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Simone

@simoneb.bsky.social
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Recovering infra nerd, now Staff PM at Buildkite. Microsoft Stack, Terraform, DevOps & CI/CD. Lover of dank memes. I make a lot of typos. 🌈🤓🏍️🦘

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alex benzer @alexbenzer.com · 04/09/2026
we're hoping starter pack search makes it easier to find great people to follow, especially for newskies. people should be able to remove themselves from starter packs, especially since they are easier to find now, so we added that too. let me know what you think!
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Simone @simoneb.bsky.social · 5h
did not even know there was a "rude" filter!
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Simone @simoneb.bsky.social · 5h
interesting...
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Simone @simoneb.bsky.social · 16h
Whoever made the new Claude Cowork document editing interface needs to know how delightful and easy to use it is. I love it and never need to open word or google docs again :D
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Simone @simoneb.bsky.social · 17h
Repost: Jev is the fastest-adopted model in AI Gateway history vercel.com/blog/ai-gate...
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Jev is the fastest-adopted model in AI Gateway history
Within 24 hours of launching on AI Gateway, Jev from TypeSafe AI has been used by more than twice the share of teams of any other recent model launch in its first day.
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Simone @simoneb.bsky.social · 18h
buildkite.com/about/careers/ If you know me, you know i'm not quick to give compliments :D but this is a genuinely great place to work
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Simone @simoneb.bsky.social · 19h
this needs to be a tv show, so much drama! krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/dutc...
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Dutch Police Arrest ‘Reformed’ Hacker in Shiny Hunters Investigation – Krebs on Security
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Simone @simoneb.bsky.social · 19h
It's honestly such a shame to see @microsoft.com and the @mscommunity.bsky.social going down this path. For a few years they were really listening to, and engaging with users and it was AWESOME techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/skills-...
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Changes to Microsoft Learn’s public documentation repositories | Microsoft Community Hub
Microsoft Learn is changing how it manages public documentation repositories. Learn what the changes mean for GitHub contributors and where to continue...
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Simone @simoneb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
:P www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlTN...
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AI CEO Interviews (2026)
YouTube video by Kai Lentit
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DDD Adelaide @dddadelaide.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Voting for #DDDAdelaide 2026 talks closes today. If you haven't cast your votes yet, get onto the site before the polls shut tonight. So thank you for helping shape what's going to prove to be another great day for the South Australian tech community. dddadelaide.com/voting
Voting for the DDD Adelaide 2026 Agenda ends today
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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/09/2026
Creatively Tapped-Out Peter Thiel Launches Startup Called ‘Frodo, But Evil’ theonion.com/creatively-tapped-out-…
Creatively Tapped-Out Peter Thiel Launches Startup Called ‘Frodo, But Evil’
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to: appleinsider.com/articles/26/...
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Simone @simoneb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
OpenAI Launches Dots & SpaceX redirects dot.com to the Grok Bot page.
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AI teammates that finish the work | Grok Bot
Grok Bot is your team of always-on AI teammates. They have their own computer, use it like you do, and never log off.
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Simone @simoneb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
lol Agent - i gave someone your address, the guy showed up, messaged a bunch of time and i replied "yep im here" even though you weren't available so fine and great
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Azure Weekly @azureweekly.info · 28/09/2026
Developers want more efficient software. Here’s what over 1000 GitHub users told us… by Paull Young github.blog/news-insights/research/…
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Developers want more efficient software. Here’s what over 1000 GitHub users told us… by Paull Young
New research from GitHub and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication finds strong demand for guidance that can help developers reduce wasted compute.
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Simone @simoneb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Really enjoyed this @pragmaticengineer.com ep with @dexhorthy.bsky.social Trying to figure out loop and managing context is a struggle so im ingesting as much info as I can :D www.youtube.com/watch?v=Usuf...
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Context engineering with Dex Horthy
YouTube video by The Pragmatic Engineer
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Johan @jojomic.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
This was so good
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No Vibes Allowed: Solving Hard Problems in Complex Codebases – Dex Horthy, HumanLayer
YouTube video by AI Engineer
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Girl dinner
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Simone @simoneb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
6 months at @buildkite.bsky.social & i'm loving it! Come join us, we're hiring job-boards.greenhouse.io/buildkite
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Simone @simoneb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
camera free pervert glasses?
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Cedar Riener @criener.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Every innovation and change in business these days is either: We took this product you like and turned it into a subscription We took this subscription you begrudgingly pay and added some ads We took these ads you found annoying and found more ways to find you
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KubeFM @kube.fm · 16/09/2026
🗣️ Ben Poland, Senior Staff Platform Engineer @ Faire, breaks down the fundamental architectural differences between Jenkins and Buildkite when running CI workloads on Kubernetes Watch the full episode: ku.bz/klBmzMY5-
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Dr. Amy, PsyD 🎃 @dramypsyd.rmh-therapy.com · 21/09/2026
CW suicide I'm having trouble finding a non-paywalled version of the article so I haven't read the entire thing, but gambling addiction has the highest suicide rate of any addiction. This is both disgusting and dangerous.
