Brian Pennington

Software Engineer, Technologist

[Brian Pennington @penningtonbd]

Handala's rat-hunting skills are second to none.

[Ryan Rozbiani @RyanRozbiani]

Iranian Hacker Group Handala will Cyber Attack Isarel's Infrastructure and The IDF

Their last warning was a few hours before the strikes on Israel began

Handala' Message:
Today marks the beginning of the end;
Handala invites you to witness the most devastating cyberattacks targeting the enemy’s military and vital infrastructure, and this is only the first warning.

To every country that has rolled out the red carpet for terrorists: Your turn is coming too! No land is too distant, no server is safe, and no network is out of reach. Wait and see; Perhaps right now, a shadow is already breathing inside your systems and the countdown has begun.

For some, we have only one message: You will pay for your betrayal, not just in your bases, but in the very heart of your daily economy and security.

[Brian Pennington @penningtonbd]

@sean_j_roberts @RhysSullivan Yep. Same.

[Brian Pennington @penningtonbd]

@sean_j_roberts @kenwheeler A cashier gave me my first senior discount the other day. I'm 43 and didn't ask for it.

My son thought it was hilarious. I was slightly offended, but took the discount nevertheless.

[Brian Pennington @penningtonbd]

@perrymetzger @dhh @matteocollina Sure, if you trust AI to get it right, which it almost never does. It still takes a significant time commitment from the reviewer per PR for a thorough job to be done.

[Brian Pennington @penningtonbd]

@dhh @matteocollina That said, it is indeed ridiculous to deny entry solely on the basis that AI was used to produce effort.

[Brian Pennington @penningtonbd]

@dhh @matteocollina I agree with you in principal.

However, I'd argue that the gate is representative of different problems: actually shitty code + the increased volume of code needing review.

AI tends to be as good as the person using it, but also enables people to produce way more, way faster.

[Brian Pennington @penningtonbd]

@sean_j_roberts @AdamRackis Same people who constantly ask me, "can't you just have Claude whip this up real fast?"

Always makes me want to punch them in the face. It's the new, "Hey, I have this idea for an app..."

[Brian Pennington @penningtonbd]

@Seamus_Malek @AbbyMartin I wonder if there was a Roman version of Idiocracy. There has to be, right?

"You mean you're not supposed to take an upstream dump in the Bizantium aquaducts?"

Little known fact: that's where the term upper-decker comes from.

[Brian Pennington @penningtonbd]

@beginbot The fact that this tweet appeared in front of me now is most definitely apropos of nothing.

Yep, nothing!

[Brian Pennington @penningtonbd]

@trshpuppy Is that like a wet queef?

[Brian Pennington @penningtonbd]

Ouch... Hopefully my future ranching career doesn't suffer the same fate.

[Sahil Lavingia @shl]

Every software engineer is a failed musician

[Brian Pennington @penningtonbd]

I'm pretty sure X recently added @TeamKatiePorter to my following list without my knowledge or consent.

In no world would I ever vote for that psycho (don't live in CA anymore, anyway).

I'd vote for @ButchWare , though.

[Brian Pennington @penningtonbd]

@jayair @zeeg Butterface

[Brian Pennington @penningtonbd]

@jayair That's retarditude.

[Brian Pennington @penningtonbd]

@wesbos Chat can't become the universal interface.

It's limited by its very nature. A chat cannot represent the vast modalities of putting all manner of effort towards all manner of work required by complex systems.

It shouldn't be treated as a one-size-fits-all tool. It can't be that.

[Brian Pennington @penningtonbd]

@sudobunni I have a Zojirushi rice cooker and kettle that play me songs.

I need to hack them so I can make them play better music.

"Angel of DEAAAATH!!! Rice is done!"

[Brian Pennington @penningtonbd]

@LeaVerou It is super bad at relating the visual output of the code to the code itself. It constantly choles on even trivial changes to CSS.

Other than that, it's fine.

[Brian Pennington @penningtonbd]

@Partisangirl I don't believe in God, but this is some compelling evidence!

[Brian Pennington @penningtonbd]

@russelldobular Man. Talk about motivation to get out and vote. I might do it for once. Maybe even twice! 😉

[Brian Pennington @penningtonbd]

Haaaaa

[Anshu @anshuc]

@github holy shit, how did the attackers find a large enough uptime window to get in?