Dustin Thostenson

My flexibility wasn't good so I started doing lunges.
It was a big step forward for me.

2022-09-25 was last time #Vikes beat #Lions.
5 games and 769 days.
Prior to 2022-09-25, the longest #Vikings drought was 5 games, 1,144 days between 1961 and 1964.
#Lions longest drought was 13 games, 2,192 days between 1968 and 1974.

Be careful listening to advice on "AI-assisted" coding that's born out of small, self-contained projects undertaken by people working alone.

You run the risk of running your marathon using strategies that worked for the first 100m.

perhaps LinkedIn's LLM was influenced by a BudLight commercial?

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#coffeeGooood

YouTube video by LegacyRecordingsVEVO Jerry Reed - East Bound and Down (Audio)

I'm NOT a country fan, but lately I've been delving into songs from yesteryear.
Been hooked on this one lately for some reason.
#EastBoundAndDown
#SmokeyAndTheBandit
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOgU...

beautiful

#Halloween2025

As we fight for Floyd, don’t overlook Ozzie The birth of the traveling trophy known as Floyd of Rosedale wasn’t just a silly wager between two border-state governors. It was a conciliatory gesture in the wake of the 1934 game, in which the Hawk...

I hope #Hawkeyes beat #Gophers and keep #Floyd home.

Behind the bronze pig is more than a rivalry — it’s a story of race, respect, and resilience that started in 1934.

stories.uiowa.edu/ozzie-simmons-floyd-rosedale

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anyone remember when this was the future?
#maxHeadroom

I revisited pretty hate machine last weekend. Great stuff.

Halloween Candy is the hors-d'oeuvres of Winter Weight season.

My kid just asked for a USB 2.0 mini-B cable to charge his calculator.
I found one in under a minute!!!

Reminder kids: Never throw away anything, and periodically organize and label your box-O-wires JUST IN CASE!

One day those hours of prep will pay off (and only internet nerds may care).

Excellent

We could have an argument about the most important vowel, but I would win.

One of these is not like the others

Agile Mentors Podcast is debuting an episode with Paige Watson on October 15th

I had a wonderful conversation with Brian Milner CST on the Agile Mentors Podcast. Listen tomorrow!
www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/agile/podcast

One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.
--Jack Kerouac

Love it!!

After working in other languages in IntelliJ, I grew to prefer Rider.
I don't like VS w/o R#

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Please join us as we welcome @andrea-goulet.bsky.social to the Seattle Code Crafter's meetup on October 23rd at 10:00am Pacific We are excited to host her talk on "Empathy as Infrastructure: The Hidden System That Enables Organizational Change" All are welcome (always)!

Please join us as we welcome @andrea-goulet.bsky.social to the Seattle Code Crafter's meetup on October 23rd at 10:00am Pacific

We are excited to host her talk on "Empathy as Infrastructure: The Hidden System That Enables Organizational Change"

All are welcome!
www.meetup.com/seattle-soft...

There's a free Global Coding Dojo this Wednesday, 11:00am Pacific, 15:00 UTC for anyone wanting to learn or practice TDD. Perfect for any skill level - beginners warmly welcomed! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/global-coding-dojo-tickets-1114576240539

So refreshing to stop talking about ways of working and just do the work.
The team did such a great job. Super-awesome to see motivated people solve real problems for people.

There are still a LOT of ways teams can improve.

We're not done learning.

FBS I • Sep 3, 22 South Dakota State Jackrabbits (0 - 1) Team South Dakota State Jackrabbits lowa Hawkeyes 3 1 0 Finall lowa Hawkeyes (1 - 0) 2 3 3 0 2 0 T 3

If you don’t know the phrase Iowa Touchdown, it was coined after Iowa won a game this way in 2022. This happened on the same day Jordan and Commish met in person for the first time at the ULM at Texas game.

Perfect!

#TechDebt

Great insights here about how to be effective in tech by going beyond the tech.

4 Lessons From a Software Engineer for Leveling up in Tech - Business Insider share.google/67rXKHjk6PNl...