Dusty Burwell

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Software engineer @ Stripe. I try not to talk about how to be a great person. I just try to be a great person. One of those pronoun people: he/him/coach
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Show threadDusty BurwellMay 21, 2025
Brooks Law restated: "Adding AI agents to a late project makes it later."
Dusty BurwellMay 21, 2025

Oh my god. I just had the terrible realization that AI coding agents take the Mythical Man Month and make it last forever. They're new to the project and they'll never learn anything, so they're always new to the project.

https://old.reddit.com/r/ExperiencedDevs/comments/1krttqo/my_new_hobby_watching_ai_slowly_drive_microsoft/

Show threadDusty BurwellDec 7, 2024
@JGuz @austinkocher that said, the west of the Mississippi is mostly uninhabitable, mountainous, and desert that has over tapped its water supply. Space is plentiful, but water is scarce in the west.
Dusty BurwellDec 7, 2024
@ekknappenberger how is that number figured?
Dusty BurwellDec 6, 2024
Rebecca WatsonDec 6, 2024
Bernie Sanders should immediately introduce a bill with a 100% tax rate on anything over $999,000,000 and call it "The CEO Protection Act."
Show threadDusty BurwellDec 2, 2024
@pushcx it is especially girl dinner if eaten straight from the pie tin.
Show threadDusty BurwellDec 2, 2024
@pushcx I disagree with this assessment as much as possible.
Show threadDusty BurwellNov 26, 2024
@seldo.com we don’t have _any_ negative survey responses!
Show threadDusty BurwellNov 25, 2024
@mjdamron if it helps you feel better, thanksgiving is particularly late this year.
Dusty BurwellNov 20, 2024

@leo @TWiT i just got a post roll ad on MBW for some Jordan Peterson series. I generally don’t mind twit ads, even the auto injected ones. But it’s there a way we just can not with that guy?

I know, I know. Join the club! But this guy?