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Brad Pauly
@bradpauly.bsky.social
Ruby on Rails developer that spends a lot of time thinking about how to make things better. Long time cyclist getting into running, swimming, and triathlon.
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One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
> Grambo is chatty and gregarious. He curses a lot, and he knows it. At times, he seems to get overwhelmed and loses his train of thought.

I like this guy. Love that he rocks a scooter too.
November 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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November 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
A few years ago I refactored some complex code and had some ideas about how the design could evolve to give us some performance benefits. That vision was finally realized last week and it did indeed pay off. Things don't always go the way you think they will, but it sure is fun when they do.
October 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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FIGHT THE POWERS THAT BE. Start your day out right. Last night, @jimmykimmel.com hosted @publicenemyno1.bsky.social as @flavorflav.bsky.social & @chuckdpe.bsky.social delivered, a medley with Don’t Believe The Hype, The Hits Just Keep On Comin & Fight The Power. youtu.be/aKV1UQqxQN0?... #musicsky
Public Enemy – Don’t Believe The Hype, The Hits Just Keep On Comin & Fight The Power (Medley)
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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September 30, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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In case you missed it—you can now add your Canva graphics directly into Kit.

Install the Canva app in the Kit App Store. 

What other updates would you love to see?
May 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Early Thursday morning view while I sweat in my basement with the bike nerds.
May 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I’m working with a coach for the first time in… decades 😂 I’m more excited than terrified but just barely. Structured workouts aren’t my favorite thing but I know they’ll be beneficial. 🤞
April 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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What's the one thing you wish Kit did that it doesn't currently do?
April 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
When your swim starts on a sour note right before you get in the water. 😂 It’s been a long week.
April 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Delegating method calls makes it harder to see where deep chaining happens and makes it easier for that chaining to spread. Eventually you may realize that in some cases you go from A to B to C only to go back to A again. #rubyrant
April 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
There's a common pattern I see in rails apps that I've never liked, replacing a single line of code with a private method that "tells a story" about what's happening. It requires jumping back and forth between the block of code and private methods to understand what's actually happening, and..
March 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Seems like forever since I've done any front-end work. This was a very small feature, but it was fun to dig back in and be able to "see" the output of a project.
kit.com Kit @kit.com · Mar 3
🛠️ UPDATE 🛠️
Introducing the Recent Recommendations section.

This brings your newest supporters to the forefront of your Recommending Me page.

Instantly see who’s helping grow your list and recommend them back with one click.

It’s the easiest way to strengthen creator connections and grow together.
March 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Great week in Puerto Vallarta with the @kit.com crew! We’ve been doing retreats twice a year since… 2017? This was the first time we did “create week” (aka hackathon) and it was a hit.
January 31, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Zwift and World Cup slalom 👌
January 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
New year new training log.
January 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
2024 was a big year of activity. I wasn’t sure I could hit these numbers when it started but I reached the last two in the last two days. Time to celebrate. Tomorrow I’ll start the journey again.
December 31, 2024 at 5:07 PM
A couple photos from a very rainy and very fun week of surfing in southern Costa Rica.
November 16, 2024 at 2:24 PM
It’s been raining almost nonstop here, but we lucked out with a short window without rain yesterday while horseback riding on the beach. It was amazing!
November 14, 2024 at 12:44 PM
When your plane has to land on the other side of the bay because visibility is bad and now you’re taking a boat across 🤷
November 9, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Rough week 😞 Heading out of the country for a much needed vacation. Planned it early this year and the timing is turning out to be ideal.
November 8, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Let’s make this happen! Join me in donating?
November 1, 2024 at 9:52 PM
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folks have given about $10k in donation commitments so far today so far and i am still talking to people <3

it is *so* worth asking people in your lives who care about disabled people

@ me and i can dm you the pitch with the story, the ads, and the detailed ad test results <3
October 30, 2024 at 11:34 PM
Hello, Bluesky. I never really tweeted much, but I'm giving this social thing another try anyway. I spend my working hours at kit.com mostly using ruby/rails and thinking about how to make things better for myself and other developers. You see a lot working on the same large codebase for ~9 years.
October 28, 2024 at 5:57 PM