Ali Spittel

This is the most beautiful and terrifying video I’ve seen youtu.be/cjZvFY6__qw?...

For this New Builders, hear @sogrady.org chat with @alispit.tel, Head of DevRel at @awscloud.bsky.social, about the importance of developer experience, how the role of developers is evolving, and the new challenges and opportunities devs face in the AI era. redmonk.com/videos/aws-d...

what an incredible time in history

how do people survive fall through spring in Seattle?

Toddler fashion is iconic. Not pictured: her full arm and leg sleeves of temporary thanksgiving and Halloween tattoos.

Joke of the day from Moscow: Russia tried to unveil its first humanoid AI robot, Aidol. Key word: tried. The robot collapsed during its debut, forcing organizers to cut the presentation short. Their rushed attempt to lift the prop only made things worse.

all the aurora pics make me wish I didn’t live downtown for the first time in my adult life!

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Ms. Rachel forever

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Introducing Kiro - I've been testing it out for a while. It's truly a game changer. Spec-driven development and agent hooks are a new paradigm in AI-assisted development. Check it out! 👻 kiro.dev

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ferry weekends 🚢

good marketing is storytelling

Therapist: And what do we do when we feel stressed Me: rm -rf .git Therapist: No

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Following non-developers is so confusing. Couple definitions for some words you may see pop up on your time line: 📕 library: a place with books 📈 graph: a chart 🗺 map: used for navigation 🐍 python: snake 📚 heap: a pile of things 🌲 tree: a tall plant 🐞 bug: an insect

i have a private repo that stores my dotfiles to use across computers, going to start doing the same for my everyday context files.

hot take if __name__ == "__main__": is one of the clunkiest lines of code

It’s incredible how much I learn from every episode of Lenny’s podcast

how long til we get a 'The Circle' type show where the contestants have to guess who is an LLM

Things that don't mean you're insecure: ✅ taking selfies ✅ posting about your successes ✅ asking for help when you need it Things that do mean you're insecure: 🛑 submitting personal information over a http request

apparently X shows you all your top tweets if you look at your profile when you're not logged in, and wow i had some bangers. i feel the need to post them here to just have them live somewhere else...

I don’t have the mental bandwidth to post much about politics but Trump sucks.

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I’ve summarized my obsidian second brain and use it as global context for the Q CLI. Feel like the biggest tech bro ever.

which is the best monogram for a boat and tote?

there's this productivity hack from TikTok to listen to coconut mall from Mario Cart while you do focus work. i was skeptical, but it really works.

in the middle of nowhere and my husband ordered a large cold brew. it’s 32oz.

After living in Colorado it’s shocking how much worse the state government is everywhere else.

Hey folks - know a lot of people were impacted by Microsoft layoffs - please reach out if you're at all interested in working at AWS. I can try and help match with devrel/program/product/eng/marketing roles!

TikTok started drinking white wine with jalapeños as ice cubes so I started drinking white wine with jalapeños as ice cubes (it’s good) 🌶️

my new neighborhood has a little free plant library how adorable is that 🌱

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Teaching Code in the AI Era: Why Fundamentals Still Matter, by @alispit.tel: https://dev.to/aspittel/teaching-code-in-the-ai-era-why-fundamentals-still-matter-1k1g #training #ai #programming #vibecoding #security #scalability #performance #quality #testing #documentation

i wrote down some thoughts on "should you learn to code in 2025", "is vibe coding good for newbies", and much more dev.to/aspittel/tea...

i wrote down some thoughts on "should you learn to code in 2025", "is vibe coding good for newbies", and much more dev.to/aspittel/tea...

moms with young kids, what hobbies do you have that are doable either after bedtime or with your kid?

the hard part of software engineering was never the code

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