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Danny Thompson
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Software Developer | Director Of Technology at This Dot Labs | Commit Your Code Conference Organizer | The Programming Podcast & Modern Web Podcast Host https://www.dthompsondev.com Dallas, TX
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Danny Thompson @dthompsondev.bsky.social · Dec 6
Now this, this is how you end the first day of a conference!

The vibes are fantastic!
The community is community-ing!

On a stage with literal inspirations!

This is #CommitYourCode y'all!
Day 1 is in the books!
Now time for the social where the entire conference hangs out!
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Richard @choir241.bsky.social · 3h
Ended up chatting with the #CYC community for almost 2+ hours since we were all feeling fired up from @dthompsondev.bsky.social and the conversations that were happening during this weeks mentoring session 🔥
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Richard @choir241.bsky.social · 6h
Love how everyone started setting up coffee chats during this mentoring session @dthompsondev.bsky.social provided in the #CYC discord this week, it was so wholesome and awesome to see 🔥
A virtual meeting titled 'Software Developer Power Hour' with one speaker and 63 audience members. The speaker is in a video box at the top, in a room with purple lighting and shelves. Audience members are displayed as profile icons below, showing a mix of logos and profile photos.
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Danny Thompson @dthompsondev.bsky.social · 12h
You too Markus! 🫡
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Danny Thompson @dthompsondev.bsky.social · 13h
Aaaaaand it's a jam packed day!

I feel bad for days like today because I am absolutely ready for it! 🫡

How are you kicking off the day today?

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Danny Thompson @dthompsondev.bsky.social · 13h
New "The Programming Podcast" episode with guest Co-Host, Kent C. Dodds, is dropping about How GREAT Senior Software Engineers think, the mental models they follow and that others should learn from!

The Commit Your Code Discord Weekly Mentoring call is happening later!

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Danny Thompson @dthompsondev.bsky.social · 13h
4am and this is the perfect time for me to get things going! My house is silent except for the typing of my keyboard.

Just released a blog post, Stop Parsing LLMs with Regex: Build Production ready AI Features with Schema-Enforced Outputs.

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Selfie in my home office
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Leon Noel @leonnoel.bsky.social · 1d
From thinking "I'll Never Learn Math" to Distinguished Professor of Engineering & one of the world’s leading experts on learning!

@dthompsondev.bsky.social & I had the HONOR of chatting on the pod with the 🐐 Dr. Barbara Oakley

A DEEP DIVE into How To Learn in The Age of AI + so much more
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Danny Thompson @dthompsondev.bsky.social · 1d
New Blog post will be coming out soon!

I feel like I've got it where I want it, but I'm going to sleep on it to make sure I feel the same way in the morning. I really like the angle of this one.

I think I am going to turn it into a video tutorial as well! 👀
A screenshot of a blog post being drafted on the DEV platform. The title of the post is "LLM Structured JSON: Building Production-Ready AI Features with Schema-Enforced Outputs." The first line of the article reads, "If you’ve integrated an LLM by parsing its output with regex, you’ve likely experienced the moment when everything breaks.
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taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 3d
the @torc.dev vlog is baccckkkkkk!! this highlights our time at @commityourcode.bsky.social in dallas! unreal event put on by @dthompsondev.bsky.social that really aligns with torcs mission of being community first. BIG thanks to our community and ambassadors ♥️♥️

youtu.be/vO30Yx7dEtU?...
building the brand: one year later. building something out of nothing. | ep. 23
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Danny Thompson @dthompsondev.bsky.social · 4d
I've been cooking chat! I've been building EventConvo, a platform to find events and conferences but also solves a lot of problems for Meetup Organizers, Conference Organizers, Speakers AND Just regular folks going to meetups!

