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My name is Manfred. I'm a software craftsman and keen learner, covering software engineering topics. While I use AI-based tools, I'm not crazy enough to bet my career on them. They are useful but still don't replace thinking and need to be supervised.
Automated tasks need to be monitored in case something is off: a github workflow that triggers a different workflow via curl received HTTP status 204 for about 10 days in a row. Then it returned 200 instead. The updated tasks accepts all 2xx codes. Problem solved. #MercilessAutomation #Engineering
December 19, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Automated tasks need to be monitored in case something is off: a github workflow that triggers a different workflow via curl received HTTP status 204 for about 10 days in a row. Then it returned 200 instead. The updated tasks accepts all 2xx codes. Problem solved. #MercilessAutomation #Engineering
I found myself typing "git pull" followed by "code ."
To make my life easier I introduced an alias "gpc" that executes these two in one step.
It may sound like a small thing but a large number of small improvements will make a noticeable difference.
#Engineering #MercilessAutomation
To make my life easier I introduced an alias "gpc" that executes these two in one step.
It may sound like a small thing but a large number of small improvements will make a noticeable difference.
#Engineering #MercilessAutomation
December 17, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I found myself typing "git pull" followed by "code ."
To make my life easier I introduced an alias "gpc" that executes these two in one step.
It may sound like a small thing but a large number of small improvements will make a noticeable difference.
#Engineering #MercilessAutomation
To make my life easier I introduced an alias "gpc" that executes these two in one step.
It may sound like a small thing but a large number of small improvements will make a noticeable difference.
#Engineering #MercilessAutomation
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/re...
Reverse the decision to deny transgender and takatāpui young people access to puberty blockers
Dear Minister Simeon Brown
We write to you as transgender and takatāpui young people of Aotearoa New Zealand to ask you to reconsider your decision to ban the use of puberty blockers (gonadotropin-re...
our.actionstation.org.nz
December 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/re...
Today, Github Copilot is shockingly slow. Plenty of time to grab a coffee ... 😱
November 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Today, Github Copilot is shockingly slow. Plenty of time to grab a coffee ... 😱
Microsoft Outlook? Continues to suck.
Newest example: I have an existing contact with an email address. Then I need to change the email address. When I try to add that contact to an invite, it continues to show the old email address.
Why?
#FunWithMicrosoft #Outlook #Microsoft
Newest example: I have an existing contact with an email address. Then I need to change the email address. When I try to add that contact to an invite, it continues to show the old email address.
Why?
#FunWithMicrosoft #Outlook #Microsoft
November 6, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Microsoft Outlook? Continues to suck.
Newest example: I have an existing contact with an email address. Then I need to change the email address. When I try to add that contact to an invite, it continues to show the old email address.
Why?
#FunWithMicrosoft #Outlook #Microsoft
Newest example: I have an existing contact with an email address. Then I need to change the email address. When I try to add that contact to an invite, it continues to show the old email address.
Why?
#FunWithMicrosoft #Outlook #Microsoft
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You can use Flutter to build some pretty sleek, responsive apps. But to get the most out of it, you'll need to understand async programming concepts like streams. Here, Anthony explains what streams are and how they work in Flutter, including real-world examples.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:01 AM
You can use Flutter to build some pretty sleek, responsive apps. But to get the most out of it, you'll need to understand async programming concepts like streams. Here, Anthony explains what streams are and how they work in Flutter, including real-world examples.
www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-...
www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-...
