Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 27/06/2026I’ve probably shared this before, but you can’t use GenAI as a substitute for your lack of taste. That goes for coding, writing, and other planning tasks. GenAI is a multiplier and that means `💩x GenAI = 💩` 063
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 24/06/2026Machine learns to write— the dash betrays its author— no human typed that 071
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 20/06/2026Aren’t you all tired of imagining if Obama did something like we are seeing now? Things can be bad without a comparison to the Black guy we (still) like. 1141
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 14/06/2026I took a long walk around DC today. Here is the reflecting pool. I’ve never seen it this green. Congratulations to all. 2160
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 30/05/2026Your favorite GenAI talking head used to be a crypto talking head. In two years, they will be a fluxity talking head. 053
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 25/05/2026I’ve seen some blog posts and YouTube videos saying we should move from markdown to html when working with genAi agents. You can already embed html in markdown if needed. Why do we continuously try to reinvent the wheel and call it progress? 150
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 20/05/2026So, come to find out, it is possible to create a reparations program after all. 2367
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 14/04/2026I now see why people own multiple 3D printers. Got a Bambu P2S recently and I’m now contemplating another one or a bigger one. 060
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 04/04/2026My Claude Code subscription pays for itself. I get more out of it in function and $ than I put in it. This morning's session got me 100% of the features I use for a running app I subscribe to. 241
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 26/03/2026How am I supposed to show up every day and be a productive member of society, when I frequently see stuff like this? 44916
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 23/03/2026Now that more people are using gen ai, there other skills to focus on that you can’t automate away: 1. Taste - you build a sense of what works/doesn’t work after getting your hands dirty over time 2 - Marketing - how do you share a project/idea with the world? 070
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 23/03/2026In my tech career, we've gone from modems to frame relay to ISDN, to cable modems to FIOS with a potential for multiple Gb/s to my house. We also moved from flip phones to Palm Treos to iPhones. I've coded in C, Java, Python, Go and Rust. I used to write most of my software. Now claude-opus does. 1170
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 15/03/2026The people who built Kubernetes and React weren't only good devs. They were deep in one area and literate across several others. Don't look at the outputs and assume the hard part was the building, not taste. GenAI doesn't change this. You still need to develop taste for what will and won't work. 1151
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 08/03/2026If coding is your favorite part of software engineering, keep coding. AI doesn't stop you. But if coding was the only part you were good at, that's a different conversation. The job was always bigger than the code. #bransoncognac blog.bryanl.dev/posts/ai-sen...blog.bryanl.devAI Didn't Break the Senior Engineer Pipeline. It Showed That One Never Existed.Most organizations never had a model for developing engineers. They had an environment that produced growth by accident. AI just made the luck run out. 611129
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 07/03/2026I’m using agents in Claude cli and Kiro cli to answer what if. Previously, we could never go chase down all the questions in our heads due to lack of time and energy. Today, I’m building things only to see what happens. If I don’t like the outcome, I build another thing. Feels like a super power. 2171
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 15/02/2026I’m having lots of success using tools like Claude code to think, iterate on ideas, and write useful code. As someone who has been coding a very long time, this is a real improvement. The best part is that if I want to write something myself, I still can. But why? So many problems, so little time. 3270
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 07/02/2026I have this sneaking suspicion that a lot of people in tech don't know how tech actually works. You sitting down at a keyboard and write love letters (code) is a very small part of big success. 0191
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 05/02/2026The same people who were selling digital monkeys and internet coins are now telling you they use GenAI to build code that they never read. I don't know how this story ends, but it's not one with a happy ending. 0194
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 01/02/2026How are you supposed to learn how to code if you can’t copy the code out of the back of a Byte magazine? 2113
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 31/01/2026Wrote a blog post about a problem I keep hearing about running into: the AI builds exactly what I asked for, but three months later I can't remember why I asked for it that way. blog.bryanl.dev/posts/change...blog.bryanl.devChange Intent Records: The Missing Artifact in AI-Assisted DevelopmentGit tells us what changed. ADRs tell us why we chose an architecture. But when AI writes the code, we need something new: a record of intent. 061
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 24/01/2026I love a good book. This one also has exercises and answers! Illustrated guide to AI by Welch Labs. 151
