Steven Harman

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It Depends™, as a Service. Maker & breaker of things. Software spelunker. Good at naps. he/him
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Show threadSteven HarmanDec 26
Because it’s weird (on paper) but fuckin’ beautiful (in a coup, and to my tastebuds).
Steven HarmanDec 26

Through much experimentation, trial, and tribulation, we have a new seasonal #margarita recipe!

“Snow on the Beach” (with apologies to Ms Swift)

Show threadSteven HarmanDec 25
@jamie it has been that kind of year.
Steven HarmanDec 25
Time for my annual tradition of a post-Santa duties watching of the Ted Lasso Christmas episode, while sipping a cocktail. Merry Christmas, all!
Show threadSteven HarmanNov 21
@soulcutter this is the way.
Steven HarmanNov 11
David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)Nov 11

Good news: AI will achieve human levels of intelligence next year!

Bad news: This will not happen as a result of improvements to AI.

Steven HarmanNov 7
Rob RicciNov 6

While cleaning a storage room, our staff found this tape containing #UNIX v4 from Bell Labs, circa 1973

Apparently no other complete copies are known to exist: https://gunkies.org/wiki/UNIX_Fourth_Edition

We have arranged to deliver it to the Computer History Museum

#retrocomputing

Steven HarmanOct 24
This is the kind of goofiness/just-for-the-fun-of-it I miss from those early days of #Ruby. https://github.com/barodeur/llm_rescuer
GitHub - barodeur/llm_rescuer: Fix the Billion Dollar Mistake with an LLM

Fix the Billion Dollar Mistake with an LLM. Contribute to barodeur/llm_rescuer development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHub
Steven HarmanOct 14
Evan LightOct 11

@stevenharman Saw this. Thought about your time working for me at Heroku. This is how I saw you. Frustrating that this doesn't fit into promotion systems because measuring it is hard AF.

https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2025/10/08/the-illegible-nature-of-software-development-talent/#:~:text=They%20don’t%20hit%20your%20L5%20requirements%20because%20they’re%20doing%20L3%20and%20L7%20work%20simultaneously.%20Fixing%20the%20deploy%20pipeline%20while%20mentoring%20juniors.%20Answering%20customer%20emails%20while%20rebuilding%20core%20systems.%20They%20can’t%20be%20ranked%20because%20they%20do%20what%20nobody%20thought%20to%20measure.

The illegible nature of software development talent

Here’s another blog post on gathering some common threads from reading recent posts. Today’s topic is about the unassuming nature of talented software engineers. The first thread was a …

Surfing Complexity
Show threadSteven HarmanOct 14

@elight Oh, thanks for sharing. And for saying that.

> They don’t hit your L5 requirements because they’re doing L3 and L7 work simultaneously. Fixing the deploy pipeline while mentoring juniors. Answering customer emails while rebuilding core systems. They can’t be ranked because they do what nobody thought to measure.

That hits. And still fits the bill at current $JOB. Probably will at every J.O.B.