Trying to keep to a post a day during August (Blaugust). I didn’t really have a lot of time to write today so here’s what we go up to. kevincunningham.co.uk/posts/a-non-...
A non-work day
Kevin Cunningham
kevincunningham.co.uk
Kevin Cunningham
@dolearning.dev
Developer educator | Helping dev teams keep their JS/TS, Python and Java sharp (sometimes PHP and Golang too) https://kevincunningham.co.uk 📍Northern Ireland
I'm still trying to write once a day for Blaugust. This is day 3 where I reflect on my course creation process. It's good to be reminded that although I don't always have this written down, there is a process to my work. kevincunningham.co.uk/posts/what-i...
Thinking about instructional design
Kevin Cunningham
kevincunningham.co.uk
Second day of Blaugust and I follow the evolution of Linus Lee's thoughts on AI. kevincunningham.co.uk/posts/tracin...
Browser, Collaborator, Synthesizer: The Evolution of a Thesis
Kevin Cunningham
kevincunningham.co.uk
I’m planning on using August to reboot my writing routines. Here’s the first post, let’s see how long this lasts: kevincunningham.co.uk/posts/trying...
Trying to blog more
Kevin Cunningham
kevincunningham.co.uk
The past week or so has been fairly constant teaching and so I’ve been in VSCode and vim. I went back to Cursor today and it loaded up in agent mode. Was a bit confused and then found the button to switch to IDE mode, phew. when I quit and came back again, same problem. Is their new owner?
I've moved from Inoreader to NetNewsWire to read my RSS feeds. I love it but it groups my feeds by publication and I don't know if it's possible to change it. Anyone use it and know if I'm missing something?
Was excited to take the kids to see the Odyssey on Wednesday. Went to book tickets and saw it's classified as a 15 so I can't take them. Sad times :(
The ESA released an amazing image of the Milky Way's center. 60 million stars - looks awesome! www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
ESA’s Euclid captures the Milky Way’s crowded heart
esa.int
Almost didn’t get them today. 🗺️ 23 June 2026 5/5 countries in 13/13 guesses 🟡🟠🟣🟡🟢 whereabouts.earth/daily/ #Whereabouts
Whereabouts Daily
How many of today's five countries can you guess?
whereabouts.earth
Made an account today and started the spaces repetition to learn the countries I don’t know. Nice to have a mix between quiz and learning. 🗺️ 22 June 2026 5/5 countries in 8/13 guesses 🟡🟢🟠🟢🟢 whereabouts.earth/daily/ #Whereabouts
Whereabouts Daily
How many of today's five countries can you guess?
whereabouts.earth
🗺️ 21 June 2026 5/5 countries in 11/13 guesses 🟢🟢🟡🟣🟡 whereabouts.earth/daily/ #Whereabouts Really enjoying @trey.io Whereabouts game - helping me to learn all the countries in the world one day at a time.
Whereabouts Daily
How many of today's five countries can you guess?
whereabouts.earth
Search -> Ask -> Do This post talks about that journey in developing a research assistant in clinical sciences. I like the framing. Gives me language for why I don’t like Google AI summary - I want to choose which mode I’m in. martinfowler.com/articles/rel...
Building Reliable Agentic AI Systems
AI helping pharmaceutical researchers query decades of information buried in PDF reports
martinfowler.com
I’m not sure which is worse but I wouldn’t wear either of these. I mean even if we ignore the cameras and the surveillance and the …
TIL you can ignore files in git globally. Never again will a .DS_Store slip into a repo because I forgot to add it to the .gitignore! nelson.cloud/.gitignore-i...
.gitignore Isn’t the Only Way To Ignore Files in Git
You can ignore files in .gitignore, .git/info/exclude, and ~/.config/git/ignore
nelson.cloud
I love maps and love this article from @greg.technology blog.greg.technology/2026/06/12/m... Atlas Obscura has amazing data which can be annoying to interact through exploding clusters: www.atlasobscura.com/articles/all... Greg's version makes me smile: gregsadetsky.github.io/clustering-i...
Map Clustering is Not My Favorite
Friends, this post has been in the making for maybe, 20 years.
blog.greg.technology
If you fancy some maths puzzles on this lovely Wednesday there are some good ones here. mathenchant.wordpress.com/2026/06/15/s... My family stopped listening after the first one.
Seventeen Camels and Where They Can Take You
“Oh, it’s just a trick thing.” – Ben Ames Williams, Coconuts Here are six puzzles, some of them classics, that don’t look much alike on the surface. After stating them, I’ll give a hint…
mathenchant.wordpress.com
Guess I want to start testing out new code editors. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
SpaceX buys AI coding start-up Cursor for $60bn days after IPO
Elon Musk's rocket company has agreed to buy Cursor, which uses AI to automate the process of writing code.
bbc.co.uk
Explain your @ I love learning and I think you need to “do” stuff to learn - dolearning And I am a developer and developer educator - .dev
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> Many of us were taught hard work as a virtue, that if we put in the effort, and do the hard thing, that we will be rewarded. Some of us believe that unless we are doing the hard thing, we are not enough as people and worthy of good things. www.praf.me/it-used-to-b...
It used to be hard - Praful
praf.me
"Every line of AI-generated code is a plausible-looking liability." Great quote from this article mrkaran.dev/posts/ai-hom... by @mrkaran.bsky.social
AI and Home-Cooked Software
AI is enabling a new category of personal software. Welcome to the era of home-cooked applications.
mrkaran.dev
Arrived in Switzerland for my next CERN delivery. Think this the first time I’ve arrived in daylight.
This came up in my RSS feed today - this would have made teaching A-Level Maths much more fun. I kind of miss teaching linear algebra. little-book-of.github.io/linear-algeb...
The LAB – The Little Book of Linear Algebra
little-book-of.github.io
✈️ Ever wondered what it’s really like to get flown around the world to teach developers? It’s not all airports and adventure — there’s also late-night prep, receipts, and managing energy after long days in the classroom. New video: youtu.be/sCJDePAUL9Y Would you want to teach internationally?
What It’s Like to Travel the World to Teach Developers
YouTube video by Kevin Cunningham
youtu.be
AI can already write lessons, quizzes, even full courses. So… do we still need teachers? 👀 I explore that question here: youtu.be/3CuqbqEAp-w What do you think — will teachers be replaced, or is the role just evolving?
Do We Still Need Teachers in the Age of AI?
YouTube video by Kevin Cunningham
youtu.be
AI can already write lessons, quizzes, even full courses. So… do we still need teachers? 👀 I explore that question here: youtu.be/3CuqbqEAp-w What do you think — will teachers be replaced, or is the role just evolving?
Do We Still Need Teachers in the Age of AI?
YouTube video by Kevin Cunningham
youtu.be
Before I teach a single thing, I always start with the same 3 questions. They set the tone, build trust, and often save the whole course. Here’s the video: youtu.be/Xsuf0KIEu5g What’s the first question you ask when leading a group?
The 3 Questions I Ask to Start Every Course
YouTube video by Kevin Cunningham
youtu.be
Recently delivered a client Statamic project. Trying to work out if it would be interesting to pull together all the things I learnt through the build.
Disappointed that Kevin McCloud from Grand Designs is not Kevin MacCloud the composer of lots of TikTok background music. Lost a bet about it.
Continuing my map theme - here's an atlas of space atlasof.space very cool!
Atlas of Space
An interactive exploration of the planets, moons, asteroids, and other objects in the Solar System.
atlasof.space