Josh *The Open Source Magician* VanAllen

Josh *The Open Source Magician* VanAllen

@joshvanallen.dev

Your local open source magician! @nx.dev Developer Productivity Engineer. Previously @hero.dev and Capital One. Born and raised Pittsburgher. All posts are my own opinion. Calendly: https://calendly.com/nx-jva

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The build phase is cheap now. Building poorly at speed isn't. @joshvanallen.dev from our team on why "shift left" stopped working, and what actually shifting left looks like when agents are writing 1200 lines in 40 minutes. (link below)

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What makes Nx different? 🤔 It's a build platform where the build system (not CI) owns performance. Nx Creator @victorsavkin.bsky.social just released the definitive explanation of how it's fundamentally different from every other tool:

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📣 Nx 22 is here! This release solidifies Nx as your go-to solution for polyglot monorepos. 💪 ☕ Nx plugin for Maven 🟪 .NET support 📖 pnpm catalogs support 🤯 ...and a lot more!

doing more healthy adventures...the latest one is now I have a CPAP. Finally after years of thinking of having sleep apnea, I got it confirmed and last week I got the machine. So been sleeping with it for a week and not exactly feeling any different, except i'm getting more REM sleep and lower BPM

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Aaaand another one for @egghead.io. Code generation is kinda what LLMs are good at, but there's this one thing they lack: predictability. And that can be quite important if you're not just hacking alone on a project. What's better: predictability + AI egghead.io/enable-curs...

egghead.ioEnable Cursor to generate predictable project setupsLearn how to combine Cursor AI with Nx generators for predictable library creation in monorepos, ensuring consistent structure across your codebase.

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After struggling to get Java working (blame me and blame java), I got it imported into a Nx workspace and running! The Nx bit was actually the easy bit.

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(1/3) Like many in the developer, cybersecurity, and open source communities, we were stunned by the news that MITRE’s funding for the CVE/CWE programs may expire as soon as tomorrow. #mitre #cve #cybersecurity

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Last week @vscode.dev just rolled out MCP support with GitHub Copilot. We already wired it up. Now it understands your entire workspace — project graphs, generators, ownership, everything. Enjoy, and don't forget to subscribe to our channel 🧠 youtu.be/dRQq_B1HSLA

youtube.comThe Secret to Making Copilot Actually Useful? Nx MCP.Copilot now supports MCP, which unlocks some seriously powerful dev workflows. In this quick demo, I show how we wired up our Nx MCP server to work seamlessl...
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Alongside these company moments, I was also incredibly proud to achieve external recognition in my field during my tenure here, becoming an Nx Champion and the world's first Nx Certified Expert. These experiences, titles, and milestones are things I’ll definitely look back on fondly.

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Alongside these company moments, I was also incredibly proud to achieve external recognition in my field during my tenure here, becoming an Nx Champion and the world's first Nx Certified Expert. These experiences, titles, and milestones are things I’ll definitely look back on fondly.

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Exciting news for Nx users: we’ve just expanded our free remote caching options with new APIs and Nx-managed packages! Whether you want a fully managed solution or prefer to self-host, we have something for you. Check out the full details in the comments ⬇️

This year has been about self improving. First was the mental health aspects (ADHD management and long term behavioral check ins). Then it's the physical aspects, hitting the gym. I finally did a sleep study and found out I have sleep apnea. doesn't shock me but now it's time to get treating.