Brent Sowers

Principal software architect at BlackSky, Dad, Nationals fan, metalhead, New Japan Pro Wrestling mark

[Brent Sowers @sowersb]

I wrote a really long detailed explanation of how I set up an almost free static Wordpress site for my travel blog, at https://t.co/QtMm9MAeAL.

Lots of downsides and complications, but I do have this working at https://t.co/VspjJ3M7uL without paying for Wordpress hosting.

[Brent Sowers @sowersb]

The last post from my vacation to Europe is Four Awesome Days in Grindelwald, Switzerland! https://t.co/c7vMBstRNJ
Read the link and see lots of pictures, videos, maps, and experiences.

[Brent Sowers @sowersb]

Second post from my new travel blog is Five Awesome Days in Salzburg, Austria! See pictures, videos, maps, experiences, and more from our vacation there earlier this summer. It was such an amazing trip.
https://t.co/8bkyWgoXnp

[Brent Sowers @sowersb]

@CBoxSports https://t.co/KpCcntvw3Z

I am able to get my tickets on the web site - https://t.co/aA8OJ2n88W

[Nationals Park @NationalsPark]

We are aware of issues with the MLB Ballpark App and are working with the league to resolve as quickly as possible. To access your tickets, visit https://t.co/Uj8RDu5LWL and log in with your MLB Ballpark App credentials. Thank you for your patience.

[Brent Sowers @sowersb]

First post from my new travel blog - Five Awesome Days In Prague! See pictures, videos, maps, experiences, tips, and impressions from an amazing vacation I took with my family.
https://t.co/f13YGWPWsT

[Brent Sowers @sowersb]

I've been working on a travel blog to share my experiences on my vacation to Europe earlier in the summer, and I'm happy to announce it's live - My Awesome Vacations! https://t.co/Kh1OEtTU3u

[Rep. Gerry Connolly @GerryConnolly]

Great to join @BlackSky_Inc today at their new headquarters here in Herndon. I look forward to seeing your growth here in the 11th District. Wishing you all the best as you expand and innovate.

[Brent Sowers @sowersb]

This is 8 years old but great!
Why It Pays to Be Grumpy and Bad-Tempered https://t.co/vUuPBELEXV via @Pocket

[Brent Sowers @sowersb]

Last day of @dev2next . I've sat in on such a variety of talks - from effect oriented programming, to architecture trade off analysis, to recruiting to attract the best talent, to k8s tips and tricks for local, to Quarkus, and many more... every talk has been great!

[Brent Sowers @sowersb]

I attended a full day of great talks at @dev2next . This is a really well run conference with so many great speakers. Looking forward to 2 more days of talks!

[BlackSky @BlackSky_Inc]

$BKSY awarded seven-figure #spacedomainawareness contract from @heospace, unlocking additional constellation value by revolutionizing #nonearthimaging missions for #defense, #intelligence and commercial use. Pioneering partnership expands our product offering, bringing #automation and unprecedented speed to #patternoflife insights for orbiting spacecraft and other objects of interest.
Learn more: https://t.co/zef34cSeLl #spacesituationalawareness #newspace #WSBW2024

[Brent Sowers @sowersb]

So we're really close to artificial general intelligence, huh?
Consider that this issue of not being able to count letters in words has been in known for some time in generative AI, is used to discredit and ridicule it... and it's still not fixed.

[Brent Sowers @sowersb]

A very well written, and well researched, post with the same opinion of generative AI that I do - https://t.co/J2IYIU4nEL

[Brent Sowers @sowersb]

@SteventheDuck2 This you? Looks like you're still hanging around Inner Harbor by the Maryland Science Center.

[Vox @voxdotcom]

Carmakers pumped the brakes on hybrid cars too soon https://t.co/h2ZxyVqZl7

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

When you realize that 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is, in fact, responsible for plenty of software engineering job cuts in 2023-2024...

Details here: https://t.co/m1bjwxLCgg

[Brent Sowers @sowersb]

If you can't type fast, your brain will automatically summarize things so you don't have to type as much. This will lose much precision in your thoughts. So learn to type fast!

[Brent Sowers @sowersb]

An underrated software engineering skill is fast typing. Not to write code, but for documentation and messages. If you have to slow down your thoughts to be able to type it out, then you should work on your typing speed.

[Brent Sowers @sowersb]

It's best to start documentation off with writing your full thoughts down, then expanding upon that. Then edit and summarize. If you jump to the end and only write the summarized version without doing the brain dump first, your documentation will not be as good.