Chris Fung
@aergonaut.com
He/him.
💼 Staff Software Engineer at Binti.
💙 Reinventing child welfare with technology.
💎 Ruby and Rails enjoyer.
My posts and opinions are my own.
Temet nosce.
🐘 @aergonaut@ruby.social
👨💻 https://github.com/aergonaut
✍️ https://chrisfung.dev
💼 Staff Software Engineer at Binti.
💙 Reinventing child welfare with technology.
💎 Ruby and Rails enjoyer.
My posts and opinions are my own.
Temet nosce.
🐘 @aergonaut@ruby.social
👨💻 https://github.com/aergonaut
✍️ https://chrisfung.dev
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Chris Fung
@aergonaut.com
· Feb 19
Your outie thoughtfully documents every function they write.
Your outie chooses good names for their variables.
Your outie’s code review comments are appreciated and valued by their coworkers.
Your outie chooses good names for their variables.
Your outie’s code review comments are appreciated and valued by their coworkers.
Finally figured out what was making my VS Code crash whenever I used the integrated terminal. Turns out it was the sticky scroll setting. No clue why. More enshittification I guess.
November 12, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Finally figured out what was making my VS Code crash whenever I used the integrated terminal. Turns out it was the sticky scroll setting. No clue why. More enshittification I guess.
I have not read the original books so I know nothing other than what’s in the movies. But this has always been my head cannon.
James Bond should be like the Dread Pirate Roberts
there have been many James Bonds, there may even be multiple James Bonds existing at the same time without knowledge of the others (it's spycraft after all)
there have been many James Bonds, there may even be multiple James Bonds existing at the same time without knowledge of the others (it's spycraft after all)
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I have not read the original books so I know nothing other than what’s in the movies. But this has always been my head cannon.
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bluesky branding refresh unveiled
November 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
bluesky branding refresh unveiled
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🪩⚠️ Alert: @sfruby.com is in 10 days ! ! !
What's inside:
💎 two dozen new and hot Ruby startups like @bolt.new
💎 authors of RubyLLM, Herb, Active Agent, Inertia Rails, ZJIT, and more
💎engineers scaling Ruby and Rails at Chime, Cisco, Intercom, Shopify
💎afterparty by GitButler 🪩
(see part 2)
What's inside:
💎 two dozen new and hot Ruby startups like @bolt.new
💎 authors of RubyLLM, Herb, Active Agent, Inertia Rails, ZJIT, and more
💎engineers scaling Ruby and Rails at Chime, Cisco, Intercom, Shopify
💎afterparty by GitButler 🪩
(see part 2)
November 9, 2025 at 6:40 AM
🪩⚠️ Alert: @sfruby.com is in 10 days ! ! !
What's inside:
💎 two dozen new and hot Ruby startups like @bolt.new
💎 authors of RubyLLM, Herb, Active Agent, Inertia Rails, ZJIT, and more
💎engineers scaling Ruby and Rails at Chime, Cisco, Intercom, Shopify
💎afterparty by GitButler 🪩
(see part 2)
What's inside:
💎 two dozen new and hot Ruby startups like @bolt.new
💎 authors of RubyLLM, Herb, Active Agent, Inertia Rails, ZJIT, and more
💎engineers scaling Ruby and Rails at Chime, Cisco, Intercom, Shopify
💎afterparty by GitButler 🪩
(see part 2)
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O..m...g
WHY WONT TRUMP ADMIN BE UNINSTALLED..
WHYYYYY
WHY WONT TRUMP ADMIN BE UNINSTALLED..
WHYYYYY
November 8, 2025 at 6:26 AM
O..m...g
WHY WONT TRUMP ADMIN BE UNINSTALLED..
WHYYYYY
WHY WONT TRUMP ADMIN BE UNINSTALLED..
WHYYYYY
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It started when I interviewed 20 Ruby startup founders last year. Gave a keynote (!) at RailsConf. Launched SF Ruby meetup. Now it's coming together: the missing open source (AI, frontend), Ruby startups, Ruby devs. Learning from each other. Building the future. Together. In Ruby. At @sfruby.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:17 AM
It started when I interviewed 20 Ruby startup founders last year. Gave a keynote (!) at RailsConf. Launched SF Ruby meetup. Now it's coming together: the missing open source (AI, frontend), Ruby startups, Ruby devs. Learning from each other. Building the future. Together. In Ruby. At @sfruby.com
Is destructuring a #React component to get at the props it was passed, to use those values to drive some logic external to the component, frowned upon? Kosher? Feels like that must go against some principle somewhere
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Is destructuring a #React component to get at the props it was passed, to use those values to drive some logic external to the component, frowned upon? Kosher? Feels like that must go against some principle somewhere
LEGO Enterpise-D only means a Voayger model is only a matter of time. Very hyped for when that drops. A SNW-era Enterpise would also be 🔥
November 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
LEGO Enterpise-D only means a Voayger model is only a matter of time. Very hyped for when that drops. A SNW-era Enterpise would also be 🔥
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The reason the technology does well on tests but fails in the real world is that the tests are bad.
This is why useless managers whose only skill is taking credit for others' work in interviews love AI so much: it's relatable!
This is why useless managers whose only skill is taking credit for others' work in interviews love AI so much: it's relatable!
AI's capabilities may be exaggerated by flawed tests, according to new study
A study from the Oxford Internet Institute analyzed 445 tests used to evaluate AI models.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The reason the technology does well on tests but fails in the real world is that the tests are bad.
