@shahabkhalvati.com.bsky.social
some state between being a software developer and engineer
Watch @kentbeck.com unpack coupling, cohesion & timing in Tidy First?—a thoughtful look at the economic and creative forces shaping software design. A must-watch for thoughtful developers.
13.06.2025 12:01 — 👍 23 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
Flyer for "ADHD0Driven Dev Practices with Paige Watson"
Next Thursday, June 5th, online at 4:30pm Eastern
I'm going to be a little vulnerable and tell you about great practices that work well with my ADHD.
All are welcome.
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Periodic reminder: before you start organizing stuff, throw away anything unused first. Works for code, clothes, tools, art supplies.
28.05.2025 17:09 — 👍 58 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 2
“If I supply you with a tool to remove DRM (like some versions of Calibre), then I commit a felony and Amazon can have me sent to prison for five years for giving you a tool to move my book from the Kindle app to a rival app like Kobo” – Cory Doctorow
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One interesting thing I've learned when talking with GitHub CEO @ashtom.bsky.social last week is how GitHub is hiring *more* early-careers devs (interns / new grads) as before.
I asked: why? Given lots of companies are hiring less assuming AI might be at the level of a junior dev (cont'd)
A company that demands engineers do their job badly unless given permission to do it well is going to end up with the software it deserves.
26.05.2025 10:06 — 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
What I am hearing: several of Big Tech are squeezing their dev contractors
/agencies to cut fixed contract costs by 20-30%, telling them their costs are down/efficiency is up by this much thanks to AI.
Where the data comes from: companies like Accenture stating just this:
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"Scientists have discovered that the molecule DIM reduces biofilms causing dental plaque by 90%. Its addition to toothpaste and mouthwash could revolutionize dental hygiene."
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#Dentist #teeth
what is the most interesting new music. i want something that sounds fresh, maybe organic but a little bit closer to primitive, or maybe something different entirely, please help!
10.07.2023 23:20 — 👍 45 🔁 4 💬 36 📌 1Something I like to do is to ask for system logs, and how the team explores them (tooling, existing queries, and practices). Then picking a case from the logs, and follow along in the code.
09.07.2023 09:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Same experience.
No matter how much I like the iPad, but for programming, Mac is the way 🤝
One thing I'm surprised is not taking off much more, across mainstream email providers is proxy emails / emails masking.
Emails are becoming increasingly important, as is privacy to hide your "main" email address.
What services that do this do you use/would you recommend?
Apple’s Hide My Email.
It’s not perfect, and the way it’s done limits how and when it’s useful, but best I’ve found so far.
👌 true
27.06.2023 15:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I’d like to see an “improve alt text” action, to decrease the tension.
If someone notices is bothered as much as to spend time and energy on it, they could write a caption instead and suggest it to the owner so they can accept/use it.
Hopefully this first suggestion would come from AI soon.
Reflecting on my behavior and observations, I believe:
Users choose products for features and unmet needs,
stay for polish and quality.
Features matter the most at launch,
while quality and UX sustains established products.
To keep creating the most value, acknowledge the shift; act accordingly.
Totally agree 🤝
27.06.2023 00:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Federation is quite interesting, but isn’t Wikipedia doing well already? Or Mozilla?
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