Paul Knopf

software simplifier. builder. musician.

[Paul Knopf @pauldotknopf]

https://t.co/3QnPC3mcNz

[Milan Jovanović @mjovanovictech]

Modules in a modular monolith can only talk through their public API.

But how can you enforce this in your architecture?

Architecture testing. ✅

Here's a code snippet showing a test case that checks the direction of dependencies between modules.ean you’re applying the other.

[nixCraft 🐧 @nixcraft]

story of AI batshit crazy Microslop in two pictures🤣

[Paul Knopf @pauldotknopf]

After I'm done doing a long sesh of vibe coding, I feel like all my interactions with people are me giving them prompts to ponder and load into their context window.

[David Fowler @davidfowl]

I think the only software engineering practice I am dogmatic about is the fact that global shared mutable state is always bad.

[Milan Jovanović @mjovanovictech]

A modular monolith is the best way to prototype microservice boundaries—without committing to distributed complexity.

[Santiago @svpino]

I recently came across a team using an LLM to implement a state machine.

They called it "agentic". They also told me it worked correctly most of the time.

I asked them to write down the list of rules for moving from one state to another.

They listed them out.

It didn't take long for them to realize what was happening: They had built a solution using AI for a problem that didn't need AI.

We removed the model and wrote some code to implement the rules. It might have taken 2-3 hours at most.

They went from "it works most of the time, it's relatively fast, and it costs some tokens" to "it works 100% of the time, instantaneous, and costs nothing."

So many examples like this recently.

Golden rule: BUILD THE SIMPLEST THING THAT COULD POSSIBLY WORK.

[Paul Knopf @pauldotknopf]

@monosnap is there somewhere I can download the mac img for an M1/arm? I can't use the app store.

[Paul Knopf @pauldotknopf]

@WitsitGetsIt You'd think that after being so wrong about flat earth, you'd take some time to recalibrate your critical thinking/reasoning skills..

[Paul Knopf @pauldotknopf]

@demisbellot @Sam75614812 @davidfowl have you tried this? https://t.co/xqmVRdohOO

[Paul Knopf @pauldotknopf]

@demisbellot @Sam75614812 @davidfowl Oh? How's the IDE integration with it?

[Paul Knopf @pauldotknopf]

@demisbellot @Sam75614812 @davidfowl How much of what you've done in https://t.co/Xn8xFTEEqc is written in typescript?

[Paul Knopf @pauldotknopf]

@demisbellot @davidfowl sounds like cake, which I've had bad experiences with.

[Paul Knopf @pauldotknopf]

@HumanCompiler @Dave_DotNet "too many problems with EF"

a tale as old as time..

https://t.co/dcAniyQxHt

[Paul Knopf @pauldotknopf]

yup...

[Paul Knopf @pauldotknopf]

@hypeartistmusic @BuiltWithDotNet Yeah.. I muted this twitter bot a while ago..

low quality/low effort posts.

[Paul Knopf @pauldotknopf]

@TheJackForge How many CRUD apps are written in React that don't need to be?

Make Postbacks Great Again

[Paul Knopf @pauldotknopf]

@mjovanovictech I hate that "Angular/React" is so "default" to people..

[Paul Knopf @pauldotknopf]

@hindrikes Oh look, a super bad take!

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