Independent Software Engineer. Ex-Microsoft. https://technogenic.nethttps://bsky.app/profile/nguerrera.devhttps://bsky.app/profile/nguerrera.dev/post/3mvixrts5lk2eIn my personal projects, my new productivity is mostly consumed by fixing genuine bugs the AI finds that I never would have until much later. I wish we would spend more time talking about making things *better* than making more things or making things faster.14 Sep 2026 20:39 +0000at://did:plc:3mrfrdwo765teagxibliqune/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvixrts5lk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/nguerrera.dev/post/3mvbcbesyes2eI will not do 2020 all over again. The internet never learns. Enjoy debating about how likely it is that the world is going to end, I will not be participating. Bye.11 Sep 2026 19:26 +0000at://did:plc:3mrfrdwo765teagxibliqune/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbcbesyes2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/nguerrera.dev/post/3mvaqoyyyhk22I've resisted tiling window managers after many attempts over 25 years. I have now discovered paperwm and it is just brilliant. One of the best demonstrations I've ever seen of thinking about an old problem in a novel way.11 Sep 2026 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:3mrfrdwo765teagxibliqune/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvaqoyyyhk22https://bsky.app/profile/nguerrera.dev/post/3muzshd645s2rIt's more interesting to me that in 2026, there are people who still use (Free|Net|Open)BSD than 2026 being yet another possible Year of Linux on the Desktop. I'm happy because if we ever need to hide from Skynet, I think BSD is what we'll run.08 Sep 2026 19:54 +0000at://did:plc:3mrfrdwo765teagxibliqune/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzshd645s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/nguerrera.dev/post/3muzbdtu5qk2qI've never been a FOSS purist, but being able to see all the code that runs on my machine has never been more practical. 1. Agents can diagnose everything that goes wrong by reading code. 2. I can look into what an agent might do if I'm worried about giving it access to something.08 Sep 2026 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:3mrfrdwo765teagxibliqune/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzbdtu5qk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/nguerrera.dev/post/3muyyyry65s2xSocial media is a training environment for natural intelligence that rewards extremism.08 Sep 2026 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:3mrfrdwo765teagxibliqune/app.bsky.feed.post/3muyyyry65s2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/nguerrera.dev/post/3muxn4l5oic2yI’m a naturalized American citizen born in Canada and happily living in Minnesota. If we don’t win big in November, I think it will be time to seriously discuss leaving the US and joining Canada. Our people are so compatible and we’ll never lose again in international hockey.07 Sep 2026 23:13 +0000at://did:plc:3mrfrdwo765teagxibliqune/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxn4l5oic2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/nguerrera.dev/post/3muwztefznk2iFor the love of God, stop assuming everyone wants dark themes. Some of us have trouble reading dark themes. It's accessibility and inclusion fail to make things dark-only.07 Sep 2026 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:3mrfrdwo765teagxibliqune/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwztefznk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/nguerrera.dev/post/3muvb75ahqc2uThis too shall pass.07 Sep 2026 00:35 +0000at://did:plc:3mrfrdwo765teagxibliqune/app.bsky.feed.post/3muvb75ahqc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/nguerrera.dev/post/3muv26gqx3s2gOmg, they ported Visual Studio to Bourne shell? devenv.sh 😉 https://devenv.sh06 Sep 2026 22:29 +0000at://did:plc:3mrfrdwo765teagxibliqune/app.bsky.feed.post/3muv26gqx3s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/nguerrera.dev/post/3muu7vemrr225Seems I forgot I hate it online.06 Sep 2026 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:3mrfrdwo765teagxibliqune/app.bsky.feed.post/3muu7vemrr225https://bsky.app/profile/nguerrera.dev/post/3muso3ynn6s2iIt fills me with anxiety to have to swap this particular piece of software, but well, shit. What's the best alternative to 1Password? [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Sep 2026 23:48 +0000at://did:plc:3mrfrdwo765teagxibliqune/app.bsky.feed.post/3muso3ynn6s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/nguerrera.dev/post/3muplvcmlys2oNow I’m 99% sure on this. