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DevOps, Rust, Lifting, Meditation. I am enough. Mistake Not...

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It was in Rust. Next time I'll start with "how will I debug this?" before anything else ๐Ÿคฃ

24.02.2026 08:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yep, basically that. Me trying to map the errors back to the code was a frustrating experience. Once it all broke for the fourth time I used it as an excuse to stop using Lambdas.

I'll revisit it again with eyes wide open at some point.

Now helping a team at work deploy Azure functions so...

23.02.2026 08:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

AI maximalists with little coding experience may not realise that code is hardly ever one-and-done

22.02.2026 19:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Another example is I've been using AI for terraform. At "some point in the future" me not understanding enough about how to structure it for flexibility later is REALLY going to bit me in the arse.

22.02.2026 19:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was putting events onto and pulling events off queues. No single view of where things failed and challenges understanding enough detail as to why a particular lambda failed even.

22.02.2026 19:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

At some point I've found you at least need to understand the code... Rust is interesting for AI because it's immediately apparent what's not correct BUT when you need to change it later and don't understand it... You're pretty screwed at that point.

22.02.2026 08:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've certainly been thinking about it from this point of view recently ๐Ÿ˜

01.02.2026 19:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I keep thinking I should get back into gaming as a way to turn off and relax but every time I try I really find myself rebelling against the idea. It feels pointless and after 10 minutes I stop and go back to learning or creating something. I'm finding this behaviour quite odd personally.

08.01.2026 15:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Drummers have entered the chat. Ironically

06.01.2026 09:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh ๐Ÿ˜ฑ no... What could possibly go wrong...

03.01.2026 17:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's completely awesome ๐Ÿ˜Ž

31.12.2025 18:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So 2026 is basically going to have to be the year I properly learn Rust ๐Ÿฆ€ Wish me luck.

27.12.2025 19:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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24.12.2025 17:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Still, 'tis a noble goal ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ˜ฌ

02.12.2025 13:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Appears that attempting to stand still isn't an option. Looks like it's time for Rob 2.0 and all the work that entails.

17.11.2025 19:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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15.11.2025 12:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Debugging AWS Lambda failures is an awful experience... It's probably something I am doing wrong with my setup but still... Time to go read some documentation and find a way to do it better.

10.11.2025 08:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is the way.

03.11.2025 08:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Cause the trauma is REAL

22.10.2025 14:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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17.10.2025 06:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Terraform is DevOps in a trenchcoat crammed with failed deployments and broken dreams.

16.10.2025 13:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Praying for PowerShell support built in as opposed to the plugin someone created that, cough... doesn't work

15.10.2025 20:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Frankly that's hilarious ๐Ÿคฃ

15.10.2025 05:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

TLDR

14.10.2025 10:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Try using System Initiative instead. You'll thank me later.

26.09.2025 18:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What he said...

25.09.2025 19:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's surprising especially since people really do make choices about what to use/program in based on things like this.

24.09.2025 08:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Duuuuude. I am jealous, horrified and amazed. I have had to promise myself not to buy more programming books. It's a problem ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

23.09.2025 14:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think the problem I am starting to experience with AI coding is that when it comes to changing something it takes far longer.

Since I reckon it takes about 2 rewrites to produce something production hardened, this is a bit of an issue.

20.09.2025 07:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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