Hibri Marzook @hibri.net · 18/09/2026My 7 year old is grumpy today because he watched School Of Rock last week and he can’t stop thinking about it and it’s daddy’s fault for choosing the movie 🤣 000
Reposted by Hibri MarzookVirtual Domain-Driven Design @virtualddd.com · 27/08/2026Good ideas in software delivery often sound wrong at first, which is why teams reject them before giving them a chance. Hibri's session explored why our intuition misleads us so… Watch: buff.ly/0wvhkbOvirtualddd.comDecoding the Paradoxes of Software DeliveryWhy does deploying more often improve quality? Why does slack time make a team more reliable? On the counter-intuitive ideas that keep turning out to be right. 053
Hibri Marzook @hibri.net · 21/08/2026Layoff people and buy castles www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... billionaire derangement syndrome in full effecttheguardian.comMark Zuckerberg buys 440-acre Strancally castle estate in IrelandMeta chief executive paid roughly €20m for gothic-style mansion built in 1830 and its surroundings 010
Reposted by Hibri MarzookTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 19/08/2026I don't think people understand the extent to which this has been a decade plus long billionaire funded campaign (obviously Thiel is involved). We've tried to ring the alarm about these eugenicists but it is too easy for them to get parroted by the mainstream media. bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/t...bylinetimes.comThe Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason ArdayThe media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network 3127241193
Hibri Marzook @hibri.net · 16/08/2026I’m with you on this. I prefer to write in my own voice with my lived experience. In an era of slop I want to own my own voice. 010
Hibri Marzook @hibri.net · 15/08/2026What I love about reading the Discworld books is that whilst its set in a fantasy world, it's very much a critique on the norms of the real world. Was listening to the Men at Arms audiobook yesterday and loved how it engages with diversity, monarchy and racism. 040
Hibri Marzook @hibri.net · 13/08/2026My “don’t burn my eyes” device hacked together in 5 minutes before the eclipse 000
Reposted by Hibri MarzookGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/08/20262. If we stop trading slaves / extracting fossil fuels, we will hand an advantage to our commercial rivals, who are bound to continue (because foreigners are perfidious). 3. The slaves / planet will then be worse off, because foreign slave traders / fossil fuel producers are dirtier than ours. 1149286
Reposted by Hibri MarzookRuth Malan @ruthmalan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Join us in discussing Meadows’ “Leverage Points”? ‘“This is a HUGE NEW SYSTEM people are inventing!” I said to myself. “They haven’t the SLIGHTEST IDEA how this complex structure will behave,” myself said back to me. “It’s almost certainly an example of cranking the system in the wrong direction”’ 2116
Hibri Marzook @hibri.net · 01/08/2026Yeah it was a slow start but a few episodes in I was hooked. Pretty much everything on Apple TV has been good for me. Enough to tide me over until the next season. 010
Reposted by Hibri MarzookModern Software Engineering @modernswe.bsky.social · 29/07/2026TONIGHT @ 7PM (UK) 😬 @stevesmithtech.bsky.social 034
Hibri Marzook @hibri.net · 25/07/2026Spend a week diagnosing latency problems at work. Spend the beginning of the holiday week explaining to my son why his audio book buffers while we are driving o on the M5. 🤣 010
Hibri Marzook @hibri.net · 19/07/2026Reading this after I’ve chased 4 year old covered in chocolate milk around the house. 040
Reposted by Hibri MarzookMathias Verraes @mathiasverraes.bsky.social · 15/07/2026- My article on Software Design in the Agentic Age: verraes.net/2026/07/soft... - Martin Fowler's fragments: martinfowler.com/fragments/20...verraes.netSoftware Design in the Agentic Age: Place Your BetsAn evaluation of the role of software design in retrospect of Thoughtworks' Future of Software Engineering retreat. 031
Reposted by Hibri MarzookGrady Booch @booch.com · 14/07/2026…are the very last people I would want controlling or setting policy for any such technology that even approaches a fraction of what these outrageous claims might achieve. 1683
