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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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Leon Noel @leonnoel.bsky.social · 6h

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 · 2d

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

YouTube video by taylor desseyn

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Danny Thompson @dthompsondev.bsky.social · 3d

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 · 3d

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 · 3d

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.

YouTube video by The Programming Podcast

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Danny Thompson @dthompsondev.bsky.social · 5d

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Richard @choir241.bsky.social · 5d

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 · 7d

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 · 8d

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

Danny Thompson @dthompsondev.bsky.social · 9d

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!

Danny Thompson @dthompsondev.bsky.social · 10d

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

open.spotify.com/episode/1Vlf...

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.
@dthompsondev.bsky.social
@quincy.bsky.social
@leonnoel.bsky.social

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Danny Thompson @dthompsondev.bsky.social · 14d

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.🙏❤️

Danny Thompson @dthompsondev.bsky.social · 14d

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 · 14d

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 · 14d

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 · 14d

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

Long post

Donation to operation kindness for $7.700.58

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aaronboyd47.bsky.social @aaronboyd47.bsky.social · 16d

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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Danny Thompson @dthompsondev.bsky.social · 17d

I think I MIGHT have a brand new headshot to use for the socials that was taken at the FREE headshot station at The @commityourcode.bsky.social Conference wearing my very classy @thisdotlabs.bsky.social pin of course. Always representing the DOT!

Thoughts? 🤔

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Opaleyes🌌 @opaleyesky.bsky.social · 19d

I want to thank the amazing man that put #CYC together @dthompsondev.bsky.social With this being my 1st ever conference I honestly don't know how other conferences will ever top this. Next year I'd like to put it on the record I want to volunteer. Hers a snap I got with The @leonnoel.bsky.social 🙀🙀🙀

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Robert Groves @robertgroves.com · 18d

Commit Your Code 2025 was amazing. I set 2 goals after CYC 2024: to speak at the conference in 2025 and to talk to more people than I did last year. Mission accomplished!

Huge thanks to @dthompsondev.bsky.social, all the volunteers, all the sponsors, and the amazing community.

#CYC25 #CYC

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Kayla HalloSween 👻 @kayla.ooo · 18d

so glad @abbeyperini.dev told Richard and me that we should just go to every conference with her 😂

@commityourcode.bsky.social was amazing
@dthompsondev.bsky.social is amazing

if he winds up doing it again, see y’all next time in Dallas! 🤠

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Alex ✨ @acon1on.bsky.social · 19d

#100devs live at #CYC25 🔥🔥 @dthompsondev.bsky.social @leonnoel.bsky.social

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