Josh DeGraw
@degraw.dev
Husband, dad x3, world-class yak shaver.
Senior Software Engineer.
ADHD, F#, C#, Rust, TS, React, etc. Opinions my own
Senior Software Engineer.
ADHD, F#, C#, Rust, TS, React, etc. Opinions my own
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Josh DeGraw
@degraw.dev
· Oct 31
if you don't have love in your heart you're ngmi
I feel like I've got some djinni curse because I absolutely love the idea of Effect but every single time I go to try experimenting with it again I get lost because apparently yet again I'm trying to do the one simple thing that somehow doesn't have any docs
June 30, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I feel like I've got some djinni curse because I absolutely love the idea of Effect but every single time I go to try experimenting with it again I get lost because apparently yet again I'm trying to do the one simple thing that somehow doesn't have any docs
Reposted by Josh DeGraw
Things that don't mean you're insecure:
✅ taking selfies
✅ posting about your successes
✅ asking for help when you need it
Things that do mean you're insecure:
🛑 submitting personal information over a http request
✅ taking selfies
✅ posting about your successes
✅ asking for help when you need it
Things that do mean you're insecure:
🛑 submitting personal information over a http request
June 26, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Things that don't mean you're insecure:
✅ taking selfies
✅ posting about your successes
✅ asking for help when you need it
Things that do mean you're insecure:
🛑 submitting personal information over a http request
✅ taking selfies
✅ posting about your successes
✅ asking for help when you need it
Things that do mean you're insecure:
🛑 submitting personal information over a http request
Listening to the Dungeon Crawler Carl audiobooks and one of my first thoughts was that the narrator sounded like Patrick Warburton.
You'll never guess who shows up in audiobook #6 🤯
You'll never guess who shows up in audiobook #6 🤯
June 8, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Listening to the Dungeon Crawler Carl audiobooks and one of my first thoughts was that the narrator sounded like Patrick Warburton.
You'll never guess who shows up in audiobook #6 🤯
You'll never guess who shows up in audiobook #6 🤯
Reposted by Josh DeGraw
The urge to start a podcast is equivalent to the urge to create a DSL*
* (a domain-specific language, which is something the most genius and widely loved programmers do, everybody's stoked when I do it)
* (a domain-specific language, which is something the most genius and widely loved programmers do, everybody's stoked when I do it)
June 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The urge to start a podcast is equivalent to the urge to create a DSL*
* (a domain-specific language, which is something the most genius and widely loved programmers do, everybody's stoked when I do it)
* (a domain-specific language, which is something the most genius and widely loved programmers do, everybody's stoked when I do it)
for the second flight in a row I got a window seat without a window
May 31, 2025 at 4:15 PM
for the second flight in a row I got a window seat without a window
Merge Request is much better than Pull Request
But PR is much better than MR
But PR is much better than MR
May 26, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Merge Request is much better than Pull Request
But PR is much better than MR
But PR is much better than MR
generative AI is the modern Pandora's box
May 26, 2025 at 2:41 AM
generative AI is the modern Pandora's box
Rereading the Software Engineers Guidebook by @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com and it’s illuminating seeing what stands out now being relatively newer at a company than when I first read it as a tech lead and several years of experience at a company already. Lots of good advice, strongly recommend
May 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Rereading the Software Engineers Guidebook by @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com and it’s illuminating seeing what stands out now being relatively newer at a company than when I first read it as a tech lead and several years of experience at a company already. Lots of good advice, strongly recommend
Sometimes I worry that I've spent too much time being interested by languages themselves and not enough about what to actually build. Especially with all the AI going on I think for better or worse language choice is going to matter even less in the near future
May 25, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Sometimes I worry that I've spent too much time being interested by languages themselves and not enough about what to actually build. Especially with all the AI going on I think for better or worse language choice is going to matter even less in the near future
Reposted by Josh DeGraw
This blog is SO good at pointing out what should have been obvious about AI for coding (Copilot and others)
These tools are good for re-creating whatever they’ve been trained on.
They are not what will create the next, better generation of frameworks, libraries, technologies.
These tools are good for re-creating whatever they’ve been trained on.
They are not what will create the next, better generation of frameworks, libraries, technologies.
May 25, 2025 at 3:43 AM
This blog is SO good at pointing out what should have been obvious about AI for coding (Copilot and others)
These tools are good for re-creating whatever they’ve been trained on.
They are not what will create the next, better generation of frameworks, libraries, technologies.
These tools are good for re-creating whatever they’ve been trained on.
They are not what will create the next, better generation of frameworks, libraries, technologies.
the best part of mobile dev is the build times and constantly switching between 4 different languages
May 16, 2025 at 3:55 AM
the best part of mobile dev is the build times and constantly switching between 4 different languages
hey so as a parent whoever made this candy deserves to be arrested
April 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
hey so as a parent whoever made this candy deserves to be arrested
in retrospect it's kinda messed up that ash never named any of his pokemon. it's like getting a dog and just calling it dog
April 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
in retrospect it's kinda messed up that ash never named any of his pokemon. it's like getting a dog and just calling it dog
Where are we putting the cool server names now that everything's in the cloud?
April 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Where are we putting the cool server names now that everything's in the cloud?
What's MCP?
You, a degenerate: Model Context Protocol
Me, an intellectual: My Chemical Pony
You, a degenerate: Model Context Protocol
Me, an intellectual: My Chemical Pony
April 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
What's MCP?
You, a degenerate: Model Context Protocol
Me, an intellectual: My Chemical Pony
You, a degenerate: Model Context Protocol
Me, an intellectual: My Chemical Pony
I'm a simple man. I see chicken tikka masala and garlic naan, I lose any semblance of self control
April 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I'm a simple man. I see chicken tikka masala and garlic naan, I lose any semblance of self control
Me, after finishing Wind and Truth: "wow, Michael Kramer narrated pretty much every book in the cosmere! That was awesome but it'll be fun to hear some new narrators and different voices after hearing the same guy for so long"
The literal next audiobook I decide to listen to, somehow:
The literal next audiobook I decide to listen to, somehow:
March 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Me, after finishing Wind and Truth: "wow, Michael Kramer narrated pretty much every book in the cosmere! That was awesome but it'll be fun to hear some new narrators and different voices after hearing the same guy for so long"
The literal next audiobook I decide to listen to, somehow:
The literal next audiobook I decide to listen to, somehow:
it's always ethical to deadname the gulf of mexico
January 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
it's always ethical to deadname the gulf of mexico
So I finally have been reading the Stormlight Archive. I'm about to get insufferable
January 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
So I finally have been reading the Stormlight Archive. I'm about to get insufferable
after updating my bluesky app it basically just doesn't work anymore :'( very bad timing tbh
January 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
after updating my bluesky app it basically just doesn't work anymore :'( very bad timing tbh
how many scaramuccis is a ramaswamy?
January 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
how many scaramuccis is a ramaswamy?
Went skiing again today for the first time in like 15 years (prefer snowboarding, but haven't done that in like 10 years either)
1. I re-solidified my preference for snowboarding
2. I really got what I paid for with the $10 ski boots I managed to find lmao
3. I hurt
1. I re-solidified my preference for snowboarding
2. I really got what I paid for with the $10 ski boots I managed to find lmao
3. I hurt
January 12, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Went skiing again today for the first time in like 15 years (prefer snowboarding, but haven't done that in like 10 years either)
1. I re-solidified my preference for snowboarding
2. I really got what I paid for with the $10 ski boots I managed to find lmao
3. I hurt
1. I re-solidified my preference for snowboarding
2. I really got what I paid for with the $10 ski boots I managed to find lmao
3. I hurt