I haven't posted on here in a while, but I'm running away from bluesky because it's pretty obvious it's become another place for the DNC to try to control peoples thoughts. I'm really tired of every platform trying to sway me to either vote one way or another and shoving politics down my throat, so I'll be moving back to mastadon/sharkey/firefish instances.

I believe in decentralized social media, and as a software engineer I'd love to work on a decentralized platform. I found ATproto to be really hard to approach and extremely esoteric in it's documentation, so I'm hoping that ActivityPub will be a little more approachable. #ATproto, #ActivityPub, #SoftwareEngineer, #SoftwareDev, #Programmer, #Computer #Science

I just completed a 12-week online program in software engineering and quantum computing with QuLearnLabs.
It was a great experience where I got to learn more about software engineering, quantum computing fundamentals and python programming.
#quantumcomputing #softwaredev #webdev #ai #python #softwarengineering #qulearnlabs

🚀 NEW on We ❤️ Open Source 🚀

Avindra Fernando shares how learning to skate with his daughter shaped his view on software architecture & team building. Insightful thoughts on continuous learning, system thinking & collaboration.

Read more: https://allthingsopen.org/articles/podcast-build-better-software-stronger-teams

#WeLoveOpenSource #SoftwareDev #Teamwork #ContinuousLearning #OpenSource

I've been primarily on bsky but I also like the idea of mastodon. I haven't had time to sit down and really make it work for me, but I'm moderately optimistic.

Hello, world. I'm Golly, and I'm going to be posting about being a software developer and devlogs about making a text game that's currently just called "the merchant game". Fingers crossed this goes somewhere.

#softwaredev #indiegame #devlog #gamedev

We've been quiet but busy at Sonorous Arts over the past few days.
A lot of work is going into improving the user experience on our website, and our internal services are receiving major upgrades.
We've also assigned a dedicated team to research future advancements, focusing on emerging technologies, creative tools, and new ways to bring more value to the community.

#GameDev #SoftwareDev #WebDev #Tech #SonorousArts

@Kianoosh @sonorous_arts

I’m adamantly _not_ a fan of LLMs trained on scraped publicly-available data, and that goes double when used for coding. And so many of the examples people put forward for using it to code are along the lines of “I asked it for an app to do X, and was up and running super-quick!”

That seems like a templating issue to me. My current day job is mostly #Rails, and its generators (built-in and extensible) allow for automating a lot of the boilerplate building models, migrations, etc. Sure you still need to do some customization, but even with the “LLM success stories” there’s always a bit where they say “I had to tweak a few things, but it worked!”

So would it be a crazy idea to have a collection of templates and or code snippets to do some task in some framework/environment? Tag it for easy search, etc. i.e., if I needed OAuth in my Rails app I could search “oauth rails” - maybe “oauth rails_8” if I know I want the latest major framework version. Integrate the result with my app, and move on.

I can see plenty of issues. For one thing it’d be basically stackoverflow, but with gists that are a bit more organized. So someone would still have to understand what was going on. But if they’re copying answers from SO or anywhere into their code without first looking at the _why_ of how it supposedly fixes the issue, that’s the first problem to address.

More generally, it’d be great if framework and other teams would put out these kind of things on their own, so someone finding them could be reasonably sure best practices had been observed. But having done dev and doc writing for decades, I know how overwhelmed everyone gets.

#SoftwareDev
#FuckAI

What is Negative Space Programming?

https://double-trouble.dev/post/negativ-space-programming/

#NegativeSpaceProgramming #NegativeSpace #Programming #Dev #SoftwareDev #SoftwareDevelopment

Software development job market is rough right now. We're competing for jobs on a global scale. This can't be sustainable right?

#softwaredev

A lot of the online bumf I've seen about "vibe coding" is that it speeds up coding. And to that I say, this snippet of code literally took me 15 seconds to write, but I had to spend an hour trying to figure out what to write!

This is the Internet, so somebody's going to "Well ackshually" me with a specific instance where the opposite happened 😁

#mastoArt #coding #softwareDevelopment #softwareDev

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AI won't replace developers. It will amplify us. Now is the perfect time to learn coding and help solve real problems.

#SoftwareDev #AI #Tech https://substack.com/home/post/p-165655726

Tuple inside Dictionary in Python:
Tuples can be used as dictionary keys because they are immutable and hashable, unlike lists.
#Python #CodingTips #LearnToCode #DevLife #Programming #CodeNewbie #PythonTips #Techie #SoftwareDev #100DaysOfCode #DataScience #AI #MachineLearning #CodeSmart #developerlife

Highlights from Git 2.50 buff.ly/xuffRBX #git #oss #github #softwaredev

Highlights from Git 2.50

Highlights from Git 2.50

https://github.blog/open-source/git/highlights-from-git-2-50/

#git #oss #github #softwaredev

Potential Service Disruptions Amid Current National Circumstances
https://www.sonorousarts.com/blog/potential-service-disruptions-20250617/

#GameDev #SoftwareDev #SonorousArts #announcement #serviceDisruption

Hi friends! ​:senko_happy_3:​

I want to tell you all about a new thing I'm trying, where I'll accept bounties to work on specific features or bug fixes for Sharkey. If there's something you really want implemented, then you can make a donation and I'll prioritize that work over whatever other ticket I was going to work on.

