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@scarey102.bsky.social
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Managing Editor at DX. Football, food, film and anything-that-takes-my-fancy aficionado. Likes dual-threat quarterbacks. CFC/49er.

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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A description only a writer could come up with: “Almost all of my books were stolen to teach AI how to create its voice, which I find just on a purely personal level, deeply greasy and unpleasant, a little sycophantic, vile little voice of AI.” shows.acast.com/the-new-soci...
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Katherine Rundell: In today's world, wonder is political | The New Society | culture from the New Statesman
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Another season, yet more torment, when will it end?
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Chris Stokel-Walker @stokel.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
AI adoption in software engineering depends largely on seeing peers use it (and succeed). My latest for @leaddev.com on a new study - and what it means for engineering managers leaddev.com/ai/ai-coding...
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AI-coding agents spread through peer pressure, not mandates
Microsoft research on AI-coding agent adoption reveals engineers follow their peers, not mandates.
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Edwin Heathcote @edwinheathcote.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I dont understand this. If it doesn’t work as a bridge, build a new bridge. Keep the old one as a landmark somehwere. Bridges are not sculpture, they need to work. Idiotic. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Hammersmith Bridge vehicle plans axed over £300m cost
Hammersmith and Fulham Council now plans to focus on repairs to maintain walking and cycling access.
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
One of the truly underrated movies of all time. Miracle Mile is also far from bleak, but I understand why it's been included!
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Sam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 28/05/2026
Marge looking at the Flowers By Irene surveillance truck parked outside 742 Evergreen Terrace in Bart the Murderer
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I just love to work with our new AI overlords 🙃
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
If there was any doubt that I am turning into my dad, I have gotten really into U2 and books about nautical history all of a sudden.
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
New from @charleshumble.bsky.social: leaddev.com/software-qua... "If we take Fedorov’s argument that the problem is one of rapid scaling caused by AI, it’s hard to ignore the irony [...] It is now buckling under the weight of the automated, AI-generated activity that followed."
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What’s gone wrong at GitHub?
For most of its life, GitHub has been remarkably reliable. Then, somewhere in the last year or so, that stopped being the case. What happened?
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Issue #3 of The Shift is live and I went long on Tokenmaxxing: what it is, why it's bad, and how to make it useful: leaddeveic.substack.com/p/3-leaddevs...
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#3 LeadDev's The Shift: Tokenmaxxing is the new lines of code
Plus: Agentic engineering management and bosses have AI brain
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
With the news that John Stones is leaving Man City, any excuse to post one of my favourite Soccer AM clips of all time: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYJU...
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reaction from Mancunian (soccer am) on John stones.
YouTube video by Manc Larks
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
I’m working on a theory that people who hate multiculturalism always have the worst fucking palete you’ve ever come across: vm.tiktok.com/ZNRqr31aD/
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Some news: I'm launching The Shift today, a Substack newsletter from @leaddev.com. Every Friday I'll be delving into the shift software engineering leaders are navigating: from coding by hand, to coding with agents, and all of the messiness that creates: open.substack.com/pub/leaddeve...
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Welcome to LeadDev's The Shift
A new weekly newsletter from LeadDev for engineering leaders grappling with the shift towards AI-driven software development. This week: Mythos myth making, the death of the two pizza team, and more.
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
I really do think The Athletic needs to be held to account for what it considers to be “breaking news” worthy of a standalone email
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
"A 10x engineer isn't cool. You know what's cool? A 1,000x engineer." leaddev.com/ai/openai-sa...
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Shazam, but for football commentators that I want to criticise
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
What do you mean there's no more curling on? A bit of snowboard big air? Some speed skating? I miss the winter olympics
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Is this how rebellions begin? leaddev.com/ai/pinterest...
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Pinterest fires two engineers for building layoff-tracking tool
Recent layoffs and an AI-focused hiring push has rattled employees at the tech company.
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
One thing that makes you feel like you’re losing your grip on reality is constantly having to hear about the genius and brilliance of various Silicon Valley types while also reading headlines about how their businesses are losing sums of money so large that it’s almost impossible to comprehend
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
@stokel.bsky.social breaks down why the hype around GPT-5.2 and Opus 4.5 has reached fever pitch in software developer circles: leaddev.com/technical-di...
leaddev.com
Why GPT-5.2 and Opus 4.5 are a leap forward for coding
The latest generation of AI models have proven to be a major step forward for a wide range of coding tasks – but at what cost?
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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama. Us: Across your entire career? Reiner: In a 6 year period. Us: That sounds- Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Extract from Rob Reiner's Wikipedia 

Filmography 
1986 - Stand By zme
1987 - The Princess Bride
1989 - When Harry Met Sally
1990 - Misery
1992 - A Few Good Men
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Zig decides to Zag, moves on from GitHub: leaddev.com/ai/why-zig-i...
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Why Zig is moving on from GitHub
GitHub has become “completely neglected”, according to a scathing review of the platform from the project leader behind Zig.
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 18/11/2025
The brutal reality of life as an Android owner in London: First you’re shocked as you’re mugged. Then you’re humiliated as the thief returns the device. www.londoncentric.media/p/london-pho...