I love how much progress has been made since I first spoke about it!
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Paul Chin Jr. @paulchinjr.bsky.social · 4d
Surprisingly useful conference swag from @thisdotlabs.bsky.social , Pan pizza dough recipe from @kenjilopezalt.bsky.social , thanks @dthompsondev.bsky.social !!
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JoBrodie @jobrodie.bsky.social · 4d
Enjoying listening (to podcast version) of The Programming Podcast (recommend for computing educators), hosts @dthompsondev.bsky.social & @leonnoel.bsky.social talking to Barbara Oakley of 'Learning How to Learn' Coursera fame.
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=si_Z...
cc @cs4fn.bsky.social
The World's Most Popular Teacher Reveals The Secret to Learning ANYTHING.
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Danny Thompson @dthompsondev.bsky.social · 6d
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Richard @choir241.bsky.social · 6d
Friday morning hanging out in the #CYC discord with the crew and @dthompsondev.bsky.social as he drops gems and strategies while answering questions 💎🔥
Danny thompson live video chat on discord staget with 58 people in the audience with various pfp images in a grid layout
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torcdotdev @torc.dev · 8d
Your AI co-pilot is only as smart as the questions you ask. ✨

@dthompsondev.bsky.social shows how tone detection and clarifying queries can level up your daily grind.
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Danny Thompson @dthompsondev.bsky.social · 9d
SHE GOT THE JOB! Make sure you show Lisa some love y'all!

I am very behind on the They got a job posts but LISA went through the cohort, she truly went above and beyond, and is now officially a backend apprentice at LinkedIn! 👏👏👏

She did it y'all! 🥹
A LinkedIn post of Lisa announcing that she landed a job
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Danny Thompson @dthompsondev.bsky.social · 10d
In January, I posted, "I want 2025 to be my year of more meaningful leadership conversations!

If you are a director or above and are open to a conversation, I'd love to speak with you."

Which led to over 50 conversations!
I learned SO MUCH and would love to do it again!
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Danny Thompson @dthompsondev.bsky.social · 11d
HE GOT THE JOB Y'ALL!!! Show Hadi some love y'all! He deserves it!

Went through the DSD cohort, put in work, he learned SO MUCH!

I was just saying to myself that I have a backlog of they got the job posts I have to make and Hadi was on that list then I saw this! 🎉
LinkedIn post from Hadi Kassamali showing that he just landed a job as a junior software developer.
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Stefan Taitano @stefantaitano.com · 13d
Coming in clutch tonight with the new episode drop! @dthompsondev.bsky.social @leonnoel.bsky.social no doubt the podcast will be top 2 in my Spotify wrapped for 2025. #theprogrammingpodcast

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AI That ACTUALLY Ships: JSON, Voice Agents, MCP, and Software Developer Real-World Pitfalls
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Shannan B @funbunch.bsky.social · 11d
I didn't do a good job of keeping up with posting during #CYC25. 😜 The sign of a good time. But I'll make up for that now.
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Conference goers. 3 men speaking. yum brands Hotel lobby group
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Danny Thompson @dthompsondev.bsky.social · 15d
This very moment, knowing how tech and education could make such an impact, THIS is why I wanted to do this conference. This right here has made all the stress and sleepless nights 1000% worth it.

Thank you.🙏❤️
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Danny Thompson @dthompsondev.bsky.social · 15d
If you went to CYC in person or even hung out virtually, YOU truly helped make this happen.

To all of the speakers, YOU made this happen. Thank you. Thank you. THAAAANK YOU.
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Danny Thompson @dthompsondev.bsky.social · 15d
This represents a SIGNIFICANT increase from last year's donations of $5,098.85, which were distributed to only two charities instead of three.

Waiting on one final confirmation from FCC so I can send the last of the funds to them for the donation that will go to them.
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Danny Thompson @dthompsondev.bsky.social · 15d
Total ticket sales, tshirts and 100% of all the book sales at CYC AFTER sales tax is $27,588.64.

Stripe processing fees were $4,486.90.
This left us with a grand total of $23,101.74.

Split three ways, this equaled $7,700.58 each!
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Danny Thompson @dthompsondev.bsky.social · 15d
As you know with @commityourcode.bsky.social I like to be 100% transparent with EVERYTHING.

For #CYC25, A full financial post-mortem is coming soon, but we are supporting three charities this year instead of 2!

St. Jude Children's Hospital
Operation Kindness
and FreeCodeCamp

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Donation to operation kindness for $7.700.58 Donation to St. Jude for $7.700.58
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aaronboyd47.bsky.social @aaronboyd47.bsky.social · 17d
A huge thanks and shoutout to @dthompsondev.bsky.social, Yum! Brands, sponsors, and speakers for helping make #CYC2025 possible! Time to rate the speakers' presentations, follow up with new friends, and think about how to use everything new I learned.
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