Joey Guerra
@dablooey.bsky.social
Software engineer, self-taught programmer who builds custom software to solve high-leverage problems. Texan, family man, and lifelong learner. Aerospace Longhorn alum 🤘Pole vaulter turned problem-solver. 🌌🚀💻
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This is the most amazing thing! 😆
November 23, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This is the most amazing thing! 😆
The irony of the GitHub outage is that git is decentralized.
a cartoon character named megamind is standing next to another character
ALT: a cartoon character named megamind is standing next to another character
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November 19, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The irony of the GitHub outage is that git is decentralized.
Stay positive ya'll!
November 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Stay positive ya'll!
Vibe coding? try this prompt:
"Use TDD. Write a failing test first, then write code to make it pass, then refactor by removing duplication, then begin again with a failing test. Keep a todo list."
Don't just tell AI what to build. Tell it how to think.
"Use TDD. Write a failing test first, then write code to make it pass, then refactor by removing duplication, then begin again with a failing test. Keep a todo list."
Don't just tell AI what to build. Tell it how to think.
November 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Vibe coding? try this prompt:
"Use TDD. Write a failing test first, then write code to make it pass, then refactor by removing duplication, then begin again with a failing test. Keep a todo list."
Don't just tell AI what to build. Tell it how to think.
"Use TDD. Write a failing test first, then write code to make it pass, then refactor by removing duplication, then begin again with a failing test. Keep a todo list."
Don't just tell AI what to build. Tell it how to think.
Rule of thumb:
If your product can't move a real-world KPI (claims processed, tasks completed, orders fulfilled), you're vulnerable.
If your product can't move a real-world KPI (claims processed, tasks completed, orders fulfilled), you're vulnerable.
November 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Rule of thumb:
If your product can't move a real-world KPI (claims processed, tasks completed, orders fulfilled), you're vulnerable.
If your product can't move a real-world KPI (claims processed, tasks completed, orders fulfilled), you're vulnerable.
The value in software isn’t just in understanding data - it’s in moving the world forward a step.
November 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The value in software isn’t just in understanding data - it’s in moving the world forward a step.
When we build "AI Inside", we:
- compete on outcome
- avoid the race-to-the-bottom of open weights and API commoditization
- retain data feedback loops that our systems improve over time
- become part of the workflow, not an optional add-on
- compete on outcome
- avoid the race-to-the-bottom of open weights and API commoditization
- retain data feedback loops that our systems improve over time
- become part of the workflow, not an optional add-on
November 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
When we build "AI Inside", we:
- compete on outcome
- avoid the race-to-the-bottom of open weights and API commoditization
- retain data feedback loops that our systems improve over time
- become part of the workflow, not an optional add-on
- compete on outcome
- avoid the race-to-the-bottom of open weights and API commoditization
- retain data feedback loops that our systems improve over time
- become part of the workflow, not an optional add-on
What customers and users REALLY care about:
speed, cost, accuracy, insight, delight.
speed, cost, accuracy, insight, delight.
November 9, 2025 at 8:19 PM
What customers and users REALLY care about:
speed, cost, accuracy, insight, delight.
speed, cost, accuracy, insight, delight.
I don't have any political thoughts to post about. But here's my thoughts on what businesses should demand from the the software builders they hire to help grow their business.
joeyguerra.com/blog/2025/de...
joeyguerra.com/blog/2025/de...
What Mid-Sized Businesses Should Demand From Their Software Partners
If you've ever hired a software team that ghosted you, missed every deadline, or delivered something that
joeyguerra.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I don't have any political thoughts to post about. But here's my thoughts on what businesses should demand from the the software builders they hire to help grow their business.
joeyguerra.com/blog/2025/de...
joeyguerra.com/blog/2025/de...
Living in the discomfort. I’m hoping it gets easier with practice.
October 29, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Living in the discomfort. I’m hoping it gets easier with practice.
"Jira feels like punishment for caring" - 🤣
October 27, 2025 at 2:33 AM
"Jira feels like punishment for caring" - 🤣
NPM added GitHub as a trusted publisher via OIDC, eliminating the need for (expiring) access token management. Yay.
