:web on Cloudflare. Removing as much of the centralised crap of atproto as I can. Can y’all please share and follow @rawkode.dev instead of this account?static.klipy.comPretty Please AgnesALT: Pretty Please Agnes 3125
Reposted by Beau SimensenBiblioraptor, PhD @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 05/05/2026I forgive the little old man on speaker phone in the bookstore cause he was asking his wife about books she wants and he said, “We need to buy it here and support Kaitlyn and not buy it on Amazon” 🥰 68694794
Beau Simensen @beausimensen.com · 23/04/2026@tokentown.com @ianlandsman.com @aaronfrancis.com This happening today for real? I have 1 PM Central on my calendar! YouTube where we should tune in to catch it live, or are you doing the live broadcast to a different platform? 100
Reposted by Beau SimensenChris Morrell @cmorrell.com · 22/04/2026I'm looking for new folks to follow on bsky, specifically around these topics: - Laravel and PHP - LLMs and specifically Claude Code - Apple ecosystem technology Got any favorites? 2102
Reposted by Beau SimensenGemma Anible @ello.tech · 21/04/2026this one is for everybody who ever thought *man i miss #xpilot and also i wish it was an extraction roguelite* (my brothers are the devs) (you should check it out) (tell them they need to rename it) #gamedev #gamedevelopment #indiegame #starfearstore.steampowered.comStarFear on SteamFly. Die. Improve. Repeat. StarFear is a brutal space extraction roguelite where loss is learning, skill is the answer, and nothing feels better than getting out alive, alone or with your friends. 182
Reposted by Beau SimensenZaher 🇸🇾 @zaher.dev · 11/04/2026anyone I know is using docker sandboxing? specifically "sbx"? I am trying to use it with opencode and I have a few questions to ask 111
Beau Simensen @beausimensen.com · 07/04/2026Are there any self-contained Markdown slide apps like deckset but work on Windows? Slidev looks interesting but seems like it's more of a "repo is a self-contained slide deck" and not a "use this app to open arbitrary Markdown slide decks." 001
Reposted by Beau SimensenAndrew Cairns @acairns.co.uk · 05/03/2026So, this is what developing a writing habit looks like...? Inspiring stuff @chriscoyier.net 2244
Reposted by Beau SimensenPatrick Präg @ppraeg.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Happy to announce that Claude Code can now write my papers for me and I can focus on my core competence: spending hours fiddling with latex until tables fit on a page 711812
Reposted by Beau SimensenJustin Jackson @justinjackson.ca · 24/03/2026Video is what got me into podcasts, back in 2007! I would download video episodes from Diggnation, @leolaporte.me, Tekzilla, @cnet.com, and sync them to my iPod for my bus ride to work. Now, 20 years later, Apple is relaunching video in their podcasts app, and @transistor.fm is an initial partner! 1142
Reposted by Beau SimensenThe Panel Podcast @thepanel.bsky.social · 20/03/2026The Panel livestream is today! 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern @jordangal.bsky.social is hosting, joined by @justinjackson.ca and @briancasel.com Topics: - WTF Polsia!? - @adamwathan.com launches new product - Delve was a scam? youtube.com/live/RteHyUj...youtube.comTHE PANEL LIVESTREAM - Brian, Jordan, JustinYouTube video by The Panel Podcast 151
Reposted by Beau SimensenJustin Jackson @justinjackson.ca · 17/03/2026Good reminder: check in on your homies! 0162
Reposted by Beau SimensenAlexandre Daubois @alexdaubois.bsky.social · 19/03/2026The #JsonPath @symfony component just got an upgrade! Per the RFC, it is now possible to declare custom functions to be parsed and used in your JSON paths. The component is now complete: RFC-compliant, extendable... Maybe you have ideas for it? github.com/symfony/symf... 023
Reposted by Beau SimensenChris Tankersley 🥑 @dragonmantank.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Has anyone tried Asahi on the Macbook Neo? While I've got a M1 Pro MBP, I wouldn't mind a good Linux laptop. If the Neo is good, it might save me some cash from getting a Framework... 111
Reposted by Beau SimensenZaher 🇸🇾 @zaher.dev · 13/03/2026Just made the repos public 🤷 … the project is mainly for my own personal use, but feel free to test it, use it or share it. github.com/babmcp 012
Reposted by Beau SimensenKevin Boyd (he/him) 🇨🇦 @kboyd.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/03/2026Watching an episode of Ask Hank Anything, and they came so very close to saying this: "Cannibalism. Not a hill I would dine on." 011
Reposted by Beau SimensenAndrew Cairns @acairns.co.uk · 04/03/2026Each time I work on a new OG image for an article, I'm reminded the devlog series flow from one to the next. Utterly pointless, but makes me happy. 1101
Reposted by Beau SimensenEvert Pot @evertpot.com · 01/03/2026Well, some progress. Not unhappy! Below, a screenshot of my Gopher browser, written in HTML / CSS. #GopherProtocol 132
Reposted by Beau SimensenThe Panel Podcast @thepanel.bsky.social · 12/02/2026We're going live in ~2.5 hours (12:15 pm Pacific) Join @justinjackson.ca and @briancasel.com here: youtube.com/live/E1_awKj... A few topics: - the AI hamster wheel - the content-creation hamster wheel - justin is upset about XSLT going awayyoutube.comTHE PANEL PODCAST – live with Justin Jackson and Brian CaselYouTube video by Justin Jackson 141
Beau Simensen @beausimensen.com · 10/02/2026@tjmiller.bsky.social Not sure what you are planning to charge for Iris, so not sure it's in my budget these days, but I am definitely interested in seeing it see the light of day! I feel you on the anxiety and second guessing yourself. If you need more encouragement: just do it! 010
