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JetBrains @jetbrains.com · 10/09/2026

Jake Wharton refuses to code with AI. When he left Cash App, he published nine requirements for his next job. Number one was: No AI. Our full conversation with the legendary Android developer is out now: layoffs, AI, Google and Kotlin in 2026.

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cj @cjcoffey.com · 18/03/2026

Just in a constant state of existential dread because of AI. Does anyone write code anymore? Does anyone even read the output and try to understand it? I'm losing my mind. Why have we collectively just given up thinking and learning? *continues to yell at clouds *

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cj @cjcoffey.com · 20/02/2026

It's been weighing on me for a bit, so I wrote some thoughts on the whole AI thing. cjcoffey.com/posts/though...

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A few thoughts on AI

Pardon me for a moment while I dump the contents of my brain onto this piece of digital paper. I...

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cj @cjcoffey.com · 08/01/2026

We're getting a hololive game let's goooooo

Korone running towards Okayu in the new hololive game

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cj @cjcoffey.com · 08/01/2026

Every week I get asked by the iRobot app how it's going. I don't know, man. This thing gets stuck on nothing twice a week. You tell me.

Image showing a notification at the top asking how the robot vacuum is doing, and an image below of the robot vacuum flashing red while being stuck on nothing.

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cj @cjcoffey.com · 02/01/2026

I've been revisiting C++ lately after not being in this space for like 15 years, and holy hell is the JavaScript comm spoiled. I'm using Qt and I'm still having to hand write things I feel like could have been taken care of by the framework or a library. It's good for me. I gotta re-learn.

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cj @cjcoffey.com · 31/12/2025

Another year, another wrapped post. TLDR - Take a *real* vacation and get out of the house every once in a while. cjcoffey.com/posts/2025-w...

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2025 Wrapped

Welcome back lads and lasses to another year wrapped up and in the books. You know the drill by this...

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cj @cjcoffey.com · 13/11/2025

Yeah, I'd say I've become a fan of Hazbin Hotel recently. I need more Keith David and Blake Roman songs please and thank you.

Screenshot of my spotify "top tracks this month". 6 out of 10 being songs from the Hazbin Hotel soundtrack.

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cj @cjcoffey.com · 12/11/2025

I'm so close to going full linux. If I can get my elgato and steelseries software working on there, it's over for windows.

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cj @cjcoffey.com · 10/11/2025

omg iOS 26 is just worse in every possible way. Take me back 😭

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cj @cjcoffey.com · 21/10/2025

I freakin' love voice actors.

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cj @cjcoffey.com · 25/09/2025

Hell yeah let's goooooooo

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cj @cjcoffey.com · 24/09/2025

Update on this. It's now a blog post :) Hopefully it helps someone else wanting to do something similar. cjcoffey.com/posts/making...

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Making a Raspberry Pi Server

TLDR I got a Raspberry Pi running some neat things on my local network. The Problem I've been working...

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Arc System Works America @arcsystemworks.com · 05/09/2025

You made it through another week! Keep going! We are so proud of you! 💙👑💮 #GGST #QueenDizzy #TGIF

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Socket @socket.dev · 27/08/2025

🚨 Supply chain attack on Nx npm packages (4.6M weekly downloads) Malware abused AI CLI tools (Claude, Gemini, Q) to steal creds + wallets, then exfiltrated to GitHub repos (s1ngularity-repository*). More than 1,000 victim accounts confirmed. 🔗 socket.dev/blog/nx-pack... #nodejs

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Nx npm Packages Compromised in Supply Chain Attack Leveragin...

Malicious Nx npm versions stole secrets and wallet info using AI CLI tools; Socket’s AI scanner detected the supply chain attack and flagged the malwa...

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cj @cjcoffey.com · 18/08/2025

I wasn't expecting to waste a whole weekend devoted to getting docker setup on my raspberry pi, hosting nextjs apps and more on it. But I did. It's done now, at least lol. Anyone else gone through similar? Or is there something cool I should be hosting on my home server?

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cj @cjcoffey.com · 15/08/2025

The certificates piece is going to be HUGE for enterprise workers

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cj @cjcoffey.com · 02/05/2025

I wasn't expecting to do fizzbuzz today in a language I don't know, but I did lol

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cj @cjcoffey.com · 28/03/2025

New blog post, folks. Took me a while to find the time to write about Astro, but I finally found it. Enjoy :D cjcoffey.com/posts/my-ast...

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My Astro Experience

I first mentioned this on back in December of 2024. I've been meaning to write a post about this experience...

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cj @cjcoffey.com · 19/03/2025

What it's like working as a software engineer.

A joke image of the cover of a book with the title "Everything is Excel". The real name of the book being "Everything is Tuberculosis" by John Green.

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Scott Hanselman 🌮 @scott.hanselman.com · 19/03/2025

I don’t want AI to make me 10x more productive, I want it to give me Fridays off.

