Arthur Doler
@arthurdoler.com
Avid international public speaker. Resigned & begrudging generalist developer. Mental health advocate & grappling with my own experience daily. Opinionated blowhard. Not secretly a goat.
Lives in Omaha, NE. Works for Aviture.
Lives in Omaha, NE. Works for Aviture.
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Arthur Doler
@arthurdoler.com
· Oct 21
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Generalist developer, amateur cognitive psychologist, international speaker, terrible philosopher
arthurdoler.com
Hi, I'm Arthur, or Art, take your pick.
Pertinent things in no particular order:
- 20-year developer
- I much prefer the human side of the job these days
- I'm an international public speaker
- Mostly about psychology & brains in tech
- I draw all my own slides for my talks
- So tired every day
Pertinent things in no particular order:
- 20-year developer
- I much prefer the human side of the job these days
- I'm an international public speaker
- Mostly about psychology & brains in tech
- I draw all my own slides for my talks
- So tired every day
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Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
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Residues and The Philosophy of Software Architecture leanpub.com/b/residues by Barry M O’Reilly is the featured bundle on the Leanpub homepage! leanpub.com #SoftwareEngineering #SoftwareArchitecture
Find it on Leanpub!
Find it on Leanpub!
November 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Residues and The Philosophy of Software Architecture leanpub.com/b/residues by Barry M O’Reilly is the featured bundle on the Leanpub homepage! leanpub.com #SoftwareEngineering #SoftwareArchitecture
Find it on Leanpub!
Find it on Leanpub!
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Great author, neat urban fantasy concept, extremely reasonable ask. If this appeals, pledge if you can, signal boost if you can't!
I got to hear about the campaign that inspired this while it was ongoing and I was so jealous because it sounded REALLY cool.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/kar...
I got to hear about the campaign that inspired this while it was ongoing and I was so jealous because it sounded REALLY cool.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/kar...
Magician First Class: Urban Fantasy With Heart
Sparks & Recreation: a new series about magic, community, and doing your best from award-winning author Kate (Karen) Healey
www.kickstarter.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Great author, neat urban fantasy concept, extremely reasonable ask. If this appeals, pledge if you can, signal boost if you can't!
I got to hear about the campaign that inspired this while it was ongoing and I was so jealous because it sounded REALLY cool.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/kar...
I got to hear about the campaign that inspired this while it was ongoing and I was so jealous because it sounded REALLY cool.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/kar...
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It’s okay to be glad that restaurants are doing stuff like this AND absolutely furious about the utter failure of the United States government.
November 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
It’s okay to be glad that restaurants are doing stuff like this AND absolutely furious about the utter failure of the United States government.
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Hey I wrote a bit about that stupid "cozy TSA" game and why that entire thing got on my nerves.
foxharper.bearblog.dev/getting-cozy/
foxharper.bearblog.dev/getting-cozy/
Getting Cozy
I'm trying not to make this little boutique blog "here's a thing I said on bluesky in long form" but sadly, social media's immediacy means I get to work idea...
foxharper.bearblog.dev
October 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Hey I wrote a bit about that stupid "cozy TSA" game and why that entire thing got on my nerves.
foxharper.bearblog.dev/getting-cozy/
foxharper.bearblog.dev/getting-cozy/
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The fact that we frequently prefer interactions and experiences that feel cognitively easy is also a reliable illusion. We experience this in our learning all the time.
This is also why I'm skeptical of any idea that developer experience should only be about making things FEEL easy
This is also why I'm skeptical of any idea that developer experience should only be about making things FEEL easy
October 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The fact that we frequently prefer interactions and experiences that feel cognitively easy is also a reliable illusion. We experience this in our learning all the time.
This is also why I'm skeptical of any idea that developer experience should only be about making things FEEL easy
This is also why I'm skeptical of any idea that developer experience should only be about making things FEEL easy
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The actual public service chatgpt provides is in demonstrating the effect of never hearing the word no on the human psyche, it has made billionaire brain pudding a condition accessible to everyone irrespective of net worth
July 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The actual public service chatgpt provides is in demonstrating the effect of never hearing the word no on the human psyche, it has made billionaire brain pudding a condition accessible to everyone irrespective of net worth
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It's World Mental Health Day! I'm excited to announce that the world's mental health is...
