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Rob Conery

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Former VS Code/Copilot at Microsoft, Author of The Imposter’s Handbook, A Curious Moon. Founder Tekpub. Creator: This Developer's Life. I help devs get their AI groove on at thenext.dev

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Psychology of Gen X
Psychology of Gen X YouTube video by Psychology Simplified

Well this hits home. it’s me all the way through

youtu.be/G5YmIqYSqA0?...

03.02.2026 23:30 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Any senior .NET devs looking for a new gig? We’ve got openings doing some pretty impactful stuff.

My DMs are open.

20.01.2026 16:48 👍 5 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 0
Reduce the noise in iOS 26 by leveraging widgets and shortcuts
Reduce the noise in iOS 26 by leveraging widgets and shortcuts YouTube video by Rob Conery

I replaced all the app icons on my iPhone and iPad with widgets, and it's been extremely helpful in reducing distractions. I am also leveraging shortcuts and focus modes; and I thought I would share the process with you:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBLM...

13.01.2026 20:39 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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An Idea for Black Friday Giving gifts is so fun, don't you think? Especially if it's for yourself!

Oh yeah - I have a Black Friday thing going on that you can also gift, if you're interested. Trying to rev up my content game again :) because it's fun and I want it to be my job again...

bigmachine.io/articles/lif...

27.11.2025 05:10 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

I should add that by "failed" I mean it did the absolute bare minimum I asked of it. I know this is how Gemini works, but having to add so many extra prompts to "goose" an answer feels... clanky. I know there are others who like Gemini a lot - if you're one of them, what am I missing?

27.11.2025 05:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Tried out Gemini 3 with all the VS Code tools and it was really really not good. The Code Assist extension crashed 5 times and then refused to start *at all*. I then put Gemini 3 up against Claude on a not-so-simple task and my goodness it failed miserably.

27.11.2025 05:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Yeah they were sparking heavy the entire race. Wild!

23.11.2025 17:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My advice is to always ruin the friendship.

30.10.2025 21:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Just passing through omw back from NDC Porto

27.10.2025 04:39 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ok so my girlfriend just rode her massive suitcase down the ramp at SEATAC to passport control. Just like a scooter! This is too weird to read!

26.10.2025 23:13 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0

Keep it one hundred
On the land, the sea, the sky
Pledge allegiance to your hands
Your team, your vibes

10.10.2025 09:35 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Congratulations my friend! What a great day for you!

10.10.2025 09:32 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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SomaFM Over 30 unique channels of commercial-free, listener-supported radio. All music hand-picked by SomaFM's award-winning DJs and music directors.

The Left Coast station on Soma.fm is great for that!

06.10.2025 18:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Yeah that can be painful. Maybe a standing desk would help

01.10.2025 03:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

It's a challenge, but I do find that believing most people are kind and thoughtful helps me get through life a bit better. Assigning rudeness to an overused phrase could be warranted, but it could also be a silly habit from work or living in Los Angeles for too long :D.

01.10.2025 01:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A verbal habit that I really dislike is when people end a sentence with "right?" or "remember?". Instead of saying "You didn't feed the dog dammit" someone might say "I asked you to feed the dog, right?" which is full of condescending ick for me.

01.10.2025 01:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Another one I've been snapped at before is "if you think about it...", which of course implies your listener *isn't* thinking about whatever the topic is. I think it's useful to not get trapped in the literal; English is weird.

01.10.2025 01:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I do agree that it *can* sound rude if you take the words literally, but in the context of a conversation it can be helpful to anchor what you're currently saying to a previous statement, e.g. I could be telling you I love cats, but "like I said earlier" I also love dogs. Especially yours :).

01.10.2025 01:47 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Wey aye man! Born an’ bred doon the Toon!

16.09.2025 18:39 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

How fun! Now you can go pubbing in Newcastle and understand the Geordie!

16.09.2025 03:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Master your own domain!

02.09.2025 21:37 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Checking Your Docs with Claude I did a short stint at a startup over the last month and one of the things they asked me to do was verify the steps on one of their quick start pages. Super exciting stuff 🙄 but that's exactly the kin...

If you've ever had to proof a docs page or "make sure the code runs on the README", I made a video for you...

thenext.dev/articles/all...

01.09.2025 20:07 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Oh you like theater? I hear that Hades Town is quite good. Have you seen that one?

01.09.2025 19:44 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Wouldn’t that be the “Painbow Bow”?

01.09.2025 18:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Wow Spotify. Thanks for the daylist?

25.08.2025 21:23 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My friend Al and I quite literally just had this conversation LOL

21.08.2025 21:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Pecan doesn't get her own tent this time? Damn Rob that's gorgeous. So fun you can do a half-Munro like that :).

12.08.2025 21:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
MUNCHIES VIII: WAFFLE MAKER EDITION (IT'S NOT JUST FOR WAFFLES...) | SAM THE COOKING GUY
MUNCHIES VIII: WAFFLE MAKER EDITION (IT'S NOT JUST FOR WAFFLES...) | SAM THE COOKING GUY YouTube video by SAM THE COOKING GUY

I'm in search of a waffle maker so I can make a fried rice waffle which sounds crazy but ... well watch the video: youtu.be/1BeHOd98Uos?...

09.08.2025 06:37 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Not just blueberries apparently. And with quite a British response...

08.08.2025 05:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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You had to pull me into this didn't you! I asked it to write an algorithm to count out the b's leetcode style and it corrected itself! The second part is kind of weird tho

08.08.2025 05:42 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 0