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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Software engineering could and should be done with the same care as any other type of engineering. This is a post in honor of Margaret Hamilton (and also a subtweet of all vibe-coders everywhere).

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"“I fought to bring the software legitimacy so that it — and those building it — would be given its due respect, and thus I began to use the term ‘software engineering’ to distinguish it from hardware and other kinds of engineering, yet treat each type of engineering as part of the overall systems engineering process,” Hamilton told El Pais in 2018. “When I first started using this phrase, it was considered to be quite amusing. It was an ongoing joke for a long time. They liked to kid me about my radical ideas. Software eventually and necessarily gained the same respect as any other discipline.”"

Source: https://news.mit.edu/2026/margaret-hamilton-computing-pioneer-dies-1007

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

sorry but the honesty of barbarism WILL be replaced by the hypocrisy of civilization and rule of law

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Zachary Waldowski @waldowski.me · 23/06/2026

what an odd way to draw attention to your hotshot executive producer not making games anymore

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Imagine owning Double Fine and even *considering* closing it. The history of Double Fine is the history of the games industry itself. This is a crime.

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Carolina Hurricanes (Bot) @notcanes.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS, THE CAROLINA HURRICANES ARE STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS

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👻Really Spooky Smith👻 @reallyseansmith.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

I knew I had something for this.

The "Are women bourgeois" screenshot from Disco Elysium but edited to read "Is being gay bourgeois?"

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Zachary Waldowski @waldowski.me · 10/05/2026

Tech is not just the widget itself but the culture, politics, and, yes, businesses that use it. Anyway y’all out here lying to Gen Z that it wasn’t Blockbuster who definitely did those things

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Zachary Waldowski @waldowski.me · 10/05/2026

“That’s it, no more Nice Leftist! You’ll be first up against the wall too when my revolution comes” if you promise to feed my cat I’ll line up to be first at the end of y’all’s bayonet or whatever

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Zachary Waldowski @waldowski.me · 10/05/2026

It’s a mixed messages thing, you know? You need hobbies to distract yourself from the gaping maw of late-stage capitalism. No, not that one. No, not that one. No, not that one. Is it that the only acceptable pastime is being vaguely threatening on text-based social media? (Hard pass if so)

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Zachary Waldowski @waldowski.me · 10/05/2026

I’m officially over discourse, now. We can pack it in, people. “You filthy libs are stuck in the Obama era” the last time I gained rights? You’re goddamn right I am. I’ll be cringe until I can’t be cringe anymore. Die mad about it.

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Zachary Waldowski @waldowski.me · 10/05/2026

You cannot take ME from me in any way that matters just like you can’t take my brunch-eating faggy unicorn neoliberalism from me in any way that matters. I am not sorry. Go back to salivating over the third Harry Potter remake you joyless dead-eyed hacks.

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Zachary Waldowski @waldowski.me · 27/04/2026

Was not built to be in the room for this

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

one of the biggest technological revolutions in history and it has nothing to do with crypto, AI, metaverse or any of the things the media relentlessly hypes

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

The biggest change in software development is not AI code, but a permission structure for disregarding quality in the pursuit of velocity

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

The blatant bigotry of this has already been covered, but "we're not making therapy" is pretty rich from the guy who made for example UP and INSIDE OUT.

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Jason Hodgson @jasonhodgson.ca · 06/03/2026

Someone said to me a few years ago that I looked like a guy who listened to Cake in high school. I've been trying to think if he was trying to insult me or compliment me.

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Zachary Waldowski @waldowski.me · 23/02/2026

“Hey Zach where are you from” haha I don’t know it’s complicated

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

I don't let my social media platforms define what kind of loser I am

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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

"The fight is lost, man."

guy giving a giant thumbs up who goes back to his other group

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Hockey is for everyone except for RW pundits and influencers

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Zachary Waldowski @waldowski.me · 20/02/2026

Gonna need a bigger TV to tell the difference between 🇸🇰 and 🇺🇸 on the ice.

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Amyville Hoyrror @amyhoy.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

douglas adams was our most accurate futurist

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Zachary Waldowski @waldowski.me · 15/02/2026

Found a perfect gift for the vibe coder in your life

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taber @kvetch.gay · 08/02/2026

can somebody please warn this dog that they're about to be sued into oblivion and beyond

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Zachary Waldowski @waldowski.me · 08/02/2026

Discovery was /super/ hard 4 years ago. Today I have the privilege of wading through scams to (on a lucky day!) spend $70 on a buggy snooze-fest with the depth of an Avengers script that won a bunch of awards by paying for them. This is feeling like a silly way to spend time. Like, an embarrassment.

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Zachary Waldowski @waldowski.me · 08/02/2026

Don’t bother visiting the @playstation.com Store if you’re interested in, oh, I don’t know, games. There’s 1000 games under “Just announced” and maybe 6% are real.

