Andrew Baisden
@andrewbaisden.bsky.social
Full-Stack Engineer | AI-Augmented Developer | React • TypeScript • Node • Python | Cursor + Claude daily
Enterprise AI governance isn't just about authentication It's also about deciding who can see what Wrote a new article about Data Access Control (DAC) Article covers: • DAC vs RBAC • Row level visibility • AI governance best practices • Access Profiles • And more... 🧵👇
The US government, citing national security authorities, has issued an export control directive to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States, including foreign national Anthropic employees. www.anthropic.com/news/fable-m...
Statement on the US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5
The US government has issued an export control directive to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States.
anthropic.com
Hot take: LLMs are really good at coding, but it's still more fun to create our own designs from scratch in a design tool
This is by far the most exciting time to be a programmer We got AI building us MVPs, vibe coders bringing dreams to life and enough AI models to keep us entertained for a long time
Vibe-coding still needs good auth 😎 Whether you’re shipping with Cursor/Claude or writing everything by hand, auth is still the front door to your app I tested WorkOS AuthKit + Radar and came away thinking: Full write-up 👇
Andrew Baisden@andrewbaisden.bsky.social · 7mo agoAuth is easy; enterprise auth is not. I spent time evaluating WorkOS AuthKit + Radar, and the big takeaway is this: They are built for the moment your SaaS stops being small Read about WorkOS in my latest article dev.to/andrewbaisde...
🚀 HackerNoon’s Proof of Usefulness Hackathon is live Not a demo contest. Not "coming soon." Real software. Real users. Real utility. 🗓 Jan 5 → Jun 5, 2026 (rolling submissions) 🏆 $150,000+ prizes + credits 🎁 Every participant gets $1,500+ tools + a PoU score report 🧵👇
The great thing about vibe coding is that we can finally build the apps of our dreams and add features which we wish other apps had, and the entry level is a "prompt". Still need to know programming fundamentals to make it secure and scalable, though, but it's still a huge jump nonetheless.
What was your path to becoming a full-stack developer? Me: Mongo Express React Node
Unpopular opinion: Vibe coding creates builders Software development creates engineers Builders ask: "Can we ship it?" Engineers ask: "Can we support it?" You need both But they are not the same
Two of the greatest note-taking apps Power meets simplicity Simplicity meets power
Auth is easy; enterprise auth is not. I spent time evaluating WorkOS AuthKit + Radar, and the big takeaway is this: They are built for the moment your SaaS stops being small Read about WorkOS in my latest article dev.to/andrewbaisde...
Lately, it seems like the biggest gap isn’t coding anymore… Its ownership Anyone can generate code Not everyone can: - debug it under pressure - secure it - maintain it - support users - ship updates without breaking it all Vibe coding ships fast Ownership ships forever
The Seven Stages of Web Dev: - PSD → HTML - jQuery everywhere - CMS themes & templates - Component-based frameworks - Utility-first CSS - AI-assisted coding - Vibe coding
Programmers assemble: - Frontend developer - Backend developer - Full-stack developer - Software engineer - DevOps engineer - QA / Test engineer
When you want a mechanical keyboard without the bulk
Before AI: Learn JavaScript before React Now: Everyone is vibing Are we cooked?
When LinkedIn tells you you’re a "top applicant" Reality: - 100+ applicants - Same notification sent to everyone - "Hiring" ≠ hiring
Every full-stack JavaScript dev passes through this phase
Happy New Year, Everyone 🎉 Here’s to growth, momentum, and building better things in 2026 🚀
shell autocompletions for your javascript cli tool. introducing tab:
Each debugging tool has a personality: 🧠 Sentry ➡️ Error genius 📊 Datadog ➡️ Infrastructure guru 🎨 FullStory ➡️ UX storyteller 🎥 LogRocket ➡️ Replay master 🤝 @multiplayer.app ➡️ Dev team collaborator I wrote a full comparison here in this new article medium.com/javascript-i...
Choosing the Right Debugging and Session Replay Tool — Multiplayer vs LogRocket, Sentry, Datadog…
When people report bugs or performance problems, developers need more than logs and metrics; they need context. That’s where debugging and…
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The dev timeline (AI era): 2020: No AI coding 2021: Copilot arrives 2022: ChatGPT drops 2023: AI becomes default 2024: Agents & workflows 2025: Devs orchestrate systems 2026: AI is not a tool, it’s the team? AI moved from assistant, to PM, team lead, and half the dev team
Most developers think AI makes them faster The real shift is this: Before: We wrote code > waited > and fixed bugs Now: We design systems > delegate to AI > review outcomes AI didn’t change what we build It changed how responsibility flows
My most-used dev and AI concepts this year: Type safety > everything React + Next.js APIs and contracts Zod, Prisma, TanStack Monorepos and pnpm Caching, auth, CI/CD AI agents, RAG, evals
@multiplayer.app is like Google Docs for debugging Live collaboration, console insights, and the only tool with cross-team collaboration, all without vendor lock-in I compared it with LogRocket, Sentry, Datadog and FullStory 👇 Read here: dev.to/andrewbaisde...
Choosing the Right Debugging and Session Replay Tool - Multiplayer vs LogRocket, Sentry, Datadog, and FullStory
When people report bugs or performance problems, developers need more than logs and metrics; they...
dev.to
LinkedIn doing its own version of: - Spotify Wrapped - YouTube Recap That's a lot of amp.
