Roman
@romantaylor.com
Software Engineer and a blogger.
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🛠 https://sweblogs.fyi/
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Roman
@romantaylor.com
· Mar 22
Slowly building out a starter pack with all of the software bloggers 🙂
My top 5 reasons for avoiding software engineering as a career:
1. Schooling
2. Job market
3. Burn out
4. Money
5. Lack of passion
#softwaredevelopment #swecareeradvice #softwarejobs
1. Schooling
2. Job market
3. Burn out
4. Money
5. Lack of passion
#softwaredevelopment #swecareeradvice #softwarejobs
5 Reasons not to become a software engineer - Software Engineering Blog
The brutal truth about software engineering: constant learning, ruthless job markets, and burnout rates that should scare you. Still think coding is your path to the good life?
romantaylor.com
September 27, 2025 at 4:59 AM
My top 5 reasons for avoiding software engineering as a career:
1. Schooling
2. Job market
3. Burn out
4. Money
5. Lack of passion
#softwaredevelopment #swecareeradvice #softwarejobs
1. Schooling
2. Job market
3. Burn out
4. Money
5. Lack of passion
#softwaredevelopment #swecareeradvice #softwarejobs
Hot takes:
- We are in the "CLI era" of AI.
- AI shines best when it doesn’t announce itself to the end user.
- We are in the "CLI era" of AI.
- AI shines best when it doesn’t announce itself to the end user.
User-friendly AI isn't here yet - Software Engineering Blog
Since I started using LLM chatbots, my enthusiasm for them has been a bit of a rollercoaster. At times, they feel like they slow me down. Other times, I stumble on a prompting approach that unlocks so...
romantaylor.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Hot takes:
- We are in the "CLI era" of AI.
- AI shines best when it doesn’t announce itself to the end user.
- We are in the "CLI era" of AI.
- AI shines best when it doesn’t announce itself to the end user.
When salary is fixed, what else can you negotiate?
Perks and Benefits to Negotiate in Interviews - Software Engineering Blog
Salary Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg Salary matters, no doubt about it. But when it comes to long-term happiness and success as a software engineer, it’s only the beginning. And sometimes, salary is ...
romantaylor.com
April 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
When salary is fixed, what else can you negotiate?
I can relate 😄.
Apologizing for My Obsessiveness Over Punctuation
You may have landed here because I had just apologized for my obsessiveness over punctuation in a GitHub comment and requested changes to your pull request, or you noticed me adding periods to a sente...
code.dblock.org
April 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I can relate 😄.
Adding a queue to a web app is such a chore. Is there something simple like this?
1. You POST a task with a webhook + priority
2. When it’s your turn, we POST to your webhook
3. You run the task, then call back when done
1. You POST a task with a webhook + priority
2. When it’s your turn, we POST to your webhook
3. You run the task, then call back when done
April 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Adding a queue to a web app is such a chore. Is there something simple like this?
1. You POST a task with a webhook + priority
2. When it’s your turn, we POST to your webhook
3. You run the task, then call back when done
1. You POST a task with a webhook + priority
2. When it’s your turn, we POST to your webhook
3. You run the task, then call back when done
Are LLMs deterministic? 🙃
Non-determinism in GPT-4 is caused by Sparse MoE
It’s well-known at this point that GPT-4/GPT-3.5-turbo is non-deterministic, even at temperature=0.0. This is an odd behavior if you’re used to dense decoder-only models, where temp=0 should imply gre...
152334h.github.io
March 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Are LLMs deterministic? 🙃
How do you know when to use a framework or a library?
If you don't know the answer, try building it yourself first.
By the end of that exercise, you will either:
1. Know exactly why it exists and which pain point it solves.
Or
2. Know why it is not a good idea to use it in your project.
If you don't know the answer, try building it yourself first.
By the end of that exercise, you will either:
1. Know exactly why it exists and which pain point it solves.
Or
2. Know why it is not a good idea to use it in your project.
March 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
How do you know when to use a framework or a library?
If you don't know the answer, try building it yourself first.
By the end of that exercise, you will either:
1. Know exactly why it exists and which pain point it solves.
Or
2. Know why it is not a good idea to use it in your project.
If you don't know the answer, try building it yourself first.
By the end of that exercise, you will either:
1. Know exactly why it exists and which pain point it solves.
Or
2. Know why it is not a good idea to use it in your project.
@snook.ca I love this post! As a result I'm also learning about other cool blogs 🙂
Blogging Queue and Eh
I’ve been enjoying blogs a lot more, especially as a way of staying connected and up to date with friends, a slew of which have been tagging each other to write up their answers to some blogging...
snook.ca
March 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
@snook.ca I love this post! As a result I'm also learning about other cool blogs 🙂
Slowly building out a starter pack with all of the software bloggers 🙂
March 22, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Slowly building out a starter pack with all of the software bloggers 🙂
Reposted by Roman
There is 1000% more conversation about vibe coding happening than actual vibe coding.
March 22, 2025 at 12:44 AM
There is 1000% more conversation about vibe coding happening than actual vibe coding.
Reposted by Roman
Trying to define an agentic loop in the fewest amount of words.
March 21, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Trying to define an agentic loop in the fewest amount of words.
