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Loved this discussion with Erika! As the stack overflow survey showed that AI hasn’t fixed unclear and changing priorities. Let us know how you handle changing priorities!

Corporate Slack SEO tips: - send a message during or right after a meeting where you know your audience is in, they’ll likely be checking slack before working on something else - rage bait by proposing a potentially wrong answer to your question - don’t @here, it will just annoy people

If you had a ticket to Grace Hopper and have not cancelled your plans to go to San Francisco, go to @github.com's LinkedIn right now if you'd like to attend GitHub Universe for free ❤️

I can crochet exactly one thing and this is it.

Another banger of a blog post from Sean! I had never heard the term centaur before, but it’s an interesting allegory for human and technological evolution: www.seangoedecke.com/softwares-ce...

I have a SICKNESS and that SICKNESS is buying domains I’ll never use

@roxyrodbeck.bsky.social is SO cool! I had such a great time chatting with her and @brittanyellich.com on her path to being a software developer and trolling the internet (just a little, as a treat)

“Too many meetings” is the symptom, not the disease.

I wanted to have a digital business card for All Things Open, so I vibe coded a Windows95 inspired site. It brings me so much joy with how it turned out! trustyduck.me

Systems thinking strikes again!! I don’t think I’ve ever read a more relevant book than Thinking In Systems.

Break the cycle! Hand draw your PowerPoint slop images!!

10/10 reccommend admin time at a wine bar with friends

question for anyone using coding agents day to day for work: what do you ACTUALLY do while it's running? i keep trying to context switch into other work and failing

If you have to remind the reader what the acronym means every time you use it then it’s probably not a good acronym.

My GopherCon lightning talk was posted! I wrote up a little retrospective on the blog: www.trustyduck.dev/posts/gopher... As always, so grateful to @gophercon.com for the opportunity!

Are we still doing starter packs? Put this one together because I love seeing things that lovely folks write on the internet, and I'm sure there are more people to meet and add to this list. go.bsky.app/AnM2t7r

So grateful for the opportunity to chat with Thomas and pick his brain as he sets on a new venture! Give it a listen and let us know your thoughts!

T Mac is so good man

I’m a huge fan of this if it means we get to keep arc!

@jetmin.bsky.social makes good social media posts

I know I say this about all of them but this was such an interesting conversation! Definitely gave me a lot to think about, hope others feel the same!

🎯 New Overcommitted episode is live! We dive deep into pull requests, from reviewer psychology to creating PRs ✨ Highlights: - Fresh insights from @gopherconeu.bsky.social - The balance of thorough reviews and shipping code - Spicy takes on PR pet peeves! #TechPodcast #SoftwareDev

So so excited for this!!

vibe coded too close to the sun and wound up with spaghetti

I fear my keyboard obsession is back and in full force 🧍‍♀️ Got a switch tester on the way, I’m ready to upgrade the cherry browns in my Moonlander!

Wow, The Rehearsal season 2 is a masterclass in interpersonal conflicts where power dynamics are at play. So interesting to learn about the aviation side of things, but it also made me reflect on how I handle conflict!

I am so sad that Arc browser is being discontinued! Truly made me rethink how I use the internet. I guess time to try Zen? www.theverge.com/news/674603/...

This week on the Overcommitted podcast, Bethany, Erika, and Brittany talk about technical debt and methods to manage it that have worked for them. Check it out and subscribe on any podcast platform!

Maybe a hot take but people give the CLT airport a lot of crap but tbh it meaningfully seems to be getting better every time I travel

It’s only Wednesday but it has felt like three weeks since Monday happened.

New logo for @overcommitted.dev 😎 this episode was particularly fun this week! Shout-out to @trustyduck.bsky.social for good ideas! ♥️

When you think about it an ADR is really just a fancy pro/con list 💅