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@sontek
Python, Golang, Kubernetes, and DevOps!
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    @sontek
    Jun 6
    @ibuildthecloud discobot seems to be the only session manager that takes sandboxing somewhat seriously
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    @sontek
    May 6
    Working with humans instead of agents is rough. Asked claude to analyze the last month of PRs for code review comments to find patterns I could write skills on. "Diagnosis: The cursor-bot caught correctness issues, human reviewers caught taste/hygiene issues" The humans
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    @sontek
    Sep 26, 2025
    Just had to do actual computer science. 🤮 I'm self taught, I'm not supposed to need those things. Needed a sparse data structure to represent test status with retries across commit/time.
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    @sontek
    Sep 24, 2025
    The way people retry CI actions is wrong. You don't want your test runner to retry. Let the pipeline fail and track the failure. Then automate the retry as a new run. Track how often its failing and get the logs for it. Don't use things like pytest-retry or nick-fields/retry.
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    @sontek
    Sep 23, 2025
    DX isn’t just pretty docs and fast builds. It’s trust. Flaky tests break that trust. You lose all the speed when you are debugging and retrying tests. Why are all the Developer Experience teams building stuff that doesn't improve the daily life of the people they are serving?

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