Huyen Tue Dao
@queencodemonkey.dev
Android Developer @ Netflix. Formerly Trello, Adobe. Computer engineer. Podcast co-host. YouTuber-ish.
randomlytyping.com
androidfaithful.com/podcast | Weekly podcast for Android enthusiasts.
Monkey code, monkey break, monkey debug, monkey iterate.
randomlytyping.com
androidfaithful.com/podcast | Weekly podcast for Android enthusiasts.
Monkey code, monkey break, monkey debug, monkey iterate.
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Huyen Tue Dao
@queencodemonkey.dev
· Nov 4
My name is Huyen Tue Dao. I am 41. I am an Android Developer and am lucky to have worked in Android for 12.5 years. I love Kotlin. I love this job and this community. I also love working out (kettlebells lately) + dancing. I also do a little YouTube and a weekly Android enthusiast podcast. 💜
Apparently, I'm not good at using Bluesky and didn't realize the card it attached wasn't my talk from @kotlinconf.com. Here is the actual link. youtu.be/sDA28kH6AIc?...
Dissecting Kotlin: Surveying the Latest Stable and Experimental | Huyen Tue Dao
YouTube video by Kotlin by JetBrains
youtu.be
July 5, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Apparently, I'm not good at using Bluesky and didn't realize the card it attached wasn't my talk from @kotlinconf.com. Here is the actual link. youtu.be/sDA28kH6AIc?...
If you missed @kotlinconf.com 2025, you can catch talks on kotlinconf.com, including mine, where I deep-dive into a couple of relatively recent features to learn about Kotlin specifically and find general takeaways for software development and practice.
KotlinConf 2025, May 21–23, Copenhagen
KotlinConf is the official Kotlin conference by JetBrains. It is a place for the community to gather and discuss all things Kotlin.
kotlinconf.com
July 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
If you missed @kotlinconf.com 2025, you can catch talks on kotlinconf.com, including mine, where I deep-dive into a couple of relatively recent features to learn about Kotlin specifically and find general takeaways for software development and practice.
I will forever hold in my heart the awkward pause reaction that @tommerritt.com and I had to one of the stories in today's Briefing and that we just let that break our flow for a minute while we processed. And I further love that we left it in. Real AF.
dailytechnewsshow.com/2025/04/25/i...
dailytechnewsshow.com/2025/04/25/i...
Is that $20,000 Modular EV for Real? – DTNSB 5006
Plus, how YouTube is the hope for Google, and maybe TSMC is the hope for Intel. Starring Tom Merritt, and Huyen Tue Dao, and Bodie Grimm. MP3 Download Follow us on Bluesky, Mastodon, X Instgram, Th…
dailytechnewsshow.com
April 26, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I will forever hold in my heart the awkward pause reaction that @tommerritt.com and I had to one of the stories in today's Briefing and that we just let that break our flow for a minute while we processed. And I further love that we left it in. Real AF.
dailytechnewsshow.com/2025/04/25/i...
dailytechnewsshow.com/2025/04/25/i...
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Was curious to check out the IG "Edits" app but they make you agree to let Meta use your work for AI training before you can use it.. with no opt out option. Yeah Nah.
April 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Was curious to check out the IG "Edits" app but they make you agree to let Meta use your work for AI training before you can use it.. with no opt out option. Yeah Nah.
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Is Microsoft Recall safe to use now? @queencodemonkey.dev Plus bookish alternatives to Amazon with @breagrant.bsky.social and @malloryomeara.bsky.social
dailytechnewsshow.com/2025/04/11/i...
dailytechnewsshow.com/2025/04/11/i...
Is Microsoft Recall Safe Now? – DTNSB 4996 – Daily Tech News Show
OpenAI will fully replace GPT‑4 with GPT‑4o and WhatsApp New Features Starring Tom Merritt, Huyen Tue Dao, Mallory O’Meara, and Brea Grant. MP3 Download Follow us on Bluesky, Mastodon, X Instgram, …
dailytechnewsshow.com
April 12, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Is Microsoft Recall safe to use now? @queencodemonkey.dev Plus bookish alternatives to Amazon with @breagrant.bsky.social and @malloryomeara.bsky.social
dailytechnewsshow.com/2025/04/11/i...
dailytechnewsshow.com/2025/04/11/i...
