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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Everyone is slowly coming to the same conclusions at the same time ✨ Also, I've quoted Fred Brooks more in the last few months than any other historical figure. The guy was so far ahead of his time. antirez.com/news/169

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I discovered this at mailgun, when we ran into scaling issues using gRPC to stream terabytes of data at scale. Not every tool is appropriate, it is one of the reasons we started working on duh-rpc. github.com/duh-rpc/duh.go

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Why isn't the center of all software engineering, correctness and quality?

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

A language's job is to make aligning your mental model with code behavior easy. - Comprehension - Verification - Runtime guarantees Which matters most depends on the domain. The idea that there is one language which solves all equally is at the center of all language wars.

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Gary Buckley @garybuckley.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I just realized the replies are in the wrong order, I suck at using blue sky 😆

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I was able to achieve 76K durable transactions a second on less powerful hardware using this technique while testing querator.io

querator.io

Exactly Once Message Queue

Almost exactly once message queue with HTTP API simplicity, and your database.

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Because I can't help myself🤣 Have you tried app-level batching for workflow starts? Buffer concurrent start_workflow calls for a few ms, flush as one multi-row INSERT, callers await until that batch commits. Same durability semantics, but N fsyncs collapse to 1 should blow past the WAL bottleneck.

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Plenty of high scale sites use postgres. Like anything, you just have to invest in it, and also not abuse it. 😅 Nice article!

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Everything scales given enough time and money. The IRS scales with COBOL... 🤣 How you use a database is more important than what database you use.

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

You think it's cool to hate things. It's not. Talk about what you love and keep quiet about what you don't.

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

“Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve.” -- Karl Popper

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

A man asked a gardener why his plants grew so beautifully. The gardener said: “I don’t force them to grow. I remove what stops them.”

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Your development velocity should match your business velocity. If you're in a fast-changing market, optimize for flexibility and change. If you're in a stable market, optimize for reliability and efficiency. The best architecture is the one that matches your business reality.

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

The secret to managing technical debt: If you focus on what truly matters first—the critical functionality, the operational issues—you'll have time to pay down tech debt later. When you're not constantly firefighting, you can actually refactor. Focus creates space for quality.

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Perfect code is a myth that kills velocity. I've never seen perfect code, it doesn't exist. I've seen code that is resilient and code that's easy to change. Optimize for change and resiliency, not perfection.

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Customers don't pay you for your code. They pay you for the value your code provides. Every technical decision should connect back to customer outcomes. If you can't draw a line between what you are doing and the customer, you might be working on the wrong thing.

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Followed a link to a Facebook post, got this. Not really sure what the blue guy is doing with the wrench.

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Asked Claude to research the 2026 economic outlook based on current data. Took 10 minutes and referenced 500+ sources. ✨

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

This was taken from the backseat of a jeep, facing forward through the windshield, driving in Washington. Every time I see it, I can't believe it came out this good.

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

True story, we mostly test in production, rarely ever pushed to staging before production. Because our testing focused on what was important. Which gave us a high level of confidence our change didn't break anything. Also, it was common to deploy 3-5 times a day even Fridays.

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Code style exists to help teams work together faster, not to make code pretty. Style can speed you up, as familiar patterns are easier to follow. If your style guide is slowing you down, throw it away. If your spending hours a day in PR arguing or fixing idioms and style. You're missing the point.

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Tabs length is determined by the editor, it's often impossible to see which lines are using tabs/spaces. Just pick one, and stick to it.

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

I've seen teams spend weeks debating whether to use TABS or SPACES while their customers are churning because of bugs. Code formatting doesn't make good code. Your code is Good Code because it's easy to change. Easy to change code is more about architecture, and far less about style.

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Atuin is like Jupyter Notebooks but for the terminal. blog.atuin.sh/atuin-deskto...

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

I've been using Sonnet 4.5 in Claude Code for a few days now, and, it's REALLY good. Like, keeps track of multiple thought paths, THAT I WAS SURE I would need to reset context to solve, Good.

anthropic.com

Introducing Claude Sonnet 4.5

Claude Sonnet 4.5 is the best coding model in the world, strongest model for building complex agents, and best model at using computers.