Node.js version 24.11.0 is now LTS, see nodejs.org/en/download #nodejs
October 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Node.js version 24.11.0 is now LTS, see nodejs.org/en/download #nodejs
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I also respond best to poems
September 26, 2025 at 7:20 AM
I also respond best to poems
A silent Sunday to me means uninterrupted time to look into one of the more challenging problems I encounter as a software craftsman. Without pressure and the environment calm and quiet, I find problem solving is much easier. #SilentSunday
September 28, 2025 at 11:06 AM
A silent Sunday to me means uninterrupted time to look into one of the more challenging problems I encounter as a software craftsman. Without pressure and the environment calm and quiet, I find problem solving is much easier. #SilentSunday
When you upgrade to VS Code 1.140.x or later, and you're using dev containers, it may fail starting the container when it tries to download the VS Code Server. In that case uninstalling and reinstalling the "Remote Development" extension resolved the issue in my environment. #VSCode #DevContainer
September 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
When you upgrade to VS Code 1.140.x or later, and you're using dev containers, it may fail starting the container when it tries to download the VS Code Server. In that case uninstalling and reinstalling the "Remote Development" extension resolved the issue in my environment. #VSCode #DevContainer
Big question as often: how many minutes to I wait for Github Copilot using GPT-5 (preview) before I call it quits? 1 min, 2 mins, 5 mins ... Tough call! 😂 #FunWithAI #LLMReality
September 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Big question as often: how many minutes to I wait for Github Copilot using GPT-5 (preview) before I call it quits? 1 min, 2 mins, 5 mins ... Tough call! 😂 #FunWithAI #LLMReality
"Create an an image of an analog watch showing the time 1:25 pm". This is what ChatGPT 5 created. #FunWithAI #LLM #AI
August 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"Create an an image of an analog watch showing the time 1:25 pm". This is what ChatGPT 5 created. #FunWithAI #LLM #AI
Impressive PhD-level math skills demonstrated by ChatGPT 5. Have a look and enjoy!!
Honestly: I think the statement that ChatGPT 5 is at "PhD-level" is an insult to all people with a PhD.
#FunWithAI #ChatGPT #LLM
Honestly: I think the statement that ChatGPT 5 is at "PhD-level" is an insult to all people with a PhD.
#FunWithAI #ChatGPT #LLM
August 13, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Impressive PhD-level math skills demonstrated by ChatGPT 5. Have a look and enjoy!!
Honestly: I think the statement that ChatGPT 5 is at "PhD-level" is an insult to all people with a PhD.
#FunWithAI #ChatGPT #LLM
Honestly: I think the statement that ChatGPT 5 is at "PhD-level" is an insult to all people with a PhD.
#FunWithAI #ChatGPT #LLM
Github Copilot getting bored and starts making random suggestions that make no sense, see the last line in this screenshot.
I think Copilot has mood swings as well. On some days it works quite well when you spoon feed it. On other days, e.g. today, the error rate is closer to 80%.
#FunWithAI #LLM
I think Copilot has mood swings as well. On some days it works quite well when you spoon feed it. On other days, e.g. today, the error rate is closer to 80%.
#FunWithAI #LLM
August 10, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Github Copilot getting bored and starts making random suggestions that make no sense, see the last line in this screenshot.
I think Copilot has mood swings as well. On some days it works quite well when you spoon feed it. On other days, e.g. today, the error rate is closer to 80%.
#FunWithAI #LLM
I think Copilot has mood swings as well. On some days it works quite well when you spoon feed it. On other days, e.g. today, the error rate is closer to 80%.
#FunWithAI #LLM
I've tried ChatGPT 5 in the last few days. Today speed is atrociously slow. I can easily get a coffee between replies. I'm not noticing a quality improvement yet. Given that, I just switched back to ChatGPT 4o, and the response times are much more reasonable.
#FunWithAI #AI #ChatGPT #LLM
#FunWithAI #AI #ChatGPT #LLM
August 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I've tried ChatGPT 5 in the last few days. Today speed is atrociously slow. I can easily get a coffee between replies. I'm not noticing a quality improvement yet. Given that, I just switched back to ChatGPT 4o, and the response times are much more reasonable.
#FunWithAI #AI #ChatGPT #LLM
#FunWithAI #AI #ChatGPT #LLM
This is the "excellent" code quality produced by an AI agent. A human coder would have expressed this in a single switch()-statement which would also be easier to read and understand.
Looking at this, I'm wondering how bad is the training data really?
#FunWithAI #llm #Agents
Looking at this, I'm wondering how bad is the training data really?
#FunWithAI #llm #Agents
July 31, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This is the "excellent" code quality produced by an AI agent. A human coder would have expressed this in a single switch()-statement which would also be easier to read and understand.
Looking at this, I'm wondering how bad is the training data really?
#FunWithAI #llm #Agents
Looking at this, I'm wondering how bad is the training data really?
