Roy Derks
@gethackteam.bsky.social
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Roy Derks
@gethackteam.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Have you ever looked at your GitHub history? What does it say about your career?
The fact that nobody reads the posts I publish here in no way dissuades me from publishing more.
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The fact that nobody reads the posts I publish here in no way dissuades me from publishing more.
Guardrails made easy:
“use no hallucination”
“use no hallucination”
October 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Guardrails made easy:
“use no hallucination”
“use no hallucination”
"coding with AI sucks"
October 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"coding with AI sucks"
AI can finally read all your documents.
Not just parse text but actually understand structure, sections, and tables.
Not just parse text but actually understand structure, sections, and tables.
October 25, 2025 at 9:52 AM
AI can finally read all your documents.
Not just parse text but actually understand structure, sections, and tables.
Not just parse text but actually understand structure, sections, and tables.
Evaluation of your AI app (or agent) is like testing your “regular” application. Very much needed but often overlooked
October 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Evaluation of your AI app (or agent) is like testing your “regular” application. Very much needed but often overlooked
The very moment it became clear Europe is ngmi
October 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The very moment it became clear Europe is ngmi
“𝗩𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁. 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱.”
October 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
“𝗩𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁. 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱.”
Everyone says they want to “vibe code,” until it actually looks like this 👇
🧾 Endless design docs
🧪 Weeks of test writing
💾 Legacy tech for “stability”
🔍 4 rounds of code reviews
🧤 Manual QA on every pixel
Sometimes the best way to move fast… is to just build.
🧾 Endless design docs
🧪 Weeks of test writing
💾 Legacy tech for “stability”
🔍 4 rounds of code reviews
🧤 Manual QA on every pixel
Sometimes the best way to move fast… is to just build.
October 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Everyone says they want to “vibe code,” until it actually looks like this 👇
🧾 Endless design docs
🧪 Weeks of test writing
💾 Legacy tech for “stability”
🔍 4 rounds of code reviews
🧤 Manual QA on every pixel
Sometimes the best way to move fast… is to just build.
🧾 Endless design docs
🧪 Weeks of test writing
💾 Legacy tech for “stability”
🔍 4 rounds of code reviews
🧤 Manual QA on every pixel
Sometimes the best way to move fast… is to just build.
never disrupt your coding agent mid session
October 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
never disrupt your coding agent mid session
anyone remember this trend?
October 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
anyone remember this trend?
vibe coding a calculator app
October 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM
vibe coding a calculator app
Weekends are for having fun with AI, recorded some of my vibe coding to share soonish
October 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Weekends are for having fun with AI, recorded some of my vibe coding to share soonish
Building evergreen app with AI is cute
What I like to see is “build X using my companies’ design system, connecting to our internal microservices and deployed on this AWS cluster”
What I like to see is “build X using my companies’ design system, connecting to our internal microservices and deployed on this AWS cluster”
October 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Building evergreen app with AI is cute
What I like to see is “build X using my companies’ design system, connecting to our internal microservices and deployed on this AWS cluster”
What I like to see is “build X using my companies’ design system, connecting to our internal microservices and deployed on this AWS cluster”
People ask: “can AI write full stack apps yet?”
My take: yes, but the challenge is in stitching components, handling edge cases, connecting to non-evergreen infra
Bullish it won’t take long to get there
My take: yes, but the challenge is in stitching components, handling edge cases, connecting to non-evergreen infra
Bullish it won’t take long to get there
October 11, 2025 at 9:52 AM
People ask: “can AI write full stack apps yet?”
My take: yes, but the challenge is in stitching components, handling edge cases, connecting to non-evergreen infra
Bullish it won’t take long to get there
My take: yes, but the challenge is in stitching components, handling edge cases, connecting to non-evergreen infra
Bullish it won’t take long to get there
peak developer performance
locked in for the rest of the year
locked in for the rest of the year
October 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
peak developer performance
locked in for the rest of the year
locked in for the rest of the year
wait until you see my ./node_modules
October 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
wait until you see my ./node_modules
MCP just turned Chrome DevTools into an AI tool.
From your IDE you can now directly debug and inspect your web applications using MCP
(great demo by the Chrome DevTools team)
From your IDE you can now directly debug and inspect your web applications using MCP
(great demo by the Chrome DevTools team)
October 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
MCP just turned Chrome DevTools into an AI tool.
From your IDE you can now directly debug and inspect your web applications using MCP
(great demo by the Chrome DevTools team)
From your IDE you can now directly debug and inspect your web applications using MCP
(great demo by the Chrome DevTools team)
If I'm excited about one thing, it is being a developer
With AI I'm able to write code much faster and efficiently
With AI I'm able to write code much faster and efficiently
October 8, 2025 at 1:39 AM
If I'm excited about one thing, it is being a developer
With AI I'm able to write code much faster and efficiently
With AI I'm able to write code much faster and efficiently
People that had no skills before AI, will still have zero skills with AI
October 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
People that had no skills before AI, will still have zero skills with AI
"You cannot scale without Kubernetes"
Says the corporate dev who has never shipped a feature in hours
Says the corporate dev who has never shipped a feature in hours
October 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
"You cannot scale without Kubernetes"
Says the corporate dev who has never shipped a feature in hours
Says the corporate dev who has never shipped a feature in hours
I'm locked in until the year ends
All work, family and playing around with AI tools
All work, family and playing around with AI tools
October 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I'm locked in until the year ends
All work, family and playing around with AI tools
All work, family and playing around with AI tools
If you really believe MCP does not matter you have never built any serious agentic tools
October 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
If you really believe MCP does not matter you have never built any serious agentic tools
Why did OpenAI go with GPT-4 for DevDay instead of their newest models?
Curious what went on behind the scenes there.
Curious what went on behind the scenes there.
October 7, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Why did OpenAI go with GPT-4 for DevDay instead of their newest models?
Curious what went on behind the scenes there.
Curious what went on behind the scenes there.
Senior dev refusing to use AI
October 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Senior dev refusing to use AI
Probably not a MacBook
October 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Probably not a MacBook