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A Canadian software developer who thinks he’s funny.

Education

Mount Allison University

Pronouns

He/him

Work

Co-founder at Forem

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Evolving Our Infrastructure: Why We Moved from Heroku Postgres to Neon

Evolving Our Infrastructure: Why We Moved from Heroku Postgres to Neon

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New bandcamp embed is live

New bandcamp embed is live

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Testing Bandcamp embed

Testing Bandcamp embed

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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Moving billboard event counting into a background job

Moving billboard event counting into a background job

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Exciting Community News: We're Partnering with Google AI!

Exciting Community News: We're Partnering with Google AI!

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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WeedWarden: Prototype autonomous lawn weeding bot

WeedWarden: Prototype autonomous lawn weeding bot

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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Any AI System that Costs People Time is Systematically Flawed

Any AI System that Costs People Time is Systematically Flawed

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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"Listings" have been fully removed from Forem Core

"Listings" have been fully removed from Forem Core

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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A new space for discussions surrounding the Forem core open source project

A new space for discussions surrounding the Forem core open source project

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SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT MEMES

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT MEMES

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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Things from the internet

Things from the internet

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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Potato

Potato

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Meme Monday

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php

php

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Introducing "DUMB DEV"

Introducing "DUMB DEV"

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Where it all happens

Where it all happens

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But why?

But why?

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Vibe coding

Vibe coding

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Amirite?

Amirite?

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Meme Tuesday

Meme Tuesday

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Meme Monday

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Meme Monday

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GPT 4.5 Release

GPT 4.5 Release

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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Specialization vs. Generalization in the Age of AI

Specialization vs. Generalization in the Age of AI

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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You can now embed Bluesky on DEV/Forem

You can now embed Bluesky on DEV/Forem

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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The Future of...

The Future of...

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DeepSeek releases new image model family

DeepSeek releases new image model family

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Deepseek Market Impact — Monday Jan 27

Deepseek Market Impact — Monday Jan 27

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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Deepseek R1 vs OpenAI o1

Deepseek R1 vs OpenAI o1

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OpenAi Releases Operator

OpenAi Releases Operator

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Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht Pardoned

Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht Pardoned

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The New Generalist's Paradox

The New Generalist's Paradox

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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Is working with AI a job skill?

Is working with AI a job skill?

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Welcome Thread - v1

Welcome Thread - v1

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Open Source Humanoid Robot

Open Source Humanoid Robot

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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Test post

Test post

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Testing Future

Testing Future

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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Meme Monday

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