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 17/01/2026Code has never been a joy to me. It’s always been a means to end. I learned to code to make computers do stuff. I stay in this profession because I like doing things with computers. Personally, I feel if you get stuck on the code, you never get to enjoy the outcomes. 2110
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 16/01/2026Interesting software is all about taste. GenAI will not improve your taste. 0131
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 07/01/2026You know why we create tests for the code we write? It is because we have not found many better ways to prove that our software works. Tests are evidence, not faith. 021
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 28/12/2025I have opinions about GenAI agents. Too many for Bluesky, so I wrote a whole blog post instead. blog.bryanl.dev/posts/agent-...blog.bryanl.devAgents Done Right: A Framework Vision for 2026Agents choke on context, loop on failures, and dump walls of code for review. It's time to rethink the architecture. 1295
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 26/12/2025The best part about this new world of GenAI is we came blame our shortcomings on computers. Like for real this time. 051
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 24/12/2025Constantly impressed by the quality of content coming from Welch Labs. Their last video was very good. youtu.be/D8GOeCFFby4?...youtu.beThe most complex model we actually understandYouTube video by Welch Labs 070
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 18/12/2025If you live in DC, you can go lunch spots where congress staffers and lobbyists frequent. They don’t know anything about speaking so everyone can’t hear their conversations. And they talk about the most vile things. The US’ current regression is 100% on purpose. 1154
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 18/12/2025I know people who were arrested for sit-ins in the 60s. I also know people who participated in bus boycotts. My parents went to segregated and then integrated high schools. I’m not surprised, but am still disgusted by the people who were written and are still wrong now. 0100
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 17/12/2025I shared this post with ChatGPT and it is denying that something like this could exist at the White House. Now I need to find a second source affirming the authenticity of this post. 140
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 11/12/2025We need to stop prioritizing perceived civility over justice. Most of the problems you’ve encountered during your lifetime have been caused by a group of people attempting to look civil. 052
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 29/11/202525 year old Bryan would not believe that double that age Bryan loves to run so much. Not even fast running. I finally think I understand how people can get into that meditative state. Great for reducing anxiety and feeling more mobile throughout the day. 1230
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 09/11/2025I need to master the skill of being confidently wrong in public. I’m almost jealous of y’all who do it well. 3290
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 05/11/2025After almost 20 years on what we now call social media, I think I’m tired of having access to everyone’s thoughts. Some things need to stay in the head. 2211
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 02/11/2025Supremacy isn’t strength, it’s fear selling wolf tickets. You see it in pull requests, in politics, and right here on BlueSky. Same pattern: defend the fragile, call it elite. 020
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 01/11/2025Healthcare is really expensive, and many people are struggling to afford it. However, most people don’t know how it got this way. It boils down to the same problem the US has with literally everything else: it would have benefited Black people, so we allowed the states to discriminate. 0256
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 30/10/2025SNAP might be going away this weekend. I’m going to be out in the streets writing extra checks. Who is going to be out there with me? 040
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 29/10/2025When they go low, kick them in the face. (metaphorically of course) 050
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 25/10/2025I know some of y’all hate politics, but here is the reality: you are at the table or you are on the menu. You have a choice to decide where you end up. 2579
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 16/10/2025I'm seeing new extensions in the Agentic space, like MCP-UI which use the term "open" in their descriptions. Open is not only having your code on GitHub. It's also putting your governance structure at the forefront. Open for interaction > open for reading or inclusion. 070
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 14/10/2025I know y’all mean well, but think about the signaling when you talk about Black folks and then say “instead they get … ordinary people.” 36114
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 10/10/2025GenAI is a multiplier. So `X * Y = output` where Y is the multiplier. It could be a 10x or a 100x multiplier. But, you also have to think about X. If X is shit, you'll get 10x or 100x shit. 1122
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 06/10/2025I'm finishing up slides for a talk I'm doing at @allthingsopen.bsky.social next week, and I'm working on quotable phrases. "Good boundaries are how systems stay friends." is my favorite so far. This is my first public talk in *years*, so I'm excited to give it. 1272
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 02/10/2025I heard this today, and it's not sitting well because it's true: "Black people in America are so deeply entrenched in systems of oppression that an oppression against anyone is inevitably going to spill into our backyard" This is why I'm against any form of oppression against anyone. 55511