A grid of games on the PlayStation Store. Hellreaper (a real game) and 9 slop titles.

A grid of games on the PlayStation Store containing Mega-Man Dual Override (a real game) and 14 fake slop titles.

A grid of games on the PlayStation Store containing 15 fake slop titles.

A grid of games on the PlayStation Store containing Exodus (a real title) and 14 fake slop titles.

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Zachary Waldowski @waldowski.me · 06/02/2026

Nobody told me the worst part of getting into a sports league was going to be the Kalshi ads.

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JM =^D @jm539581.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

.... and the fight on the ASL telecast

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Zachary Waldowski @waldowski.me · 11/01/2026

Aw, dang it, I covered the N7 on my shirt. But here’s sleepy me volunteering at the donations desk! #AGDQ2026 photos.gamesdonequick.com/AGDQ2026/AGD...

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Day 7 - Saturday + Finale - Games Done Quick Event Photos

Games Done Quick photo by Dan "Delphi" Fego

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Games Done Quick @gamesdonequick.com · 11/01/2026

🏁TIME🏁 #AGDQ2026 has raised a total amount of $2,443,414 for @preventcancer.org! Thank you to everyone who made this marathon possible, and to all of you for your amazing generosity & support!! See you all next time at #SGDQ2026!! We are SO BACK!!!!!!!

finale photo of the AGDQ 2026 audience and stage

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oh no @drewfitz.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

$1 million raised! 8-player co-op MaiMai was absolutely nuts #agdq

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

If you are anxious and sad about the state of the world, that's fine, and there are plenty of strategies for dealing with that. But I think you already know that drive-by online dooming isn't a strategy. It's selfish and adolescent. It's a contagion that only spreads the worst of you, not the best.

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.” -- James Baldwin

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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

If you need someone to tell you: you are safe tonight. It’s OK to put down your phone and sleep. The world will still be consuming itself tomorrow. Right now you need rest. Close your eyes and imagine you’re a bird, that you can see the electromagnetic current of the earth.

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Pittsburgh Scanner @pgh-scanner.com · 05/01/2026

Downtown. 242 Fifth Ave - CVS. Caller said someone just stole like 7 full cases of Dr. Pepper and fled. Suspect is currently walking down Fifth with a comical amount of Dr. Pepper.

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Games Done Quick @gamesdonequick.com · 05/01/2026

We were a-born to make history. #AGDQ2026

Art from the anime "Yuri On Ice" with "ji" added to the title to spell "Yuriji On Ice." All of the characters' faces have been replaced with Luigi Mario.

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

This year I’m going to be kinder, more positive, work harder, and put more faith in myself until the very first minor obstacle throws me off for the next 350+ days

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geoffrey 💀 (scary now) @parsnip.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

andy cohen's "am i excited about 2026? [pregnant pause] yeah. i... yeah. i mean, what's the alternative?" is the realest thing i've seen all night

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mel in ballhalla 🏳️‍⚧️🔰♨️ @astruckpersonn.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

in 20 years some of your cultural traditions will simply be mainstream in america: you can get día de los muertos decorations at party stores. the hipsters are drinking matcha lattes. naan is in every supermarket. everyone says “inshallah” now

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

I know everyone thinks this about the parking lot at whatever Trader Joe's they shop at, but I would like to nominate Bressi Ranch's Trader Joe's as the most comically undersized, badly designed and psychotic TJ's parking lot in America. A real exemplar

google streetview image of the parking lot at the Trader Joe's in Bressi Ranch in Carlsbad, CA

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bijan (spooky version) @bijan.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

you'll spend your entire life thinking "that's not her, not really" and pushing the thought away. you'll never truly grieve. you'll become attached to a simulacrum, something that isn't your grandmother & never was; it will eventually replace her in your memory. you will live in hell before you die

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Hal O’Graham @yinzer.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Skyrim came out on 11/11/11. I was 16. They announced TES6 in 2018. Since that announcement I got married, graduated from college and law school, got a job, moved across the state, bought a house, and had a child. TES6 is still in pre-production. This is the 7th re-release of Skyrim.

A screenshot from the YouTube trailer announcing the Anniversary Edition of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim coming to Nintendo Switch 2, dated December 9, 2025. For reference, Skyrim originally released on November 11, 2011.

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justthisguy.net @justthisguy.net · 30/11/2025

I’ve always viewed my code as an intensely personal poetry that only I myself derive joy or satisfaction from. Even other coders will see flaws & their own biases & approaches & fail to appreciate the art I find in what I’ve done. I enjoy my work. I will continue, paid or not, because I feel good.

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Luis♨️ @bikiosand.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Mike Pondersmith, creator of the Cyberpunk RED tabletop game, which inspired the 2077 video game, said about the same. Characters in the cyberpunk universe cannot change the world, but they can save themselves or those around them, and sometimes, that has to be enough.

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