David
@david40.bsky.social
“We’re wasting a lot of time on human code review.” No, no we’re not. “We’re evaluating AI tools to help speed things up.” 🤦
November 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
“We’re wasting a lot of time on human code review.” No, no we’re not. “We’re evaluating AI tools to help speed things up.” 🤦
It is NOT Monday. It is NOT Monday. It is NOT Monday.
October 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
It is NOT Monday. It is NOT Monday. It is NOT Monday.
It’s “complain about coworkers using AI to do shoddy work” Monday. Today’s instalment: “I don’t know what errors my API generates and under what circumstances. Do you think I wrote the code or something?”
September 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
It’s “complain about coworkers using AI to do shoddy work” Monday. Today’s instalment: “I don’t know what errors my API generates and under what circumstances. Do you think I wrote the code or something?”
I’m a little angry that I’m reviewing unit tests that were clearly AI generated, especially when I remember the response to my critique is going to be one or both of “AI wrote this code” and “it’s just tests. Do we care?”
September 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I’m a little angry that I’m reviewing unit tests that were clearly AI generated, especially when I remember the response to my critique is going to be one or both of “AI wrote this code” and “it’s just tests. Do we care?”
Daughter: what are you typing?
Me: git push
Daughter: those aren’t important words
Me: those are two of the most important words
Me: git push
Daughter: those aren’t important words
Me: those are two of the most important words
September 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Daughter: what are you typing?
Me: git push
Daughter: those aren’t important words
Me: those are two of the most important words
Me: git push
Daughter: those aren’t important words
Me: those are two of the most important words
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Urge to work for myself and not with other people rising…
“It’s just a unit test. Do we care?”
Yes… YES. A bunch of “do we care?”s add up quickly. Tech debt is tech debt. Please don’t create more of it when moving one line of code and deleting another will prevent it.
“It’s just a unit test. Do we care?”
Yes… YES. A bunch of “do we care?”s add up quickly. Tech debt is tech debt. Please don’t create more of it when moving one line of code and deleting another will prevent it.
August 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Urge to work for myself and not with other people rising…
“It’s just a unit test. Do we care?”
Yes… YES. A bunch of “do we care?”s add up quickly. Tech debt is tech debt. Please don’t create more of it when moving one line of code and deleting another will prevent it.
“It’s just a unit test. Do we care?”
Yes… YES. A bunch of “do we care?”s add up quickly. Tech debt is tech debt. Please don’t create more of it when moving one line of code and deleting another will prevent it.
My new “drinking game” is to turn off my camera and roll my eyes any time someone says “agentic” in a meeting
August 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
My new “drinking game” is to turn off my camera and roll my eyes any time someone says “agentic” in a meeting
During one Friday morning standup, I announced that I was getting married on the coming Sunday. I never really talked about life outside of work, but someone asked about my plans for the two week vacation I was about to take.
Share a piece of lore about yourself
Yes I stole this from musky folks site…I feel like we’ll get better answers here lol
Yes I stole this from musky folks site…I feel like we’ll get better answers here lol
July 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
During one Friday morning standup, I announced that I was getting married on the coming Sunday. I never really talked about life outside of work, but someone asked about my plans for the two week vacation I was about to take.
Today I learned my company has someone whose title is Senior Manager of Service Management
July 10, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Today I learned my company has someone whose title is Senior Manager of Service Management
That’s a very tall tree, and I’m 99% sure that’s a cat up there. I’ve of course heard of the proverbial cat stuck up a tree, but this seems a bit intense.
July 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM
That’s a very tall tree, and I’m 99% sure that’s a cat up there. I’ve of course heard of the proverbial cat stuck up a tree, but this seems a bit intense.
I’m over 40 with two kids under 6. What plans could you possibly think I have?
June 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I’m over 40 with two kids under 6. What plans could you possibly think I have?
I picked up my phone upside down and thought “oh no, this new interface is really confusing. I can’t tell where anything is.”
June 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I picked up my phone upside down and thought “oh no, this new interface is really confusing. I can’t tell where anything is.”
No it can’t. Stop anthropomorphizing fancy autocomplete.
May 31, 2025 at 2:15 AM
No it can’t. Stop anthropomorphizing fancy autocomplete.
On point
May 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
On point
On the meaning of “near”
May 16, 2025 at 9:50 PM
On the meaning of “near”
Rejection emails hit softly when a) I’ve already started a new job, and b) it took them two months to get back to me
April 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Rejection emails hit softly when a) I’ve already started a new job, and b) it took them two months to get back to me
T minus 25 minutes until I’m back at work for the first time after being laid off in November. The feelings are definitely mixed.
April 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
T minus 25 minutes until I’m back at work for the first time after being laid off in November. The feelings are definitely mixed.
Maybe I’m just an introvert, but I find it off-putting when someone connects with me on Linkedin and proceeds to go back through my post history to add likes.
April 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Maybe I’m just an introvert, but I find it off-putting when someone connects with me on Linkedin and proceeds to go back through my post history to add likes.
Just got a cold call from an account executive at [redacted] wanting to talk about expanding their business with [redacted], a company I no longer work for. I could never cold call someone’s personal number from another country at 8am their time. Clearly, I’m not fit for sales.
March 31, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Just got a cold call from an account executive at [redacted] wanting to talk about expanding their business with [redacted], a company I no longer work for. I could never cold call someone’s personal number from another country at 8am their time. Clearly, I’m not fit for sales.
I meant to say “I don’t think I’m enthusiastic enough about the problem space your company is tackling. I also read a few concerning things on Glassdoor. I’m going to have to say no to moving on to the next round of interviews.” What I ended up saying was “Yeah, let’s see if there’s a fit here.” 🤦♂️
March 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I meant to say “I don’t think I’m enthusiastic enough about the problem space your company is tackling. I also read a few concerning things on Glassdoor. I’m going to have to say no to moving on to the next round of interviews.” What I ended up saying was “Yeah, let’s see if there’s a fit here.” 🤦♂️
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“Hi David. Thank you for your interest in joining <company>…”
I see where this email is going
I see where this email is going
February 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
“Hi David. Thank you for your interest in joining <company>…”
I see where this email is going
I see where this email is going
Trying to keep daughter 1 from waking up daughter 2 by being too loud in her efforts to make her baby doll calm down and go to sleep reminds me that I hate recursion.
February 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Trying to keep daughter 1 from waking up daughter 2 by being too loud in her efforts to make her baby doll calm down and go to sleep reminds me that I hate recursion.
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