Reposted by Beau SimensenADHD Jesse @adhdjesse.com · 02/02/2026Hey friends, I’m looking for work! 👋 I’m a Senior Frontend Engineer with 20 years exp building & designing for the web. 🛠️ React, React Native, TypeScript, design systems 🎨 Designer background, detail-obsessed 📲 Just shipped Flux (Bluesky client) as a solo project www.linkedin.com/in/jessejand...linkedin.comJesse J. Anderson - 80bit | LinkedInI started out in design over 20 years ago and found my way into frontend development… · Experience: 80bit · Education: School of Visual Concepts · Location: Puyallup · 500+ connections on LinkedIn. Vi... 14824
Reposted by Beau SimensenZaher 🇸🇾 @zaher.dev · 24/01/2026started to build my own workflow , this one seems nice 021
Reposted by Beau SimensenZaher 🇸🇾 @zaher.dev · 24/01/2026what is the best speech to text app that you are using with your AI CLI tools? recommend one that will work, I might go with the builtin dictation soon and test it 111
Beau Simensen @beausimensen.com · 02/02/2026@tjmiller.bsky.social love hearing about your work in slightly caffeinated, especially iris. Can't wait to give it a try. :) 010
Reposted by Beau SimensenJeff Geerling @jeffgeerling.com · 30/01/2026OpenClaw (which was Moltbot, which was ClawdBot, all in the course of a week) is the new `sudo curl | bash` 914312
Reposted by Beau SimensenSven @svenluijten.com · 29/01/2026Yes. My brain moves faster than my fingers to the point my fingers just decide to skip entire parts of words. 011
Beau Simensen @beausimensen.com · 29/01/2026Today in brain-finger pipeline misadventures... Intent: "I want to learn" Typed: "I warn" When I saw it, I froze. "Wait, what was I trying to type?" Where did "warn" even come from?! Apparently my fingers just decided to skip "nt to le"? Is this a thing other people experience? 210
Reposted by Beau SimensenJoey Kudish 🇺🇦🏳️🌈 @jkudish.com · 28/01/2026A lot of “UX problems” are really default problems. If a feature needs a tutorial, it’s usually missing a default. A good default does 3 things: 1) shows what “good” looks like 2) reduces decisions 3) gets the user to a tiny win fast Docs teach. Defaults convert. 011
Reposted by Beau SimensenSam Rose @samwho.dev · 19/01/2026Got some advice from a designer a while back that’s stuck with me. I asked how I improve my sense of whether things are well-designed or not and he said: design is about making purposeful decisions. If you can find a purpose for something being the way it is, it is likely well-designed. 8714
Reposted by Beau SimensenZaher 🇸🇾 @zaher.dev · 15/01/2026Fine tuning a model on my mac, it has been running for over 24h and still not finished. My sample data consist of 800+ records and less than 900. So this looks good but not so great 😅 111
Reposted by Beau SimensenJoey Kudish 🇺🇦🏳️🌈 @jkudish.com · 13/01/2026check out Tether here. we're launching very soon! tethermobile.com 011
Reposted by Beau SimensenJoe Tannenbaum @joe.codes · 12/01/2026PHP's `match` is one of those rare cases where PHP has something that I wish TypeScript had Love me some `match` 4281
Reposted by Beau SimensenBrian Casel @briancasel.com · 12/01/2026My video today tells (shows) the story of how I started with an over-engineered n8n workflow but ended up with a perfectly tuned Claude Code Skill. Different type of video from my usual. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo16...youtube.comReplacing my n8n workflow with a Claude Code SkillYouTube video by Brian Casel 291
Reposted by Beau SimensenBrian Casel @briancasel.com · 06/01/2026Turns out building this as a Claude Code Skill was much better than N8N. Lesson learned. 011
Reposted by Beau SimensenJeroen ✦ 123→ @jeroen.wtf · 08/01/2026🎉 Achievement unlocked: "It works in my machine" My wife is on a similar path. Doing some cool stuff and soon going to submit something to the app store. Makes me really proud. 0101
Reposted by Beau SimensenZaher 🇸🇾 @zaher.dev · 04/01/2026Using Kindle as weather display screen, In this post I'll explain how I turned my old Kindle to show the current weather in my area when its sleep zaher.dev/blog/using-k...zaher.devUsing Kindle as weather display screenIn this post I'll explain how I turned my old Kindle to show the current weather in my area when its sleep 011
Reposted by Beau SimensenJoey Kudish 🇺🇦🏳️🌈 @jkudish.com · 07/12/2025Anyone interested in learning more? I'm debating with myself if I should make this into an ebook or course or something. Let me know! 211
Reposted by Beau SimensenSam Rose @samwho.dev · 07/12/2025I’m dreaming of an app where I start a session, I open a web page or a paper or an ebook, and I talk as I read. Ask questions, make notes, all natural language. At the end of the session the transcript gets saved into a summary note of the session linked to the media I was reading. Does this exist? 1151
Reposted by Beau SimensenCarlo Zottmann @zottmann.dev · 03/12/2025Claude Code ignoring its skills all the time? I fixed it w/ a UserPromptSubmit hook: github.com/czottmann/cl... No other mention of skills in #CLAUDE.md necessary. Credit where it's due: It's derived from a much, much longer set of instructions at github.com/obra/superpo... #LLM #ClaudeCodegithub.comclaude-code-stuff/hooks-scripts/user-prompt-submit.fish at main · czottmann/claude-code-stuffMy personal, current, production-ready configuration system for Claude Code featuring custom agents, skills, and global behavior rules. - czottmann/claude-code-stuff 133
Reposted by Beau SimensenDoug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 01/12/2025I named my fists Chekhov and Gun because you know they're coming but you don't know when 1387775