Letterkenny and the Laser Eyes.
Can this please happen?
Can this please happen?
scavengers reign and zelda: tears of the kingdom
hell yeah we’re making some abominations with the fuse power alright
hell yeah we’re making some abominations with the fuse power alright
April 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Letterkenny and the Laser Eyes.
Can this please happen?
Can this please happen?
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SCOOP: Elon Musk’s DOGE has plans to stage a “hackathon” next week in Washington, DC. The goal is to create a single “mega API”—a bridge that lets software systems talk to one another—for accessing IRS data, sources tell WIRED.
DOGE Is Planning a Hackathon at the IRS. It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer Data
DOGE operatives have repeatedly referred to the software company Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” at the IRS, sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
April 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
SCOOP: Elon Musk’s DOGE has plans to stage a “hackathon” next week in Washington, DC. The goal is to create a single “mega API”—a bridge that lets software systems talk to one another—for accessing IRS data, sources tell WIRED.
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A while back I mentioned I helped to build a government AI tool. DOGE "deleted" (fired) my whole org (@alt18f.bsky.social) and took the tool to become their "AI-first strategy."
But what is the strategy? What are they actually planning to do?
I’m trying to piece it together. Here’s what I think 🧵
But what is the strategy? What are they actually planning to do?
I’m trying to piece it together. Here’s what I think 🧵
April 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
A while back I mentioned I helped to build a government AI tool. DOGE "deleted" (fired) my whole org (@alt18f.bsky.social) and took the tool to become their "AI-first strategy."
But what is the strategy? What are they actually planning to do?
I’m trying to piece it together. Here’s what I think 🧵
But what is the strategy? What are they actually planning to do?
I’m trying to piece it together. Here’s what I think 🧵
日本語でマイクピックアップパターン説明ができまして嬉しかった。説明の日本語が完璧じゃなかったけどできた！状況による使ったほうがいいパータンもおすすめた。
March 20, 2025 at 2:06 AM
日本語でマイクピックアップパターン説明ができまして嬉しかった。説明の日本語が完璧じゃなかったけどできた！状況による使ったほうがいいパータンもおすすめた。
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Nobody likes waste. But what a lot of people don’t realize is that, in many ways, government is *designed* to be inefficient. It’s structured with redundancy and complexity both for audit and control purposes and because it tries to satisfy multiple competing societal goals. 1/2
btw i dont think anybody is arguing that we should cut waste what is being argued by sane ppl is that what elon trump and the gop are doing isnt that they are cutting things they dont like arbitrarily without any oversight or ya know legally
March 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Nobody likes waste. But what a lot of people don’t realize is that, in many ways, government is *designed* to be inefficient. It’s structured with redundancy and complexity both for audit and control purposes and because it tries to satisfy multiple competing societal goals. 1/2
See y'all in Copenhagen. 🇩🇰💜
🎉🗓️ The KotlinConf 2025 schedule is now live on our website! Get ready to hear from industry experts who’ll explore the latest in Kotlin and beyond.
Join us to expand your knowledge, connect with the community, and level up your skills!
🔗 kotl.in/conf-schedule 🔗
Join us to expand your knowledge, connect with the community, and level up your skills!
🔗 kotl.in/conf-schedule 🔗
March 9, 2025 at 4:24 AM
See y'all in Copenhagen. 🇩🇰💜
Hey! Finish of your week with a lively, laugh-filled, and slightly loquacious DTNS Briefing. @tommerritt.com is indeed fun. He happened to find several stories that I was having a happy Friday with.
DTNS Briefing for Friday March 7, 2025 with Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao - The US military uses AI, and we put a brain in a jar. But Don’t worry! We promise it will be alright. We think. Plus, the red LEDs ARE good for your skin!
Listen here: shows.acast.com/dtns/episode...
Listen here: shows.acast.com/dtns/episode...
March 8, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Hey! Finish of your week with a lively, laugh-filled, and slightly loquacious DTNS Briefing. @tommerritt.com is indeed fun. He happened to find several stories that I was having a happy Friday with.
