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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

We’ve been talking about this for years. None of these far-right movements are organic.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 08/10/2026

Nigel Farage is a sitting MP and the leader of a political party. Why does he have his own GB News show? Sign our petition to Ofcom ⬇️ bestforbritain.org/petition/farage-…

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Roland Eschenburg @reschex.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

LinearB considers %tage of refactored code a quality metric - nice. LinearB only considers code refactored if it was changed when it was 21 days or older - huh?

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Roland Eschenburg @reschex.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Explaining “a large number of people has less than 2 legs per person on average” to my 6 year old. More difficult than I thought..

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Roland Eschenburg @reschex.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Thinking can only rearrange what you already know. Doing brings back new information.

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Roland Eschenburg @reschex.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

PSA - Perfect System prompt: You are an Expert. Make no Mistakes.

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Roland Eschenburg @reschex.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Having to code on a personal Claude Pro subscription is cramping my style. Only a couple of weeks until the new job starts, which will hopefully have me back on an enterprise plan!

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Roland Eschenburg @reschex.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Listening to @lennysan.bsky.social’s podcast episode about Grok Bot - sounds amazing - shame it’s associated with Elmo - one of the worlds biggest evil idiots. Can’t believe someone with that much influence still talks about the platform formerly known as twitter and gives these people air time.

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Roland Eschenburg @reschex.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Got my ticket for #FastFlow Conference in October 🎉

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Roland Eschenburg @reschex.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I’m middle aged with kids, I need my games to have a ‘what the hell is going on and here is a quick reminder of the controls’ button.

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Roland Eschenburg @reschex.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Last day of the summer holidays today. I love the little tykes, but by god am I glad it’s over 🫠

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Roland Eschenburg @reschex.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Good start to the extended holiday.

Box of the Lego model 10356 - U.S.S. Enterprise, NCC-1701-D with a small part of it finished held in front of it

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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

"Do the thing you can do instead of beating yourself up over not doing the thing you're not doing" is honestly life-changing, even life-saving, advice.

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Roland Eschenburg @reschex.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Another one.. new outlook.. why is the 'accept/decline' meeting button the smallest, most difficult button to find on the entire meeting invite? Seriously, have you never talked to a user?? I know what's missing from the UX.. a little Where's Waldo.

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Roland Eschenburg @reschex.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

If the only available instructions for your cooking appliance are a QR code to your YouTube and TicToc channels, I hate you.

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Roland Eschenburg @reschex.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Notice how he doesn't say 'don't plan or analyse'. You are allowed to look at a map before setting off somewhere. Just don't assume one look at the beginning of the journey is enough to help you navigate around traffic jams, road closures or bio breaks.

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Modern Software Engineering @modernswe.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

WELCOME TO THE MODERN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING CHANNEL | Gojko Adzic We are extremely excited to welcome Gojko to the channel, and we are looking forward to presenting his first video in MSE colours tonight. At 7pm (UK). Join us in welcoming and celebrating Gojko 🎉💬

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 26/05/2026

Uber’s COO has said that it’s getting “harder to justify” its AI costs because there was no way to show a link between AI spend and any meaningful increase in useful features. This is the first time I’ve seen a company say this directly. www.businessinsider.com/uber-coo-and...

"That link is not there yet, right?" he said. think maybe implicitly there is more that is getting shipped, but it's very hard to draw a line between one of those stats and, 'Okay, now we're actually producing 25% more useful consumer features."
He said that the trade-off costs from Al are harder to justify because he can't draw a direct link. Earlier this month, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said in an earnings call that Uber was slowing hiring to counter its investments in AI.

The comment led to what he described as a
"head-exploding moment," sparking discussions about AI token consumption within the company and the trade-offs it creates, such as on head count.
He said that, based on talks with Uber's senior engineering leaders, he realized higher token usage did not translate into a proportional increase in useful consumer features.

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Roland Eschenburg @reschex.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

#citcon:ai Helsinki 2026 about to kick off! Thanks #ouro for hosting!

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Roland Eschenburg @reschex.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Walking into Helsinki city centre in anticipation of CITCON:AI EU 26 #citcon

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Jason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

You know what? It's Friday. I'm working tomorrow morning (Specification By Example - 2 places still available, BTW). Giving myself the afternoon off. www.tickettailor.com/events/codem...

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Codemanship

Codemanship – Professional-quality, reasonably-priced instructor-led training workshops for self-funding software developers investing in the...

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Jason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

After oodles of research & experimentation, I've got a pretty good handle on what kind of input tends to produce the best results in AI coding. The hard part was coming up with a catchy mnemonic. Introducing C.R.E.S.S principles for context engineering. codemanship.wordpress.com/2026/05/04/c...

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C.R.E.S.S. Principles for Context Engineering

Psst. If your boss won’t invest in training you in Specification By Example (BDD, ATDD), I’m running out-of-hours workshops on May 12 and 16 specifically for self-funding learners. £99 + UK VAT. Af…

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Jason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

If you're a self-funding learner, I'm running out-of-hours training workshops in Essential Code Craft. If your employer won't invest in you, invest in yourself. Specification By Example - May 12 & 16 Test-Driven Development - May 19 & 23 Register -> www.tickettailor.com/events/codem...

