Danny Thompson

Thank you! Making sure it is completely accessible is a big deal to me. If people reach out saying they can't afford it due to being laid off, I cover the ticket and meals are as well.

If someone wants to grow as a dev and they feel this can hell, I refuse to allow price to keep them away from it.

on principal, i love that this conf is only $49

"I really don't think software devs need to be told how to prompt at this stage." - Me late last year.

After spending multiple sessions with devs as they prompted and tried to get their AI tools to get more reliable outputs, I was wrong.

Many devs underestimate what is needed for a good prompt.

Gem city! Go listen to The Programming Podcast with @leonnoel.bsky.social and @dthompsondev.bsky.social and learn to THRIVE

mock interviews offer real-time insights into what's effective and evolving.

Hosting sessions with @dthompsondev.bsky.social at Torc reminds us of the importance and necessity of our community.

- Someone replies with a working version.
- Then someone else replies with a shorter version.
- Then someone else replies refactoring that...

Before you know it, there’s a full-blown code review happening on birthday cake syntax.

Only devs would optimize a cake. 😂

Software developers crack me up. 😂

I saw a Reddit post where someone wanted to surprise their boyfriend with a birthday cake.

They asked how to write “Happy Birthday” in C++ syntax to put it on the cake.

⤵️

Group pictures of the meetup and the community

Last night's meetup was AMAZING!
The talks were great, the speakers really knocked it out of the park!

Next several meetups
- A Night Of JavaScript 8/7
- A Night Of Cloud 8/19
- A JS Workshop 9/4
- A Night Of AI 9/16
- Commit Your Code 9/25-26

Still needing more speakers
If interested let's talk!

Torc Community Team

🔥 One dev. One guest. One wild coding gauntlet.

@dthompsondev.bsky.social enters the arena as our next IronDev judge, ready to throw algorithmic fire and real-world chaos.

Who will survive the ultimate mock interview?
(Spoiler: You’ll learn a LOT either way.)

🗓️ July 24 | 1 PM EST
🎮 torc.dev

It is so easy to be unsuccessful that anything that is difficult to achieve is almost unattractive.

I just booked a service for my car at the dealership. It was the second to last question before my wife noticed something and said "Who would ask that? Wait... Is that AI?!?"

The experience was SO SMOOTH.

Conversational AI is going to be the next UI we all focus on.

Some people say they want the truth and real answers but in reality they only want it if it matches their narrative otherwise the painful reality is too much that they continue searching for a "true answer" that lets them feel they are right.

The Commit Your Code Conference - September 25th-26th 2025 The web development conference that advances careers while advancing causes. Happening September 25th - 26th, 2025

Check out the full lineup (still adding more speakers!!) & details here

If you have any questions, reach out!

www.commityourcode.com

The Commit Your Code Conference - September 25th-26th 2025 The web development conference that advances careers while advancing causes. Happening September 25th - 26th, 2025

- Virtual is 100% free with an option to donate to charity if you want to

If you are a student or a dev that has recently been laid off, we have had some EXTREMELY generous people buy tickets to gift. DM me. We will get you a ticket and still cover your meals. No one will know besides you and me

Homepage of commit Your code website

18 speakers in this image from the speaker page

18 images from the speaker page

Another 18 speakers

Am I going to see you at The Commit Your Code Conference this year? 🤔

- Over 100 speakers for $49 instead of $700!
- 4 networking events!
- 2 day conference!
- JavaScript, Java, Cloud, .Net AND -Leadership talks from C Suite Leaders!
- 100% OF ALL ticket sales go to charity!

Outside of social media there is an entire ecosystem of software developers that don't know how to leverage AI tools in the best ways.

A small demo of actual USEFUL practices can easily have eyebrows raised.

If you are using AI right now you are ahead of a lot of people

The Future of AI Dev Tools: Real Talk on Building with Agents YouTube video by This Dot Media

IF YOU MISSED THE AI LUNCH AND LEARN, you can watch the recording here

www.youtube.com/live/Kitxr_J...

Korean food on a desk

2236 people joined today!
Now that the @thisdotlabs.bsky.social Lunch and Learn is done, I can finally have lunch 😂

Today was fun, the chat was active, the speakers were incredible, we got to give out 10 yeti mugs and a workshop seat for free, while being surrounded by really cool people? 🔥

YouTube video by This Dot Media The Future of AI Dev Tools: Real Talk on Building with Agents

If you're curious about workflows for paring with AI agents, check out the demo with Brandon Mathis from @thisdotlabs.bsky.social in this stream.

