Alberto
@albertodebo.bsky.social
Principal Software Engineer/iOS Infrastructure @JustEatTakeaway. Ex-Intelligence agent. Wannabe Crusty.
A friend of mine who works at a big tech company said that they are educating their devs to use AI (VS Code, basic Copilot prompts) because they haven’t learnt the basics on their own.
Excuse me? What year is this?
Excuse me? What year is this?
January 30, 2026 at 7:24 PM
A friend of mine who works at a big tech company said that they are educating their devs to use AI (VS Code, basic Copilot prompts) because they haven’t learnt the basics on their own.
Excuse me? What year is this?
Excuse me? What year is this?
Docs:
- Draft by hand
- Refine with AI
Code:
- Draft with AI
- Refine by hand
- Draft by hand
- Refine with AI
Code:
- Draft with AI
- Refine by hand
January 29, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Docs:
- Draft by hand
- Refine with AI
Code:
- Draft with AI
- Refine by hand
- Draft by hand
- Refine with AI
Code:
- Draft with AI
- Refine by hand
Watching @gbnewsonline.bsky.social ads by mistake on YT and it looks like an @adultswimcentral.com informercial.
January 27, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Watching @gbnewsonline.bsky.social ads by mistake on YT and it looks like an @adultswimcentral.com informercial.
Vibe coding: point your AI buddy at a problem and let it churn out thousands of lines of code.
That’s a recipe for disaster—like using autocomplete to write your entire next email.
-Uberto Barbini
That’s a recipe for disaster—like using autocomplete to write your entire next email.
-Uberto Barbini
January 25, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Vibe coding: point your AI buddy at a problem and let it churn out thousands of lines of code.
That’s a recipe for disaster—like using autocomplete to write your entire next email.
-Uberto Barbini
That’s a recipe for disaster—like using autocomplete to write your entire next email.
-Uberto Barbini
I just paid 4,65€ for 75cl of water.
More than the double of a croissant.
A bocadillo now would cost 14,95€.
What the actual fu*k.
Barcelona airport FYI.
More than the double of a croissant.
A bocadillo now would cost 14,95€.
What the actual fu*k.
Barcelona airport FYI.
January 25, 2026 at 11:15 AM
I just paid 4,65€ for 75cl of water.
More than the double of a croissant.
A bocadillo now would cost 14,95€.
What the actual fu*k.
Barcelona airport FYI.
More than the double of a croissant.
A bocadillo now would cost 14,95€.
What the actual fu*k.
Barcelona airport FYI.
Trump Politics Explained chatgpt.com/share/697546...
ChatGPT - Trump Politics Explained
Shared via ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Trump Politics Explained chatgpt.com/share/697546...
Mark Carney’s speech on repeat since Thursday ❤️
January 24, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Mark Carney’s speech on repeat since Thursday ❤️
WWDC Index
Unofficial index of WWDC sessions.
nonstrict.eu
January 23, 2026 at 11:26 AM
I honestly don't know what to make of all this.
Ralph Loops are the new Vibe Coding.
- ghuntley.com/ralph/
- ghuntley.com/loop/
Ralph Loops are the new Vibe Coding.
- ghuntley.com/ralph/
- ghuntley.com/loop/
Ralph Wiggum as a "software engineer"
How Ralph Wiggum went from 'The Simpsons' to the biggest name in AI right now - Venture Beat
😎Here's a cool little field report from a Y Combinator hackathon event where they put Ralph Wiggum to the ...
ghuntley.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:21 AM
I honestly don't know what to make of all this.
Ralph Loops are the new Vibe Coding.
- ghuntley.com/ralph/
- ghuntley.com/loop/
Ralph Loops are the new Vibe Coding.
- ghuntley.com/ralph/
- ghuntley.com/loop/
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The developer of the popular curl command-line utility and library announced that the project will end its HackerOne security bug bounty program at the end of this month, after being overwhelmed by low-quality AI-generated vulnerability reports.
Curl ending bug bounty program after flood of AI slop reports
The developer of the popular curl command-line utility and library announced that the project will end its HackerOne security bug bounty program at the end of this month, after being overwhelmed by low-quality AI-generated vulnerability reports.
www.bleepingcomputer.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:01 PM
The developer of the popular curl command-line utility and library announced that the project will end its HackerOne security bug bounty program at the end of this month, after being overwhelmed by low-quality AI-generated vulnerability reports.
Trust takes years to build, seconds to break, and forever to repair.
January 22, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Trust takes years to build, seconds to break, and forever to repair.
I’ve received a notification from Gemini (which never happens). I enter and I see a prompt that’s not mine. I then check my account for weird accesses: none.
#Gemini
#Gemini
January 20, 2026 at 7:50 AM
I’ve received a notification from Gemini (which never happens). I enter and I see a prompt that’s not mine. I then check my account for weird accesses: none.