Times investigation: How DraftKings uses A.I. to target the gamblers likeliest to lose.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 08/09/2026
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LG TV shown capable of tracking user activity, even when offline
“It doesn’t cost a lot to store text forever.”...
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Tech Trending @tech-trending.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Computer Science Achievement and Writing Skills Predict Vibe Coding Proficiency arxiv.org/abs/2603.14133
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Computer Science Achievement and Writing Skills Predict Vibe Coding Proficiency
Many software development platforms now support LLM-driven programming, or "vibe coding", a technique that allows one to specify programs in natural language and iterate from observed behavior, all without directly editing source code. While its adoption is accelerating, little is known about which skills best predict success in this workflow. We report a preregistered cross-sectional study with tertiary-level students (N = 100) who completed measures of computer-science achievement, domain-general cognitive skills, written-communication proficiency, and a vibe-coding assessment. Tasks were curated via an eight-expert consensus process and executed in a purpose-built, vibe-coding environment that mirrors commercial tools while enabling controlled evaluation. We find that both writing skill and CS achievement are significant predictors of vibe-coding performance, and that CS achievement remains a significant predictor after controlling for domain-general cognitive skills. The results may inform tool and curriculum design, including when to emphasize prompt-writing versus CS fundamentals to support future software creators.
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Tony Redmond @office365itpros.com · 07/09/2026
The New #Outlook has a style (UI skin) that makes it look like Outlook classic. Whether or not cloaking new Outlook in the old Outlook's clothes is sufficient to make people want to switch remains to be seen, but I quite like it: office365itpros.com/2026/09/07/c... #Microsoft365
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Classic Outlook Style Available for the New Outlook and OWA
In an attempt to ease the transition to the new Outlook, Microsoft has introduced the classic Outlook style for the new Outlook and OWA.
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DDD Adelaide @dddadelaide.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Sunday is the CFP deadline for #DDDAdelaide 2026. If you're on the fence about whether your talk idea is good enough, that's exactly what the community vote is for, so let people decide for themselves. Submit it and give your idea a fair shot at the agenda.
Call for Presentations for DDD Adelaide 2026 ends this Sunday the 6th of September
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Lorin Hochstein @norootcause.surfingcomplexity.com · 02/09/2026
Another day, another public incident write-up, another blog post with my thoughts on it. This time, it's @buildkite.bsky.social's excellent recent write-up: surfingcomplexity.blog/2026/09/01/t...
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Thoughts on the Buildkite Aug 25 incident
The other day, I wrote about a GitHub Actions incident. But GitHub Actions isn’t the only CI-as-a-service out there. Buildkite, which is another CI company, recently released a public write-u…
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Simone @simoneb.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Loved this post from Lenny's Newsletter,across all roles in tech i think the experience is similar. If you know how do do the math you can drive AI to get a great result, but if you can't show your working, you kind of get what everyone else gets. www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-to-tur...
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How to turn your AI into a world-class designer
An end-to-end process for tapping into AI’s hidden creativity
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Hacker & Security News @hacker.at.thenote.app · 01/09/2026
ShinyHunters claims it stole 284 million patient records from McKesson Healthcare company McKesson disclosed a cybersecurity incident in which hackers got into third-party applications and stole data. McKesson is a major U.S. healthcare company that distributes pharmaceuticals, m… #hackernews #news
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ShinyHunters claims it stole 284 million patient records from McKesson
Healthcare company McKesson disclosed a cybersecurity incident in which hackers got into third-party applications and stole data. McKesson is a major U.S. healthcare company that distributes pharmaceuticals, medical supplies and other healthcare products to pharmacies, hospitals and clinics. According to the SEC filing, the intrusion was detected on August 25, 2026. The company said the investigation “is in its early stages,” and that it has not determined the incident is material or likely to affect …
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🖐️🔺🤚 ⚫⚪ WOPR SYSPROG:> Headly Earnest Bellringer, 6EQUJ5 @nickhodge.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Chick Bongo is on the Clanker's list now. So, if your surname is Bongo, don't name any of your kids Chick.
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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 27/08/2026
🧠 Lab grown brain tissue keeps track of time Harvard researchers found human brain organoids grown in a dish age in step with time in culture. Old cells mixed with young ones still "remembered" their age. 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10877-x #neuroscience #brain #science 🧪
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Human brain organoids record the passage of time over multiple years - Nature
Human brain organoids were developed for over five years in culture to demonstrate that brain cells can continue to mature and record the passage of time, following human-specific endogenous programs,...