#FunWithAI #llm #Agents
An example of a graph that does show the actual quotes at the time. However, the graph isn't really useful this way. (Source: finance.yahoo.com, as of 25 Jul 2025 at end of after-hours trading). One option to improve it would be an optional filter to catch spikes, up and down. #BugCollection
July 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
An example of a graph that does show the actual quotes at the time. However, the graph isn't really useful this way. (Source: finance.yahoo.com, as of 25 Jul 2025 at end of after-hours trading). One option to improve it would be an optional filter to catch spikes, up and down. #BugCollection
What a useful message! 😂
(Source: Left feedback on a VS Code Documentation page.)
(Source: Left feedback on a VS Code Documentation page.)
July 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
What a useful message! 😂
(Source: Left feedback on a VS Code Documentation page.)
(Source: Left feedback on a VS Code Documentation page.)
AI in the form of LLM's and it their present state that are intended to generate code or assist with writing code allows me to produce garbage code at an unprecedented rate: I've become a 10x developer!! 😂
An incredible amount of editing is still required.
#TheRealityOfAI
An incredible amount of editing is still required.
#TheRealityOfAI
May 4, 2025 at 9:58 AM
AI in the form of LLM's and it their present state that are intended to generate code or assist with writing code allows me to produce garbage code at an unprecedented rate: I've become a 10x developer!! 😂
An incredible amount of editing is still required.
#TheRealityOfAI
An incredible amount of editing is still required.
#TheRealityOfAI
Don't we all just enjoy fixing the bugs that were introduced by AI because it suggested code that looked correct. And yet, some subtle difference actually turned out to be a hallucination. Going through a piece of code with a range of bugs created by AI. What a nightmare! #TheRealityOfAI
May 4, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Don't we all just enjoy fixing the bugs that were introduced by AI because it suggested code that looked correct. And yet, some subtle difference actually turned out to be a hallucination. Going through a piece of code with a range of bugs created by AI. What a nightmare! #TheRealityOfAI
I just removed 5 empty lines in a file to improve the code layout. Zero functional changes. Commit message suggestion by Copilot: "refactor AccountCommandService to use saveAccount method for persisting domain events and index accounts with SearchServiceAdapter" - #TheRealityOfAI
May 4, 2025 at 6:00 AM
I just removed 5 empty lines in a file to improve the code layout. Zero functional changes. Commit message suggestion by Copilot: "refactor AccountCommandService to use saveAccount method for persisting domain events and index accounts with SearchServiceAdapter" - #TheRealityOfAI
New LTS version of Node.js is available: 22.15.0. Download from here: nodejs.org/en/
Also note that Node.js v18 has reached end of life on 30 April 2025.
#Nodejs
Also note that Node.js v18 has reached end of life on 30 April 2025.
#Nodejs
Node.js — Run JavaScript Everywhere
Node.js® is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine.
nodejs.org
May 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
New LTS version of Node.js is available: 22.15.0. Download from here: nodejs.org/en/
Also note that Node.js v18 has reached end of life on 30 April 2025.
#Nodejs
Also note that Node.js v18 has reached end of life on 30 April 2025.
#Nodejs
Tab programming at its finest. AI in a death spiral ..... I'm observing this multiple times a week. Sad! #TheRealityOfAI
April 27, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Tab programming at its finest. AI in a death spiral ..... I'm observing this multiple times a week. Sad! #TheRealityOfAI
How stupid: suggesting a method that is already there, even if it's the minimum. The AI should be aware there is a method of that name already and at best suggest changing it's implementation. #TheRealityOfAI
April 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
How stupid: suggesting a method that is already there, even if it's the minimum. The AI should be aware there is a method of that name already and at best suggest changing it's implementation. #TheRealityOfAI
Awesome! I have 6 VS Code instances open with one dev container each plus dependencies. Then CoPilot chart stops responding. A few minutes later all VS Code instances crash.
I wish they got the quality of the base product right before releasing yet more broken features ...
#TheRealiltyOfAI
I wish they got the quality of the base product right before releasing yet more broken features ...
#TheRealiltyOfAI
April 27, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Awesome! I have 6 VS Code instances open with one dev container each plus dependencies. Then CoPilot chart stops responding. A few minutes later all VS Code instances crash.
I wish they got the quality of the base product right before releasing yet more broken features ...
#TheRealiltyOfAI
I wish they got the quality of the base product right before releasing yet more broken features ...
#TheRealiltyOfAI