Reposted by Hibri MarzookCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 29/06/2026NEW: The story behind a silencing. Facebook whistleblower Sarah Wynn Williams is trapped in a parallel private justice system. I've written about what it tells us about the "post-state" future, a cryptolibertarian dream that's close than we realise. open.substack.com/pub/broligar...open.substack.comSilencedFacebook's silencing of a whistleblower shines a light on a private justice system and a "post-state" future where tech bros write the rules. Or as we call them, "laws" 17576324
Hibri Marzook @hibri.net · 27/06/2026So true. Even the “just install solar” narrative. It’s stupidly expensive. 100
Hibri Marzook @hibri.net · 27/06/2026I’m worried more about the screen time the grandparents have and it’s effect on their voting habits www.theguardian.com/society/2026...theguardian.comScreen time can damage under-twos’ development, landmark study suggestsExclusive: Researchers call for urgent investigation of risks to babies of tablets, smartphones and other digital devices 000
Hibri Marzook @hibri.net · 25/06/2026So I now have to communicate like a caveman to save on tokens. 000
Reposted by Hibri MarzookTrunk-Based Thierry (they/them) @tdpauw.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Is Conway's Law just a hunch? Or is it a law? Conway didn't provide a proof in 1968. But decades later, academic research confirms the hypothesis. Part 2 of "Beyond the Shades of Conway's Law" has been published. Validation: The Research & Reality Check thinkinglabs.io/articles/202...thinkinglabs.ioBeyond the Shades of Conway's Law - Validation: The Research & Reality Check 2137
Hibri Marzook @hibri.net · 16/06/2026They don’t wait for work to be handed to them and unblock themselves. You’ll see these teams relentlessly shipping in the most chaotic and unpredictable environments. 140
Hibri Marzook @hibri.net · 14/06/2026One of the problems with AI generated code review is that pretty much anyone can give a review without any context or design discussion. They probably won’t understand any fixes made. The worrying bit is that there is no discussion with a human. 050
Reposted by Hibri MarzookThe Verge @theverge.com · 12/06/2026While his mountain of horrible personal conduct could fill multiple books, one fact in particular stands out: A year ago, Musk’s actions directly led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. He did it knowingly. And, worse — gleefully. Read more: www.theverge.com/tech/949259/... 28589643758
Hibri Marzook @hibri.net · 12/06/2026Parenting milestone. My kid told me “I know how to Google”. I have mixed feelings 000
Reposted by Hibri MarzookJason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Update: the last 2 days have been *amazing*, and the support folks have shown me is genuinely moving. I had another little cry. But (oh, here he goes), there are still some places left on the upcoming workshops, and even without the discount that ended last night, they're worth every penny! (1/2) 1158
Hibri Marzook @hibri.net · 21/04/2026This is a pretty shitty rug pull by @github.com github.com/orgs/communi...github.comAnnouncement: Changes to GitHub Copilot Individual Plans · community · Discussion #192963Announcement: Changes to GitHub Copilot Individual Plans We've recently announced that we’re making the following changes to GitHub Copilot’s Individual plans to protect the experience for existing... 121
Hibri Marzook @hibri.net · 16/04/2026Before November 2025 CoPilot failed to do even the most basic .Net 4.8 to .Net 10 migration. I've not used an IDE for the migration. Made sure that the existing tests were not touched to keep the usability and contract. Some prompting on a mobile phone while on holiday too. 000
Hibri Marzook @hibri.net · 16/04/2026Closed a 10 year old issue in HttpMock github.com/hibri/HttpMo.... Life got in the way of supporting the latest .Net version. HttpMock 3.0 is out. However, for the last 3 weeks I've been prompting CoPilot with Opus 4.6 to do the internal rewrite.github.com.NET Core Support · Issue #37 · hibri/HttpMockAre there any plans to release a version with .NET Core support? 120
Hibri Marzook @hibri.net · 06/04/2026It’s probably a good time to listen to this open.spotify.com/track/2LuCU1...open.spotify.comThe Other Side 000
