When I first started as a tech lead, I often made my decisions based on what the tech lead before me had done.
04.12.2025 02:11 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@leafjessicaroy.bsky.social
Developer-turned-architect at the intersection of people, process, and technology. BeyondWritingCode.com.
When I first started as a tech lead, I often made my decisions based on what the tech lead before me had done.
04.12.2025 02:11 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Fails to ask when stuck? Fails to ask when overloaded? Something else entirely? (Does it matter, Leaf? Hmm.)
02.12.2025 20:20 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0๐ Excellent, glad I could help.
I was working with an AI that couldn't even do things I directly asked it to do. So there was really no reason it would say, "Hey, you have existing automation that watches this same RSS feed. Maybe shut that off before we set the feed to show every post?"
Whoops! Automation gone wild, posted like 40 times, haha.
01.12.2025 18:56 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Youโve already got a full schedule when the boss asks you to take on a special project.
01.12.2025 15:56 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0A recent poll on LinkedIn from Alex Ewerlรถf asked: โWould you read AI-generated posts and articles that are attached to a human name and picture?
27.11.2025 04:31 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Iโm looking forward to having more time to write in the next few months.
20.11.2025 02:29 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I went to three conferences in three months (2.5 months, really).
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I'm a writer at heart, so enjoying speaking at conferences is a bit of a surprise for me.
Speaking at LeadDev StaffPlus went even better than I was hoping, and it's got me thinking about what works for me as a speaker. #LeadDev #speakingtips #StaffPlus
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It's been a long time since I've felt I like I was hanging on every word of a book.
I was so done reading about AI. Then I saw that IT Revolution was publishing a new book...
www.beyondwritingcode.com/2025/09/17/v...
Posted just now about writer's checklists - so let's post about the developer's checklists here too!
As a developer, I maintained a checklist of troubleshooting tips.
I would have conversations like this...
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Some of the best writing tips I learned were from a summer class I took as a teenager. I'm still adding to my writer's checklists, decades later.
However, I have mostly kept these checklists in my head...
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Beware of the scams targeting job seekers. I'd say "it's a new low" for scammers to target people who are looking for work, but no, unfortunately... the scammers seem to reside at those depths. #jobseekers #scammers #tips
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I try to avoid posting about AI, but today I found myself wondering: did I just chat with an AI?
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Neon sign that says \"what is your story\" glowing in an office window at night.
I've been listening to books on storytelling recently. Here are three I recommend highly.
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Turning up the pressure when Iโm not getting stuff done sounds like it should work. But it absolutely doesnโt.
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Made up statistic: 99% of people dread networking. Hereโs why and hereโs what to do instead.
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Anyone have a favorite solution for keeping up with multiple social media accounts, specifically Mastodon and Bluesky?
18.06.2025 21:26 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@robynlihau.bsky.social potential origin story for your comment on this same thread??
07.06.2025 17:29 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0If the people you work with are in the same location, in office is great. If most of the people you work with are in other offices, commuting to spend all day on calls is not great.
04.06.2025 01:45 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Implicit in the vilification of โwokeโ is this message: we would prefer the people asleep.
28.05.2025 12:46 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thank you! :)
09.05.2025 01:04 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I'm writing a book :)
It will be about career growth as a developer, including leadership skills and the big-picture thinking skills that I learned along the way.
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