Francesco Barbera

Full stack developer. Addicted to javascript and TDD.

[Francesco Barbera @barberaf84]

Hey there, amazing X community! 🌟

I'm thrilled to announce the upcoming PUG Sondrio event! 🤖

📅 Save the date: Monday, January 29th
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM
📍 Location: Webtek (Sondrio)

#PUGSondrio #AI #TechSingularity #Meetup

https://t.co/QhGqyLMNzo

[Francesco Barbera @barberaf84]

Most cross-service migrations break on deploy ordering: ship A before B and prod is briefly broken. The fix isn't a tighter sequence. It's making each consumer tolerant of the half-migrated state: ask for the new field, fall back when it's missing. Then order stops mattering.

[Francesco Barbera @barberaf84]

I have a free Notion account, without AI. Today, to work on multiple pages, I downloaded some of them and used Codex to interact. It was too manual, but it was only the first step. The next one will be to use the MCP.

[Francesco Barbera @barberaf84]

Faramir mode today. Benchmarking models, demanding sources, refusing AI without a clear ROI.

[Francesco Barbera @barberaf84]

Ed eccomi qui al #MongoBDlocal milano @MongoDB

[Francesco Barbera @barberaf84]

Hey @PanasonicEurope, I think it is time to update your support chatbot. Mattia keeps asking me if he answers my question without answering my question🙃.
AI is here, don't miss the train.

[Francesco Barbera @barberaf84]

I just completed "Print Queue" - Day 5 - Advent of Code 2024 https://t.co/gsjUo1j81w #AdventOfCode

[Francesco Barbera @barberaf84]

I just completed "Ceres Search" - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2024 https://t.co/V8AmGGpcZ2 #AdventOfCode

[Francesco Barbera @barberaf84]

I just completed "Mull It Over" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2024 https://t.co/vGJkJeFQMW #AdventOfCode

[Francesco Barbera @barberaf84]

I just completed "Red-Nosed Reports" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2024 https://t.co/ty5xNrdJXP #AdventOfCode

[Francesco Barbera @barberaf84]

@valentinajemuov I’m not sure I agree. I don’t see a real tradeoff between speed and quality. Writing tests lets me skip calling the API to prove it works. For me, quality always wins and the blue area will always lag behind the other.

[Francesco Barbera @barberaf84]

A problem I see with using AI is hoping it can do what we ourselves can’t.

The first goal should be to automate, not demand things more complex than we can manage.

[Francesco Barbera @barberaf84]

As developers, we’re the only professionals who can tell customers: ‘You can have quality or speed, but not both.’

I don’t dine at starred restaurants often, but I doubt they ask if you want to eat well or within a couple of hours.

[Francesco Barbera @barberaf84]

How did I use AI today?

I talked with chatGPT, telling how a 1 to 1 I had went. Then I asked for advice and to summarise everything.

[Francesco Barbera @barberaf84]

The web’s complexity is real. We should aim for the simplest solutions, not turn projects into dev playgrounds.

I appreciate this @croloris post.

https://t.co/COUWg1gByk

[Francesco Barbera @barberaf84]

@valentinajemuov @cupac_jelena And what about property based testing? Is it not a valid alternative?

[Francesco Barbera @barberaf84]

Couldn’t agree more with this post on the end of copy-paste Agile.

After years of struggling with Scrum, it’s time we go back to good old Agile principles.

The Era of Copy-Paste Agile Is Over https://t.co/0fJ8fyHMsB

[Francesco Barbera @barberaf84]

@cupac_jelena If yes, is a database really another part of the application you have to integrate? For example, a repository class can only be used with a database. So, in my opinion, that is not an integration.

[Francesco Barbera @barberaf84]

@cupac_jelena So you call a test that touches a database an integration test, right?

[Francesco Barbera @barberaf84]

I’ve found that sometimes duplicating code is better than pushing logic into random places just to reduce line count.
Prioritising clarity and maintainability over brevity has made a big difference in the projects.