Reposted by Hibri MarzookZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 31/03/2026This is Apartheid. It's morally disgusting - and comes at the same time as Israel is committing an ongoing genocide. To see the Labour Government defend Israel repeatedly will horrify the British public - it cannot go on like this. 952294811
Reposted by Hibri MarzookCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 30/03/2026NEW: It’s a journocide. Israel admits to targeting & killing three more journalists & making up false evidence. Journalists in the west have a moral responsibility to speak up. The blowback from this impunity is coming next for us all. 1/ open.substack.com/pub/broligar...open.substack.comJournocideTargeting journalists and killing them with impunity isn't just a war crime, it's a warning of what comes next 221074557
Hibri Marzook @hibri.net · 20/03/2026When tech bros announce something as the next best thing it’s just their delusions. Also NFTs and crypto 000
Reposted by Hibri MarzookKelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 20/03/2026Announcing the Zero Token architecture. Instead of burning AI tokens, you learn to think for yourself, and complete tasks using your brain. 1951499
Hibri Marzook @hibri.net · 08/03/2026AI workflows remind me of this youtu.be/lLruc27jrOg?...youtu.beI built a machine to wash my hair | Joseph's MachinesYouTube video by Joseph's Machines 000
Reposted by Hibri MarzookKent Beck @kentbeck.com · 03/03/2026I hate the re-soloing of development. We were so close to learning social skills, creating community, encouraging creativity & purpose, & applying empathy. Easier to manage if each of us is so busy with our genieswarms that we don't have time to talk & reflect. 812641
Reposted by Hibri MarzookScott Hanselman 🌮 @scott.hanselman.com · 02/03/2026Imposter syndrome in software 2812114
Hibri Marzook @hibri.net · 02/03/2026I’m still waiting for those unicorn product managers who understood the business. 140
Hibri Marzook @hibri.net · 01/03/2026We're all living in Amerika. Coca-Cola, sometimes war. Amerika - Rammstein en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerika...en.wikipedia.orgAmerika (song) - Wikipedia 010
Reposted by Hibri MarzookOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 24/02/2026when people talk about AI used in moderation of social media posts, you must remember there is always the human-in-the-loop, often a woman, often in the Global South, always dehumanised and forgotten 1/n www.theguardian.com/global-devel...theguardian.com‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AIWomen in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies 41049624
Hibri Marzook @hibri.net · 27/02/2026LLM subscriptions lock out developers in non-western countries. It’s hard to afford a Claude subscription when the monthly pay is 350 USD. There is no regional pricing. Not every one has access to a credit card. I thank software piracy for starting my tech career 43710
Hibri Marzook @hibri.net · 27/02/2026Been reading it. Loved the section on durable vs non-durable code 😍 110
Reposted by Hibri MarzookIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/02/2026These people are poison. They will unleash racist thugs on the streets of this country and call it security. They will subjugate us to the US and call it patriotism. They must be stopped. There is no more important task in politics. 14334261224
Hibri Marzook @hibri.net · 14/02/2026I used NCrunch www.ncrunch.net in its early days and I think it becomes essential with agent coding flows.ncrunch.net NCrunch NCrunch is the ultimate live testing tool for Microsoft Visual Studio and JetBrains Rider. It runs your unit and integration tests so you don't have to, providing inline code coverage and performance... 120
Hibri Marzook @hibri.net · 11/02/2026Teams with good inner feedback loops have always thrived in chaotic and uncertain environments. The early agile teams thrived in unagile environments. At 7d and BBCW we didn’t wait for an Enterprise Agile framework to be handed on a plate to us. We figured it out :) 140
Reposted by Hibri MarzookKelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 04/02/2026Generating code was never the goal. The goal was to solve problems. I tried my best to avoid writing code by leveraging existing solutions or reframing the problem. Writing code was always a last resort and a liability. If I was going to write code, then I was going to do it right. 619127