At some point I told myself I'd posted enough. Then another gem would come up. Lots to take away from it.

Impact of AI on juniors? Not as negative as you might think.
@lpeate.bsky.social at #Programmable2026

Enforcing standards is a key control to prevent AI slop in your coding.
@lpeate.bsky.social at #Programmable2026

Delivery pressures directly conflict with AI learning and adoption.
@lpeate.bsky.social at #Programmable2026

Engineers do more work when using AI.
But... Also more work outside of hours
@lpeate.bsky.social at #Programmable2026

What concerns engineers about AI?
Maintainability, reduced learning, reduced understanding, and more.
@lpeate.bsky.social at #Programmable2026

Using mTLS and client certificates to secure cloud services.
Interesting talk by @cail.bsky.social at #Programmable2026

Absolutely. There's still no parallel for human judgement. Whether it's writing a 1000 word article or new software. Just because you can create it, doesn't mean you should.

Adoption of AI does not equal impact. Only 14% of companies report seeing revenue gains.

Mara Cajar-Robinson at #Programmable2026

I know it doesn't help, but it makes me glad we have preferential voting over here. Makes it much easier to make a statement.

I like @willvelida.com's definition of AI coding as HVE (hyper velocity engineering). Important point being velocity which implies *direction* not just speed.
#DDDMelb

9 habits that managers have that create burnout in engineering teams.
Andrew Murphy at #DDDMelb

Use a reviewer AI to detect harm in responses to users.
Sreyna Rath at #DDDMelb

Sreyna Rath at #DDDMelb introduces Persona Testing to reduce bias in AI systems. We wouldn't release without unit tests; why do we release without bias tests?

Worked with a brilliant jerk? We all have. AI is one too.
Sreyna Rath is explaining why at #DDDMelb

Attending #DDDMelb for the first time. Stay tuned for updates...

Joel Morris and Guthrie Govan

Thank you. Reminded me I need to do mine.

I note that the chock a truck was not full self driving.

Pub choir is back in the UK in August. www.pubchoir.com.au/ukandireland

I was impressed they trained a calf to do emergency rescues.

Noodles = Noods = Nudes? Don't ask me.

House lights out

CCHS?

That was my first thought too