Miguel David
@migueldavid.eu
Engineering Manager, former Site Reliability Engineer.
From 🇵🇹. through 🇩🇰🇮🇹🇬🇧🇭🇷. Currently in 🇧🇪.
From 🇵🇹. through 🇩🇰🇮🇹🇬🇧🇭🇷. Currently in 🇧🇪.
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December 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
@rands.bsky.social I like the aesthetics of randsinrepose.com and told so to ChatGPT. I asked what stack the website was likely using. This was the response. I thought you might enjoy it. :)
December 17, 2025 at 8:19 AM
@rands.bsky.social I like the aesthetics of randsinrepose.com and told so to ChatGPT. I asked what stack the website was likely using. This was the response. I thought you might enjoy it. :)
@kstewart.bsky.social hey Kevin. It’s that time of the year. 😁 As the most well read person of technical books I know and with the best recommendations, what was your top 5 in 2025? Hope you’re well. Thanks! 🙏
December 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
@kstewart.bsky.social hey Kevin. It’s that time of the year. 😁 As the most well read person of technical books I know and with the best recommendations, what was your top 5 in 2025? Hope you’re well. Thanks! 🙏
I built Speakeasy because I read a lot and macOS makes text-to-speech harder than it needs to be. Started with a Python prototype using Piper TTS. The voices were excellent. The app was ugly. So I rewrote it in Swift.
Turns out macOS already ships with decent voices. Samantha and Alex sound ...
Turns out macOS already ships with decent voices. Samantha and Alex sound ...
December 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I built Speakeasy because I read a lot and macOS makes text-to-speech harder than it needs to be. Started with a Python prototype using Piper TTS. The voices were excellent. The app was ugly. So I rewrote it in Swift.
Turns out macOS already ships with decent voices. Samantha and Alex sound ...
Turns out macOS already ships with decent voices. Samantha and Alex sound ...
I have very little engagement on what I post here on Bluesky, so I’m going to try out a month of the Twitter/X hellscape of today to compare. Wish me ~luck~ mental sanity.
December 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I have very little engagement on what I post here on Bluesky, so I’m going to try out a month of the Twitter/X hellscape of today to compare. Wish me ~luck~ mental sanity.
If you're looking for a spy's TV series to watch this Christmas, I recommend the Black Doves. British spies, great dialogues, on Netflix.
December 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
If you're looking for a spy's TV series to watch this Christmas, I recommend the Black Doves. British spies, great dialogues, on Netflix.
Karpathy makes the case that AI moves us from Specification to Verification. Interesting take.
Verifiability
The impact of verifiability on the jagged frontier of LLMs
karpathy.bearblog.dev
December 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Karpathy makes the case that AI moves us from Specification to Verification. Interesting take.
You are selling the value to the user, not the effort you put into it. Something I need to regularly remind myself of.
Kinds of value
Which is worth more, Kind of Blue from Miles Davis, or the third Boston album? It depends on your taste. I hope we can agree, though, that the fact that Miles spent four days on his album and Tom s…
seths.blog
December 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
You are selling the value to the user, not the effort you put into it. Something I need to regularly remind myself of.
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EM skills irl:
Me, negotiating with my 7yo about how many of pages she has to complete tonight:
"Why don't you finish one page and see how long it takes, and we'll circle back on our total estimate at that time"
Me, negotiating with my 7yo about how many of pages she has to complete tonight:
"Why don't you finish one page and see how long it takes, and we'll circle back on our total estimate at that time"
December 4, 2025 at 2:04 AM
EM skills irl:
Me, negotiating with my 7yo about how many of pages she has to complete tonight:
"Why don't you finish one page and see how long it takes, and we'll circle back on our total estimate at that time"
Me, negotiating with my 7yo about how many of pages she has to complete tonight:
"Why don't you finish one page and see how long it takes, and we'll circle back on our total estimate at that time"
“Inside Cursor” joincolossus.com/article/insi.... Wow. Am I the only one seeing all the red flags in how Cursor (the company) operates, even as they are draped in “this is the way” clothes?
Inside Cursor
Sixty days with the AI coding decacorn
joincolossus.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“Inside Cursor” joincolossus.com/article/insi.... Wow. Am I the only one seeing all the red flags in how Cursor (the company) operates, even as they are draped in “this is the way” clothes?
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Don't underestimate the power of someone believing in you.
December 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Don't underestimate the power of someone believing in you.
Buffer, a company I’ve been following (and using) for years just hit 15 years. It’s a huge feat! Some of the insights from the CEO Joel Gascoigne below are gold. 👇
Buffer just turned 15 years old! And we're fortunate to be closing out our best year in the past 7. We have 69,000 customers, a $23M annual run rate, and will achieve over $2M in profit in 2025.
