Matthew Tanner
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I signed a petition against introduction of Sheppey car parking charges which would be very bad for local businesses.
change.org/p/stop-swale-c…
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If you're using am LLM to do things like a machine, you've got it wrong. It does things like a person. Apply checks and balances accordingly.
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@simonbrown I've always been an analyst developer, so I'm losing no sleep on this. I'm just very excited by the powerup it gives, so I can make whole products with no sacrifice on engineering standards or controls.
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Surprised at the "you need to stop coding or quit" responses.
A thought experiment ... what's the difference between "ivory tower architects" (limited value; disconnected from implementation details) and devs who are using AI to write code? How will you keep your technical skills up to date when you're not writing code? 🤔
Simon Brown@simonbrown
Spec-driven development makes very little sense to me. The software development industry has repeatedly shown that devs don't like writing docs, often saying "it's tedious and time-consuming; I'd rather be coding". - How will this turn out to be different? - Why automate the fun part (coding) and force devs to write docs instead? developer.microsoft.com/blog/spec-driv…
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The real goal: specify systems cleanly, with no incidental complexity.
That is programming.
We're using LLMs to pave over the mess we haven’t solved instead.
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Spec-driven development makes very little sense to me.
The software development industry has repeatedly shown that devs don't like writing docs, often saying "it's tedious and time-consuming; I'd rather be coding".
- How will this turn out to be different?
- Why automate the fun part (coding) and force devs to write docs instead?
developer.microsoft.com/blog/spec-driv…
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I've just started using /grill-me from @mattpocockuk and its an absolute game-changer. Momentum is being maintained and its great fun!
Matt Pocock@mattpocockuk
/grill-with-docs is MAGICAL It powers up /grill-me by forcing you to define the random jargon your project uses Then every grilling session afterwards is "magically aligned with the thoughts you have" Love a bit of DDD
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@rolandbouman “LLMs are like compilers”
→ “but you still need tests”
Then they’re not like compilers.
They’re more like developers: fallible, inconsistent, creative.
That’s the point.
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Compiler construction is one of the oldest, best understood CS fields. It's decades of work by the brightest minds, and it's grounded in logic, informed by experience and strictly deterministic.
Comparing that with LLM-based coding agents is just wrong.
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solst/ICE of Astarte@IceSolst
Interesting article on treating agent output like compiler output (and why) skiplabs.io/blog/codegen_a…
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Matthew Tanner retweetledi
You may have heard from @Steve_Yegge that we've released Gas City 1.0! I thought I'd provide some additional details on Steve's excellent blog post.
sellsbrothers.com/announcing-gas…
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@csells This will be productised by tools vendors. The article references existing frameworks. I suppose there is scope for specialisation, but it's also likely the general solutions will be superior. Token efficiency will be a big thing when the free lunch is over.
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Your job has changed.
Instead of building the software, you’ll be building the factory that harnesses agents to build, review, test, deploy, and operate it.
Orchestration is all you need.
sellsbrothers.com/orchestration-…
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@housecor Why have the interface at all if you have only one implementation?
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The single greatest sign a C# dev wrote your TypeScript:
interface IUser {
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@almurray The tyre pressures and other maintenance informations have been on display at your local dealers office in Alpha Centauri for 50 of your Earth years, so you’ve had plenty of time to lodge any formal complaint and it’s far too late to start making a fuss about it now.
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Modern car tyre pressure warning: required tyre pressures nowhere to be found in car, manual.
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Excited we have 4 humans looping the moon again. @DJSnM can you explain though how a significantly upgraded version of the Shuttle booster (5seg SRB + 4x RS25 vs 4seg + 3x SSME) is only lifting 62t? Half the mass of the Apollo stack (S-IVB+SM+CM+LM) and far less than the original orbiter with 25t payload to LEO even if you take of 20t for SSME and thrust structures. It should have lifted off like a scalded cat.
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Well I got a few pictures, that are all meh, but cool nevertheless
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Tony Hoare RIP. Author of Communicating Sequential Processes (CSP) which inspired the OCCAM programming language for Transputers. theregister.com/2026/03/12/in_…
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ESA has lost contact with the coronograph for the Proba-3 mission. The spacecraft lost attitude control and entered safe mode due to power being lost from solar cells. The mission requires both spacecraft to fly in close formation to image the corona
esa.int/Enabling_Suppo…
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@ICooper What's a "developer test"? Sounds like something used for interviews.
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For those of you rediscovering TDD via agents - if you let your agent do TDD by writing unit tests and not developer tests, you will end up in a pickle.
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Would love to know quite what attending a hateful rally like this has got to do with biodiversity, pollution, climate change, renewables and rewilding?! Makes a mockery of what we desperately need from a campaigning Green Party, ie to nudge us all to do better for the planet...
Julie Bindel@bindelj
Absolute bellends:
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@UK_Daniel_Card Good news for all the russian shadow fleet waiting for buyers...
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THEY'VE DONE IT!!! GOLD FOR GREAT BRITAIN 🥇
Matt Weston and Tabby Stoecker are invincible in the mixed skeleton 💫
#TeamGB | #MilanoCortina2026
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Phew! A medal... But G O L D too!!! Well done Matt.
Team GB@TeamGB
IT’S GOLD FOR MATT WESTON!!!!!!! 🥇🥇🥇 #TeamGB | #MilanoCortina2026
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Always eat your own dog food if you can. theregister.com/2026/02/12/sus…
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