Prophet of Nicolas Cage. Serverless Developer. Norfolkjs Organizer.https://blacksky.community/profile/paulchinjr.bsky.socialhttps://blacksky.community/profile/paulchinjr.bsky.social/post/3mol2uyq47c2cInstead of giving agents Sisyphean loops, try gentle parenting. "We don't eat YAML, buddy. Let's talk about what happened."18 Jun 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:6mn72ubm7p6kqeace3vy4eq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mol2uyq47c2chttps://blacksky.community/profile/paulchinjr.bsky.social/post/3mol2mnaf322c@val.town is a nice place for javascript [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Jun 2026 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:6mn72ubm7p6kqeace3vy4eq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mol2mnaf322chttps://blacksky.community/profile/paulchinjr.bsky.social/post/3mlvgou3ctc2iToday's the day! https://www.sls.guru/events/webinars/sls-day-2026 I'm kicking it off with a serverless ETL pipeline story, and Nic Cage, and hosting Wheel of Fortune, and a panel on AI security. Don't miss it!15 May 2026 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:6mn72ubm7p6kqeace3vy4eq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvgou3ctc2ihttps://blacksky.community/profile/paulchinjr.bsky.social/post/3mkzrwvfk6k2iCatch my next talk at @sceniccitysummit.com , thanks to sls.guru for supporting true community conferences and not just trade shows. This year, I'm focused on re-discovering fundamentals of software development. Wherever that road takes me, I hope you can join me. #praisecage https://sls.guru04 May 2026 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:6mn72ubm7p6kqeace3vy4eq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzrwvfk6k2ihttps://blacksky.community/profile/paulchinjr.bsky.social/post/3mjzm3eygzc2eI'm still trying to get my head around megamerges, will have to read this a couple more times. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Apr 2026 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:6mn72ubm7p6kqeace3vy4eq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzm3eygzc2ehttps://blacksky.community/profile/paulchinjr.bsky.social/post/3miylgquo7s27I should do an ethnography on the "manager stroll", when you see a group of 2 or 3 people clearly walking and talking about the business you're standing in. Like talking about the reason the cups are stacked in a particular way.08 Apr 2026 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:6mn72ubm7p6kqeace3vy4eq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3miylgquo7s27https://blacksky.community/profile/paulchinjr.bsky.social/post/3miwml5rwz22rIf anyone's afraid of missing on the AI hype. I'm giving 3 conference talks this year, and none of them are on AI, or even mention AI. We're doing alright just knowing stuff. Check me out this week at Codestock. www.codestock.org https://www.codestock.org/07 Apr 2026 20:29 +0000at://did:plc:6mn72ubm7p6kqeace3vy4eq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwml5rwz22rhttps://blacksky.community/profile/paulchinjr.bsky.social/post/3miulg3gpj22ki got trapped by the ai today, i stretched a bit further than i understood and trusted it too much. it still feels like programming.07 Apr 2026 01:02 +0000at://did:plc:6mn72ubm7p6kqeace3vy4eq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3miulg3gpj22khttps://blacksky.community/profile/paulchinjr.bsky.social/post/3miltkqh7z22g🎵Old MacDonald had a NULL, [object object] [object object] [object object]🎵03 Apr 2026 13:34 +0000at://did:plc:6mn72ubm7p6kqeace3vy4eq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3miltkqh7z22ghttps://blacksky.community/profile/paulchinjr.bsky.social/post/3mijsrdenys2zWhen I finished school, the fastest way to learn how to launder money was going into finance. Anti-money laundering training told me exactly how it was done and what to look out for. Now, the fastest way for me to learn how to make trojans and spyware is developing agents.02 Apr 2026 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:6mn72ubm7p6kqeace3vy4eq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijsrdenys2zhttps://blacksky.community/profile/paulchinjr.bsky.social/post/3mgbp4iju6c2qrenting a vm to lobster 24/7, so that you can hit a web api, so it can write nextjs code, that runs on a neighboring rack. the future is now.05 Mar 2026 01:58 +0000at://did:plc:6mn72ubm7p6kqeace3vy4eq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgbp4iju6c2qhttps://blacksky.community/profile/paulchinjr.bsky.social/post/3mfsowbh4gc2kNever thought commit messages would feel retro.27 Feb 2026 02:44 +0000at://did:plc:6mn72ubm7p6kqeace3vy4eq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfsowbh4gc2khttps://blacksky.community/profile/paulchinjr.bsky.social/post/3mejshzavnc2iDo any of you have a real world take on the determinism of embedding models? Do they seem deterministic enough? Or do you not count on that?10 Feb 2026 20:29 +0000at://did:plc:6mn72ubm7p6kqeace3vy4eq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mejshzavnc2ihttps://blacksky.community/profile/paulchinjr.bsky.social/post/3mei6ed2t4s2ytw: jump scare. when was the last time you updated your gravatar?10 Feb 2026 04:56 +0000at://did:plc:6mn72ubm7p6kqeace3vy4eq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mei6ed2t4s2yhttps://blacksky.community/profile/paulchinjr.bsky.social/post/3me5rhiqokk2bI don't think that we, as a culture, revere lasers enough.06 Feb 2026 01:39 +0000at://did:plc:6mn72ubm7p6kqeace3vy4eq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3me5rhiqokk2bhttps://blacksky.community/profile/paulchinjr.bsky.social/post/3mdvqs37q3c2iI'm blaming the lobster bots as responsible for taking down github actions, dns gets a pass ... this time02 Feb 2026 21:05 +0000at://did:plc:6mn72ubm7p6kqeace3vy4eq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdvqs37q3c2ihttps://blacksky.community/profile/paulchinjr.bsky.social/post/3mcj3hyo7is2cI finally figured out why the holodeck sims were never contemporary, but set in the 20th century. It's so painfully obvious, that's the only stuff that was in public domain. Could you imagine Federation copyright laws?!16 Jan 2026 02:47 +0000at://did:plc:6mn72ubm7p6kqeace3vy4eq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcj3hyo7is2chttps://blacksky.community/profile/paulchinjr.bsky.social/post/3mccwwlhkws24I fell for the humblebrag, but I worked really hard on it last year, and I have all my new friends to thank for it. Thanks again to sls.guru for sponsoring me. hashtag#praisecage13 Jan 2026 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:6mn72ubm7p6kqeace3vy4eq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mccwwlhkws24https://blacksky.community/profile/paulchinjr.bsky.social/post/3m77drxpxt22bThe rad DJ at #awsreinvent is criminally underutilised05 Dec 2025 01:33 +0000at://did:plc:6mn72ubm7p6kqeace3vy4eq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3m77drxpxt22b