Ronald te Brake

Engineering manager @OpenSocialHQ | Open source enthusiast | Cheese, coffee & code.

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

Entire is coming out of stealth: @ashtom, GitHub's last CEO, is building an AI-native GitHub. Thousands of users are on the product, from small AI-native startups to large enterprises frustrated with how slow their SDLC is.

I'm an investor... my ONLY investment the last 2 years!

[Ronald te Brake @ronaldtebrake]

@mattpocockuk Agreed! I'm looking in to some kind of a signal layer to help me figure out where my level of attention needs to be and help me prioritize reviews along the way.

[Ronald te Brake @ronaldtebrake]

For those wanting to learn more about cognitive debt, I can recommend https://t.co/xZKw8LFB7D by @addyosmani

[Ronald te Brake @ronaldtebrake]

I’m working on a product to help teams battle cognitive debt.

Think quizzes, walkthroughs, and flashcards that help you build and align shared mental models, right where you work.

[Ronald te Brake @ronaldtebrake]

@geoffreylitt Thanks for sharing, this really aligns with something I’m working on.

FWIW, I’d also recommend trying flashcards alongside quizzes and walkthroughs. I’ve had good responses to that approach.

[Ronald te Brake @ronaldtebrake]

I used to think of friction mostly as something to remove from software delivery. With loop engineering, I am less sure.

Because if loops move faster than understanding can travel, are we really moving faster?

Some more thoughts:
https://t.co/ap45Yx1FXX

[Ronald te Brake @ronaldtebrake]

@Dayhaysoos @EntireHQ @gitlab Ah thanks man, appreciated!

I'll be joining the discord for sure, would love to chat about it there and follow to see what you're cooking!

[Ronald te Brake @ronaldtebrake]

Beyond the diff: what do maintainers really need in an agentic workflow?

Not only more output, but better review artifacts: prompt, trace, attribution, and evidence.

Here is my experiment with @EntireHQ's CLI in @gitlab

https://t.co/ezKTjOIgue

[Ronald te Brake @ronaldtebrake]

Who’s to `git bla(i)me`?

If AI agents generate most of our code, “who wrote this?” was and definitely is no longer the interesting question. What matters is the intent and context behind every change.

In my latest post I explore this.

Read more at https://t.co/IiT0FT2Y3t

[Ronald te Brake @ronaldtebrake]

What if we could share Drupal specific expertise for AI agents across projects and the Drupal ecosystem?

In my latest post, I explain why this matters, how it fits Drupal, and how we are experimenting with sharing Agent Skills in practice.

Read more at: https://t.co/HlilXZjAjT

[Ronald te Brake @ronaldtebrake]

AI tools sometimes struggle with Drupal because it lacks version context.

I am working on a proof of concept that makes Drupal’s API documentation version-aware and accessible to AI assistants.

Full write-up:
https://t.co/Q86Cld8ZlC

[Ronald te Brake @ronaldtebrake]

Curious to hear your thoughts, I've opened up an issue at: https://t.co/2rrQ8TPZ41

[Ronald te Brake @ronaldtebrake]

AI is changing how we code. What’s Drupal’s next move?

Laravel just launched Boost, an AI starter kit with unified docs, guidelines & tools. Drupal has great experiments, but they’re scattered.

What if we built a Drupal AI Coding Starter Kit?

Blog: https://t.co/PjUvlVNV08

[Ronald te Brake @ronaldtebrake]

Can't believe how @AnthropicAI is pummeling the web with their ClaudeBot crawlers. We've resorted to blocking them completely, can't imagine that to be your intention for making Claude a success.

[Maximiliano Firtman @firt]

🚨🚨🚨🚨
Apple will NOT remove PWA support on iOS
🥳🥳🥳🥳

👉This is an official statement form Apple that replaced today the previous excuses published around the removal.

We did it, folks!

[Jake Archibald @jaffathecake]

Rather than allow other browser engines to install-to-homescreen on iOS, Apple is removing the feature entirely in the EU.

Some features are tied to install-to-homescreen, such as push messages. Apple is unshipping those for EU users.

We need to act now: https://t.co/gvVTpqmHgS

[Fabien Potencier @fabpot]

If you like to participate to the next major version of #Twig, the conversation will happen here: https://t.co/MYnLed65gf

[Nick Veenhof @Nick_vh]

📣 Are you #speaking or attending @DrupalConEur ? 📣
Nervous? Do you have your story prepared? Attend the free professional speaker training on Monday 16th of October and get ready to rock the stage! Seats are limited. Re-x’s are appreciated!
https://t.co/GcPbJfcMAG

[Addy Osmani @addyosmani]

Tip: Emulate vision deficiencies in @ChromeDevTools to see how users who experience color blindness or blurred vision might see your site.

In Chrome 112, we also now support emulating "reduced contrast": https://t.co/DjwV0lrH0e #accessibility