This is why useless managers whose only skill is taking credit for others' work in interviews love AI so much: it's relatable!
This is why useless managers whose only skill is taking credit for others' work in interviews love AI so much: it's relatable!
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I once had a Blizzard coworker (an engineer, not a lead or director) ask during a random conversation why I should get “extra vacation time“ just because I had a baby and to my credit I did not create an HR incident.
Employment lawyer here: the number of male employers who genuinely believe they should be able to sleep with their female employees and pay working mothers less than working fathers is most of them. They genuinely believe that it is an injustice against them that they might face repercussions.
the question nobody with a soul is asking, answered by people nobody wants to hear from
November 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I once had a Blizzard coworker (an engineer, not a lead or director) ask during a random conversation why I should get “extra vacation time“ just because I had a baby and to my credit I did not create an HR incident.
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Recently my brother in law explained what gerrymandering was to a coworker and they didn’t believe him because if that were really happening there would be riots in the street
This week I had someone tell me they're not worried about SNAP being cut off because "that's illegal, so it's impossible Trump could do that, so obviously it's just media sensationalism." Another person told me they weren't worried about ICE because "they can't detain you if you're legally here."
November 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Recently my brother in law explained what gerrymandering was to a coworker and they didn’t believe him because if that were really happening there would be riots in the street
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You’re thiiis close babes 🤏
November 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
You’re thiiis close babes 🤏
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Never say this account isn't educational
August 1, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Never say this account isn't educational
I’m still the only person I know who can hear the difference between “RE-act” and “re-ACT”, when naming the JS framework.
October 31, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I’m still the only person I know who can hear the difference between “RE-act” and “re-ACT”, when naming the JS framework.
Not sure when it happened (not recently but certainly within the past few years?) but I have successfully retrained my brain to reflexively produce y’all for the plural 2nd person pronoun. 💪
October 31, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Not sure when it happened (not recently but certainly within the past few years?) but I have successfully retrained my brain to reflexively produce y’all for the plural 2nd person pronoun. 💪
Didn’t someone at some point reveal how O’Reilly chooses the animals for its covers? I want an exposé on all the drama and intrigue
October 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Didn’t someone at some point reveal how O’Reilly chooses the animals for its covers? I want an exposé on all the drama and intrigue
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I'm so goddamn tired of saying this but: this is it.
All the worrying that trans folks have had since he took office? This is why. This is the first step on a short road that ends with the criminalization of trans existence in the US. It isn't doomsaying. It isn't panic. It's right in front of us.
All the worrying that trans folks have had since he took office? This is why. This is the first step on a short road that ends with the criminalization of trans existence in the US. It isn't doomsaying. It isn't panic. It's right in front of us.
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY
Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.
n.pr
October 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I'm so goddamn tired of saying this but: this is it.
All the worrying that trans folks have had since he took office? This is why. This is the first step on a short road that ends with the criminalization of trans existence in the US. It isn't doomsaying. It isn't panic. It's right in front of us.
All the worrying that trans folks have had since he took office? This is why. This is the first step on a short road that ends with the criminalization of trans existence in the US. It isn't doomsaying. It isn't panic. It's right in front of us.
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What kind of list is unordered? I *know* you thought about the order — don’t even lie.
ol { list-style-type: disc; }
It’s okay. Embrace truth. Live mas.
ol { list-style-type: disc; }
It’s okay. Embrace truth. Live mas.
October 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
What kind of list is unordered? I *know* you thought about the order — don’t even lie.
ol { list-style-type: disc; }
It’s okay. Embrace truth. Live mas.
ol { list-style-type: disc; }
It’s okay. Embrace truth. Live mas.
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NEW: For the second time in less than two weeks, a major cloud outage has impacted the internet, revealing once again the dangers of relying on a few companies to provide the internet's infrastructure. @lhn.bsky.social reports www.wired.com/story/the-mi...
The Microsoft Azure Outage Shows the Harsh Reality of Cloud Failures
The second major cloud outage in less than two weeks, Azure's downtime highlights the “brittleness” of a digital ecosystem that depends on a few companies never making mistakes.
www.wired.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
NEW: For the second time in less than two weeks, a major cloud outage has impacted the internet, revealing once again the dangers of relying on a few companies to provide the internet's infrastructure. @lhn.bsky.social reports www.wired.com/story/the-mi...
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What a difference four months makes. Imagine selling your house, moving for work and then being laid off anyway.
October 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
What a difference four months makes. Imagine selling your house, moving for work and then being laid off anyway.
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This is the true marker of AI content
more so than the em dash, i find my self deeply wary of unordered lists with **bolded first sentences**, especially with nested ordered lists. simply reeks of roboslopping and it's totally ubiquitous in their discharge
October 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This is the true marker of AI content
Maybe this time maintainer-senpai will notice me uwu
It seems hard for some poeple to understand free work and open-source. 😒
October 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Maybe this time maintainer-senpai will notice me uwu
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People like to say feedback is a gift and so like to remind them that the Trojan Horse was also a gift.
October 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
People like to say feedback is a gift and so like to remind them that the Trojan Horse was also a gift.
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Friendly reminder: If the engineers at your company don't have access to the right keys / logs / observation tools, you can't blame them when the app is slow or down, when it takes a long time to get back to normal operation.
October 26, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Friendly reminder: If the engineers at your company don't have access to the right keys / logs / observation tools, you can't blame them when the app is slow or down, when it takes a long time to get back to normal operation.