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Richard DonovanThe best way to build confidence in your solution……Is to get early feedback.🟢 Discuss your ideas before implementing them. 🟢 Get someone to eyeball your solution as early as possible. 🟢 Deploy something and let people have a play as soon as you can.Too often, I've found myself tucked away working on a feature, going deeper and deeper down that rabbit hole...<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/developers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#developers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coding</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/softwaredevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#softwaredevelopment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/softwareengineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#softwareengineering</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wellbeing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wellbeing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mindset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mindset</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mentalhealth</a>

Jon Fazzaro"Kill one mainframe. Successfully replace the software running in one mainframe. Let us know how you achieve that — and then update your timeline. That would be orders of magnitude easier than what is being claimed here."<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ai</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/hype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hype</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/softwareengineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#softwareengineering</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/llms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#llms</a><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=-aGyDDoaHww&si=u-0XgFZ2NZMoYJmY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/watch?v=-aGyDDoaHww&si=u-0XgFZ2NZMoYJmY</a>

Pawan JaiswalThink your website is safe? Think again. These are the Top 10 web vulnerabilities you MUST know in 2025!Read the full blog: <a href="https://www.openexploit.in/understanding-the-owasp-top-10-key-web-vulnerabilities-explained/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.openexploit.in/understanding-the-owasp-top-10-key-web-vulnerabilities-explained/</a><a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CyberSecurity</a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/OpenExploit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenExploit</a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/Programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Programming</a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/SoftwareEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SoftwareEngineering</a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Technology</a>

Matthew TurlandWhat's wrong with AI-generated docs - passo.uno <a href="https://passo.uno/whats-wrong-ai-generated-docs/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://passo.uno/whats-wrong-ai-generated-docs/</a><a href="https://phpc.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/SoftwareEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SoftwareEngineering</a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/Documentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Documentation</a>

Pawan JaiswalI built a blog to teach cybersecurity from scratch—here’s everything I’ve learned so far!”Read the full blog: <a href="https://www.openexploit.in/i-built-a-blog-to-teach-cybersecurity-heres-what-ive-learned-so-far/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.openexploit.in/i-built-a-blog-to-teach-cybersecurity-heres-what-ive-learned-so-far/</a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CyberSecurity</a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/OpenExploit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenExploit</a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/Programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Programming</a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/SoftwareEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SoftwareEngineering</a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Technology</a>

Matthew TurlandDesign by Decision Fatigue | QuestDB <a href="https://questdb.com/blog/design-by-decision-fatigue/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://questdb.com/blog/design-by-decision-fatigue/</a><a href="https://phpc.social/tags/SoftwareEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SoftwareEngineering</a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/BestPractice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BestPractice</a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/PragmaticProgrammer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PragmaticProgrammer</a>

KerfuffleI have now encountered several cases of unintelligible documentation - functional requirements, security measures, technical how-tos - where I had to ask the author for clarification, and getting as a reply "oh I don't know; I just asked <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChatGPT</a>".Now I can bash <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ai</a> tools, but people who produce documentation that they themselves don't understand have always been a blight on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IT</a>. It's irresponsible, unprofessional, and makes work harder for everyone.<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/dev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SoftwareEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SoftwareEngineering</a>

Yesterday's RoseFound my flowchart stencil / ruler! Bought this from the University of Oulu bookstore in the early 2000s. Because it was kinda quaint. We have diagram software these days and this thing doesn't have UML obviously. Now, where the heck did I put my typographical ruler that came with that old art software...? <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/programming?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#programming</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/softwareengineering?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#softwareengineering</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/softwaredesign?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#softwaredesign</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/flowchart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flowchart</a>

Jon Fazzaro"The real innovation, the sustainable progress, comes from maintaining deep understanding while embracing AI's capabilities."<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/softwareengineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#softwareengineering</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cognitiveload" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cognitiveload</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/vibecoding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vibecoding</a><a href="https://nmn.gl/blog/dangers-vibe-coding" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://nmn.gl/blog/dangers-vibe-coding</a>

jeffabailey<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Software</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Technology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Programming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SoftwareDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SoftwareDevelopment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Coding</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SoftwareEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SoftwareEngineering</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Drop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Drop</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Databases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Databases</a> ☕️

Dave RahardjaSolving a software problem, on the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/vibeCoding" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#vibeCoding</a> scale:↓ no vibes ↓• Writing from internalized knowledge • Reading documentation • Reading a blog post on the topic • Lifting from sample code • Copy/pasting from StackOvervflow • Adding yet another library dependency • Using AI to write implementation↑ nothing but vibes ↑<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#software</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/softwareEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#softwareEngineering</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ai</a>

PierreNick :apple_old_logo: 💾Hot take: Human-written tests > No tests > AI-generated tests.I think I prefer no tests to extremely complex, verbose and unmaintainable test code that just perfectly contorts around a code base and its defects.<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/softwareEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#softwareEngineering</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/genAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#genAI</a>

Matthew TurlandThe 13 software engineering laws - by Anton Zaides <a href="https://newsletter.manager.dev/p/the-13-software-engineering-laws" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://newsletter.manager.dev/p/the-13-software-engineering-laws</a><a href="https://phpc.social/tags/SoftwareEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SoftwareEngineering</a>

