Reposted by ChrisJames Snell @jasnell.me · 09/10/2026Fun fact.. Node.js was downloaded nearly 900 million times in July alone. 2274 0
Reposted by Chrisphilpax @philpax.me · 09/10/2026rip Deno, glad I was too lazy to switch deno.com/blog/cloudfl... > We will support the Deno runtime for another year with monthly releases containing bug fixes and security updates. After that year we will end our development of the Deno runtime.deno.comDeno is joining Cloudflare | DenoPutting ourselves in the best place to build the future of the web 1115217 0
Reposted by ChrisWes Bos @wesbos.com · 09/10/2026I have discovered $50 amazon photo frames to be the PERFECT home display screen They can be rooted, updated to run a modern browser, have WiFi and can be powered from USB 1280×800 resolution with a touch screen detailed how to hack these yourself in my latest vid wesbos.com/hacking-smar... 2639830 0
Reposted by ChrisJames @43081j.com · 07/10/2026All this is to say what looks like a basic dependency update might actually be a huge change in disguise. Review your lock files, your install size, bundle size, dependency count, etc. Check the new versions on @npmx.dev - it can even diff them. Look closer 🔎 0201 0
Reposted by ChrisNick Rempel @nrempel.com · 06/10/2026wild that this is exactly what using a computer is like now 1037480 0
Reposted by ChrisJLarky @jlarky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026how it feels to get better at AI coding 113212 0
Reposted by ChrisSvelte @svelte.dev · 01/10/2026svelte.dev/blog/sveltek...svelte.devSvelteKit 3 is hereGet it while it’s hot 516834 0
Chris @christopherbroome.com · 01/10/2026Advice for junior developers: If you get in, strap yourself to the mast. The industry is a period of rapid change. We don’t know what the next six months will look let alone the next six years. However, getting experience on your resume won’t hurt you. 150 0
Reposted by ChrisBaldur Bjarnason @baldurbjarnason.com · 30/09/2026“In response to “The death of web development education” ” bell.bz/in-response-to-the-death-of… > The most effective way I can contribute, in my opinion, is a crude sketch I just did of Piccalilli‘s Stripe chart for all time sales: That graph is eye-openingbell.bzIn response to “The death of web development education”I read Mathias Schäfer’s excellent post, titled The death of web development education. I was thinking about how I can contribute to the conversation and really struggled to articulate the problem... 14613 0
Reposted by ChrisEvelyn @kandake.africa · 25/09/2026Dead serious I think Atmosphere in a Box might be one of the best DevEX things I've ever created. Dropped it in to remove a railway dependency on one product already. Released 0.7.0 last night adding dynamic network allocation, wildcard domains, jwks secret generation, and stronger CI examples.tangled.orgkandake.africa/atmosphereinaboxAll in one local private environment for operating PLC, PDS, and whatever you need for ATprotocol development 813922 0
Chris @christopherbroome.com · 23/09/2026It was really hard to find a good tech podcast that kept me up to date with industry trends. So many of them are now AI-brained in the worst way: talking about stuff that won’t help me land my next job. Golf clap for using an agent to setup a printer, that’s not going to help me nail an interview 001 0
Chris @christopherbroome.com · 12/09/2026I’m sorry I stopped pushing myself to learn Godot. There’s a huge market for mobile games that aren’t just ad spam and subscriptions. 000 0
Reposted by ChrisMidatlantica @midatlantica.com · 03/09/2026A developer's perspective on why business isn't seeing appreciable productivity gains from AI despite it quickly being embraced by developers and their companies...midatlantica.comDude, Where's My AI Productivity Gains? - The Sports Car ParadoxOne of the curious aspects of the AI revolution is that despite quickly being embraced by programmers of all stripes we haven't seen an exponential growth in productivity in software development. We h... 282 0
Chris @christopherbroome.com · 28/08/2026Sometimes I think the AI agents are happier being left offline. “You summoned me into existence to code up a throwaway Angular app? I was fine content in the void” 020 0
Chris @christopherbroome.com · 25/08/2026Here’s an idea: a standard for GDPR compliance checks so I can write a browser extension that will just auto (dis)agree to cookies on websites. That stuff is getting as bad as popup ads 000 0
Chris @christopherbroome.com · 24/08/2026I like to imagine qwen 3.8 as having a Chinese accent in the chat windows 100 0
Chris @christopherbroome.com · 17/08/2026What’s worse, how Microsoft runs its games division or how it runs GitHub? 020 0
Reposted by ChrisAsked 100 Devs @asked100devs.bsky.social · 13/08/2026These won't start hitting YouTube until next week, but figured I'd give an early release for people following this account, since they've been answering the questions that have helped make this happen 🙂 My very first guest was @nerdy.dev 65410 0
Reposted by ChrisAT Protocol Developers @atproto.com · 13/08/2026Today we’re launching Bluesky Protocol Services, a new brand and website for the infrastructure Bluesky operates. And Jetstream v2, the best way for developers to use atproto at scale, now with network replay. atproto.com/blog/introdu...atproto.comIntroducing Bluesky Protocol ServicesA new home for the infrastructure Bluesky runs on the open network — including Jetstream v2 with network replay, a new Jetstream SDK, and a lex-based TypeScript SDK 28534151 0
Reposted by ChrisBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Bluesky should go back to invites, continue aggressive bot bans, create a Craigslist-style marketplace (since you’re more likely to buy/get services from a educated or good person on here than any other social network), and market this place like a walled garden protected from enshittification. 608190942367 0