To be clear, this is an agreement to work on a particular project, not a promise to finish it! I'll dedicate a certain amount of time to the work based on the size of the donation, and if I finish the work - then great! If not, I'll upload my progress to branch to either finish later or hand off to another interested party. I may choose to complete the work anyway if it's something that I also want, but that's not a gaurantee!

Pricing is in lose terms because tracking my hours or comtting to deadlines will take all the fun out of everything. Sorry if that's an issue, but I'm not willing to negotiate on this. I will make sure not to "count it" if I don't actually get much work done, so don't worry about picking a bad week and wasting your money. If I don't manage enough work when I initally plan to, then I'll just save my progress and resume when I have more time.

Time slots are broken down like this:
• $20 - I work on my lunch break. This is usually about an hour, so I probably won't complete a whole ticket unless it's something small.
• $30 - I dedicate an evening or two. The exact number of hours varies, but it's usually 2-4 per evening. I'll aim for at least 3 hours in total.
• $50 - It's my weekend project. Again, my availability varies - but sometimes I spend 12+ hours between Saturday and Sunday.
• $100 - This is my focus for the week. I won't devote any more Sharkey time than I would normally, but all of that time is devoted to this work item.

If this sounds like something you'd like, then please reply or send a DM! For this first trial phase, I've picked a curated list of tickets that I'm willing to work on. Assuming everything goes well, I'll add more options and open up the possibility of working on brand new ideas too. I hope this can be a good deal for everyone!

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Ticket options:

• #499 - enhancement: Context menu button for muting the instance of a post
• #548 - enhancement: Admin feature: Ability to safely reset MFA for end users
• #675 - enhancement: API Endpoint for validating scoped tokens, returning a list of assigned scopes
• #746 - bug: When editing a quote, the "quote" indicator and button are not aligned
• #836 - enhancement: Log IP Address of Registrants
• #910 - enhancement: Allow moderators to set a content warning on any post
• #943 - enhancement: Allow moderators to force a content warning for all posts by an instance
• #953 - enhancement: Investigate a better on-disk structure for drive files
• #997 - enhancement: Increase options for number of poll options
• #1001 - enhancement: Add option to delete all users from remote instance
• #1002 - bug: "Force Content Warning" does not apply to boosts
• #1008 - bug: Search menu does not lookup url containing emoji
• #1034 - enhancement: Multi select for adding notes to clips
• #1039 - enhancement: Add change UI language when logged out
• #1040 - enhancement: Hide alt-text
• #1065 - enhancement: Option to hide note that are replies to a reply of a note
• #1069 - bug: Send abuse reports to contact email
• #1070 - enhancement: Translate Content Warning
• #1071 - enhancement: Translate Alt Text
• #1072 - enhancement: Allow user to specify the source language for translation
• #1076 - enhancement: Support multiple hosts for email delivery
• #1106 - bug: Dont mark post as long for just including certain mfm
• #1110 - enhancement: Allow admins to change bio length limit

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Clarifications and Disclaimers:

1. As stated above, this is not a promise to complete any work item! I'll put effort in - that's the only gaurantee.
2. This is not a contract of employment or payment for services.
3. If something "important" comes up, then I may pause your work item to focus on that. Think urgent bugs, security issues, or project management responsibilities. This won't count against the promised effort.
4. If multiple donations are made around the same time, then I'll complete them in order of submission.
5. If a work item is completed before I get to your request, then I'll offer the chance to select another ticket instead.
6. You're welcome to ask how long I expect a particular item to take! I may not answer in hours, but I can give a relative estimate of complexity.

#Sharkey #FediDevs #FediDev #SoftwareDev

О, да! Ребята, как же я вас обожаю. Вы соль земли, не даёте рынку труда стагнировать, выполняете роль компрессии в цилиндрах двигателя. Благодаря вам моя профессия не девальвирует, а нужна и востребована.
Кстати, помимо таких мелких начальников (недо-менеджеров) есть должности сеньор-манагера, люди болтающиеся как дерьмо в проруби. Это народ недоразвившийся до уровня топ-менеджера, но свято верующий, что в топ-манагеры не удаётся пробиться по другим причинам.

#softdev #softwaredev #ИТ @russian_mastodon@mastodon.social @rur@social.sley.nl

RE: https://hub.hubzilla.de/item/6a7272c8-018c-45bd-8a79-f639a5168a20

Direct File on GitHub | by Chris Given. buff.ly/keHZo2f #oss #github #govt #taxfiling #softwaredev

Direct File on GitHub

Direct File on GitHub | by Chris Given.

https://chrisgiven.com/2025/05/direct-file-on-github/

#oss #github #govt #taxfiling #softwaredev

Wrote this nearly two years ago, after dealing with some rather painful #javascript development in my last job. Might be useful to anyone who has to deal with this.

https://aceade.net/2023/07/23/avoiding-npm-package-pain-points/

#npm #softwareDev