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"Don't want no Samsung"
Plus: Scroll down to see what might be the strangest new artwork in the capital and read more on our investigations into the capital's landlords.
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
I’ve waited two years for this
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
“At my company I saw executives buying their own subscriptions to tools like Claude in violation of the policy they themselves wrote,” says one developer, who compared the ad hoc use of AI in their company to bosses driving a "disorganized clown car.” leaddev.com/ai/why-your-...
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Why your boss is the biggest AI risk
Execs have been quick to caution developers about the risks of AI, but don't seem to be taking their own advice.
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Really glad we’re burning the planet for results like this
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
After the conversations I’ve had @leaddev.com New York all week, this by @anildash.com rings very true: www.anildash.com//2025/10/17/...
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The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
leaddev.com/culture/goog...
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Google is cracking down on remote work
Google follows other tech giants and doubles down to add restrictions on its “Work from Anywhere” (WFA) policy.
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Despite a recent embarrassing incident involving generative AI, Deloitte is pushing on with a global Anthropic Claude rollout: leaddev.com/ai/deloitte-...
leaddev.com
Deloitte rolls out Claude to 470,000 employees
The consulting giant is rolling out Anthropic's Claude AI assistant to a huge chunk of its global workforce.
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
This warms the cockles: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy...
bbc.co.uk
Firm linked to Baroness Michelle Mone must pay £122m after breaching Covid PPE contract, judge rules
The government wins its case against PPE Medpro - part of a consortium led by Baroness Mone's husband - after it supplied non-compliant gowns in 2020.
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
@justinsablich.bsky.social hi Justin, I’m trying to get in touch about some freelance opportunities, drop me a line if you’re interested!
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Chris Stokel-Walker @stokel.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Donald Trump's H-1B changes will make a material difference to US tech hiring, but Europe is waiting in the wings. “It’s a massive net positive,” Markus Villig from Bolt, the Estonian unicorn, told me in his Tallinn offices. My latest for @leaddev.com leaddev.com/hiring/break...
leaddev.com
Breaking down Trump’s massive H-1B visa changes
Another seismic blow to the US tech hiring landscape as Trump cracks down on the H-1B visa
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Whoever invented this should be sent to The Hague
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
More torment
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
This is so sharp: idiallo.com/blog/being-i... It's amazing how many things that go viral are essentially because of strategic wrongness because people on the internet are pedants
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When Being Incorrect Became the Internet's Best Business Model
When I saw new questions on Stackoverflow, I followed 3 simple steps. First I'd read the question, ask clarifying questions in the comment section, and then I would start writing a comprehensive answe
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
I love my daughter because one second she’ll be the sweetest person you’ve ever met and the next she’ll ask me to watch the 1998 film Madeleine but only the 10 minutes where she nearly dies from appendicitis
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
“In general it seems like more and more nomads eventually realize the importance of having a more settled life and decide to have a stable base somewhere where they have a community.” @kelkord.bsky.social checked in on the developer digital nomad dream: leaddev.com/career-devel...
leaddev.com
Digital nomads find themselves at a crossroads
The digital nomad dream is fading as local communities turn on expats.
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Despite being given identical code snippets to review, work purportedly written with the help of AI was rated 9% worse on average, and 13% less if submitted by a female colleague. @stokel.bsky.social on that fascinating @hbr.org study: leaddev.com/career-devel...
leaddev.com
Are you paying the AI competence penalty?
Devs who use AI are rated 9% less competent on average than their peers, a new study suggests. And the competency penalty is harsher for women.
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Totally normal calv.info/openai-refle...
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Well well well
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
share.google/j1nrIFZ184Tl... “We want our Singha back”
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Molson Coors becomes Chelsea’s Official Beer Partner
Chelsea Football Club today announces a long-term partnership with Molson Coors Beverage Company, bringing Carling – the lager brand most associated with football – to fans at Stamford Bridge and King...
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
It’s always the ones you least su… oh www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...
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Nine women accuse Jared Leto of sexual impropriety in new report
Women recount alleged behavior, including flirting with teenagers, as ‘predatory, terrifying and unacceptable’
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
leaddev.com/leadership/u...
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The unions are (finally) coming for big tech
After decades of taking a back seat, the rise of AI, layoffs, and industry-wide burnout has led to a call for more prominent tech unions.
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Morbidly excited for the Europa League final
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14/05/2025
Morris, an alligator who appeared in numerous films and television shows, most notably in the movie “Happy Gilmore,” died on Monday. He was at least 80.
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Morris, Alligator of ‘Happy Gilmore’ Fame, Dies at 80 (or More)
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
This football match
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
By my count that's TechCrunch, Foundry, and Polygon all sold in the last month. Working in tech journalism just got a lot harder.
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
“The diss [NPCs] suggests its own ideology: Politics isn’t a dispute among philosophical visions for a better world, or even a contest among constituencies for resources; it’s a quest for certain humans who matter to defeat people-shaped obstacles that don’t.” www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
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‘All We Wanted to Do Was Play Video Games’
Streamers such as Zack “Asmongold” Hoyt have more influence than ever. What are they really saying?
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