So I separated release from development workflow, letting me use trunk-based development. github.com/hubot-friend...
So I separated release from development workflow, letting me use trunk-based development. github.com/hubot-friend...
github.com
October 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
NPM added GitHub as a trusted publisher via OIDC, eliminating the need for (expiring) access token management. Yay.
So I separated release from development workflow, letting me use trunk-based development. github.com/hubot-friend...
So I separated release from development workflow, letting me use trunk-based development. github.com/hubot-friend...
"We’ll rebuild it the right way later". Sure you will...
joeyguerra.com/blog/2025/fu...
joeyguerra.com/blog/2025/fu...
Ensuring Scalability: How Event Modeling Future-Proofs Your Software
You've probably heard someone say, “We just need to get through this version—then we'll rebuild it the right way”. That sentence is the death knell of scalability.
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October 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"We’ll rebuild it the right way later". Sure you will...
joeyguerra.com/blog/2025/fu...
joeyguerra.com/blog/2025/fu...
The term event in software has many different definitions. When designing systems, the definition I rely on is "it's a fact that both the system and business are interested in".
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What is an event?
Not the kind with finger food and name tags. I mean the kind that runs your business - quietly, relentlessly, behind every invoice, every click and every
joeyguerra.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The term event in software has many different definitions. When designing systems, the definition I rely on is "it's a fact that both the system and business are interested in".
joeyguerra.com/blog/2025/wh...
joeyguerra.com/blog/2025/wh...
October 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Can we please work on HGI first?
October 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Can we please work on HGI first?
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September 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Did I say swamp? No. I meant reservoir. I’m going to drain the reservoirs.
September 14, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Did I say swamp? No. I meant reservoir. I’m going to drain the reservoirs.
Life was simple back in the 70s when I used to launch bottle rockets out of glass coke bottles and race to the car to get the front seat for some ice cream, when I didn’t have to wear a seat belt. The good ‘ol days.
September 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Life was simple back in the 70s when I used to launch bottle rockets out of glass coke bottles and race to the car to get the front seat for some ice cream, when I didn’t have to wear a seat belt. The good ‘ol days.
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the biggest flex in the Bible was Jesus having 12 friends in his 30s
August 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
the biggest flex in the Bible was Jesus having 12 friends in his 30s
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I just wanted to say, I’m probably more proud of this Ted talk than just about anything I’ve ever done so I’m gonna be absolutely useless for the next couple of weeks as I promote the shit out of this because I want you to watch it because it matters in the moment we are in youtu.be/dVG8W-0p6vg
Tech Promised Everything. Did it deliver? | Scott Hanselman | TEDxPortland
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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July 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I just wanted to say, I’m probably more proud of this Ted talk than just about anything I’ve ever done so I’m gonna be absolutely useless for the next couple of weeks as I promote the shit out of this because I want you to watch it because it matters in the moment we are in youtu.be/dVG8W-0p6vg
Bobcat waiting for its food to come out of the tree.
June 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Bobcat waiting for its food to come out of the tree.
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On 18 June 1983, Sally Ride at 32 became the first American woman to go to space and the youngest American astronaut.
Onboard the Challenger, she was the first woman to operate the robotics arm.
She was the first known LGBT astronaut.
Video from the National Women's History Museum.
🔭 🧪 #HistSci
Onboard the Challenger, she was the first woman to operate the robotics arm.
She was the first known LGBT astronaut.
Video from the National Women's History Museum.
🔭 🧪 #HistSci
June 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
On 18 June 1983, Sally Ride at 32 became the first American woman to go to space and the youngest American astronaut.
Onboard the Challenger, she was the first woman to operate the robotics arm.
She was the first known LGBT astronaut.
Video from the National Women's History Museum.
🔭 🧪 #HistSci
Onboard the Challenger, she was the first woman to operate the robotics arm.
She was the first known LGBT astronaut.
Video from the National Women's History Museum.
🔭 🧪 #HistSci