LeanpubTerraform & OpenTofu In Action <a href="https://leanpub.com/b/terraform_opentofu" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://leanpub.com/b/terraform_opentofu</a> by GitforGits | Asian Publishing House is the featured bundle of ebooks 📚 on the Leanpub homepage! <a href="https://leanpub.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://leanpub.com</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InfrastructureAsCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InfrastructureAsCode</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Terraform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Terraform</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VersionControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VersionControl</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SystemIntegration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SystemIntegration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Devops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Devops</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SoftwareEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SoftwareEngineering</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ebooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ebooks</a>

doboprobodyne<a href="https://HoFra.rocks/@hanser" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@hanser</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@prokoudine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@prokoudine</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@FreeCAD" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@FreeCAD</a> Hear, hear.And of all the projects that users (well, okay, me, but I'm guessing I'm not alone) really really want the devs to have some objective data regarding the user experience, so they can make their amazing engine even easier to use, I think <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/freeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freeCAD</a> is probably top of the list.<a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/CAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CAD</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FOSS</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/maker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maker</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/UX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UX</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/softwareEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#softwareEngineering</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#development</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/code" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#code</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/openSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openSource</a>

nickproudEeeeyyy, we can look at git tags in <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/VisualStudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VisualStudio</a> now. (I didn't realise we couldn't before!) Looks like VS is slowly getting better at git management. <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/dotnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dotnet</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/softwareengineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#softwareengineering</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coding</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microsoft</a><a href="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/view-and-manage-git-tags/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/view-and-manage-git-tags/</a>

Richard DonovanIn software engineering, we are often encouraged to think about our contribution...👉 What did " I " do yesterday...? 👉 What am " I " doing today...?The language we use, both inwardly and outwardly, sets the tone for how we work and interact with others…Software engineering is a team game; our language should reflect that…The obvious: 👉 What did "the team" do yesterday? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/developers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#developers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coding</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/softwaredevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#softwaredevelopment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/softwareengineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#softwareengineering</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wellbeing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wellbeing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mindset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mindset</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mentalhealth</a>

Jon Fazzaro"Would you happily go on-call for a system of fully AI-generated services?"<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/softwareengineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#softwareengineering</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/developerexperience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#developerexperience</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/vibecoding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vibecoding</a><a href="https://serce.me/posts/2025-31-03-there-is-no-vibe-engineering" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://serce.me/posts/2025-31-03-there-is-no-vibe-engineering</a>

Ramin HonaryThe <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/lispygopherclimate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LispyGopherClimate</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/weekly" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#weekly</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/tech" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/podcast" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#podcast</a> for 2025-04-02 Listen at: <a href="https://archives.anonradio.net/202504020000_screwtape.mp3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://archives.anonradio.net/202504020000_screwtape.mp3</a>This week we will talk about the Unix Philosophy and how it compares and contrasts with whatever one might call the “Emacs Philosophy.”The impetus for the discussion is a series of blog posts by <a class="u-url mention" href="https://fe.disroot.org/users/ramin_hal9001" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ramin_hal9001</a> called “Emacs fulfills the UNIX Philosophy”:<ul><li><a href="https://tilde.town/~ramin_hal9001/articles/emacs-fulfills-the-unix-philosophy.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The original introductory blog post</a></li><li><a href="https://codeberg.org/ramin_hal9001/lisp-gopher-climate_chat-about-emacs/src/branch/main/show-outline.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The show notes</a></li></ul>…as well as a fascinating <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@screwtape/114225644895007169" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">discussion</a> that took place over this past week on ActivityPub on the topic of the Unix philosophy and history of Lisp on Unix in which some very knowledgeable people have contributed anecdotes and facts.<a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/technology" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technology</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/programming" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#programming</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/softwareengineering" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SoftwareEngineering</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/retrocomputing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/lisp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lisp</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/r7rs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#r7rs</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/schemelang" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SchemeLang</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/unixphilosophy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnixPhilosophy</a> This weeks <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/climatecrisis" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/haiku" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#haiku</a> by <a class="u-url mention" href="https://climatejustice.social/@kentpitman" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@kentpitman</a><pre><code>within each of us our loved ones, in tiny form, caring's innate yield company at a distance legacy in case of loss</code></pre><a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/senryu" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#senryu</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/poem" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poem</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/shortpoem" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShortPoem</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/smallpoem" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SmallPoem</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/smallpoems" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SmallPoems</a>

🥳 _-/\-_ 🤯Joined a new customer project today. The project started recently. Customer provides project director and business analysts. We provide architects/devs. Watched a recap of a recent kickoff meeting to get familiar with the business domain and the project setup. In this meeting I noticed that they presented a rough and very (very very) optimistic timeline. Me: Were any technical people involved back then when you were setting the timeline? Project Director: No. The dates are fixed. Why? Me: :holdthepain: <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/ProjectManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProjectManagement</a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/DeveloperLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DeveloperLife</a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/SoftwareEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SoftwareEngineering</a>

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