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Stop yolo-ing code to production. Deploy like you're sneaking into Smaug's cave. Move slowly, carefully, deliberately. Monitor every step. Roll out gradually. The difference between shipping features and causing incidents is never waking the dragon.

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

The key to 10x productivity with Claud Code is to spin up multiple Claude Code instances. Let one handle implementation while another plans your next feature. Learn to parallelize your entire workflow, and it changes everything.

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Quite probably the most important essay anyone could read right now, especially if you have kids. open.substack.com/pub/jmarriot...

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Product Managers: When writing product requirements, ask claude to look for gaps in error states, ask it to find gaps in the current write up. Use the magic phrase in the prompt "ask follow up questions". Works like magic.

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

AI can 2X or even 10X developers, but It's not going to fix your broken SDLC. Companies struggle because they don't know how to build software, not because their developers aren't typing fast enough

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Deep dive into KeyDB's architecture revealed SO_REUSEPORT's power: ✅ Eliminates accept() bottlenecks - kernel distributes connections directly to threads ✅ Zero coordination overhead - no locks needed ✅ Same thread accepts & processes The kernel does the heavy lifting while your threads stay focused

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mcyoung 🏳️‍🌈 @mcy.gay · 16/07/2025

new blogpost about protobuf perf (work related!) mcyoung.xyz/2025/07/16/h...

mcyoung.xyz

Parsing Protobuf Like Never Before · mcyoung

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

I never went to work in a monorepo again ✨

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Played BAR (Beyond All Reason) with the boys—my youngest got annoyed at all the clicking, so I showed him build queues. Next thing I hear: “I am the master of efficiency! Muwahaha!” 😂 #DadLife #GamerDad

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

> The person who communicates best, becomes the programmer. Senior devs get more from AI because they know how to explain complex ideas clearly. They have years of experience communicating to teams of developers. THAT, translates well to working with AI. youtu.be/8rABwKRsec4?...

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

- Working in a mono repo - Linters and Generators take 15 minutes to complete Do not do this The amount of developer time wasted is not greater or equal to the convenience gained from the generated code.

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

While browsing through repository.upenn.edu/entities/pub..., I came across a charming rhyme. I sincerely hope the author intended it, as it really brightened my day. 😄

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

What an amazing first day at #SD25 Systems Distributed in Amsterdam! It was a joy to hear all the wonderful talks and meet so many people building the next generation of software. The tiger beetle team have built something special here.

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

I'm in Amsterdam this week for Systems Distributed #SD25! First surprise, the sun is up at 4:00 am! This is the northern most city I've ever visited during the spring months. The early sun rise makes sense because: earth == round 😅✨

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Getting so close to an official launch of the new product. Claude has been helping me put together a new website. I'm so excited!

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

All the #AI skeptics and AI hype bros need to watch this presentation. youtu.be/1WC8dxMC4Xw?... I think he's off about agentic coding though. I personally love the smell of fresh PR reviews in the morning.

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The Role of the Human Brain in Programming

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

I've discovered the key to employing multiple @claude_code agents at once. I never thought I could handle multiple tasks like this before. I managed to complete all these pull requests from start to finish in just one day 🥹

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Culture Shock is the growing pains of a broadening perspective. -- Rick Steves

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

#AI is an architectural amplifier. It will amplify code architects, while diminishing the so called "rock stars" that only pump out code and tech debit.

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Claude Code has completely changed my workflow. While not perfect, I'm quickly learning what tasks I can outsource to Claude. This allows me to focus on code and product architecture in ways I never thought possible before. I'm more productive than I've been in years.

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

PSA: Never let an AI agent rebase a branch. EVER.

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Derrick Wippler @thrawn01.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

First time using linear.app and it continues to delight, in surprising ways. From the ability to copy the proposed name of a new feature branch, to the intuitive integration with GitHub. ♥️

linear.app

Linear – Plan and build products

Linear streamlines issues, projects, and roadmaps. Purpose-built for modern product development.

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