Kevin Hoyt

Front, back, and the messy middle. I work at the intersection of technology and people. Make people heroes. Enable serendipity. 🥑

[Kevin Hoyt @krhoyt]

My brain in the middle of the night...

Hey, did you know that "Why do you agree to go outside?" matches Elton John's Rocket Man line "And I think it's gonna be a long long time"?

That's it. Didn't give me any other lines. Just woke me up to let me know. I love you, brain.

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I was setting up an LLC for software development services and management coaching until ... I needed to select the date the business was created. Apparently Jan 29, 2026 is not in the past enough. 😂 It is 2026 y'all. Check your validation algorithms.

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Think about your job as a business you own. There is more to it than writing code (product). Sales and marketing (comms), HR (continuing education), IT (reporting), and more. https://t.co/ks30hbVfwM

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It is worth spending time learning at least a handful of cognitive biases. This was required learning for managers and anyone involved in hiring at AWS. It sharpens critical thinking and helps you communicate ideas more effectively.

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I first encountered this saying while in the Army in the 90's. It can be cynically applied just about anywhere, but it makes me think of software development in the age of AI. Fire most of the devs and replace them with AI. Expected to deliver more. You're a 100x dev, right?

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Posted on building a "label" component with design systems in mind. "Label" already exists in HTML as the paragraph (p) element? Then why does every system have a "button" component? A label component should be in your system, but probably isn't. https://t.co/b6TxYbh5c6

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I use ChatGPT more like a scalpel; when I need an assist on a specific algorithm/objective. Claude is like a dog that's so excited to play that it pees itself. Useful in its own way to be sure - high volume/large lifts. Discerning when/how to use models is a skill of its own.

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Well, 2025 was interesting. As for 2026, I have been building (a lot), and hope to share more about that work. Friends have suggested that I share the institutional knowledge from my 25+ years in tech. More contract/freelance work. And finally, keep the one book per month pace.

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My favorite tech of the year is the @ouraring. I received it as a Christmas gift in 2024, and have worn it all of 2025. The insights from the sleep data have had a dramatic effect on my rest, recovery, and readiness. I suggest sizing for your pointer finger. Also ChatGPT.

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I was stuck debugging some code the other day and thought "Hey, use some AI." GPT spent the next hour chasing it's tail. Claude was downright clueless. Stepped away for a bit, and the solution popped into my head. It was a dependency problem. Shower > AI. 😂

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Being out of work gives you ample time to read. I checked off ten books this year, mostly sci-fi, mostly Blake Crouch and Peter Clines. My favorite book of the year was Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. Looking forward to the movie adaptation.

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@polyGeek @leifwells All good until the EPS conduit blows and you find yourself having to barter with the nearest Farenghi outpost for self-sealing stem bolts.

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@the_thagomizer Spent months working on a real time Rubik’s cube solver to talk about computer vision with web standards. The lighting in the room was directly above the lectern, reflecting off the stickers and splashing my web cam … breaking everything. #justslides

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@ohhoe My height/build has never allowed me to wear corporate-issued shirts. I go shopping for apparel in the brand colors when I start a new job. Nobody has complained. Would love an employer that had a vendor on file that I could send my shirts to get branded.

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@raymondcamden OpenWhisk has supported Python almost since the very start. It was originally contributed by the community. Go open source!

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@triptych After seeing the John Carter of Mars movie, I really wanted to read the book and was not let down. A Princess of Mars is the first book (and the one on which the movie is based), but there is a whole series of follow-on adventures as well.

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As a soldier in the Army, I could catch some shut-eye just about anywhere. Dug in a near an enemy position? “This rock looks like a good pillow.” As a worker in tech, I battle insomnia regularly over corporate political machinations, wondering if I will still have a job Monday.

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@genmon Tales From The Loop (Amazon) Ep. 3 is pretty much this idea. No matter where I have seen it presented in sci-fi, messing with time never ends well. Still, I would press it a lot. A. Lot.

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@seanmtracey While perhaps a bit more Spartan in design, Remember the Milk is worth a look-see. If you’re GTD-oriented, I’ve found that Things works great right out of the proverbial box.

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Implemented an iOS 14 style picker/calendar using @stenciljs, and landed my first post on the @Ionicframework blog. Nervous about my first time writing in a long while, but excited to be sharing web component awesomeness. https://t.co/ymlVLtwUSA