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Calvin A. Allen @codingwithcalvin.net · 9h

Heyyyyyy - who has two thumbs, and three rejections from CodeMash?! THIS GUY

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Calvin A. Allen @codingwithcalvin.net · 11h

I think I’m going to sign up on that dinosaur social media network

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Calvin A. Allen @codingwithcalvin.net · 25/09/2026

I’ve started adding rules to keep this nonsense to a minimum, otherwise every single property, method, etc., has a paragraph of explanatory model vomit.

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Calvin A. Allen @codingwithcalvin.net · 24/09/2026

First banjo lesson complete! I definitely have a new hobby.

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Calvin A. Allen @codingwithcalvin.net · 18/09/2026

I sure would like to report a promotion, but it's only been in progress for three months. I'm not salty, nah, not at all.

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Calvin A. Allen @codingwithcalvin.net · 16/09/2026

The banjo has arrived. I forgot to order picks.

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Calvin A. Allen @codingwithcalvin.net · 12/09/2026

Delivered a blessing box to a church on Wednesday evening, visited a new church this morning and agreed to build one for them ❤️

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James Hollingshead @bladesjester.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

"Did OpenAI build AGI?" Short answer: No. Long answer: No. Altman is a con artist and has been for his entire career (the rest of the LLM bros are too, but Altman is well known as one). Even if AGI were ever to happen, it won't be created with an LLM. Stop believing the hype and bullshit.

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Calvin A. Allen @codingwithcalvin.net · 02/09/2026

I love getting Teams messages like, “hey did you see that email?” 99.99% chance I did. I really don’t need a reminder it’s there.

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Calvin A. Allen @codingwithcalvin.net · 31/08/2026

Nothing better to get your anxiety and OCD going first thing in a Monday that seeing ALL of your teammates and immediate supervisor and business lead in meetings at the same time And you’re just, ya know, not in there Yes it could be different meetings, etc., but my brain doesn’t go there first.

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Calvin A. Allen @codingwithcalvin.net · 30/08/2026

Yikes - you see the permission set OpenAI (and probably Anthropic) want for these plugins?

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Calvin A. Allen @codingwithcalvin.net · 29/08/2026

In case you were wondering, yes, they are still actively updating this article, and I find it amazing

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Calvin A. Allen @codingwithcalvin.net · 29/08/2026

I fully understand now why guys end up with dens, man caves, etc., and put TVs in them. We have one TV in the house, in the living room. I’ve not watched anything all week, so I sit down, turn on ST: SNW, and the children start talking, arguing, yelling; mom comes in, having conversations, kids …

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Michael S. Collier @michaelscollier.com · 28/08/2026

The GitHub Copilot App recently added support for WSL-hosted repos. Check out my blog post to learn how to enable this feature and a few bugs I've found so far. www.michaelscollier.com/enabling-ws... #GitHub #GitHubCopilot #WSL

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Enabling WSL Support for the GitHub Copilot App

I’ve been intrigued by the GitHub Copilot App ever since it first shipped at Build a few months ago. It offers a different way of working for me, and I’m getting more comfortable with it …

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Calvin A. Allen @codingwithcalvin.net · 28/08/2026

This is exactly why I will never use Grok or promote any of it for usage anywhere - even my job - and I’ll probably argue if somebody does want it.

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Calvin A. Allen @codingwithcalvin.net · 27/08/2026

I know people are having a terrible time getting “correct” responses from these LLMs / harnesses - but I’ve been having a bit of success I don’t attempt one shots anymore - I like to orchestrate agentic teams to do “the work”, and I find an adversarial agent to be particularly helpful.

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Calvin A. Allen @codingwithcalvin.net · 24/08/2026

Just ordered tickets for my wife and I to see the Columbus Symphony Orchestra a few times over the next 8 months lol

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Calvin A. Allen @codingwithcalvin.net · 20/08/2026

Thanks, npm package owner, for completely unlisting the package and making the repo private overnight.

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Calvin A. Allen @codingwithcalvin.net · 18/08/2026

Submitted a few talks and a precompiler session to #CodeMash! Now we wait :)

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Calvin A. Allen @codingwithcalvin.net · 16/08/2026

Back to work tomorrow after a week off… One new team member started last week, another one starts tomorrow…I gotta get caught up, and then start a project with a new client - and it sounds like they’re going to push for Azure SQL instead of Postgres - which we don’t support. Should be a good week

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Calvin A. Allen @codingwithcalvin.net · 14/08/2026

Who wants to give this workshop “abstract” a once over?

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Calvin A. Allen @codingwithcalvin.net · 14/08/2026

Getting an itch to write a workshop…

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Calvin A. Allen @codingwithcalvin.net · 13/08/2026

Pet peeve. If you’re using an LLM and some agentic harness (Claude code, etc.) and you tell me you “trained it”…. No ya didn’t.

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Calvin A. Allen @codingwithcalvin.net · 12/08/2026

Drive over three hours for a graveside service, hang out with family for a few hours, sleep and drive back home tomorrow morning. What else? Oh, yeah, PC support 🤦🏻‍♂️

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Calvin A. Allen @codingwithcalvin.net · 11/08/2026

Gonna need a rule that we don’t just copy + paste LLM prose in an email to a client. :/

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Calvin A. Allen @codingwithcalvin.net · 09/08/2026

Getting this outdoor unit up on the wall mounts is going to be interesting… But first, Lowe’s trip!

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Calvin A. Allen @codingwithcalvin.net · 09/08/2026

They’re still updating this article MULTIPLE times a day. I wish I could have captured every actual change.

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Calvin A. Allen @codingwithcalvin.net · 07/08/2026

Printed out my 5 practice exams. One more time through them tomorrow, and then back to the test!

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Calvin A. Allen @codingwithcalvin.net · 06/08/2026

My new Mr. Cool unit is supposed to be here today! I think I know what I might be doing this evening :D

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Calvin A. Allen @codingwithcalvin.net · 06/08/2026

Happy Birthday! Thank you, Al Gore!

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Calvin A. Allen @codingwithcalvin.net · 06/08/2026

I have a private Teams channel where I have multiple sources (blogs, news, etc.) post into so I can "kind of" keep up with the industry a bit better. It's a little amusing when an article keeps getting updated... Y'all alright over there, Anthropic?

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Calvin A. Allen @codingwithcalvin.net · 05/08/2026

Started reading The Hobbit the other day. Bilbo ran into Gollum last night. Let’s go see what shenanigans he gets into tonight.

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Calvin A. Allen @codingwithcalvin.net · 04/08/2026

Apparently there is no waiting period for retaking a failed Anthropic exam... Scheduled for Saturday August 8th at 6:00pm. You will not break me.

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Calvin A. Allen @codingwithcalvin.net · 03/08/2026

Is there really a Microsoft Agent 365 SDK _AND_ a Microsoft Agents 365 SDK - and they are different things with different purposes...

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Calvin A. Allen @codingwithcalvin.net · 01/08/2026

ST:SNW EPISODE 2 😲 This season is on fire. 🔥

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Calvin A. Allen @codingwithcalvin.net · 01/08/2026

I’m not a huge concert fan (2 in my entire life), but I absolutely love this era my family is in where my daughter wants to go to them so Dad surprises her and Mom with tickets. Then afterward they both come home and tell me everything. Last night my daughter caught a drum stick the drummer tossed.

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Calvin A. Allen @codingwithcalvin.net · 01/08/2026

✅ Cleaned Office ✅ Took OnVue System Check 6pm rolls around, I am as ready as I’m gonna be for this certification.

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