Reposted by Roman
A lot of new followers since I posted this, so in case you missed it, here's my Front-end Friends starter pack 😊 go.bsky.app/FfLUXeQ
(and a more specific CSS Starter Pack here too: go.bsky.app/JQYmgQH)
(and a more specific CSS Starter Pack here too: go.bsky.app/JQYmgQH)
November 6, 2024 at 3:46 PM
A lot of new followers since I posted this, so in case you missed it, here's my Front-end Friends starter pack 😊 go.bsky.app/FfLUXeQ
(and a more specific CSS Starter Pack here too: go.bsky.app/JQYmgQH)
(and a more specific CSS Starter Pack here too: go.bsky.app/JQYmgQH)
Idea: agency focused on helping vibe coders #vibecoding
#vibecoding FIXATION service
YouTube video by Roman Taylor
youtube.com
March 20, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Idea: agency focused on helping vibe coders #vibecoding
Do you agree that all software engineers fall somewhere on the "craft-result" line?
Which type of developer are you?
YouTube video by Roman Taylor
youtu.be
March 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Do you agree that all software engineers fall somewhere on the "craft-result" line?
Reposted by Roman
𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻: +40 libraries for UI Automation, Excel and PDF Processing, OCR, Scrapping, Secrets Management, etc.
Automate anything in #Python:
developers.botcity.dev/academy/en/c...
Automate anything in #Python:
developers.botcity.dev/academy/en/c...
March 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻: +40 libraries for UI Automation, Excel and PDF Processing, OCR, Scrapping, Secrets Management, etc.
Automate anything in #Python:
developers.botcity.dev/academy/en/c...
Automate anything in #Python:
developers.botcity.dev/academy/en/c...
Interesting take on writing code with AI. Now apply that take to #vibecoding 😬
AI Mainstreams Plagiarism
It seems that AI has mainstreamed plagiarism, and surprisingly few seem to care.
jaketrent.com
March 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Interesting take on writing code with AI. Now apply that take to #vibecoding 😬
Reposted by Roman
Platforms are competitions, and the web is losing. We can do simple, straightforward things to combat that decline...but contemporary frontend isn't doing those things.
Why not?
A consolidated thread from last week:
infrequently.org/2024/10/platform…
Why not?
A consolidated thread from last week:
infrequently.org/2024/10/platform…
Platform Strategy and Its Discontents - Infrequently Noted
Alex Russell on browsers, standards, and the process of progress.
infrequently.org
October 27, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Platforms are competitions, and the web is losing. We can do simple, straightforward things to combat that decline...but contemporary frontend isn't doing those things.
Why not?
A consolidated thread from last week:
infrequently.org/2024/10/platform…
Why not?
A consolidated thread from last week:
infrequently.org/2024/10/platform…
Future-Proof your Engineering Skills in the AI era
YouTube video by Roman Taylor
youtu.be
March 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Reposted by Roman
I got tired of opening tabs of all the #Django admin themes to see what they looked like so I threw together this readme with all of the recently maintained themes I could find AND screenshots. PRs welcome for anything I missed or updates.
https://github.com/adamghill/awesome-django-admin-themes
https://github.com/adamghill/awesome-django-admin-themes
GitHub - adamghill/awesome-django-admin-themes: A compendium of themes for the Django admin (with screenshots!)
A compendium of themes for the Django admin (with screenshots!) - adamghill/awesome-django-admin-themes
github.com
March 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I got tired of opening tabs of all the #Django admin themes to see what they looked like so I threw together this readme with all of the recently maintained themes I could find AND screenshots. PRs welcome for anything I missed or updates.
https://github.com/adamghill/awesome-django-admin-themes
https://github.com/adamghill/awesome-django-admin-themes
Thoughts? 💬
romantaylor.com/what-if-emai...
romantaylor.com/what-if-emai...
What if email worked like ChatGPT? - Software Engineering Blog
I built a prototype to see if it is a good idea. Despite feeling outdated, email remains one of the most enduring and essential communication channels. Almost 4.48 billion users worldwide sent over 36...
romantaylor.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Thoughts? 💬
romantaylor.com/what-if-emai...
romantaylor.com/what-if-emai...
Reposted by Roman
Boosting your home server's power - some tips and considerations. #linux #diy
Full Post: dev.to/phalkmin/som...
Full Post: dev.to/phalkmin/som...
March 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Boosting your home server's power - some tips and considerations. #linux #diy
Full Post: dev.to/phalkmin/som...
Full Post: dev.to/phalkmin/som...
Reposted by Roman
Blogged: Disabling localized satellite assemblies during dotnet publish
andrewlock.net/disabling-lo...
In this post I show how to reduce the size of the publish output for .NET apps by preventing the publishing of localization resources when they're not needed
#dotnet #aspnetcore #csharp
andrewlock.net/disabling-lo...
In this post I show how to reduce the size of the publish output for .NET apps by preventing the publishing of localization resources when they're not needed
#dotnet #aspnetcore #csharp
Disabling localized satellite assemblies during dotnet publish
In this post I show how to reduce the size of the publish output for .NET apps by preventing the publishing of localization resources when they're not needed
andrewlock.net
February 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Blogged: Disabling localized satellite assemblies during dotnet publish
andrewlock.net/disabling-lo...
In this post I show how to reduce the size of the publish output for .NET apps by preventing the publishing of localization resources when they're not needed
#dotnet #aspnetcore #csharp
andrewlock.net/disabling-lo...
In this post I show how to reduce the size of the publish output for .NET apps by preventing the publishing of localization resources when they're not needed
#dotnet #aspnetcore #csharp
My Video Response to: "How I “Cheated” My Way Into FAANG Interviews and Got the Offer"
Source (Reddit): rtaylor.co/cheatedfaang
Source (Reddit): rtaylor.co/cheatedfaang
How I "Cheated" My Way Into FAANG
YouTube video by Roman Taylor
youtu.be
March 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
My Video Response to: "How I “Cheated” My Way Into FAANG Interviews and Got the Offer"
Source (Reddit): rtaylor.co/cheatedfaang
Source (Reddit): rtaylor.co/cheatedfaang