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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 05/08/2026

Ray Bradbury was one of my favorite authors growing up, with one of my favorite short stories of his being "There Will Come Soft Rains" which if you haven't read it, it's eerie. It's the story of what happens to an automated house when humanity is no longer around following a cataclysmic event. 🧵

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Ray Bradbury read by Leonard Nimoy : Ray Bradbury : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Leonard Nimoy reads two of Ray Bradbury's classic stories from THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES.1. THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS2. USHER IIThese recordings were...

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 04/08/2026

While AI can be overly verbose, some of y’all just don’t have good reading comprehension skills 😳

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 31/07/2026

Happy Friday! A weekly tradition I started at Temporal is the introduction of Friday Pig. If you type the phrase "Friday Pig" in any channel it pulls this up. Bonus points if you remember where this gif came from.

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 24/07/2026

“How’s your day going Mason?” youtu.be/3QC0z0AtZ50?...

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Landman - Who Pissed In Your Fruit Loops?

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 23/07/2026

If you write your posts Like this with random ass Spaces between the sentences I hope the back of your Knees are sweaty for eternity. If you want a longer post Then have an original thought And type it out. Thank you and fuck off.

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 20/07/2026

So either something major happened in the AI space while I was on vacation, or the week long detox cleared my head because damn the posts I’m seeing today some of y’all are fucking cooked.

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 20/07/2026

Took a week off of work and chose to minimally engage with any form of AI (it’s quite useful for identifying plants when hiking) but basically didn’t code at all. Y’all, it was freeing. I’m feeling refreshed and enthusiastic again, not just completely burnt out. Highly recommend.

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 15/07/2026

All this rain has the critters moving. The Flood Warnings are dampening my kayak trips, but at least the animals are keeping me company

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 06/07/2026

Everyone out here bragging about not reading the code their agents produces like it’s somehow novel and new, but let’s be real. Y’all weren’t reading your coworkers requests either. But that’s none of my business. LGTM

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 01/06/2026

If you're interested in how I do all the wild AI stuff I do, on Wednesday at 10am CDT I'll be doing a webinar demonstrating my AI incantations (custom commands, skills, subagents, and more) and how I use them for managing work, personal life, and @PyTexas.org. Come by and say hi! luma.com/jklz2a53

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Vibe Check: Hot Takes on AI Skills & Developer Workflows · Zoom · Luma

Everyone's using AI in their dev workflow — but are you using it well? Hot take: most AI coding "best practices" are just vibes with a blog post attached. In…

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 30/05/2026

Everyone out here is trying to build Jarvis with AI, and I’m over here trying to build Igor. 🤣🤣🤣 I think we have very different end goals and motivations.

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 20/05/2026

Sometimes I wonder if the writers at Black Mirror are just overwhelmed. Every day is in inspiration for a new episode and they just can’t keep up. I mean, I get it.

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 15/05/2026

Ok I’ve heard from my booth colleagues at #PyConUS some of yall were looking for me at the Temporal booth. I’m actually not working the booth this year 🤣 but I can hangout at the Temporal booth for the rest of the day if you want to come find me.

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 16/02/2026

While I love it, there is a certain hell associated with writing about AI. They used to say that tech books were out of date the moment the ink dried. Well AI blogs are out of date as soon as the TCP handshake completes to the blog you're trying to read.

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 05/02/2026

Part 2 of my current rambling about AI is live! Today's blog: "Code is Now Cheap, Don't Devalue Yourself" Enjoy! mason.dev/blog/code-is...

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 04/02/2026

So I've been chewing on a lot of thoughts about AI, its impact on our industry, what it means going forward, etc. What started as 1 blog is now 3 and may turn into more. 🤣 Check out "We're Witnessing the Evolution of Software Engineering" link in comments. And come back tomorrow for the next one!

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 25/12/2025

25 years ago I got my first main stream Pokémon game. History was made on that day.

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 23/12/2025

Just wrapped up reviewing the submissions to PyTexas for next year’s conference and damn, y’all raised the bar again. This was the most difficult year to decide yet. It’s gonna be an amazing conference this year!

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 17/11/2025

Every couple of months I still update this. Looking for Python communities? Follow! Want to add your own? Comment below!

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 03/11/2025

Y’all aren’t ready for the Ruby resurgence that’s coming. And I’m here for it.

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 22/10/2025

I am honored and humbled to announce today that I have been made a Fellow of the Python Software Foundation. Thank you so much for this honor. As is tradition, I wrote a blog commemorating this occasion. mason.dev/blog/reflect...

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Reflections on Becoming a PSF Fellow - Mason Egger

My thoughts on being named a PSF Fellow, and the journey that led me here.

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 14/10/2025

I’ve updated the list!

