Olivier Dagenais

@oliiscool
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I write code and eat software engineering for breakfast.
AI-Generated Code Quality and the Challenges we all face

Research shows AI-generated code has 1.7x more issues than human code. Analysis of several studies reveals growing technical debt and complexity with GenAI tools.

Agile Pain Relief
Don't Get Distracted

I’m going to tell you about how I took a job building software to kill people. But don’t get distracted by that; I didn’t know at the time.

Hearthside

@kepano All links open in a new tab. Please dear lord let me set that. I never want any link or action to replace a tab. I lose content I want every day. Every. Day. For years.

Yes I know about command click.

I also *always* open all links in a new tab in my browser. Always.

I can not stress this enough: I never want a tab's content *replaced*. Ever. And on the rare time I might... I'd just close the old one after opening a new one.

Please, I beg.

Pro tip: If you are attending a crowded event in winter, wearing a well-fitting mask like an N95 can serve double duty by keeping your face warm and keeping viruses away.

(yes, transmission can still happen outdoors in crowds or with close and sustained contact to someone who is sick).
PSA: You don’t owe anyone an explanation about the health reasons why you are wearing a mask.

Badgering others about the tools they need to survive is stigmatizing and ableist, and should have no place in decent society.
A BlueSky thread by rob pike on Skyview

Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software. Just fuck you. Fuck you all. I can't remember the last time I was this angry.

Today I saw an image generator pop up a human verification. So it’s ok to use a robot to steal other people’s images to train your model only when you do it?
I won't connect my dishwasher to your stupid cloud | Jeff Geerling https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/i-wont-connect-my-dishwasher-your-stupid-cloud
I won't connect my dishwasher to your stupid cloud | Jeff Geerling

Finally sharing what I’ve been building for almost a year now! 

Atuin Desktop: runbooks that run

It’s open source and in open beta now 🥰

Built for engineers who need repeatable, reliable workflows. No more copy-pasting from slack or outdated docs

https://blog.atuin.sh/atuin-desktop-open-source/