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I find it troubling that this “progress” is being celebrated after 3 years of “torture.” We have to do better.

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The actual blog post he linked to, written by the Podium SVP, Engineering as Part 2 in a 4-part series, goes in-depth on the changes their team made to their SDLC processes. There’s plenty to learn from their approach (though it looks quite similar to what most “AI-forward” teams are doing).

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I decided to reply (this is probably a foolish thing to do on LinkedIn): “Yikes! Also, if greatness is the result of 3 years of torture, what was the starting state of the engineering team?”

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Josh Frank @iamjoshfrank.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I stopped in my tracks this morning when reading a post from the Podium CEO – not because of the productivity gains he touted, but the language he used to introduce how they got there: “This didn't happen organically. We basically tortured our engineering team to greatness over the last 3 years.”

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Having recently witnessed a Bryan Cantrill Talk™️ at #monktoberfest, this is sure to be a good one with plenty of energy and insight. Oh, and click through to read the description closely. 😉

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Josh Frank @iamjoshfrank.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I really like this so far! Stepping through it one section at a time (I’m on the product side, not a day-to-day developer; but I do have some exposure to Elixir)… Question: is this expected? I expected to see “oopsie” (and it seemed to live for longer than 3 seconds),

Screenshot of a step in the OTP Supervisor tutorial showing example code for linking processes and the result in the built-in REPL

Josh Frank @iamjoshfrank.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

📝📝📝” index for kindness “ – YES!!

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Josh Frank @iamjoshfrank.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Did they like our “ussie”?? Great meeting you, appreciated our brief chats (oh sweet home Chicago) … and thank you for giving an excellent talk!! 🩵

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Josh Frank @iamjoshfrank.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I was always a fan of Metropolitan Brewing’s Krankshaft Kölsch. I know they’re long-closed. How’s this one compare?

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Here’s a scrappy, Unofficial Delegate Candidate Browser that adds filtering and search features that expand on the Maine Dems Official Delegate Guide. Maybe most importantly, you can build a Delegate List to make voting easy! maine-senate-delegate-browser.iamjoshfrank.workers.dev

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So happy to hear! Please feel free to share widely, here and on other platforms.

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That’s the beauty of a PDF that preserves text! I’m glad that option exists. Hopefully our unofficial tool provides an easier user experience and additional value this weekend. Regardless, we simply want people to be able to find the information they need, regardless of where and how they do it!

maine-senate-delegate-browser.iamjoshfrank.workers.dev

Maine Democratic Senate Nomination — Delegate Candidate Browser (Unofficial)

Searchable, filterable browser of the 3,662 delegate candidate statements for the Maine Democratic Party's 2026 U.S. Senate nominating convention.

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maine-senate-delegate-browser.iamjoshfrank.workers.dev

Maine Democratic Senate Nomination — Delegate Candidate Browser (Unofficial)

Searchable, filterable browser of the 3,662 delegate candidate statements for the Maine Democratic Party's 2026 U.S. Senate nominating convention.

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maine-senate-delegate-browser.iamjoshfrank.workers.dev

Maine Democratic Senate Nomination — Delegate Candidate Browser (Unofficial)

Searchable, filterable browser of the 3,662 delegate candidate statements for the Maine Democratic Party's 2026 U.S. Senate nominating convention.

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maine-senate-delegate-browser.iamjoshfrank.workers.dev

Maine Democratic Senate Nomination — Delegate Candidate Browser (Unofficial)

Searchable, filterable browser of the 3,662 delegate candidate statements for the Maine Democratic Party's 2026 U.S. Senate nominating convention.

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maine-senate-delegate-browser.iamjoshfrank.workers.dev

Maine Democratic Senate Nomination — Delegate Candidate Browser (Unofficial)

Searchable, filterable browser of the 3,662 delegate candidate statements for the Maine Democratic Party's 2026 U.S. Senate nominating convention.

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maine-senate-delegate-browser.iamjoshfrank.workers.dev

Shenna and team - here’s a scrappy, Unofficial Delegate Candidate Browser that adds filtering and search features that expand on the @mainedems Official Delegate Guide. Maybe most importantly, you can build a Delegate List to make voting easy! maine-senate-delegate-browser.iamjoshfrank.workers.dev

Maine Democratic Senate Nomination — Delegate Candidate Browser (Unofficial)

Searchable, filterable browser of the 3,662 delegate candidate statements for the Maine Democratic Party's 2026 U.S. Senate nominating convention.

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maine-senate-delegate-browser.iamjoshfrank.workers.dev

Thanks to @verm.me for sharing concerns heard elsewhere today about making it too easy to publicly search for delegate candidates by marginalized identity and city. Those filters are removed. maine-senate-delegate-browser.iamjoshfrank.workers.dev Please share for Maine’s Democratic voters!

Maine Democratic Senate Nomination — Delegate Candidate Browser (Unofficial)

Searchable, filterable browser of the 3,662 delegate candidate statements for the Maine Democratic Party's 2026 U.S. Senate nominating convention.

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Josh Frank @iamjoshfrank.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

A key feature: build your own candidates list to print / save to make this weekend’s voting even easier! Many thanks to @verm.me for collaborating.

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Josh Frank @iamjoshfrank.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

This was a VERY hasty effort to make it waaaaay easier for voters participating this weekend to apply some common sense filters and text search capabilities to the overwhelming Delegate Candidates list. Some important changes incoming related to use of previously published / public data…

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Josh Frank @iamjoshfrank.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Congratulations! Big step!! (and very cool of Libro to be open to that?)

Josh Frank @iamjoshfrank.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

This is gorgeous. It makes me want to pop open the source and learn.

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Josh Frank @iamjoshfrank.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

What do you think of the show, if you’ve watched? We watched the first episode a few weeks back and I can’t decide if I want to continue it…