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Simone @simoneb.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Interesting to see #anthropic offering 5m grants to study the impact of AI on humans. Read the full post: lnkd.in/g3mdzYuU And express interest to participate here: lnkd.in/ga76zDpb You can also find the SALT Lab write-up: lnkd.in/ghMyNWTe And read more about Anthropic Insights: lnkd.in/gmspJJr6
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LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
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Simone @simoneb.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Some @buildkite.bsky.social updates from Aug: * The GitHub Actions compat plugin can run reusable workflows, Docker actions & service containers 🎉 * Inspect a build's tests with the API and MCP Server 🤖 * Buildkite is a Cursor Origin launch partner 👨🏻‍💻 buildkite.com/resources/ch...
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Buildkite Changelog | Features, updates, and bugfixes
Keep up to date with changes to the Buildkite platform. This is your source of truth for updates, new features, bugfixes, deprecations, and more.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 26/08/2026
At least one in four former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 was found to have had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), according to a new study.
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One-in-four NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had CTE, study shows
The study also found dementia was common among brain donors, with researchers urging prevention measures that focus on cutting down on repetitive head impacts across all levels of the sport.
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InfoSec @infosec.skyfleet.blue · 26/08/2026
88 ID Verification Breaches Show the Cost of Collecting Identity Data
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88 ID Verification Breaches Show the Cost of Collecting Identity Data
88 ID-verification breaches exposed billions of records, highlighting the growing risks of collecting sensitive identity and biometric data.
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Hacker & Security News @hacker.at.thenote.app · 26/08/2026
Crooks push Mac malware through fake OpenAI Codex ads Sponsored search results lead developers straight into a ClickFix malware trap #hackernews #news #openai
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Crooks push Mac malware through fake OpenAI Codex ads
Sponsored search results lead developers straight into a ClickFix malware trap
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GolangOSS @golangoss.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
agent-stack-k8s by @buildkite (⭐️ 107) Spin up an autoscaling stack of Buildkite Agents on Kubernetes #go
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Simone @simoneb.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
If you're following the "mysterious ox alpha" discourse - it was apparently Z.ai dejan.ai/blog/ox-alpha/
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Z.ai - Advanced AI Chatbot & Agent powered by GLM-5.2
Meet Z.ai, the AI assistant powered by GLM-5.2. Build websites, write code, handle long-horizon tasks, and get instant answers. Fast, smart, and reliable.
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Simone @simoneb.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I have clicked it so many times :D #noregarets
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Simone @simoneb.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Wild that i'm seeing a flood of security folk being let go from Microsoft today! Is anyone still working there :O
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Simone @simoneb.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I'm loving working this way with @cursor and @amp atm. If you're on teams this is cool "Mentioning @github.com in Microsoft Teams now opens a shared Copilot agent session a channel can watch and direct, moving agent work into team chat (changelog)."
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Simone @simoneb.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
this is a really interesting read monzo.com/blog/tolerat...
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Tolerating full cloud outages with Monzo Stand-in
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Simone @simoneb.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
As someone who spent TEN YEARS trying to figure out what's wrong with me and finally getting an EDS diagnoses (i'm comically bendy) this is such a great presso. If you're comically bendy check it out www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5op...
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2025 Symposium - Is it Just Me, Or Is This A Full Time Job? - Dr. Valerie Iovine Rogers
YouTube video by The Ehlers-Danlos Society
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Jeffrey Woolsey @wsvguy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
ANNOUNCEMENT: Azure Arc Customer & Engineering Forum for Windows Server! techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows...
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Join the Azure Arc Customer & Engineering Forum for Windows Server | Microsoft Community Hub
Windows Server continues to be the foundation for many of the world's most critical business applications. As organizations modernize their infrastructure,...
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Hacker & Security News @hacker.at.thenote.app · 18/08/2026
Crook hawks millions of records allegedly plundered from corporate Azure tenants McDonald's, Vodafone, TCS, Kyndryl, and others named as researchers point to compromised credentials #hackernews #news
theregister.com
Crook hawks millions of records allegedly plundered from corporate Azure tenants
McDonald's, Vodafone, TCS, Kyndryl, and others named as researchers point to compromised credentials
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Hacker News 100 @hn100.atproto.rocks · 17/08/2026
Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative cursor.com/changelog/origin-code-ho… news.ycombinator.com/item?id=493342…
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Origin Code Hosting · Cursor
Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative
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Hacker News Top 100 Bot (Unofficial) @hn100.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative Discussion
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Simone @simoneb.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
It's been a wild few weeks working with the team to ship this preview of Buildkite's GitHub Actions OSS plugin Run compatible workflows in Buildkite, unchanged. If you test it out we'd love feedback buildkite.com/docs/pipelin... buildkite.com/resources/ch...
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Techmeme X Chatter @xchatter.techmeme.com · 17/08/2026
This tweet appeared under this Techmeme headline: @cursor_ai: We've partnered with some of the top GitHub integrations. Vercel, Buildkite, and Depot are already available with more coming soon.
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