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Jason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

NEW DATE ADDED - May 23rd Accelerate release cycles, shorten lead times and improve reliability with Test-Driven Development. Live out-of-hours training for self-funding developers. May 19 - 18:45 BST NEW! May 23 - 09:45 BST Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/codem...

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Roland Eschenburg @reschex.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I swear.. Spec Driven Development was invented by people that watched an AI do "TDD" by writing all the tests first and then implementing them in one go.

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Jason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

My workshops for self-funders on Specification By Example in May are filling up nicely, but so far entirely with devs. Product managers, testers, UX designers and other non-programming software folks are very welcome. I'm hoping for cross-discipline groups. I even made a spiffy ad and everything.

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Roland Eschenburg @reschex.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Just published my first node module.. 😱 What's so special about that, you ask? I have not written a single line of JS/TS to this day.

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Roland Eschenburg @reschex.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I’ve had worse seats.. Rock Opera by Candlelight

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Roland Eschenburg @reschex.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Murphy’s Law is missing a crucial bit: “At some point”. What can go wrong, won’t go wrong most of the time, until one of the many things does when you least expect it. Otherwise we would always have a nicely observable set of unhappy paths.

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Roland Eschenburg @reschex.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

If y’all could stop vibe coding the stuff I actually use day to day..

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Jason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

What's the difference between Test-Driven Development and test-at-the-end development? Join me on Tues evening Apr 7 or Sat morning Apr 11 to get hands on with TDD if you're a self-funding learner. www.tickettailor.com/events/codem...

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Jason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

My first foray into out-of-hours hands-on workshops for self-funding learners actually starts next week, with Test-Driven Development workshops happening on Tues Apr 7 at 18:45 BST and Sat Apr 11 at 9:45 BST, and at the very reasonable price of £99 + UK VAT. www.tickettailor.com/events/codem...

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Essential Code Craft - Test-Driven Development – Zoom, Multiple dates and times - Our new Essential Code Craft training workshops are aimed at software developers who are self-funding their profession...

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Roland Eschenburg @reschex.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

nothing like a puncture the day before going on a road trip holiday..

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Roland Eschenburg @reschex.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Sad I'm not in the country for this one :(

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Jason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Did you know that, according to itjobswatch.co.uk, average salaries advertised for developers with 'TDD' are 14% higher. Did you also know that I'm running Essential Code Craft workshops for self-funding learners, starting with 2-hour sessions on TDD in April? www.tickettailor.com/events/codem...

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Roland Eschenburg @reschex.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Booked flights and hotel for CITCON:AI in Helsinki - yay to having something to look forward to!

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Roland Eschenburg @reschex.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Here we are, in the age of AI, where everybody is debating how to say 'Claude' 50 times a day. Yet, I'm finding myself creating guideline documents for co-creation and micro-refactoring, rather than how to orchestrate more agents.

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Jason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

The Green Party isn't funded by mega-wealthy private donors pushing their own interests. It's funded by its rapidly-growing membership. I highly recommend joining, maybe even donating a few coins, to help them get the message out that minority rule and Dickensian inequality aren't the only choice.

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Roland Eschenburg @reschex.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Great episode, I came |-| this close to saying "I'm bored" in a meeting today. Need to work up the courage.. Also, I'm not sure I can get over how weird it is to hear @dsquirrel.bsky.social swear 😂

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:youtube_logo: No Boilerplate @noboilerplate.namtao.com.ap.brid.gy · 17/02/2026

PSA: If you block the `claude` user on GitHub, you'll get a warning every time you view a repo with that user in its commit history. This allows you to, the moment you look at a repo, immediately adjust your expectations. You may do so here: github.com/settings/blocked_users

A github screenshot showing a repo with the message "a user you've blocked has previous contributed to this repository"

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Roland Eschenburg @reschex.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Registration is live for CITCON:AI 2026 in Helsinki on the 22nd and 23rd of May. Get your ticket now! Can't wait to discuss all things AI and how to make it useful with a great bunch of clever people. citconf.com/helsinki2026...

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CITCON:AI - Helsinki 2026

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Roland Eschenburg @reschex.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Funny.. my work book club picked a new book to read last week: Continues Integration - to my surprise, @pauljulius.bsky.social wrote the foreword. Not too surprising, I thought, the book has cruise control all over it.. and then I see this in the acknowledgments 😂

Acknowledgement from the book continues integration, mentioning CITCON Chicago 2006

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Roland Eschenburg @reschex.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

If it doesn’t stop raining soon, I’ll go drown myself.. on the lawn.

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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 06/09/2025

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars. OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

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Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

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Roland Eschenburg @reschex.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Just because you planned for weeks and then worked on it for months, doesn’t mean a) it’s not garbage, and b) it won’t come back to you (In fact, the longer you planned and the longer you worked on it behind closed doors, the more likely it is that you’ll have to re-do a lot of it later)

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Roland Eschenburg @reschex.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Thin vertical slices is probably one of the most undervalued and difficult skills to learn in software engineering.

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Jason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

I'm shaking things up in January. 1. Remote training bookings confirmed by Jan 31st are HALF PRICE. Save ££££ if you're planning training in the next few months. 2. All courses now have modules focused on applying code craft practices in AI-assisted wotshisface. Details at codemanship.co.uk

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