#thisdotAI

YouTube video by This Dot Media The Future of AI Dev Tools: Real Talk on Building with Agents

🗝️ takeaway from discussion with Rob Ocel & Simone Cuomo: We should be on our own journey when it comes to working with AI to see how it might benefit us and our productivity. You shouldn't buy into the hype, but experimenting is the only way to discover how it can benefit you.

#thisdotAI

YouTube video by This Dot Media The Future of AI Dev Tools: Real Talk on Building with Agents

Have some of the big brans over at @thisdotlabs.bsky.social on this livestream www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kitx... if you want to jump on and ask any of your burning AI agents questions.

#thisdotAI

I'd love to see AI agents pair with entry level devs to work on those issue traditionally handled by them: providing learning experiences along with efficiency.

A thought I had during @thisdotlabs.bsky.social livestream "The Future of AI Dev Tools..."

#thisdotAI

Watching The Future of AI Dev Tools talk. Just saw the AI-powered coding assistant, Roo Code, in action. Need to carve out some time to try it for myself. I'm not sure I'm a big fan of letting an agent run wild (vs small step-by-step pairing with AI), but I can't knock it until I try it.

#thisdotAI

YouTube video by This Dot Media The Future of AI Dev Tools: Real Talk on Building with Agents

Going LIVE now to talk about AI with the This Dot team and friends. Come find out how I've been working with AI over the past 6 months #thisdotAI #AI #Live

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kitx...

The Programming Podcast Podcast · The Programming Podcast · Leon Noel and Danny Thompson explain technical problems, industry information, career advice and more on The Programming Podcast! Danny Thompson, Director of Techn...

If you haven't already, Check out the podcast here on Spotify
open.spotify.com/show/6d59PZ1...

YouTube channel
youtube.com/@theprogramm...

Or wherever else you listen to podcasts!
Please don't forget to rate it if you have listened to it! 🙏🏽

We are spending more time now thinking about how we can make the best content we can!

we have some very interesting things in the works!

Blows my mind that we did this in such a short period of time & hope we keep up our end of the bargain to give you the content you want to learn & grow from! 🙏🏽❤️

- 230,000 impressions
- 61.5% conversion rate
- 71.7% of our listenership is on Spotify, our largest platform by a long shot. Second is apple podcasts being 18.4%
- 64.2% of listeners are in the US

I share all this to say, Thank y'all. Thank YOU.

👇

Image of Leon Noel and I with the words The Programming Podcast with the Spotify logo

November of 2024 @leon and I decided to start The Programming Podcast.

What started as a small chuckle at a conference became a huge movement. We both are always blown away by it.

Here are some stats for the last 30 days alone:

Promotional banner for an event titled "The Future of AI Dev Tools: Real Talk on Building with Agents." The event is scheduled for Thursday, July 10th, from 1:00–3:30 PM ET. The RSVP link is ai.thisdot.co/events. The banner features four speakers, each shown in individual photo frames: Hannes Rudolph – Community Manager, Roo Code (Photo: Smiling man with a beard, wearing a light purple button-up shirt with folded arms.) YK Sugi – Developer Experience Manager, Sourcegraph (Photo: Man holding a microphone, wearing a dark suit and white shirt, mid-speech.) Andrea Griffiths – Senior Developer Advocate, GitHub (Photo: Woman with long dark hair, smiling, wearing a white shirt.) Elliot Fouts – CTO, This Dot Labs (Photo: Man with light brown hair and beard, smiling with arms crossed, wearing a black This Dot Labs polo.) The background has a dark, tech-themed aesthetic with geometric patterns and subtle light flares.

Every week, there is a new AI tool, and it’s impossible to keep up with them all alone.

Join @thisdotlabs.bsky.social on July 10th for a focused session on the must-use tools of 2025.
Speakers from Github, Sourcegraph, and Roo Code!

Reserve your seat now. ai.thisdot.co/events

IF YOU ARE TRYING TO GET A JOB IN 2025 and you aren't even THINKING about this, you are going to be having one of the hardest times in this market.

Proof of the one thing I have said for years.

Blew my mind when I saw it but pushed my point even further.