#Gemini
#Gemini
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A heartfelt wave of appreciation to the wonderful individuals who generously shared their priceless wisdom with us: Ronnie Wong, @weissale.bsky.social, @albertodebo.bsky.social, Paulo Andrade, Alfonso Tarallo, The Dev Newsletter, @wiltgen.net, Ezequiel Santos, Jane and Ethan Lipnik
Fatbobman’s Swift Weekly #119 is now available!
Building AI Moats: Anthropic’s Crackdown and the Apple-Google Alliance
🚀 Surviving tvOS
📱 _exported import vs. public import
⚡ State of Swift 2026
🏠 MirageKit: Streaming Framework
and more...
weekly.fatbobman.com/p/fatbobman...
Building AI Moats: Anthropic’s Crackdown and the Apple-Google Alliance
🚀 Surviving tvOS
📱 _exported import vs. public import
⚡ State of Swift 2026
🏠 MirageKit: Streaming Framework
and more...
weekly.fatbobman.com/p/fatbobman...
Fatbobman's Swift Weekly #119
Building AI Moats: Anthropic’s Crackdown and the Apple-Google Alliance
weekly.fatbobman.com
January 19, 2026 at 12:23 PM
A heartfelt wave of appreciation to the wonderful individuals who generously shared their priceless wisdom with us: Ronnie Wong, @weissale.bsky.social, @albertodebo.bsky.social, Paulo Andrade, Alfonso Tarallo, The Dev Newsletter, @wiltgen.net, Ezequiel Santos, Jane and Ethan Lipnik
Think Universal Links are a "set it and forget it" feature? Think again. 🛠️
Scaling deep linking infrastructure comes with a unique set of headaches that most teams aren't prepared for. I wrote about my experience navigating these hidden challenges.
albertodebortoli.com/2026/01/15/u...
Scaling deep linking infrastructure comes with a unique set of headaches that most teams aren't prepared for. I wrote about my experience navigating these hidden challenges.
albertodebortoli.com/2026/01/15/u...
Universal Links At Scale: The Challenges Nobody Talks About
A deep dive into the practical challenges of implementing, testing, and maintaining Universal Links at scale
albertodebortoli.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Think Universal Links are a "set it and forget it" feature? Think again. 🛠️
Scaling deep linking infrastructure comes with a unique set of headaches that most teams aren't prepared for. I wrote about my experience navigating these hidden challenges.
albertodebortoli.com/2026/01/15/u...
Scaling deep linking infrastructure comes with a unique set of headaches that most teams aren't prepared for. I wrote about my experience navigating these hidden challenges.
albertodebortoli.com/2026/01/15/u...
Reposted by Alberto
Swift Effect is now in public preview! it is an architecture-agnostic effect system that makes side effects (such as I/O, networking, randomness, concurrency) controllable, composable, and testable without forcing structural changes to your application code.
github.com/Alex-Ozun/sw...
#swiftlang
github.com/Alex-Ozun/sw...
#swiftlang
GitHub - Alex-Ozun/swift-effect: Algebraic Effects and Effect Handlers for Swift
Algebraic Effects and Effect Handlers for Swift. Contribute to Alex-Ozun/swift-effect development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Swift Effect is now in public preview! it is an architecture-agnostic effect system that makes side effects (such as I/O, networking, randomness, concurrency) controllable, composable, and testable without forcing structural changes to your application code.
github.com/Alex-Ozun/sw...
#swiftlang
github.com/Alex-Ozun/sw...
#swiftlang
It’s never too late to learn about agentic AI
January 4, 2026 at 9:44 PM
It’s never too late to learn about agentic AI
Honestly, I would have never thought of getting so much into AI.
January 4, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Honestly, I would have never thought of getting so much into AI.
Lithography at ASML is absolutely fascinating. Check out also Veritasium’s video as it gives the best in-depth explanation.
youtu.be/9RZreu5z_Gc?...
youtu.be/9RZreu5z_Gc?...
Computational lithography: Driving nanometer precision in microchip manufacturing | ASML
YouTube video by ASML
youtu.be
January 4, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Lithography at ASML is absolutely fascinating. Check out also Veritasium’s video as it gives the best in-depth explanation.
youtu.be/9RZreu5z_Gc?...
youtu.be/9RZreu5z_Gc?...
Today I went back to work.
January 2, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Today I went back to work.
I would like to say I made the same prediction over a pint.
Here's a prediction for 1/1/2027:
Software engineering won't change.
No, engineers won't be laid off en masse.
No, we won't see any measurable productivity wins from LLMs.
No, production or security code won't be written by LLMs.
The LLM bubble will start popping.
Software engineering won't change.
No, engineers won't be laid off en masse.
No, we won't see any measurable productivity wins from LLMs.
No, production or security code won't be written by LLMs.
The LLM bubble will start popping.
January 1, 2026 at 9:54 AM
I would like to say I made the same prediction over a pint.
You alright, VSCode?
December 31, 2025 at 12:18 PM
You alright, VSCode?