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Couldn’t resist a Shrek reference. 🧅

I wrote about how we layered the Square MCP server to keep LLMs focused and simplify exposing the full API surface.

Check it out—and hit me up if you try this technique or have insights to share!

engineering.block.xyz/blog/build-m...

APIs => MCP Servers => AI

APIs = ingredients.
MCP Servers = cookware/techniques.
AI = sous chef.
You = Chef De Cuisine.

Good ingredients are limited by good technique. Good technique is limited by good ingredients.

To cook with AI to earn a Michelin star, you need it all.

The Square Developer Podcast | The Bottom Line by Square

Excited to finally launch the Square Developer Podcast! 🎙️

We’re talking to the devs shaping commerce—real stories, real challenges, and the tech behind it all. If you're building on Square (or just love a good dev convo), give it a listen!

👉 squ.re/sq-dev-pod

I really wish that starting really cool ideas was a job. You're not required to finish them, just get really excited to start them.

So excited to see Goose as the #1 trending project on GitHub today! ✨

github.com/block/goose

YouTube video by Square Developer Scavenger Hunt: The Great Code Chase

The Great Code Chase... a scavenger hunt for developers! 🕵

youtu.be/DJFIgXG7hBA

Introducing codename goose codename goose is your open source AI agent, automating engineering tasks and improving productivity.

Our newest project is taking flight: meet codename goose! 🪶

Today, we launched an open source on-machine AI Agent. It’s modular, works with your preferred LLM, and integrates seamlessly with developer tools and other software via MCP.

Developers, check it out!
block.github.io/goose/blog/2...

We just launched "codename goose" - an open source AI agent that connects with your favorite MCP servers including Git, JetBrains, Google Drive, Figma, and more!

YouTube video by Square Developer Scavenger Hunt: The Great Code Chase

The chase is on.

That's a really good callout! Right now I currently lead our API design group (as well as Square's DevRel), so it does get factored in (indirectly). But always worth keeping track of as time goes on, as I've called this out as a possible failure point for API development if this stuff isn't codified

a person is pointing at a map with a pen . Alt: Gandalf reading maps and scrolls in Lord of the Rings.

Me every time someone asks.

The longer I'm at my company, the more my job is becoming just being an archivist. I know the right search terms to find that design doc from 4+ years ago the explains how we went about renaming the employee_id fields to team_member_id fields in a backwards compatible way.

A little over 5 years ago, I helped in drafting the Square API Lifecycle (developer.squareup.com/docs/build-b...) (with the help of MANY many other people).

Today we finally finished retiring the last of Square's Connect v1 APIs (the main reason for developing these policies).

Feels so good.

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My wife got me a Mac knife for Christmas one year (I love cooking). It’s my go-to knife for almost everything, highly recommend it. www.macknife.com/products/pro...

good morning 😎

I am moot.

Pandering to my desire to be cool. Well played, I'll have to try this out.

Update.

I stumbled across Multipass (multipass.run) and decided that spinning up an Ubuntu VM that is bridged to the network allows me to run @coolify.io.

Multipass seems great so far. Feels less clunky that Docker Desktop for what I want.

[Feature]: MacOS as server support · Issue #2773 · coollabsio/coolify Description I have some servers running on MacOS ; they also already run Docker perfectly fine. Also, it is fairly easy to give a user root access on MacOS. I feel there is no major blocker for tha...

My initial hope was to use @coolify.io but then I found github.com/coollabsio/c...

I started trying to make a branch to shim support for it, but realized I need to learn a lot more about macOS intricacies and lost steam

Is anyone out here using a Mac Mini as a home server? I want to learn about setups.

I foolishly though I could use one as a server, and macOS has upended my thought process since I’m used to Linux servers 🫠

We need @jason.energy + @wisecrackofficial.bsky.social for a tech + philosophy show

They’re going to make you drink hemlock for corrupting the tech youth with your philosophical heresy.

Screaming into the sky at @myfitnesspal.bsky.social (not sure if real MFP).

Please change the behavior of your mobile app.

95%+ of app opens is to log food in my diary, not be redirected to and stare at the dashboard while the app is frozen syncing data for 10-15+ seconds

Fight the system! But then write down new rules for the new system.

Proud of you

I really need to get this off my chest.

La Tortilla Factory changed the size of their flour burrito tortillas. They’re smaller and the consistency is too sticky and flakey.

I now have to put less eggs in my breakfast burritos because I can’t fit them anymore.

What is our world coming to?

Bsky
Breal
Bbest

career hack: having fun makes it easier to stick with a challenge, helps you retain more information, and makes people more likely to pay attention to what you’re doing

if you can find a way to have fun as you’re learning, you WILL get further. so please: make silly stuff. goof around. play 💜

One of the main things I insisted on when launching the YouTube channel for Square's developer platform was the videos had to be fun, and fun to make. If you're having fun, it shows, and results in better content since people are having fun learning with you.