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We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
March 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
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There might be an assumption that DOGE is bringing in incredible coders to replace bureaucrats. But that is not the case. Some DOGE members applied to the US Digital Service before Trump took office. None of them got very far, because they lacked basic skills. From a founding member of USDS.
March 2, 2025 at 1:11 AM
There might be an assumption that DOGE is bringing in incredible coders to replace bureaucrats. But that is not the case. Some DOGE members applied to the US Digital Service before Trump took office. None of them got very far, because they lacked basic skills. From a founding member of USDS.
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Ok also AOC and Elon Musk are not in a “tit-for-tat feud.” AOC is a duly elected member of Congress who operates under an oath to our constitution and Elon Musk is an unelected Nazi billionaire whose wealth makes him think he’s above the law and empowered to illegally torch our government.
March 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Ok also AOC and Elon Musk are not in a “tit-for-tat feud.” AOC is a duly elected member of Congress who operates under an oath to our constitution and Elon Musk is an unelected Nazi billionaire whose wealth makes him think he’s above the law and empowered to illegally torch our government.
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It’s just fucking corruption. It’s just capture of spending to line his pockets. Crony spending lining the pockets of glorious ruler’s buddies is the hallmark of any strongman authoritarian government and ours is no exception.
FAA officials ordered staff on Friday to find tens of millions of dollars for a Starlink deal, sources tell us, and most or all of these directives came verbally, which we are told is highly unusual.
w/ @swin24.bsky.social @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
w/ @swin24.bsky.social @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
FAA Officials Ordered Staff to Find Funding for Elon Musk's Starlink
After Trump and Musk gutted the Federal Aviation Administration, the agency directed staff to locate tens of millions of dollars for a Starlink deal.
www.rollingstone.com
March 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It’s just fucking corruption. It’s just capture of spending to line his pockets. Crony spending lining the pockets of glorious ruler’s buddies is the hallmark of any strongman authoritarian government and ours is no exception.
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Hundreds of NOAA employees are being fired by Trump and DOGE.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
March 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Hundreds of NOAA employees are being fired by Trump and DOGE.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
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Want to do something for Ukraine?
Screenshot a donation to Liberty Ukraine and I’ll match it.
Screenshot a donation to Liberty Ukraine and I’ll match it.
Home | Liberty Ukraine
Home - Liberty Ukraine 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation based in Austin, TX, fundraising for Ukrainian residents, servicemen and women, and victims of the war in Ukraine.
www.libertyukraine.org
March 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Want to do something for Ukraine?
Screenshot a donation to Liberty Ukraine and I’ll match it.
Screenshot a donation to Liberty Ukraine and I’ll match it.
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I worked at 18F once. We would start projects with a discovery sprint where we would come in and talk to users in an agency and listen to what they actually needed and then build it. Totally antithetical to arrogance of DOGE. No wonder they’d destroy it, they want to make it impossible to rebuild
18F, the federal government’s technology shop, was demolished by Musk’s team shortly after midnight. It was a cost-recoverable org, charging agencies for their expertise, using a consulting model. Its cost to government was negligible, its benefits huge. My team there once saved DoD $500 billion.
March 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I worked at 18F once. We would start projects with a discovery sprint where we would come in and talk to users in an agency and listen to what they actually needed and then build it. Totally antithetical to arrogance of DOGE. No wonder they’d destroy it, they want to make it impossible to rebuild
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
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A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
February 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
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Okay... we feel like we say this every week but *a lot* of stuff happened. Let's break it down, starting with @brbarrett.bsky.social on why the DOGE takeover is worse than you think... (sorry, but you gotta read this one.)
The DOGE Takeover Is Worse Than You Think
What’s happening to the US government right now is bad. What comes next is worse.
www.wired.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Okay... we feel like we say this every week but *a lot* of stuff happened. Let's break it down, starting with @brbarrett.bsky.social on why the DOGE takeover is worse than you think... (sorry, but you gotta read this one.)
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RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore
RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore
WASHINGTON—Addressing the ongoing outbreak in Texas that has infected at least 124 state residents and killed one child, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed Thursday to mak...
theonion.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore