Bert Koorengevel

@bertkoor
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.nl Java developer @ SopraSteria JTech, former code smith. Guitars, rock music & genealogy (won't find much here)

Do you tell people it’s your birthday when you see them on the day and it’s obvious they forgot / don’t know?

#poll #askFedi #boostsWelcome

Yes, I tell them.
9.4%
No, I stay quiet.
90.6%
Poll ended at .
In a better timeline there would have been a collaboration between Florence Welch, Gladys Knight and Crystal Gayle called 'Florence, Knight and Gayle'

Fragments: code review isn't just catching bugs, what role for observability in agentic programming, what we lose with GPS over maps

https://martinfowler.com/fragments/2026-03-19.html

Fragments: March 19

fragments 19 Mar 2026

martinfowler.com
an LLM is a compiler in the same way that a slot machine is an ATM
This seems very relevant to our current times (and very plausible in the context of the enshittification of social media and the emergent misalignment of almost all current LLMs).
https://mikegodwin.substack.com/p/from-a-law-to-an-ethic
From a Law to an Ethic

Introducing Godwin's Ethic - a framework for individual digital responsibility

Mike Godwin
Best explanation for Quantum Mechanics I've ever heard
@nyanbinary
I should be able to remember xkcd # 386 (expected it in that list) but nope...
*long drag on cigarette* Kid, this is Mastodon. We're all the algorithm here. You. Me. Everybody. Now get out there and boost somebody's bullshit.