I build & scale tech for businesses, from Fortune-100's to startups. Your solutions partner when you want it built right. Follow for learnings from our work at Urban Dynamics!https://bsky.app/profile/im-ferris.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/im-ferris.bsky.social/post/3lpuwyscab224Managers have asked me a lot about if AI is a problem or not for junior devs to use. Here’s my hot take: AI is the new StackOverflow. This is not a new problem, just the next evolution of it. My experience has been the secret to people getting better is frequent, quality feedback.24 May 2025 01:00 +0000at://did:plc:ur2tdmdcqzebkkty2dgijgni/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpuwyscab224https://bsky.app/profile/im-ferris.bsky.social/post/3lh3537ochs2d31 Jan 2025 23:18 +0000at://did:plc:ur2tdmdcqzebkkty2dgijgni/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh3537ochs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/im-ferris.bsky.social/post/3lg6yclbmp22eI have only one ask: Please fix your slow website. I'm begging you. https://www.urbdyn.com/blog/fix-your-slow-website?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ferris_post_205_0120 Jan 2025 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:ur2tdmdcqzebkkty2dgijgni/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg6yclbmp22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/im-ferris.bsky.social/post/3lfqdc44rjc22Oreo may have won the grocery stores. But Biscoff has won the skies.14 Jan 2025 22:45 +0000at://did:plc:ur2tdmdcqzebkkty2dgijgni/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfqdc44rjc22https://bsky.app/profile/im-ferris.bsky.social/post/3lfpyr5zcmc2lHow is tech still so bad? The airport I’m at just had their power blip for ~2 seconds. Hard rebooted all the self check kiosks for @americanair.bsky.social. We’re at 8 minutes and they’re still not ready for someone to use them yet 🤦‍♀️14 Jan 2025 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:ur2tdmdcqzebkkty2dgijgni/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfpyr5zcmc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/im-ferris.bsky.social/post/3lfpng6fwq22b“This is fine 🔥” [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jan 2025 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:ur2tdmdcqzebkkty2dgijgni/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfpng6fwq22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/im-ferris.bsky.social/post/3lfirz3dmcs2jWhat ever happened to ClubHouse? Is anyone still active there? Haven’t heard about it in forever.11 Jan 2025 22:47 +0000at://did:plc:ur2tdmdcqzebkkty2dgijgni/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfirz3dmcs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/im-ferris.bsky.social/post/3lfij2kne6c2hWhat I feel when Github Actions starts acting up.11 Jan 2025 20:07 +0000at://did:plc:ur2tdmdcqzebkkty2dgijgni/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfij2kne6c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/im-ferris.bsky.social/post/3lfiae66eos2rMe: “Has anyone seen my phone?” Friend: “Did you leave it in the charging toaster again?” (Read more from @theverge.com here https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/6/24337684/swippitt-phone-charging-system-ces-2025 )11 Jan 2025 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:ur2tdmdcqzebkkty2dgijgni/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfiae66eos2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/im-ferris.bsky.social/post/3lfi3z5evck2nLinkedIn, I know you're rate limiting me to protect yourself... but when that rate limiting kicks in for opening 4 tabs at once, it means you've got some architectural problems buddy.11 Jan 2025 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:ur2tdmdcqzebkkty2dgijgni/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfi3z5evck2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/im-ferris.bsky.social/post/3lffx6gg5ts2lMe: “Somehow I’ve dressed myself today like a nomad web-dev doing soul searching in Argentina.” Friend: “Why a web developer?” Me: “Backend engineers know who the hell they are!”10 Jan 2025 19:41 +0000at://did:plc:ur2tdmdcqzebkkty2dgijgni/app.bsky.feed.post/3lffx6gg5ts2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/im-ferris.bsky.social/post/3lfdsmqaztc23Where are the io_uring peeps on here?09 Jan 2025 23:14 +0000at://did:plc:ur2tdmdcqzebkkty2dgijgni/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfdsmqaztc23https://bsky.app/profile/im-ferris.bsky.social/post/3lf73zrkdvs2bThings that did NOT change my life: ❌ AI tools ❌ Crypto ❌ Working at a startup ❌ Reading a book per week Things that did change my life: ✅ Sleeping 8 hours a night ✅ Traveling to new places ✅ Starting my own business ✅ Owning a rice cooker Don't worry about missing out on the current trend.08 Jan 2025 02:19 +0000at://did:plc:ur2tdmdcqzebkkty2dgijgni/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf73zrkdvs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/im-ferris.bsky.social/post/3lezwg7kgf223Keep innovating.06 Jan 2025 00:56 +0000at://did:plc:ur2tdmdcqzebkkty2dgijgni/app.bsky.feed.post/3lezwg7kgf223https://bsky.app/profile/im-ferris.bsky.social/post/3leoyd4zqzs2nAre luxury and tech antithetical to one another?01 Jan 2025 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:ur2tdmdcqzebkkty2dgijgni/app.bsky.feed.post/3leoyd4zqzs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/im-ferris.bsky.social/post/3lei3g2ejck2pI hath finally gazed upon the iCalendar file format. And I have found it wanting. This is why we can't have nice things 🤦‍♀️29 Dec 2024 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:ur2tdmdcqzebkkty2dgijgni/app.bsky.feed.post/3lei3g2ejck2phttps://bsky.app/profile/im-ferris.bsky.social/post/3le5tx53pbk2qMerry Christmas 🎄 may your prod environments have no alerts!25 Dec 2024 20:57 +0000at://did:plc:ur2tdmdcqzebkkty2dgijgni/app.bsky.feed.post/3le5tx53pbk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/im-ferris.bsky.social/post/3ldyvusgbkc2yWait… is using a reverse proxy not a valid backend-for-frontend design? That was the only thing that made sense to me 😭 [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Dec 2024 21:48 +0000at://did:plc:ur2tdmdcqzebkkty2dgijgni/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldyvusgbkc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/im-ferris.bsky.social/post/3ldyvrmhiek2yAnd for my next trick, I’m going to take this (*gestures to “product”*) and make it fit through this (*points to “market”*). Now can someone hand me that sledge hammer?23 Dec 2024 21:46 +0000at://did:plc:ur2tdmdcqzebkkty2dgijgni/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldyvrmhiek2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/im-ferris.bsky.social/post/3ldwq7kojqk2mRealized I hit 13 followers and am way more excited about it than I should be haha. Somehow feels more real than having hundreds on Twitter / X 🤷‍♀️ https://media.tenor.com/t7l5O97EBHMAAAAC/wohoo-major-league-soccer.gif?hh=498&ww=49823 Dec 2024 01:01 +0000at://did:plc:ur2tdmdcqzebkkty2dgijgni/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldwq7kojqk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/im-ferris.bsky.social/post/3ldtwbcwems2kIs there a good website or resource for seeing performance / $ per hour for cloud VMs? I recently had to do a bit of research and was shocked I couldn’t find anywhere that had this info for any single cloud (AWS, GCP, or Azure).21 Dec 2024 22:12 +0000at://did:plc:ur2tdmdcqzebkkty2dgijgni/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldtwbcwems2khttps://bsky.app/profile/im-ferris.bsky.social/post/3ldrq5arezc2mWhy are more people not talking about AWS EC2 instance perf differences?! I still see t2’s in prod sometimes and somehow c7a.2xlarge’s have a GeekBench score 10,000?!21 Dec 2024 01:17 +0000at://did:plc:ur2tdmdcqzebkkty2dgijgni/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldrq5arezc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/im-ferris.bsky.social/post/3ldmk3ak76k2tHow it feels to know modern Java syntax can be a hyperlink 🤯 [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Dec 2024 23:45 +0000at://did:plc:ur2tdmdcqzebkkty2dgijgni/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldmk3ak76k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/im-ferris.bsky.social/post/3ldhrbnfrl224Today’s highlight: Some unexpected but fun exchanges with @katef.bsky.social 😄 where I also learned about some cool projects on here they’ve done like @happyautomata.com 🔁17 Dec 2024 02:11 +0000at://did:plc:ur2tdmdcqzebkkty2dgijgni/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldhrbnfrl224https://bsky.app/profile/im-ferris.bsky.social/post/3ldhl3ivpqk24If you find that everyone else’s code is complicated, I’d bet money that coding isn’t a “creative process” for you. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Dec 2024 00:20 +0000at://did:plc:ur2tdmdcqzebkkty2dgijgni/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldhl3ivpqk24https://bsky.app/profile/im-ferris.bsky.social/post/3ldhkrhf7d22tMy #1 finding about Platforms having spent a bunch of time coming up with a Platform service for startups… no one knows what a Software Platform is 🤦‍♀️17 Dec 2024 00:14 +0000at://did:plc:ur2tdmdcqzebkkty2dgijgni/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldhkrhf7d22thttps://bsky.app/profile/im-ferris.bsky.social/post/3ldf7cz2t7c2rOh hey! @rickyxstar.dev is on here 😄16 Dec 2024 01:44 +0000at://did:plc:ur2tdmdcqzebkkty2dgijgni/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldf7cz2t7c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/im-ferris.bsky.social/post/3lccp3adtfs2jIdeas are easy. Execution is difficult. Persistence is challenging. Discipline is hard.02 Dec 2024 08:23 +0000at://did:plc:ur2tdmdcqzebkkty2dgijgni/app.bsky.feed.post/3lccp3adtfs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/im-ferris.bsky.social/post/3lby63pk6lc2iAfter being in Japan, I no longer care about gen. AI or humanoid robots. The number one thing that will improve my day-to-day life is ubiquitous vending machines that serve whatever I want ☕️ 🍵 🌭 🍞28 Nov 2024 03:52 +0000at://did:plc:ur2tdmdcqzebkkty2dgijgni/app.bsky.feed.post/3lby63pk6lc2i