andrewthecoder

25+ years in software engineering, systems programming, and full‑stack web dev. Building emulators, hardware projects, and SaaS tools while running an independent dev shop. Here to share code, architecture deep dives, and the messy reality of shipping real‑world systems.

@djcows ...and the first day of spring.

tomorrow is friday

@Madisonkanna you are. you have been for a few years now. I remember when it started, actually.

@_andrewthecoder what's the clique, i am probably not in it

X is the best social media app and i will die on this hill

@thdxr a hacker's dream is what it is.

ai password manager is that anything?

@Madisonkanna @sudobunni decentralized twitter without ads.

@sudobunni what on earth is mastodon

scrolling on Mastodon: feeling inspired to build cool things and learn about interesting problems people are solving scrolling on X: "developers are becoming obsolete", "there's no point in learning to code anymore", "AI is everything"

@eliana_jordan Apps are not dead. Small, very business specific apps will always be in demand. But, service is dead because those small, very business specific apps can be vibe coded by many. we have to be more clever about what we build and what we ship.

“Apps are dead.” I don’t buy it. People still want tools to: → remember → stay motivated → track things → make better decisions Demand is still there.

@_devJNS no

remember when knowing HTML, CSS and Javascript meant a $90k salary.

strange day. the sun is shining, the birds are singing, and it is almost warm out...with 2 ft of snow still sitting. hahahaha

@onehappyfellow I like them both! Go is incredibly versatile, and easy to pick up. Rust is a little more terse, but!! Cargo will teach you rust! The compiler tells you what you did wrong and how to fix it.

rust is a good language, it's just tasteless go is a programming language

@rezoundous so true. weightogether.com

Nothing humbles you like launching something nobody uses.

I have 64 public repos in GitHub. Only 27 stars... I haven't starred any of them myself. Maybe I should.

why is he hard while doing this?

@Bhawarthaa certainly depends on the week. this week it is Python because I am working on some AI agents. Last week it was Rust. Next week it will probably be Zig because of an open source thing I am working on.

Which coding language do you use most?

@Shay_Slay_ well, I can't speak for everyone...but for me, regular coke makes my diabetes cry.

Why people are obsessed with diet coke??

@codegirl007 coming along. very impressive.

Working on my editor I wrote in C. Implemented syntax highlighting. There’s so little color I can’t tell if it works. 🙈

Silly cat.

@GameDevJared89 github.com/andrewthecoder… 60+ repos. take your pick.

@_andrewthecoder love it. link me to repo lemme take al ook

idiots don't know that they are idiots.

@GameDevJared89 brother...I live to make you smile.

@_andrewthecoder hahahahahahaha lol dude ok this made me smile and laugh really hard

@GameDevJared89 you are an amazing developer... let's show them!

@_andrewthecoder me too