To mark 15 years of Buffer, here are 15 of the key lessons I've leaned first hand as a founder CEO:
To mark 15 years of Buffer, here are 15 of the key lessons I've leaned first hand as a founder CEO:
December 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Buffer, a company I’ve been following (and using) for years just hit 15 years. It’s a huge feat! Some of the insights from the CEO Joel Gascoigne below are gold. 👇
@candost wrote a nice piece on how to approach large projects: Plan Slow, Act Fast candost.blog/plan-slow-ac.... I agree with the majority of it. My most successful engineers have taken time at the start of the project to do research/POCs before diving into full implementation. A thing that I [1/2]
Plan Slow, Act Fast
Plan thoroughly upfront to execute projects faster later.
candost.blog
December 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
@candost wrote a nice piece on how to approach large projects: Plan Slow, Act Fast candost.blog/plan-slow-ac.... I agree with the majority of it. My most successful engineers have taken time at the start of the project to do research/POCs before diving into full implementation. A thing that I [1/2]
How to Write with Substance (short article, full of good ideas) www.helpscout.com/blog/writing...
The Customer Service Blog: Deliver Great Support - Help Scout
Get tips and advice from experienced support pros on delivering great customer service, building a career in support, and leading a support team.
www.helpscout.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
How to Write with Substance (short article, full of good ideas) www.helpscout.com/blog/writing...
[With AI] Code like a surgeon. "When I sit down for a work session, I want to feel like a surgeon walking into a prepped operating room. Everything is ready for me to do what I’m good at."
Code like a surgeon
A lot of people say AI will make us all “managers” or “editors”…but I think this is a dangerously incomplete view!
www.geoffreylitt.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
[With AI] Code like a surgeon. "When I sit down for a work session, I want to feel like a surgeon walking into a prepped operating room. Everything is ready for me to do what I’m good at."
Automation can be liberating.
November 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Automation can be liberating.
I built an NBA game recommender with Claude Code in 40 hours over 2.5 days
Learned: AI gets you to 80% fast, but that last 19% is still debugging HTTP at 2am, and I make terrible cost/benefit decisions.
It works though! Have a read or try: migueldavid.eu/posts/buildi...
Learned: AI gets you to 80% fast, but that last 19% is still debugging HTTP at 2am, and I make terrible cost/benefit decisions.
It works though! Have a read or try: migueldavid.eu/posts/buildi...
Building an NBA Game Recommender: A Study in Poor Time Management and AI - The writing outlet
NBA 🏀 has 82 games per season. 10 games some nights. Two hours each. I have two kids, a dog that needs walking, a house that needs cleaning and then...
migueldavid.eu
November 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I built an NBA game recommender with Claude Code in 40 hours over 2.5 days
Learned: AI gets you to 80% fast, but that last 19% is still debugging HTTP at 2am, and I make terrible cost/benefit decisions.
It works though! Have a read or try: migueldavid.eu/posts/buildi...
Learned: AI gets you to 80% fast, but that last 19% is still debugging HTTP at 2am, and I make terrible cost/benefit decisions.
It works though! Have a read or try: migueldavid.eu/posts/buildi...
Keeping up with AI's rapid evolution as a parent is challenging. To stay informed, I rely on Birgitta Bockeler's grounded insights, unlike the AI providers who want to sell something. leaddev.com/technical-di...
From autocomplete to agents: AI coding assistance state of play
Everybody wants high reliability, but the path isn't exactly clear. This talk is for people who need to know what works and what doesn't.
leaddev.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Keeping up with AI's rapid evolution as a parent is challenging. To stay informed, I rely on Birgitta Bockeler's grounded insights, unlike the AI providers who want to sell something. leaddev.com/technical-di...
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@buffer.com I've been a fan and user for many years, but this community new feature is awesome. Thanks for building it.
November 14, 2025 at 9:50 AM
@buffer.com I've been a fan and user for many years, but this community new feature is awesome. Thanks for building it.
Good podcast episode with Laura Tacho from DX about AI ROI
A Systems-Level Guide to High-ROI AI Impact w/ Laura Tacho #234
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pca.st
November 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Good podcast episode with Laura Tacho from DX about AI ROI
Councils of agents: group thinking with LLMs - a great idea from James Stanier
Councils of agents: group thinking with LLMs - The Engineering Manager
Improving your thinking is improving your output as a leader. Use agents to supercharge your thinking by building your own councils.
www.theengineeringmanager.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Councils of agents: group thinking with LLMs - a great idea from James Stanier
Tackle problems early on. It’s easier.
November 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Tackle problems early on. It’s easier.
@brusselsairlines.bsky.social cancelling a 1h30 flight from Berlin to your base in Brussels Zaventem hours before the flight during the night and not even warning via your app, is not ok. Also not ok, rerouting me to Cologne, then Munich and only then Brussels with 3 different carriers. 😖
November 5, 2025 at 8:21 AM
@brusselsairlines.bsky.social cancelling a 1h30 flight from Berlin to your base in Brussels Zaventem hours before the flight during the night and not even warning via your app, is not ok. Also not ok, rerouting me to Cologne, then Munich and only then Brussels with 3 different carriers. 😖