Was that a bowling alley today and was saddened by so little social interaction and so many heads down on phones. Reminded me of a harsh Sylvan Esso song. Keep on checking just to keep on checking...
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It was a real honor to be invited to Anthropic's Claude Impact Lab event here in Portland last night. Having deep conversations about "Who decides the rules?" and the resulting societal transformations alongside 30 of our region's top thinkers, visionaries, and inventors was truly inspiring.
Once you've moved beyond vibe coding, nothing should feel like a slot machine. Agentic engineering works best when your workflows are designed as repeatable operating models, not just prompts that allow your AI agents to drift mid-task and try to fix something you never asked for...
OpenAI Codex Max vs. Ultra... ULTRA is the normal model on Max reasoning, with a poke to use sub-agents.
For my Pi Coding Agent friends...in models.json : ```json { "providers": { "openai-codex": { ... Read more: https://longer.blue/posts/tuGvC565uo
Put yourself on a news diet, stop doom-scrolling, and ignore the AI hype. Spend your time giving people a reason to return...the ultimate biz hack is shockingly classic.
You don't need a paid Google account to test out some of their cool experiments. While you might not have access to everything if you don't pay for Google AI/One or Workspace, these landing pages are worth exploring: - labs.google.com/search - labs.google.com/ - workspace.google.com/experiments
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Think about how much of your life lives on Facebook and X/Twitter - your friends, your photos, your posts, your whole identity online. You know the catch: you don't actually own any of it. Those companies do.
@convex.dev has been my go to database tech for a while now. It's actually an extensible sync engine, but that is a different discussion. Both Convex and this mega course are free: databaseschool.com/series/convex
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Fascinating new benchmark from Eric Provencher via Repo Prompt Challenges context retention, following instructions, and precise file editing. It even includes decoy code to test how models handle distractions. www.linkedin.com/posts/davids... #AI #LLM #Coding
Although Codex & GPT-5 (usually set to Low, Medium, or using Pro) are my primary drivers for deep reasoning, I still use Claude Code for light reasoning tasks. I have CC set it up with GLM-4.6 or Deepseek-V3.2-Exp in .zshrc this way... www.linkedin.com/posts/davids...
Here's 133 (!) Projects from the Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Hackathon... gketurns10.devpost.c... Holy moly... that's a lot. I'm not sure how to find the gems in here. Do YOU see anything good in here? #GKE #Kubernetes #Hackathon #GoogleCloud #CloudNative #DevOps
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My thoughts on accessibility for modern front-end coders using Repo Prompt and the "IBM Equal Access Accessibility Checker" Chrome extension www.linkedin.com/posts/davids... #A11y #WebDev #Accessibility #Design #UX
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Accessibility for modern front-end coders... A11y is not just about alt text for images. Fortunately, there are exceptional tools and workflows available for coders to spot-check and fix accessibil...
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@RepoPrompt 26% off sale ends tonight (9/22) at 9 PM Pacific Time. What are you waiting for?
The feature I was waiting on w/VSCode shipped today...AGENTS.md support. Last month, I left Claude Code and now I leave Windsurf. Thanks...you've been good to me. AI toolings have a TTL, but I have leveled up **big-time** with Repo Prompt & OpenAI Codex CLI & GitHub Copilot Pro.
Google Search explained in under 200 words. www.linkedin.com/posts/davids...
Put on your seatbelts, this ride is going to get bumpy. Here is my September 2025 summary of how Google Search works from what I've seen in the past 2-ish years of leaks & lawsuits (updated wi...
Put on your seatbelts, this ride is going to get bumpy. Here is my September 2025 summary of how Google Search works from what I've seen in the past 2-ish years of leaks & lawsuits (updated with the S...
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Designers going overboard with animations causing project delays? I've got a take on that. bsky.app/profile/wis...
As marketers, how do we create slogans that not only capture attention but also leave a lasting impression? Well...it depends...
Anthony Shore@operativewords.com · 2y agoDo you want your slogan to be liked or remembered? You can only pick one. My latest blog post is about the findings of ingenious experiments, in which researchers uncovered how specific linguistic properties of slogans and taglines govern their ability to be remembered or liked. Read and enjoy!
First prediction for 2025: BlueSky will have even more explosive growth. It's here to stay as a leading platform. My favorite feature are the Starter Packs being created. Here's 70,000 of them so far: blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
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Big update for most extensions for my favorite #WordPress #SEO plugin, The SEO Framework. The free version (without extensions) is a default install for me on all sites. There is nothing leaner, faster, or full featured. The Extensions kick it up a notch. theseoframework.com/em-changelog...
2.7.0 - Sane SEO
In this update, Honeypot now tests against fast commenters that virtually accelerate time. Focus can now make API calls again when creating a new post using the latest Block Editor. We also spent the…
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The SEO activity here has really gotten traction in the last few days 🔥 I'll be sharing consistently! Here are lists of SEOs to follow : * By @jesseseogeek.bsky.social: bsky.app/starter-pack... * By @majestic.com : bsky.app/starter-pack... * By @markwilliamscook.com : bsky.app/starter-pack...
Love SEO, Marketing & Search Engine Journal? Follow some of the greatest minds that have written for SEJ so far this year: go.bsky.app/U1Tvg7A
I’ve seen enough to make a call: Bluesky is going to be a legit competitor to Twitter. Sweet.
Another day, another million new people have joined Bluesky! 18M users? 🙂↔️ 18M friends 🙂↕️