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Seth Petry-Johnson @sethpetryjohnson.bsky.social · 30/05/2024

I just used Chat GPT to write code that calls the Chat GPT API in order to generate more code. I'm both impressed and appalled at myself.

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merritt @merrittk.com · 29/05/2024

[gets rejected for a job] uh excuse me but i have 30,000 followers on the website blue sky? oh you havent heard of it? its like an early retirement home for 30-somethings who wish twitter clout still meant anything

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Seth Petry-Johnson @sethpetryjohnson.bsky.social · 28/02/2024

Was reflecting this morning on the three most impactful conference sessions I've been to over the years and thought I'd push my appreciation out into the ether. So here goes....

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Seth Petry-Johnson @sethpetryjohnson.bsky.social · 24/02/2024

Mitch Hedberg (RIP) had a great joke about baked potatoes. He would have loved 3d printing.

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Seth Petry-Johnson @sethpetryjohnson.bsky.social · 06/02/2024

"Hey Bob, how are sales?" "Terrible. A bunch of toothbrushes had a security hold and now they've turned into a massive botnet that's taken the site down." This is why cloud connected devices are often a bad idea www.tomshardware.com/networking/t...

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Three million malware-infected smart toothbrushes used in Swiss DDoS attacks — botnet causes milli...

Dental IoT devices caused millions of Euros in damages for Swiss company, says report.

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Seth Petry-Johnson @sethpetryjohnson.bsky.social · 26/01/2024

My new home automation concept is a sensor that detects a door opening within 10 seconds of a toilet flushing and announces WASH YOUR HANDS in a loud voice. I think they'd sell like gangbusters to parents

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Seth Petry-Johnson @sethpetryjohnson.bsky.social · 02/01/2024

Back to work for the first day since 12/20. There's not enough coffee for this. Like, I mean in the whole world

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Seth Petry-Johnson @sethpetryjohnson.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

Nearly $750 for an average car loan payment is nuts.

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Seth Petry-Johnson @sethpetryjohnson.bsky.social · 15/12/2023

First time in a cube in 15 years. Thanks! I hate it.

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karanormal activity 💜 @deadontheoutside.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

my favorite holiday meme

a letter-board sign that reads, "mary, exhausted, having just gotten jesus to sleep, is approached by a young man who thinks to himself; what this girl needs is a drum solo"

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Seth Petry-Johnson @sethpetryjohnson.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

I'm feeling pretty good about this #codemash session on authentication. I've continued to tighten it up and have made some significant improvements since Momentum. I think it's really solid. So, I look forward to the day after CodeMash when I suddenly realize all the ways it still sucks...

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Seth Petry-Johnson @sethpetryjohnson.bsky.social · 06/12/2023

AI: "You're trying to implement a complex algorithm in an unfamiliar programming language, using random types you described in poorly written English? I got you, boo." Also AI: "You'd like me to create a story problem illustrating a simple 6th grade math equation? Allow me to show my ass a bit..."

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Seth Petry-Johnson @sethpetryjohnson.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

Me, in the summer: I'm gonna submit talks I've already written to #codemash, so that I can spend December chilling out and not stressing over prep. Me in early December: this talk is garbage, I'd better overhaul it. Me in late December (probably): that was stupid

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Seth Petry-Johnson @sethpetryjohnson.bsky.social · 26/11/2023

Shout-out to the guy at my @momentumdevcon session who asked a question that momentarily stumped me. You, sir, are the impetus for a few new slides that will make it into my CodeMash deck. Gonna go ahead and clear up that confusion head-on.

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Seth Petry-Johnson @sethpetryjohnson.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

This OpenAI drama is interesting. Looks like the board maybe tried a power play and is now in the FO stage of FA,FO?

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Seth Petry-Johnson @sethpetryjohnson.bsky.social · 17/11/2023

Been studying nosql one-table design patterns as I prepare to start our first cloud-native project. I think I get it, lay things out in NoSQL Workbench, and then try explaining it to someone and realize nope, I still don't totally get it. Getting closer though.

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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

I have a joke about legacy code, but there's probably only one person out there who truly understands it

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Scott Hanselman 🌮 @scott.hanselman.com · 30/10/2023

Protect your kids this Halloween

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 28/10/2023

Mike Pence should be forced to carry his Presidential campaign to term.

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Seth Petry-Johnson @sethpetryjohnson.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

It used to be that Windows was frequently unstable and rebooting fixed everything. These days, my computer runs perfectly stable UNTIL I reboot, at which time Bluetooth, camera, and audio settings randomly change or devices stop working. Forced nightly windows updates are great fun.

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Hayes Brown @hayesbrown.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

we all thought Twitter’s collapse would be swift and sudden like the fall of the Roman Empire but instead it’s been a steady, irreversible decay like the fall of the Roman Empire

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Seth Petry-Johnson @sethpetryjohnson.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

If you: 1) Use an editor like Confluence 2) Leave documents in edit mode while you step away from your desk 3) Find random "asdfasdfghadsgfa" type garbage in your documents at some point in the future ... then you might have a cat.

