Brian Dewey

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iOS Engineer, Duolingo
Websitehttps://bdewey.com
Githubhttps://github.com/bdewey
@cjwirth clearly the stock fell BECAUSE the market learned you quit
"brain coding" is an excellent term
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I brain coded a static image gallery in a few hours using #Perl #vibecoding https://domm.plix.at/perl/2025_10_braincoded_static_image_gallery.html

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@cjwirth is a true legend inside Duolingo! Such an honor to work alongside him.
Happy "Device Added to Your Account" day for all of those who celebrate!
@stroughtonsmith This is why I map the action button to the ChatGPT app, voice input
In honor of Robert Redford, everyone is obligated to watch Sneakers tonight.
"Meanwhile, the poor Babel fish, by effectively removing all barriers to communication between different races and cultures, has caused more and bloodier wars than anything else in the history of creation."

Hey, designing a file format or network protocol? Let me give you one tip that I keep hearing people call unnecessary, and I keep coming to projects and having to work around it:

Add a simple SemVer version number.

Somewhere right at the start of the file, in the first message, or included in every JSON endpoint's response.

Nothing fancy, just a major and minor number. If the major is bigger than your client's, tell the user to update. Remember to increment the minor with each change.

Yesterday was the 11th anniversary of the biggest scandal of the Obama administration.
It’s good to wake up to dozens of tech support emails and hundreds of social mentions, right? πŸ˜… #TotRocks