Ryan

Hello there, I’m Ryan! 👋 I’m a Developer Advocate, Web Developer, and startup enthusiast. Here, I share thoughts and things from all three worlds. Follow me if you're into that kind of thing. Or don't, you're your own person. 🤷 Also, if you're interested, here's my website: codingwithryan.com

ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

Hey Meta, how can I become even more of a douche?

Shoving non-deterministic AI model outputs into constrained execution environments with deterministic feedback works great. I'm less sure it will work for other contexts.

London - I'm hosting Conversations in the AI Era on Oct 14th. Speakers from Deepgram, Tessl, and Zing Dev, plus a room full of developers swapping notes. luma.com/d14cpj24 If you're into voice AI, comms, customer engagement, or seeing how AI is being used outside of a chat UI - you'll like this.

The downfall of meetup.com should be studied

All Claude wants to do is "land"

luma.com/sv3bwt0v I'm going to be talking about letting AI Jesus take the wheel how i've been leaning in to fully automated work and when i sometimes take the wheel back

Used Stack Overflow for the first time in years. I'll be right here next to my vinyl collection and 35mm camera.

"Have the courage to go slowly, especially when everyone else is telling you that you need to go fast and cut corners." - To my students, Brent A. Yorgey ozark.hendrix.edu/~yorgey/fore...

I wonder how the web3 folks doing? Oh dear....

When I feel imposter syndrome, I think of this video. "If you feel imposter syndrome, that's great. That means all kinds of good things about you. But don't miss the opportunity." youtu.be/qGmwH6DyUjo?...

I am so sick of reading AI written "thought-leadership" posts

Building faster != better

Hacking AI is just social engineering and that makes me happy

Recently been studying ethics in design and innovation - I think this is worth a read for any designer or developer. A Framework for Ethical Decision Making cse.sc.edu/~mgv/csce390...

Oh modernity

Python Coding Challenge - Question with Answer (ID -180126) Answer with Explanation: www.clcoding.com/2026/01/pyth...

"Turn your GitHub contribution graph into space invaders" - the easiest game ever. With the number of commits I make it's not really an invasion.

It's wonderful to me that designers - even legendary designers - still use sketches and drawings to convey ideas every day. Yes, CAD has suprassed sketches in many ways but there's something so quick, utilitarian, and useful in sketching.

Vision is a vehicle for innovation. It's incredibly important in the innovation process.

I refuse to accept blame - even git blame

For the first time ever I asked ChatGPT to help me shop. Asked it for alternatives to an alarm clock I like - it gave me: - Darth vader model - Eye vitamin supplements - Restored iPhone - Bop It! - Paccar MX13 diesel engine fuel diverter housing

You can’t start with the technology and try to figure out where you’re going to sell it.

👋 I'm looking for a full-time software/DX engineer role. With 3 years of experience as an open-source maintainer, I am a great fit if your team needs an expert in Astro/Starlight, tooling, documentation, accessibility, i18n, and empowering OSS communities. RTs appreciated! ♻️

I use AI regularly for search now. Not because I like AI. But because Google is terrible now.

Deaf people getting hearing aids and listing the things they didn’t expect to make sounds is so wholesome. Makes me appreciate things I take for granted and don’t notice.

Product design is so often: Things people don’t need, using resources we can’t spare, sold to an audience who's misspending

"Great question! I can show you how to center a div but before we dive into it––have you ever had heartburn, acid reflux, or indigestion caused by a stressful day of coding? Then you need Tums!" www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artific...

Can Christmas day be Club Tropicana? So we keep people on their toes

It's December 1st, which means that throughout the entire month you should reserve 5-10 minutes every day to read a fantastic article about HTML. ❤️‍🔥 Check out what's hidden behind the first door. htmhell.dev/adventcalendar

This is fantastic youtu.be/0rXpncpkLcw?...

Sometimes a cup of tea just hits different

I don’t know howwww people are vibe coding without knowing how to _actually_ code My workflow has been: Claude helps me a little Claude regresses I help Claude Claude tells me I was right all along I close Claude I do the rest myself

@figma.com is better than any other design tool. It's so good and you don't realise until you're working with another design tool.

For those that can afford it (or their companies), the Django software foundation is looking for donations for 2026. Happy birthday Django!

At SIGNAL London today and I'm helping out with Twilio's Builder Arcade. Each game shows off what you can do with Twilio's AI 🎮 Playing video games for work isn't a bad life!

cloudflare's on-duty IT staff bangs on the doors which I have padlocked from the inside as I calmly break open lava lamp after lava lamp and drink the contents

“I’m not saying it is simple. I’m saying it is possible” @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social I hope these are words I live by

I joined Twilio's developer advocacy team last week. It's been lovely so far.

This post from @pedramnavid.com is well worth a read for DevRel folks. I particularly like: > Undifferentiated content might as well be no content.

Want to turn your dev work into great content? As you build, make commits that capture meaningful steps. Write messages that describe what changed and why. When you’re done, your commit history will serve as an outline for a tutorial or blog post.

Me after writing code without AI help

This repo from @jpt.sh saved me a lot of time implementing honeypot fields in Django. It's simple to implement and works really well. codeberg.org/jpt/django-h...

Wrote up my initial impressions of the brand new Claude Sonnet 4.5 - I think it may live up to Anthropic's claims of being the "best coding model in the world", for the next few weeks at least! simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/29/...

I shared a few more notes here, including this hopefully reassuring note for anyone afraid of the impact this will have on their career as a programmer simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/29/...