I almost couldn’t do this talk at #CascadiaJS.

I persisted through absolute weariness and exhaustion to make it to this stage.

To all the kind folks who said such wonderful things afterwards:

Thank you, it really means so much and makes it all worthwhile. ❤️

🧰 The right tools make design systems a joy to work with.

@willklein_, who leads Dev Experience at Toolspace, shares the design system tools every developer should know.

Upgrade your toolbox at React Day Berlin: reactday.berlin

GitHub Copilot is no longer just an autocomplete tool.

Had a really interesting conversation with @cassidoo on Talks with Ido Evergreen about how Copilot is evolving into an agentic coding tool.

Here's a snippet from our conversation 👇

#GitHubCopilot #github

Proud of my guy Lars for giving his first conference talk, at @ReactAdvanced no less.

We met 2 yrs ago at @ReactRally and quickly realized we were both from Colorado. We got him to speak at @ReactDenver and I knew it was a matter of time for him to be on stage sharing his work.

My daughter asked to play D&D! I know nothing though.

Any advice for getting started as a family where everyone is new to the game?

Caught up with an old friend at Zurich Airport. @acemarke and I go back 7 or 8 years now.

He gave a phenomenal talk at @zurichjs on performance debugging. As always he was answering questions with the community and sharing stories with anyone lucky enough to be here.

I found Zurich!

Exploring ahead of @zurichjs in 2 days.

I started building my first Mac OS desktop apps in Swift and the experience really surprised me.

Traded away some of the DX of web dev (hot reloading, debugging features) but the code is shockingly simple.

I wonder how naive I am but this first impression has been fun.

I've only done two booths but I can say there is definitely an art to it.

Ping @willjohnsonio if you want yours to matter!

❤️

writing manually is thinking.

I read all types of blogs, articles and other content from devtools companies I somehow admire.

all the time. every day.

some time ago one of my friends who follow me on Instagram (55 followers, I treat as my life photo diary that only my closest friends can access) said:

"wow you do amazing photos"

i like my photos too. i have a pretty old camera. sony a6000 (but with more premium lens). I think I would never be able to take good photos if I wasn't browsing great photos from others and taking inspiration and capturing in my head what actually attracted me to their photos.

the same applies to content. you need to read a lot in order to then write manually in an effective way and capture somebody's attention.

why write manually, at least start to have the core manually? cause when you fix the blank page problem instantly with AI there's never gonna be a quality piece out of that, which people enjoy reading and keep recommending to each other.

you know what I also observed in devtools content writing?

it's very subjective but I think the content I enjoy and find others in my network enjoy reading the most, is the one that comes from:

1. ex-software engineers who have taste and at some point entered the developer-marketing path
2. developer marketers who also have taste and really use the products they market to devs

reading is writing. writing is thinking

you do not need a perfect topic to speak at a meetup. talk about something you are learning, something you are curious about, or something you just figured out.

gc2.0 with @willklein_: open.spotify.com/episode/2OTnWz…

Want to give a meetup talk, but not sure what to talk about?

👇🏽

I used @cap for the first time yesterday.

I’ve never enjoyed editing until now.

Well done, @richiemcilroy. 👏

While at @devrelcon, I had the pleasure to make a new friend, @willklein_ 🎉

(I really to see if I can add antireflection coating on my glasses)

#devrelcon

This is my take as well.

There's a lot of reasons for this, but I'll pick one.

What you ship matters. Shipping the right things hasn't become any easier.

This is worth taking a minute to fill out.

I just bought my ticket to @zurichjs in September!

I've heard so much about the community in Zurich, and a lot of awesome folks are going to be there.

FYI, there's 3 more hours on the current price - and they're a steal even at full-price.

Software is getting so cool.

There's a thick layer of slop, but rising to the surface we have quality tools emerging like never before.

On job opportunities:

"a lot of the better ones are more inner-circle and barely make it to the job boards"

I was hired twice this way, and I have multiple conversations like this right now.

Lesson? Keep meeting people, and tell them what you really want to do.