Backend developer turned builder. 20 years in software, now building Reporails - instruction governance for coding agents. Writing about context engineering and patterns that make AI agents reliable.
I've been a professional C, Perl, PHP and Python developer.
I'm an ex-sysadmin from the late 20th century.
These days I do more Javascript and CSS and whatnot, and promote UX and accessibility.
I wonder if you could turn your water bill into one of those...
Love Is Temporary. Code Is Forever.
trash code is forever
What about a coding date?
Depends. Is it in sprint planning? 🤨😆
Today's AI comedy showdown based on the joke from the cover
ChatGPT
Gemini
I think these both are pretty much unfunny slop this week imo
Doesn't inspire much confidence for the shitposting quality over at moltbook
Technically I'm still amazed that models can come out with pictures like this, but they're still beyond terrible.
Somewhere in my brain, this was forged today. I don't even know how. Then I remembered it's Meme Monday. Perfect timing!
I'd upvote if it wasn't for Scott Adams.
comiCSS cartoon is a bit different today:
There really is an odd-one-out gnome, but the different may be too subtle.
Is it the one where the stripes actually bend around the hat?
Yes, that one is a repeating-radial-gradient instead of a linear-gradient. That gnome is the spy for the radial-gradients
Saw this on X one day lol
Where Web Designer's Come From
(Explained by Brewster Rockit!)
Refactoring is probably the worst thing in development. The worst case was when I simply moved a function to another file 😵
Looking for Meme Monday thread from February 9th
That feeling when your code works and you have no idea why — and then it breaks and you still have no idea why. 😭💻 #MemeMonday
When I started my own giveaway my pov:-
Participants:- 1%
Confusion:- 50%
Mini Panic- 49%