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cj @cjcoffey.com · 09/02/2025

Evidently there's been a PlayStation outage this weekend that I had no idea about because I only play single player games lol

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King Chrono @chronogam3r.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Multiplayer games with friends is the best. I love the people that play games with me on a daily basis so damn much 😭

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cj @cjcoffey.com · 16/01/2025

The absolute mad man 😆 ya love to see it

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luna @imlunahey.com · 04/01/2025

i need a week long nap

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cj @cjcoffey.com · 23/12/2024

Hell yeah. Ya love to see it. Astro 5.1 fixed *a lot* of issues I was having.

Image of a Google Lighthouse score of 100 out of 100 for CJ's website

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cj @cjcoffey.com · 18/12/2024

Got done re-doing my personal website by replacing Hugo with Astro. Did it in about 3 days or so. I have some thoughts about the whole process (things are never as easy as they seem, are they?) I'd say it's worth the blood, sweat, and tears though. Let me know what you think. Left = new; Right = old

An image showing the difference between two website designs. The left having more color, the right being grayscale.

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cj @cjcoffey.com · 04/12/2024

I love JRPGs...and Mega man lol

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dan @danabra.mov · 24/11/2024

this thing in programming when you’re not sure where to properly fix the problem and then you think about it like, where is the first point that bad data enters the system. what it is the entry point for the confusion. this is where you mend it

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cj @cjcoffey.com · 18/11/2024

Metaphor for everything. 10/10 perfect game. No notes. I am a little sad to not see Persona 3 Reload in here though. The VAs and soundtrack deserves our respect.

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muro @kisomuro.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Metaphor sweep

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cj @cjcoffey.com · 17/11/2024

Last one for a while, but next up is Persona 5 Royal. I played the vanilla, non-royal version in 2020 just before lockdown. It changed me. I was and still am completely obsessed with this game. I think it's absolutely perfect. The soundtrack is incredible. The voice acting is fantastic.

The box for Persona 5 Royal for the PlayStation 4.

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cj @cjcoffey.com · 17/11/2024

Let's talk about the PS2 and some of my favorites here. Tekken Tag Tournament was the first Tekken game I owned and my first PS2 game. I still go back and play it today because I just love how great it controls and the roster.

The box for Tekken Tag Tournament for the PlayStation 2.

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cj @cjcoffey.com · 17/11/2024

Next up, my favorite Final Fantasy game. I've always been a hopeless romantic, so I'm a sucker for love stories. I love the story in this one and how unique and fun the characters are. The design is charming and timeless. If you check this one out today, I recommend getting the Moguri mod.

Box of the PlayStation game Final Fantasy 9

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cj @cjcoffey.com · 17/11/2024

On to the next generation of consoles with the greatest game of all time: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. This game is what made me get into software development. Though, I never got into the game dev area, it's always been a dream and a passion of mine.

Nintendo 64 cartridge of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

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cj @cjcoffey.com · 17/11/2024

With Rita's rewind coming out soon, I wanted to talk about this power rangers gave for the Genesis/Mega Drive. I love beat-em-up games and this one's no exception. Power Rangers was huge for me and the other 90s kids growing up. The game is super fun and goes through the 1995 movie.

Sega Genesis cartridge of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers The Movie

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cj @cjcoffey.com · 17/11/2024

Next few posts are going to be about video games so bear with me lol. Let's talk about my favorite NES game of all time: Battletoads and Double Dragon: The ultimate team. There's no better beat-em-up. We hit peak beat-em-up in 1993. I revisit this one often. Never got past level 5 without cheats tho

Box of the NES game Battletoads and Double Dragon: The ultimate team.

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cj @cjcoffey.com · 17/11/2024

After the Tyson fight, I had to revisit one of my favorite NES games. 2nd bald bull is bull tho lol. Anyone ever get to Tyson before?

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cj @cjcoffey.com · 11/11/2024

Figma, but it's drag and drop MUI, Tailwind, shadcn, etc. components. Surely someone has built this kind of thing already?

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cj @cjcoffey.com · 10/11/2024

Hey there NES fans! You ever remember playing a NES game but can only remember what the cartridge looks like and you want to figure out what the game is? I made a site for that because I had the same problem. dually8.github.io/nes-cart-bro...

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NES Cart Browser

A site to browser NES games by their art

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cj @cjcoffey.com · 04/11/2024

Hey there fellow web devs 👋 I'm curious what you all use for your blog/personal site. I have a Hugo site currently but I'd like to migrate to something a little less ✨magic✨. I'm thinking maybe Astro or SvelteKit. Something mostly HTML and CSS but with good templating and such. Any recommendations?

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cj @cjcoffey.com · 04/11/2024

Hello, world. My understanding is that all of my favorite artists and tech people migrated here, so here I am too. A bit about me: I've been a computer and video game nerd since birth. I got started playing on the C64 and whatever DOS PC my dad had back then. Picked up coding stuff around 13/14ish.

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