Rob Conery
@robconery.com
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
My advice is to always ruin the friendship.
October 30, 2025 at 9:04 PM
My advice is to always ruin the friendship.
Keep it one hundred
On the land, the sea, the sky
Pledge allegiance to your hands
Your team, your vibes
On the land, the sea, the sky
Pledge allegiance to your hands
Your team, your vibes
October 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Keep it one hundred
On the land, the sea, the sky
Pledge allegiance to your hands
Your team, your vibes
On the land, the sea, the sky
Pledge allegiance to your hands
Your team, your vibes
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...
thenext.dev/articles/all...
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...
thenext.dev
September 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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...
thenext.dev/articles/all...
Wow Spotify. Thanks for the daylist?
August 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Wow Spotify. Thanks for the daylist?
What I'm really after with this project is dredging up "crap code". 99% of this was created by my direction, and I've reviewed and found it to be pretty solid. That said - if you dislike AI in general - now's your chance to skewer me (/cc @fransbouma.com... it's data access... right up your alley!)
I goofed off with Claude Code this weekend to see how hard it would be to turn SQLite into a document database with a MongoDB API. It took 3 tries but I think something fun came of it - throw daggers at it if you like: github.com/robconery/gadz
GitHub - robconery/gadz: A MongoDB API for SQLite, turning SQLite into an embedded MongoDB. Sort of.
A MongoDB API for SQLite, turning SQLite into an embedded MongoDB. Sort of. - robconery/gadz
github.com
August 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
What I'm really after with this project is dredging up "crap code". 99% of this was created by my direction, and I've reviewed and found it to be pretty solid. That said - if you dislike AI in general - now's your chance to skewer me (/cc @fransbouma.com... it's data access... right up your alley!)
I goofed off with Claude Code this weekend to see how hard it would be to turn SQLite into a document database with a MongoDB API. It took 3 tries but I think something fun came of it - throw daggers at it if you like: github.com/robconery/gadz
GitHub - robconery/gadz: A MongoDB API for SQLite, turning SQLite into an embedded MongoDB. Sort of.
A MongoDB API for SQLite, turning SQLite into an embedded MongoDB. Sort of. - robconery/gadz
github.com
August 5, 2025 at 4:18 AM
I goofed off with Claude Code this weekend to see how hard it would be to turn SQLite into a document database with a MongoDB API. It took 3 tries but I think something fun came of it - throw daggers at it if you like: github.com/robconery/gadz
Need help prompting? I made a fun thing with @aaronw.dev
that works like "gi" for gitignore, but with prompts. Need a react component and don't know the prompt? Try "peep react-component" in your CLI:
tek.pub
that works like "gi" for gitignore, but with prompts. Need a react component and don't know the prompt? Try "peep react-component" in your CLI:
tek.pub
peep | Prompts on demand
AI prompting made easy with ready-to-use scripts for developers and creators
tek.pub
August 1, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Need help prompting? I made a fun thing with @aaronw.dev
that works like "gi" for gitignore, but with prompts. Need a react component and don't know the prompt? Try "peep react-component" in your CLI:
tek.pub
that works like "gi" for gitignore, but with prompts. Need a react component and don't know the prompt? Try "peep react-component" in your CLI:
tek.pub
Looks like that’s the extent of it. Small surges out with now waves, small surges in with slightly more wave activity. Thankfully looks like it’s not getting bigger.guess I’ll sign off…
July 30, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Looks like that’s the extent of it. Small surges out with now waves, small surges in with slightly more wave activity. Thankfully looks like it’s not getting bigger.guess I’ll sign off…
Water is pulling off the reef. Waves have stopped. First wave is here
July 30, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Water is pulling off the reef. Waves have stopped. First wave is here
The boats look like stars… so many out there!
July 30, 2025 at 5:37 AM
The boats look like stars… so many out there!
So far so good. Nothing happening aside from a few clowns walking the beach
July 30, 2025 at 5:30 AM
So far so good. Nothing happening aside from a few clowns walking the beach
So here’s what things look like now. We’ll see if anything changes in 9 minutes
July 30, 2025 at 5:08 AM
So here’s what things look like now. We’ll see if anything changes in 9 minutes
I remember studying this at university for my geology degree. Professor explained it was pulse energy - a pressure differential made the force horizontal. Typical wave energy is sinusoidal, which is changes in vertical energy. At least I think that's what they said... I might have been asleep...
They move. At the speed. Of a commercial airliner. 😳✈️🌊
A rule of thumb for tsunamis is that in open ocean, they move at similar speeds to commercial airliners. If you're ever curious how long it would take for a tsunami to get from one place to another, look up the duration of a similar-length flight.
July 30, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I remember studying this at university for my geology degree. Professor explained it was pulse energy - a pressure differential made the force horizontal. Typical wave energy is sinusoidal, which is changes in vertical energy. At least I think that's what they said... I might have been asleep...
It'll be an interesting sunset tonight here in Honolulu, with light winds, some high clouds and a tsunami. I live in a big building with a small view of the coast and the first wave is supposed to hit here in just over 2 hours. I'll post pictures.
