Dave Smith

@djsmith42

CTO at @ObservePoint helping make your website better. Former talking cylinder builder at Amazon. Co-host of the @SoftSkillsEng podcast.

Dave Smith
@djsmith42
Sep 4
Come see this talk about stacked diffs on Sept 18. Get your ticket before late bird pricing.
UtahJS
@utjs
Sep 4
AI writes code 3-5x faster. Reviewing a 1,200-line AI-generated PR? Still just as hard. Ryan Olson on stacked diffs as the fix. #UtahJS, Sept 18 @ 1:00 PM. ti.to/utahjs/2026
Dave Smith
@djsmith42
Sep 4
Hmmm...
Dave Smith
@djsmith42
Sep 3
Where are these angels that people trust to organize society for us? Does anyone choose people to give power based on their virtue? youtube.com/watch?v=RWsx1X…
Rob Henderson
@robkhenderson
Sep 3
Many such cases: a.co/d/0cFSurUZ
Dave Smith
@djsmith42
Sep 3
People complain about AI slop in code, but then we see human-written code like this: private static final int LEN_0 = 0; private static final int LEN_1 = 1; private static final int LEN_100 = 100; private static final int LEN_1000 = 1000;
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Dave Smith
@djsmith42
Sep 2
Come to UtahJS and see some amazing talks about real world AI in engineering
UtahJS
@utjs
Sep 2
Your next customer might not be human. AI agents are already browsing and completing checkouts on behalf of users — and they read your site through the exact same accessibility tree screen readers do. Tim Damen (Frontend Chapter Lead & Accessibility Lead, Amsterdam) makes the