Pete Hodgson
@thepete.net
Startup CTO and software delivery aficionado
Good example of why it's important to monitor your LLM-powered features in prod.
Apparently some bug in Amazon's AI assistant where the product description isn't in it's prompt.
Pre-production evals are super important, but wouldn't catch this. Monitoring some key metrics in prod would.
Apparently some bug in Amazon's AI assistant where the product description isn't in it's prompt.
Pre-production evals are super important, but wouldn't catch this. Monitoring some key metrics in prod would.
September 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Good example of why it's important to monitor your LLM-powered features in prod.
Apparently some bug in Amazon's AI assistant where the product description isn't in it's prompt.
Pre-production evals are super important, but wouldn't catch this. Monitoring some key metrics in prod would.
Apparently some bug in Amazon's AI assistant where the product description isn't in it's prompt.
Pre-production evals are super important, but wouldn't catch this. Monitoring some key metrics in prod would.
This continues to shock and confuse me: the proportion of devs who are still not getting any active encouragement from their employers to start experimenting w. AI-assisted coding.
Also goes to show how silly the "all devs will be replaced by AI in 2 years" claims are.
/via @angiejones.tech
Also goes to show how silly the "all devs will be replaced by AI in 2 years" claims are.
/via @angiejones.tech
July 30, 2025 at 2:58 AM
This continues to shock and confuse me: the proportion of devs who are still not getting any active encouragement from their employers to start experimenting w. AI-assisted coding.
Also goes to show how silly the "all devs will be replaced by AI in 2 years" claims are.
/via @angiejones.tech
Also goes to show how silly the "all devs will be replaced by AI in 2 years" claims are.
/via @angiejones.tech
Very cool!
FYI, I got an error in the sandbox when I clicked Generate Response. Do I need to add an API key somewhere, or something?
FYI, I got an error in the sandbox when I clicked Generate Response. Do I need to add an API key somewhere, or something?
July 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Very cool!
FYI, I got an error in the sandbox when I clicked Generate Response. Do I need to add an API key somewhere, or something?
FYI, I got an error in the sandbox when I clicked Generate Response. Do I need to add an API key somewhere, or something?
“Listen, I’m wondering if our engineers are doing enough with AI…”
your CEO says, as the two of you sit down for your 1:1.
Wouldn't it be great to have a true strategy in place for adopting AI-assisted coding? I've got you covered!
blog.thepete.net/blog/2025/06...
your CEO says, as the two of you sit down for your 1:1.
Wouldn't it be great to have a true strategy in place for adopting AI-assisted coding? I've got you covered!
blog.thepete.net/blog/2025/06...
July 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
“Listen, I’m wondering if our engineers are doing enough with AI…”
your CEO says, as the two of you sit down for your 1:1.
Wouldn't it be great to have a true strategy in place for adopting AI-assisted coding? I've got you covered!
blog.thepete.net/blog/2025/06...
your CEO says, as the two of you sit down for your 1:1.
Wouldn't it be great to have a true strategy in place for adopting AI-assisted coding? I've got you covered!
blog.thepete.net/blog/2025/06...
Days like today I can't believe I get to live here
June 17, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Days like today I can't believe I get to live here
The rule holds: if it wasn't DNS, then it was probably a config change. #hugops
status.cloud.google.com/incidents/ow...
status.cloud.google.com/incidents/ow...
June 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The rule holds: if it wasn't DNS, then it was probably a config change. #hugops
status.cloud.google.com/incidents/ow...
status.cloud.google.com/incidents/ow...
It also (unintentionally) provides a great example of the risks of AI-generated code.
Hand-rolled XML escaping code AND hand-rolled date parsing in a single commit! Wooooohoooo!!! 🤦
Hand-rolled XML escaping code AND hand-rolled date parsing in a single commit! Wooooohoooo!!! 🤦
May 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
It also (unintentionally) provides a great example of the risks of AI-generated code.
Hand-rolled XML escaping code AND hand-rolled date parsing in a single commit! Wooooohoooo!!! 🤦
Hand-rolled XML escaping code AND hand-rolled date parsing in a single commit! Wooooohoooo!!! 🤦
The platonic ideal of a Pacific Northwest spring weekend.
Sucia Island!
Sucia Island!
April 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The platonic ideal of a Pacific Northwest spring weekend.
Sucia Island!
Sucia Island!
When I write a big blog post I sometimes spend way too long trying to come up with a clever metaphorical cover image.
For the last few days I've been stuck doing the opposite - trying to figure out what blog post I can write that could use this as a clever metaphorical cover image
For the last few days I've been stuck doing the opposite - trying to figure out what blog post I can write that could use this as a clever metaphorical cover image
April 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
When I write a big blog post I sometimes spend way too long trying to come up with a clever metaphorical cover image.
For the last few days I've been stuck doing the opposite - trying to figure out what blog post I can write that could use this as a clever metaphorical cover image
For the last few days I've been stuck doing the opposite - trying to figure out what blog post I can write that could use this as a clever metaphorical cover image
I think this thing is named after the sound it makes you make
April 4, 2025 at 4:40 AM
I think this thing is named after the sound it makes you make
what do I mean by transforming n*m to n+m?
Rather than each tech stack's SDK having to build integrations for each feature flagging provider (n*m), each tech stack SDK just needs to integrate into OpenFeature (n), and each feature flagging provider does the same (m).
Rather than each tech stack's SDK having to build integrations for each feature flagging provider (n*m), each tech stack SDK just needs to integrate into OpenFeature (n), and each feature flagging provider does the same (m).
March 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
what do I mean by transforming n*m to n+m?
Rather than each tech stack's SDK having to build integrations for each feature flagging provider (n*m), each tech stack SDK just needs to integrate into OpenFeature (n), and each feature flagging provider does the same (m).
Rather than each tech stack's SDK having to build integrations for each feature flagging provider (n*m), each tech stack SDK just needs to integrate into OpenFeature (n), and each feature flagging provider does the same (m).
As a service to our industry, allow my to re-share this classic banger from @jahnnie.bsky.social
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December 6, 2024 at 8:07 PM
As a service to our industry, allow my to re-share this classic banger from @jahnnie.bsky.social
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Today I selected the very BEST minutes in the day to go for a run 🥰
December 4, 2024 at 8:17 AM
Today I selected the very BEST minutes in the day to go for a run 🥰
I don't know of a better way to start the day. So neat that this is only 2 or 3 miles run from the center of SLC!
November 15, 2024 at 6:17 PM
I don't know of a better way to start the day. So neat that this is only 2 or 3 miles run from the center of SLC!