Dustin Thostenson

I watched the movie "Sinners" over the weekend.

Wow. What an absolutely compelling gem.

The story, cinematography, and acting was top notch.

I may be late to the party here, but strongly recommend it.

1 more day til we vibe away.
Sign up soon, eh?

Virtual .NET@Night: How to deliver good vibes with AI, Thu, Aug 7, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup When it comes to delivering LLM-generated code with confidence, good luck with depending only on "good vibes." We know that LLMs hallucinate, and we know that they produce

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Win-win no brainer

Good point. It's not new. "Fake it til you make it" has always been a thing.
It's definitely becoming amplified though. First with bodies, now with computers.
Interesting new chapter.

Albert Einstein: 'We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.'

I think this relates to working with AI.
More code is being created beyond the understanding of a developer.
If you can't understand what it does, you can't verify it's right or fix it when wrong.

#RIPOzzy

Serious truth here (Johnathan Smart)

today is a good day. #Jimi

Tonight's the night! #getOnTheBus
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Pragmatic Unit Testing in Java with JUnit, Third Edition Well-executed unit testing saves time and enhances code quality. So pick up the third edition of this book and see how to test properly and easily.

I can't say enough good things about Jeff Langr's "Pragmatic Unit Testing" book
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New devs can get started with it and the old grey beards can learn impactful improvements.

The personality which comes through makes it quite enjoyable to read

10,000 internet points to you!

such a great scene. I think about it every time I'm near Lake Minnetonka.

"You have to purify yourself in Lake Minnetonka"

"July"

Personal Projects Permit Personal Preferences.
Paid Projects Predicate Professional Practices.

Will we ever get past the "curb appeal" problem of software engineering - that revulsion they feel at the sight of automated tests, collaborative coding, continuous integration, and incremental development?

I'm not sure what makes them as emotionally jarring as they seem to be.

anyone else feel a recurring desire to declare a misspelling as a "tyop"?

The perfect bird feeder doesn't exi--

"Be Quick, but Don't Hurry" and
"In order to go Fast you must first go Well"
are 2 quotes which go through my head an untold amount of times each day.

Once you get it, and embrace it, you can't unsee it.

Bland nothings?

I've used lessons from this book twice this week alone.

It’s not too late to make the decision to join us on Zoom June 5th.

Your well-being is more important than your performance.

ADHD-Driven Dev Practices with Paige Watson, Thu, Jun 5, 2025, 4:30 PM | Meetup # **ADHD-Driven Dev Practices:** ADHD can feel like chaos — a mind racing with ideas, a desk full of cold, half-drunk coffee cups, and a to-do list that’s both overwhelmin

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Developer Interview question:
How can I get the message "I'm a teapot"?