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 14/10/2025

It’s so cute when Claude Code includes timelines in its plans, especially when it’s like “This will take 10 weeks and numerous people to do it” like I’m not just gonna make it do it in an overnight binge session. 🤣

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 18/08/2025

Hey everyone! I'll be speaking at the Python Houston Meetup (PyHou) tomorrow in Houston, TX! Come by and hear me speak about why Events are the Wrong Abstraction and why you should be using Durable Execution. Can't wait to see you there! RSVP below: 🔽 #Python #HTX #Houston #DurableExecution

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 25/06/2025

I am hereby declaring this the summer of side projects. The increase in productivity that I’m getting with Claude Code is wild. Ideas no longer have to sit planned out in Obsidian, we can build them together.

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 17/06/2025

Claude Code is legit a game changer for me.

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 15/06/2025

If you’re going to repeatedly pester me for a review of your business after I was there, to the point of call me asking for it, and you don’t just let me leave a 5-star review but require a minimum character count for text, be prepared for AI written reviews. Harassment isn’t good customer service.

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 02/06/2025

Who’s going to be at AI Engineer Worlds Fair this week in San Francisco?

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 30/05/2025

Privilege is a hell of a drug

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 18/05/2025

I’m incredibly honored to have received a community service award at #PyConUS2025. I love all the work I do with #PyTexas, and look to many more years of contributing to the community. Also, fun fact, I received this award in the anniversary of my first day at my first ever #PyConUS

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 17/05/2025

Today’s the day of the Community Organizers summit at #PyConUS! Whether you organize conferences, meetups, communities, or want to start one, this event is for you! Join us at 10:30am in Room 317 at #PyConUS2025

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 14/05/2025

Ok #PyConUS2025 who’s here? Hoping to hang out with some folks tonight!

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 12/05/2025

I’ve officially reached the “adding custom hotkeys to obsidian” phase.

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 05/05/2025

Spicy hot take 🌶️: Your AI generated marketing videos fucking suck. Random AI avatar acting shocked and that something happened then going into a product spiel? That lack of effort actively makes me want to use your competitor. Quality still matters y’all.

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PyTexas Foundation @pytexas.org · 30/03/2025

Someone once said we should have named the conference PecanPy, and honestly, it is a Texas sized missed opportunity. Attend the PyTexas Conference April 11 - 13 in Austin, TX or Virtually Get your tickets today pretix.eu/pytexas/2025/

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 22/03/2025

Friday nights are for conference organizing. Everyone knows that.

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 19/03/2025

One of my favorite times of the year tbh

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 17/03/2025

Anyone have any recommendations for resources/courses for learning AI topics? I’m looking to get exposure to the whole ecosystem. List everything you have! I’m particularly looking for content on Inferences, Model Training, Model Deployment, and Data Pipelines

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 14/03/2025

Have a friend applying for college NEW GRAD roles have an interviewer ask how garbage collection works in Python To that interviewer: 1. That is not relevant at all to a college new grad role 2. I guarantee that you probably don’t know how GC works in Python 3. Fuck you and the horse you rode in on

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 08/03/2025

To the person who decided to cement the fence posts in my back yard (previous owner), you’re an idiot. One, this is the reason they rotted and broke in the wind storm. Two, they are a fucking nightmare to replace.

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 07/03/2025

Me going back and forth then deciding to not post my 🌶️ hot take post because y’all aren’t ready for that conversation 🤣

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 23/02/2025

After writing TypeScript for the last few hours, I take back every criticism I’ve ever had about the Python packaging ecosystem. How do people live like this? Blink twice if you’re being held against your will

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 16/02/2025

One of the sneaky hard parts of organizing a conference is running the social media account. I just run out of things to say lol.

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 12/01/2025

Me working on my book: “Oh ya! I like this paragraph! I wonder if I follow my own advice.” *checks my own materials* “Well shit”

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 04/01/2025

I sometimes overhear people talking in public places about the best BBQ in Texas and I often have to bite my tongue. I’ll give you a hint, the best BBQ isn’t in a big city in Texas. You have to drive out to find it. Come visit and I’ll take you to my spots 😜

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 29/12/2024

Since it seems leet code, coding interviews, and all that bullshit is backing up the plumbing and spilling onto the floor, here’s my thoughts on coding interviews.

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Tech Industry Interviews are Bullshit. Let's Make Them Better - Mason Egger

We all hate them. Why are they like this?

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 24/12/2024

Christmas Baking Extravaganza update Peanut Butter Chews - Done Cherry Cheesecake Cupcakes - Done (cherries to be added closer to serving) Banana bread - Done Kolaches - in progress. Always takes all day waiting on dough to rise

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 24/12/2024

Todays list for the Christmas Baking Extravaganza: Banana Bread Cherry Cheesecake cupcakes Crispy peanut butter chews Kolaches and Klobasniks Cinnamon Rolls And not baking, but I have to make and can my homemade BBQ sauce for mom because that’s what she wants for Christmas

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Mason Egger @mason.dev · 24/12/2024

The Christmas baking extravaganza officially commenced last night. We got the carrot cake cupcakes and Christmas cookies done last night.

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