July 30, 2025 at 3:09 AM
It'll be an interesting sunset tonight here in Honolulu, with light winds, some high clouds and a tsunami. I live in a big building with a small view of the coast and the first wave is supposed to hit here in just over 2 hours. I'll post pictures.
Reposted by Rob Conery
I've heard every single Mack glocky cover in the style of and Deftones - Paranoid Android may be the best
youtu.be/_Rp7duGN7V4?...
youtu.be/_Rp7duGN7V4?...
if Deftones wrote "PARANOID ANDROID" by Radiohead
YouTube video by mac glocky
youtu.be
July 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I've heard every single Mack glocky cover in the style of and Deftones - Paranoid Android may be the best
youtu.be/_Rp7duGN7V4?...
youtu.be/_Rp7duGN7V4?...
It's super inefficient (and expensive) to have an LLM work on your data and files (CSV, markdown, whatever) directly. Have it create a script for you instead. I made a video about "compiling" markdown to one of @adamwathan.com's new Tailwind templates this way:
thenext.dev/blog/creatin...
thenext.dev/blog/creatin...
July 26, 2025 at 6:05 AM
It's super inefficient (and expensive) to have an LLM work on your data and files (CSV, markdown, whatever) directly. Have it create a script for you instead. I made a video about "compiling" markdown to one of @adamwathan.com's new Tailwind templates this way:
thenext.dev/blog/creatin...
thenext.dev/blog/creatin...
Doing my best to bridge the generation gap
July 24, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Doing my best to bridge the generation gap
So say we all
for ease of use and quality of output i genuinely cannot think of a better brewing tool than the aeropress. i have had mine for almost 15 years and still break it out at least once a week
July 20, 2025 at 6:27 AM
So say we all
I think this is the most real talk I've ever seen. Damn you @scott.hanselman.com! Absolutely brilliant and touching.
"They sold the van..."
So good.
"They sold the van..."
So good.
I just wanted to say, I’m probably more proud of this Ted talk than just about anything I’ve ever done so I’m gonna be absolutely useless for the next couple of weeks as I promote the shit out of this because I want you to watch it because it matters in the moment we are in youtu.be/dVG8W-0p6vg
Tech Promised Everything. Did it deliver? | Scott Hanselman | TEDxPortland
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
youtu.be
July 18, 2025 at 6:44 AM
I think this is the most real talk I've ever seen. Damn you @scott.hanselman.com! Absolutely brilliant and touching.
"They sold the van..."
So good.
"They sold the van..."
So good.
Your last non-coding prompt to ChatGPT (or your AI of choice). No cheating! I'll go first:
"create a diet and exercise plan so I can be in shape like Brad Pitt. Make it hurt"
"create a diet and exercise plan so I can be in shape like Brad Pitt. Make it hurt"
July 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Your last non-coding prompt to ChatGPT (or your AI of choice). No cheating! I'll go first:
"create a diet and exercise plan so I can be in shape like Brad Pitt. Make it hurt"
"create a diet and exercise plan so I can be in shape like Brad Pitt. Make it hurt"
OK so I know becoming a fanboy because of a movie is silly but as I watched F1 I remembered that, as a kid, I LOVED racing. This movie reminded me of that. So, Formula 1 fans, how does one get started watching? @damianedwards.com @anthonypjshaw.bsky.social.
July 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
OK so I know becoming a fanboy because of a movie is silly but as I watched F1 I remembered that, as a kid, I LOVED racing. This movie reminded me of that. So, Formula 1 fans, how does one get started watching? @damianedwards.com @anthonypjshaw.bsky.social.
Holy crap I just saw F1 at a real theater (good one too) and now I want to go out and buy a van and live in it and work out every day and do what I want and race fast cars... what a movie. One of the best I've seen in a while in terms of pure entertainment.
July 16, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Holy crap I just saw F1 at a real theater (good one too) and now I want to go out and buy a van and live in it and work out every day and do what I want and race fast cars... what a movie. One of the best I've seen in a while in terms of pure entertainment.
Jeez @pfrazee.com quit logging me out! 🤣 j/k I know it means good things are happening!
July 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Jeez @pfrazee.com quit logging me out! 🤣 j/k I know it means good things are happening!
I do not miss the fear. What a fucked up environment to work in.
So, these are the financials of a company that lays off 9000 people in just this quarter. Despicable. #microsoft #layoffs
Revenue:$70.1b. Increased 13%
Operating income $32.0b. Increase 16%
Net income $25.8 b. Increase 18%
www.theverge.com/news/693535/...
Revenue:$70.1b. Increased 13%
Operating income $32.0b. Increase 16%
Net income $25.8 b. Increase 18%
www.theverge.com/news/693535/...
Microsoft is laying off as many as 9,000 employees
Xbox will end or decrease work ‘in certain areas’
www.theverge.com
July 2, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I do not miss the fear. What a fucked up environment to work in.