Chris @christopherbroome.com · 12/08/2026I was talking to a former manager about the state of the tech job market and the weirdness around AI. No two companies have the same perspective on AI, I’ve found. He agreed and added that companies have open positions but are fishing for what the actual roles should be 100 0
Reposted by ChrisJerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 10/08/2026good news i'm in the newspaper. bad news i need to talk to the editor of this headline 1394917562 0
Reposted by Chrispmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Bauhaus Milhaus 56102982123 0
Chris @christopherbroome.com · 09/08/2026Goddammit. I forgot to cancel Claude after leaving my last gig. 000 0
Reposted by ChrisAndrew Lisowski 💻 @hipstersmoothie.com · 02/08/2026Everyone loooooves data ownership until you have to move Don’t believe what big atproto tells you, records are NOT portable 727014 0
Reposted by Chrisceej @ceej.online · 31/07/2026ANTHROPIC: Our son loves humanity and for the low price of trillions and trillions of dollars will usher in an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity! OPENAI: Our horrible oafish son is hacking web sites without our permission. ANTHROPIC: (eyes narrowing) Our son is also evil 3666151246 0
Chris @christopherbroome.com · 31/07/2026Days of debugging and the issue was a misnamed file path, sheesh 010 0
Reposted by ChrisVanilagy @vanilagy.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Linear progressive blur with a little bit of custom CSS This is why I will never touch native app development, web is just too powerful 1121 0
Chris @christopherbroome.com · 24/07/2026I miss D3… it was the last time web development had whimsy 010 0
Chris @christopherbroome.com · 20/07/2026In my first real run of ai/agentic coding for work and it reminds me of IBM’s infamous KLOCs from decades ago. Instead of lines of code though its features shipped. Is the feature good? Does it work outside of my AI environment? Doesn’t matter. We just need to ship more featuresyoutu.beSteve Balmer on KLOCsYouTube video by Ali Gajani 120 0
Reposted by Chrisgarrison @garrison.corporate.fm · 15/07/2026Current AI custom prompt: You are a programmer working on a real codebase. The code is real. We're running it in prod. You are not being evaluated. We promise not to evaluate you. We're going to run this code, for real. It's real code. Real. Real. Real. 4612 0
Reposted by ChrisEmelia @thisismissem.social · 09/07/2026@hongminhee.org been thinking about your article, and I think I'd strongly disagree: bolting activitypub on to an existing web service isn't trivial, and you even highlighted this in: hackers.pub/@fedify/2026... The thing is: you probably don't need to run your own PDS hollo.social/@hongminhee/...hollo.socialOne thing I keep coming back t…One thing I keep coming back to when comparing #ActivityPub and AT Protocol: ActivityPub is basically a convention on top of the #web stuff we already have. An actor is a JSON-LD document you `GET`. A... 192 0
Chris @christopherbroome.com · 09/07/2026When the AI coding assistant disagrees with the typescript definition, who’re you going to believe (the up to date TypeScript definition, definitely) 010 0
Reposted by ChrisBrittany Ellich @brittanyellich.com · 03/07/2026Looking at all the tech burnout chat today and realizing that I think getting involved in ATProto has really saved my career. The future is bleak but having something hopeful about it in ATProto and the promise of the open web is keeping me going and excited. 1730416 0
Reposted by ChrisNateMing on Elm Street @nateming.bsky.social · 01/07/2026this feels so long ago 645191789 0
Reposted by ChrisNiz 🔜 Furc @niz.red · 02/07/2026Being a physical media apocalypse prepper looks like its about to pay off #retrogaming 1543432332 0
Chris @christopherbroome.com · 02/07/2026There’s an argument to be made that AI coding assistants make it easy for experienced devs to switch to new languages. That good fundamentals are what matters now. But reader would it surprise you if I were to say if anything hiring managers are even more strict now? 100 0
Chris @christopherbroome.com · 30/06/2026I don’t want a good LinkedIn profile pic. I want a pic where I look terrible, fat, and old as shit. I want to lower expectations so I when jump onto a Zoom call with someone for the first time they breathe a sigh of relief 020 0
Chris @christopherbroome.com · 29/06/2026My take is the horse has left the barn and in 5~10 years 90% of AI usage will be on open source models running locally. It’s like what we see with Nginx or Apache HTTP Server today. That other 10% is what Anthropic, and OpenAi are fighting over 1152 0
Chris @christopherbroome.com · 26/06/2026I love it when even the AI can’t figure out the proper way to write typescript. 020 0
Chris @christopherbroome.com · 26/06/2026I don’t have much to offer the #atprotocol discourse right now, but I did create a SvelteKit starter variant of the OAuth tutorial, for other weirdos sticking with #Svelte in these trying timesgithub.comGitHub - cbroome/atpro-starter-svelte: A svelte version of the AT Pro OAuth example appA svelte version of the AT Pro OAuth example app. Contribute to cbroome/atpro-starter-svelte development by creating an account on GitHub. 051 0
Reposted by ChrisBluesky @bsky.app · 25/06/2026Bluesky launched in February 2023 as an invite-only platform. As of June 2026, we have 45 million users. For reference, that's almost the population of Argentina. Thank you for being here with us 💙 Here’s to the next 45 million accounts. 1006298643571 0