Keegan Donley

The iPad mini is the perfect form factor for doing code reviews and catching up on messages while on a plane. I find myself using it more and more to get work done on the go! Shame the mini is so expensive, at least based on specs alone it feels pricey.

A map of a cycling route totaling 13.27 miles in I 1 hour and 3 minutes

A year ago tomorrow I did my second longest bike ride (at the time) - 13 miles! Now a year later I’ve done multiple 100km rides and I’m getting ready to do 100 miles! Crazy how a year changes things.

If you can’t even write a few sentences on your own about starting a new role and why you’re excited, that’s a pretty sad thing.

Is LinkedIn just all AI-written content now? I used to think I was pretty good at detecting when something was AI written, but now it seems to me like literally everything is. Either I’m not as good at it as I thought, or it’s just all AI junk now. Even simple thoughts or comments seem to be all AI.

A breakdown of time spent on programming languages today: Typescript - 2:01 JSON - 1:44 Terraform - 0:32 Docker - 0:31 Bash - 0:19 JavaScript - 0:17 HTML - 0:10 TSConfig - 0:06 Git Config - 0:04

Worked on deploying a new service today. Exciting things coming regarding developer enablement! Side note, working on Docker builds and infrastructure stuff is one of my favorite use-cases for Github Copilot now. It did a great job working through some of the trickier bits with me.

I turned off Windsurf in VS Code today and went back to GitHub Copilot, and I'm blown away by how much better Copilot is! Was I just missing something with my Windsurf install? I know they have an IDE now, which I wasn't using. I'm surprised by how far Copilot has come since I last used it.

Looks like my problem here was using the edge runtime. Not sure exactly why the performance would degrade so much when it used to work well, but moving off the edge and turning on fluid compute seems to have my performance trending back up.

Leander to East Austin Ride | Strava Poured rain from the first mile until around mile 35. Super fun day out though and pretty quiet on the trail around Town Lake! More people out than I expected though, I’m not the only crazy one! | Str...

Despite the torrential rain in Texas this past week and weekend, I managed to get in some fun riding. This one was mostly in the pouring rain but it was still a great time!

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I’ve been waiting for this as long as I’ve been using HomeKit! Apple always seems to select my old Apple TV on WiFi instead of my modern hardwired ones.

Last night we went to watch the Formula 1 movie! Thought it was pretty fun and enjoyable. Wasn't a big fan of the early storyline, but it improved IMO, and as an avid F1 fan, there wasn't anything that made me roll my eyes too much.

Worked on a FOUC bug ticket today relating to our plugin architecture. It's been a while since I've encountered an issue like this; I'm spoiled by most modern tools solving this automagically

An ad that says “Putting the AI in IPA”

Did an AI make this ad? There’s no AI in IPA unless you get real creative 🤣

It’s a good guess, but this is all running on Vercel’s edge so it’s just invoking functions for each request, not a long-running process

A graph of my performance score ranging from 0 to 100. 30 days ago it was a bit unstable, but mostly leveled out above 90% until a few days ago, where it steadily trends downward toward 50%

I've been seeing a steady degradation of my performance scores for keegan.codes on @vercel.com in the last few days, with no deployment changes on my end. I wonder what's going on 🤔. Traffic patterns seem fairly steady in the same period.

I think it's a good indicator of the type of role it will be. For me, it's sort of a green flag. I enjoy that kind of environment and want to be on a team where others share the same mindset (I am now). Could be a red flag though for folks with different priorities and goals for their next role.

I'm continually grateful that I graduated when I did. A year's delay would have meant graduating mid-pandemic, and another year or so would have meant entering a really tough job market for software developers.

I've always been interested in building a feature-rich GitHub app, but never had a real reason to. Yesterday I started on a proof of concept for Kizen's new developer ecosystem, and a big part of it will be a GitHub app for managing plugin deployment and versioning. Going to be a fun project!

We opened a new office so I'm back in-person 3-4 days per week. It's been a pretty big adjustment already! How did I do this 5 days a week before 🤣

Feeling a bit under the weather after Render. Thankfully my immune system kept it together through 3 weeks of busy travel ending with my favorite conference of the year! Now I'll just need a few extra days of recovery.

We enjoyed your talk! It was a great way to wrap up a good weekend

A recovery score of 74% and sleep score of 82% in a screenshot of a fitness tracking app.

First night in my own bed after Render and my sleep is already improving. Feels good to finally sleep more than a few hours!

What a great week with @renderatl.com! I’m pretty wiped out and thankful for late checkout from the hotel today

A cup of tea in a table at the back of a conference room

Render day 3! Starting off the morning right at the executive stage

Ready for day 2 at #RenderATL2025! Lots of exciting things ahead today.

I need to spend some more time with Open AI’s API playground. Saw a demo today at Atlanta Tech Week’s AI summit and it can definitely do a lot more than I knew/remembered!

Keegan and Jully sitting on a plane before takeoff

A paper plane cocktail sitting on the bar at the hotel

Smooth travel day with @jullyzhu.bsky.social and now we’re ready to hit the ground running tomorrow morning for the AI summit!

Very cool! I’ll keep an eye out! Render has been my favorite event of the year for 4 years now!

A beer and plate of chicken with Mac on a table at the delta sky club

Calm before the storm… headed to @renderatl.com!

I wonder if these Apple intelligence features in spotlight are real or not 👀 #WWDC25

Okay I’m a big fan of the new liquid glass design language! #WWDC25