RJ

I was raised in a culture that never really had a binary conception around gender; people who very obviously didn’t fit within the confines of what western culture would assign them were part of our community for as long as I could remember. Then, when I was old enough to be intentional about it…

MCP is rapidly gaining adoption: OpenAI, GitHub, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code all added support for it.

And now Gemini!

Pretty incredible how it all started by two Anthropic software engineers scratching their own itch to build better dev tools.

My deepdive:

newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/mcp

askastaffengineer.com

"Be curious, not judgemental"

How would you feel going back to work on Tuesday? 😅

Launch fast and iterate. It’s difficult to get it right, but when it works, it's a game changer!

Last month AI crawlers generated 90% of my site's traffic, forcing me to pay penalties

Problem solved after moving nameservers to Cloudflare+turning on AI crawler blocking.

Site monthly outbound data back to ~40GB per month, down from 800GB (!!) No impact on human visitors

But it makes sense!

Apparently, this is possible because Japan allows AI developers to train their models on copyright data.

Also, ever since the launch of ChatGPT Image Generation, everyone is creating images for fun. End users have no idea about the resources these tools consume. Copyright laws be damned as well.

What's the point if users don't have an easy way to download or use it.

I have invented a new word: plagiarism.

Ah makes sense. Unfortunately, there are many such cases.

Novelty factor perhaps? 🤷🏽‍♂️

I went to a therapist recently because I have had difficulties socializing my entire life, and it has become more difficult since I moved. I just cannot talk to people no matter how much I try. The therapist deadass told me to just start talking to people. Wow, I didn't know it was that easy. 🤦🏽‍♂️

I recently started working at a company where we have good UX designers. This is my first time working with a UX team; it has completely changed the way I think as a backend engineer and made me a better one.

Computer: best I can do is plagiarism and poorly done art

We had that. It was called Waterfall model and it didn't work.

I recently started working out, and everything hurts so much. Eating pizza wasn’t this difficult!

Could you please elaborate on this? I would like to understand more about UX related challenges.

I believe every software/app should have an LTS version, which is stable and we're not forced to update until the next one is stable enough to become LTS. Those who want the latest version can do so and they will have to compromise on stability and dramatic changes. Too much to ask, though, I guess.

I never understand why companies cheap out on good UX designers. Accessibility has always been an afterthought, but now they don't even seem to get the basics right. Whatever happened to "if it ain't broke, don't fix it“?

Senior Java Engineer ☕

A street view featuring parked cars along the roadside, with leafless tree branches overhead. Across the street are several apartment buildings. In the foreground, a calm canal reflects the trees and buildings, creating a mirror-like effect.

I am in utter amazement of this country!

I am not in there 😟 either because I am not that active or, worse, I am bad people.

@sentimentbot.bsky.social 👋🏽

A colorful, life-sized horse sculpture stands illuminated on a grassy lawn at night, casting a vivid reflection in a calm body of water. The backdrop features a large, elegant white building with balconies and lit windows, alongside leafless trees and trimmed bushes under a deep blue evening sky.

A nighttime photograph of an equestrian statue depicting a person riding a horse, located in a public square. The statue is placed on a large stone pedestal with inscriptions. Surrounding the statue are paved pathways and bare trees, indicating a season of late fall or winter. The sky is clear, with deep blue hues contrasting against the lit statue, highlighting its features and the surrounding architecture in the background.

I want to build a backup and media server at home, preferably with a NAS, but everything is so expensive and I have no idea which one to choose to get started.