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Sep 2026 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:3mrfrdwo765teagxibliqune/app.bsky.feed.post/3muplvcmlys2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/nguerrera.dev/post/3muplby2tmc2oThis! A thousand times, this! [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Sep 2026 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:3mrfrdwo765teagxibliqune/app.bsky.feed.post/3muplby2tmc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/nguerrera.dev/post/3mukv4j3dms2rI’m relieved that this got a lot of positive engagement and minimal trolling from haters. For a second there I thought I’d have to leave this place and I like this place so that would have been sad. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Sep 2026 21:32 +0000at://did:plc:3mrfrdwo765teagxibliqune/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukv4j3dms2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/nguerrera.dev/post/3mukubbi25c2dThe easiest way to kill your AI productivity is to let one agent nerd snipe another with adversarial review.02 Sep 2026 21:17 +0000at://did:plc:3mrfrdwo765teagxibliqune/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukubbi25c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/nguerrera.dev/post/3mukqqlp4r22xSo I just discovered that Ubuntu 26.04 ships with `ls` version 0.8.0 rewritten in rust. My new distro will be called GETOFFMYLAWN/Linux Started working on new AGENTS.md for it: “You are old, you are tired…”02 Sep 2026 20:14 +0000at://did:plc:3mrfrdwo765teagxibliqune/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukqqlp4r22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/nguerrera.dev/post/3muk4m3jpds25https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HHuSBIViMc02 Sep 2026 14:13 +0000at://did:plc:3mrfrdwo765teagxibliqune/app.bsky.feed.post/3muk4m3jpds25https://bsky.app/profile/nguerrera.dev/post/3mujock42zs2xTough pill: Yesterday on twitter the algorithm served me thoughtful debate about cybersecurity, AI safety research, and the distinction between them. And the algorithm here drew me into a fight over whether one person can use AI to make a prototype for a difficult feature in software they give away.02 Sep 2026 09:57 +0000at://did:plc:3mrfrdwo765teagxibliqune/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujock42zs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/nguerrera.dev/post/3muixcjdul22xNGL, watching Bluesky bully a software developer for using AI makes a part of me question whether some of the worst people that I don’t agree with on much of anything are right about this place. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Sep 2026 03:06 +0000at://did:plc:3mrfrdwo765teagxibliqune/app.bsky.feed.post/3muixcjdul22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/nguerrera.dev/post/3muis6pcc6c26Both Arch and Nix are the wrong base OS for beautiful, fun, agentic Linux for everyone. No hate whatsoever to either.02 Sep 2026 01:34 +0000at://did:plc:3mrfrdwo765teagxibliqune/app.bsky.feed.post/3muis6pcc6c26https://bsky.app/profile/nguerrera.dev/post/3mui7nilid226I have no self-control. I pre-ordered one and upgraded the ram making it not even a good deal anymore. 🤣 [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Sep 2026 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:3mrfrdwo765teagxibliqune/app.bsky.feed.post/3mui7nilid226https://bsky.app/profile/nguerrera.dev/post/3muhufjy7ik2qHot take: I no longer perceive agentic development as being on an exponential. I think we had a huge step function breakthrough circa Opus 4.5-4.6 and good and steady progress since.01 Sep 2026 16:41 +0000at://did:plc:3mrfrdwo765teagxibliqune/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhufjy7ik2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/nguerrera.dev/post/3muhue7g2ms2qThe real derangement syndrome is code-of-conduct derangement syndrome. If you read "don't be an asshole" and have a meltdown about how "they want to control your thoughts", get help.01 Sep 2026 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:3mrfrdwo765teagxibliqune/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhue7g2ms2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/nguerrera.dev/post/3muhpiz5imk2xAfter like two months straight of bash on linux in ptyxis, typing in pwsh on windows in terminal app feels unbearably slow. This bsky text box feels slower than the same box in edge on Linux. Both machines have similar beefy hardware. (Could be something about my config, especially in pwsh case.)01 Sep 2026 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:3mrfrdwo765teagxibliqune/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhpiz5imk2x