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Go mbeidh an fórsa leat!

After oodles of research & experimentation, I've got a pretty good handle on what kind of input tends to produce the best results in AI coding.

The hard part was coming up with a catchy mnemonic.

Introducing C.R.E.S.S principles for context engineering.

https://codemanship.wordpress.com/2026/05/04/c-r-e-s-s-principles-for-context-engineering/

C.R.E.S.S. Principles for Context Engineering

Psst. If your boss won’t invest in training you in Specification By Example (BDD, ATDD), I’m running out-of-hours workshops on May 12 and 16 specifically for self-funding learners. £99 + UK VAT. Af…

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Thomas Much 6d ago

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Copy-Fail-Linux-root-in-all-major-distributions-with-732-bytes-of-Python-11277657.html

"Copy Fail": Linux root in all major distributions with 732 bytes of Python

The discoverers have named the root vulnerability "Copy Fail". All major distributions since 2017 are affected.

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Thomas Much Apr 7

https://images.nasa.gov/details/art002e009288

Thomas Much Apr 3

Godspeed #Artemis II 🚀🌖

Thanks for taking us along on your journey, making (childhood) dreams come true 😊. And maybe - like December 1968 - there will be a special moment in a few days where all humankind can once again see the beauty and fragility of our small earth, rising above the grey moon, sole home to all people all over the world, regardless of gender, colour of skin, origin, and belief 🌍🌎🌏

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthrise
https://www.nasa.gov/mission/artemis-ii/

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Thomas Much Apr 2

@odrotbohm I know 😔. Tims's appeasement & bootlicking (or worse) collide with everything he wrote in his letter. Hope dies last ... (and this might already be appeasement again, sorry)

Thomas Much Apr 1

Congrats, #Apple, on 50 years of thinking different 🎉
https://www.apple.com/50-years-of-thinking-different/

Please take care to stay on that side of history that preserves humanity, liberty and privacy. We are counting on you 🗽🌈🦄

This means a lot to me, as you've been a part of my life for way over 30 years now. Thanks & looking forward!

And just so it's not forgotten – I dedicated a small page to your motto back in 1999 😊: https://snailshell.de/thinkdifferent.html 🍏

50 Years of Thinking Different

Read a letter from CEO Tim Cook as he reflects on 50 Years of Apple.

Apple

Thomas Much Apr 1

Michael Kutz Apr 1

ApproveJ 1.6.0 is here 🚀

✨ Inline Value Updates update approved value in your test source
📸 Enhanced Visual Feedback with diff
🤖 AI Assisted Reviews

👉 https://approvej.org
🔗 Full Changelog: https://lnkd.in/eyTtdR_3

#ApproveJ #Java #SoftwareTesting #OpenSource #VisualTesting #IntelliJ #DX #CleanCode

Thomas Much Mar 26

Chris Heilmann Mar 26

The Overflow: AI and Agentic Coding https://www.wearedevelopers.com/en/magazine/721/the-overflow-ai-and-agentic-coding-721

Thomas Much Mar 24

Matt Weagle Mar 23

“AI is pushing knowledge work toward an extreme single-player mode: after the pandemic normalized remote and asynchronous work, individuals now operate amid oceans of markdown files and “context,” endlessly recombining and remixing information while interacting less and generating little truly shared (or new) context.”
https://cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-406-seeing-everything-understanding?utm_medium=newsletter

TBM 406: Seeing Everything, Understanding Nothing (The Context Trap)

AI is supercharging legacy leadership assumptions about context and control.

The Beautiful Mess

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