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Seth Petry-Johnson @sethpetryjohnson.bsky.social · 19/10/2023

1st session at #Momentum makes me think of how poor the UX is of the elevator at the Holiday Inn I'm staying at. You have to scan your room card to choose a floor. When you scan it you get a green light. But when you choose a floor, it lights up red. I thought my floor selection was invalid...

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Seth Petry-Johnson @sethpetryjohnson.bsky.social · 18/10/2023

On the road heading to my first Momentum conference. Looking forward to tomorrow!

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Seth Petry-Johnson @sethpetryjohnson.bsky.social · 15/10/2023

I'm on a year long winning streak in Wordle hard mode. Anyone else still playing?

Histogram showing a 365 game winning streak in Wordle

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Twisteddoodles @twisteddoodles.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

Hey Autumn!

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Seth Petry-Johnson @sethpetryjohnson.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

I can't attach a photo to a skeet without the app crashing. But there are fewer nazis and idiots here, so I guess that's still a net positive

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Jessica Kerr @jessitron.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

a metric is a signal to do a qualitative deep dive to generate insights, not an insight on its own. - Fred Hebert

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Seth Petry-Johnson @sethpetryjohnson.bsky.social · 09/10/2023

Tomorrow night at COJUG I'll be giving my "Practical Auth for Developers" talk. If you get all twisted up over the difference between OAuth and HMAC and JWT, or how API Keys relate to passwords, then now's your chance to get straightened out! www.cojug.org

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Central Ohio Java Users Group (COJUG)

COJUG (Central Ohio Java Users Group) is a group for anyone interested in discussing Java technology, JVM languages, frameworks and libraries in the Java space. COJUG provides a meeting place for Java...

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Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

Personally, if I applied for and was rejected from a promotion 15 times before they begrudgingly gave it to me, only to last 24.5 Scaramuccis, I would not keep going to work.

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Seth Petry-Johnson @sethpetryjohnson.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

I'm excited to be speaking (twice) at CodeMash in January! Once on home automation, once on authentication and authorization. They just so happen to be my two favorite talks to give, which is nice.

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Seth Petry-Johnson @sethpetryjohnson.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

Anyone I know looking for remote C# developers? A lot of really good people applied for my open role and went through my interview process, but I don't have budget to hire them all. I'd be happy to make introductions and to share what made them stand out to me.

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Seth Petry-Johnson @sethpetryjohnson.bsky.social · 22/09/2023

I've identified like 4 different programmers I'd be happy to hire, but I have the budget for 1 or 2. I don't suppose anyone has some spare headcount funding they're not using and could, like, give me?

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Seth Petry-Johnson @sethpetryjohnson.bsky.social · 20/09/2023

Rookie mistake. Junior dev needed help with a feature on our very configurable app. Says "when <x> happens, it's not doing <y>". I dig in and start hunting through code. 3 hours later I realize that his app was configured explicitly to NOT do <y> after <x> happens. Code working 100%. Doh.

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 09/09/2023

@eodyne.bsky.social did not post this here, but he should have. It's too good.

There are two types of people in the world.

People who think Elon Musk is a modern day Henry Ford.

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Al Yankovic @alyankovic.bsky.social · 07/09/2023

I did NOT approve this.

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Seth Petry-Johnson @sethpetryjohnson.bsky.social · 06/09/2023

The more I read from the heart in a blender guy, the more I respect and like him. Been an eve 6 fan for years, but I'm becoming a Max fan these days. Man, imagine if ALL my 90s music heroes turned out to be good humans too? What a world that would be.

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Seth Petry-Johnson @sethpetryjohnson.bsky.social · 01/09/2023

Hey there sky ppl, or whatever we call ourselves, I'm hiring! Looking for a solid, mid-level career dev that can hit the ground running in C#/SQL/Javascript on a team of smart, nice, caring, and results-focused professionals. Fully remote, Ohio preferred, RS plz apply.workable.com/heuristics/j...

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.NET Software Engineer / Web Developer (remote) - Heuristic Solutions

Are you an experienced software engineer who enjoys automated testing, solving hard problems, helping others, and working from home? Do you enjoy thinking and talking about software design at a deep a...

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Seth Petry-Johnson @sethpetryjohnson.bsky.social · 01/09/2023

Saw a comment in some old code today. 10 years ago Seth was fighting the good fight. I wish I could tell him the monstrosity he was railing about had been fixed in the intervening decade. But I'd be lying. Sorry bro.

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Amy is settling in @amypearlman.bsky.social · 28/08/2023

The neurodivergent need…

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Seth Petry-Johnson @sethpetryjohnson.bsky.social · 27/08/2023

The last three ABC news stories I've read on my phone have all had Trump's mugshot at the top instead of imagery related to the current story. I think this is just ABC showing how accurate my user preferences profile is, knowing there are certain images I'll never get tired of seeing.

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 25/08/2023

Home Alone 2 cast: Where are they now?

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Divyaswor Makai @divyaswor.bsky.social · 24/08/2023

Where do bad rainbows go?? Prism It's a light sentence, and gives them time to reflect.

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