*opens envelope, starts reading excitedly*
BAD! ....oh....
*ten seconds of awkward silence*
*opens envelope, starts reading excitedly*
BAD! ....oh....
*ten seconds of awkward silence*
October 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
It's World Mental Health Day! I'm excited to announce that the world's mental health is...
*opens envelope, starts reading excitedly*
BAD! ....oh....
*ten seconds of awkward silence*
*opens envelope, starts reading excitedly*
BAD! ....oh....
*ten seconds of awkward silence*
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We are power-pilled, to the point that many people do not understand not wanting power, in the sense of "power over" (Mary Parker Follett).
We need to stop seeing people cleaving to power as being the Most Rational Default Human Behavior. It is a source of collective madness both for those in power and those who wish to be power's paypigs and its authoritarian downlines. It is the source of the highest irrationality and insecurity.
October 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
We are power-pilled, to the point that many people do not understand not wanting power, in the sense of "power over" (Mary Parker Follett).
It's World Mental Health Day! I'm excited to announce that the world's mental health is...
*opens envelope, starts reading excitedly*
BAD! ....oh....
*ten seconds of awkward silence*
*opens envelope, starts reading excitedly*
BAD! ....oh....
*ten seconds of awkward silence*
October 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
It's World Mental Health Day! I'm excited to announce that the world's mental health is...
*opens envelope, starts reading excitedly*
BAD! ....oh....
*ten seconds of awkward silence*
*opens envelope, starts reading excitedly*
BAD! ....oh....
*ten seconds of awkward silence*
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Engineers like challenges, but we tend to be selective about what we consider a valid challenge. "I need to build this despite shit code /politics / lack of resources..." The mindset switch is that all these things are not inhibitors to solving the problem, they are part of the problem definition.
October 8, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Engineers like challenges, but we tend to be selective about what we consider a valid challenge. "I need to build this despite shit code /politics / lack of resources..." The mindset switch is that all these things are not inhibitors to solving the problem, they are part of the problem definition.
Need to work on a larger post about all the concerts I've been getting to see, but I have to break in and say that if you ever get the chance to see Shonenknife, you will *not regret it*.
October 8, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Need to work on a larger post about all the concerts I've been getting to see, but I have to break in and say that if you ever get the chance to see Shonenknife, you will *not regret it*.
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Arthur Doler on Code Archaeology [EPISODE 871]
YouTube video by Technology and Friends
youtu.be
October 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Everything Falling Apart, Reports Institute For Somehow Managing To Hold It All Together https://theonion.com/everything-falling-apart-reports-institute-for-somehow-1819569822/
October 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Everything Falling Apart, Reports Institute For Somehow Managing To Hold It All Together https://theonion.com/everything-falling-apart-reports-institute-for-somehow-1819569822/
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October 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Iron Chef when Asako Kishi isn’t one of the guest critics vs when she is
September 30, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Iron Chef when Asako Kishi isn’t one of the guest critics vs when she is
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Survival isn’t about holding on—it’s about understanding your brain. 🧠
@arthurdoler.com's inspiring keynote at #dev2next, Survival Under Fire, showed how to stay whole during adversity and prepare for the next challenge.
Photos from the keynote below!
#Resilience #WellBeing
@arthurdoler.com's inspiring keynote at #dev2next, Survival Under Fire, showed how to stay whole during adversity and prepare for the next challenge.
Photos from the keynote below!
#Resilience #WellBeing
September 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Survival isn’t about holding on—it’s about understanding your brain. 🧠
@arthurdoler.com's inspiring keynote at #dev2next, Survival Under Fire, showed how to stay whole during adversity and prepare for the next challenge.
Photos from the keynote below!
#Resilience #WellBeing
@arthurdoler.com's inspiring keynote at #dev2next, Survival Under Fire, showed how to stay whole during adversity and prepare for the next challenge.
Photos from the keynote below!
#Resilience #WellBeing
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The bees have discovered Brutalism
September 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The bees have discovered Brutalism
I'll be speaking there, so get your tickets early and cheaper!
Last chance to grab NDC London Early Bird tickets—this Friday! Secure your seat today 🇬🇧 ndclondon.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I'll be speaking there, so get your tickets early and cheaper!