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📊 Post engagement
3
Avg engagement / post
5.4%
Engagement vs followers
Sep 2018
On Mastodon since
🔥 Top post: If you use Rspec and you've struggled to figure out the best way · 11 likes + reposts
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Mostly text
Recent: 9 text · 3 image · 0 video.
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My #Rubyconf slides are now online: "AI-assisted coding: practical lessons from small startups to legacy codebases" https://toppa.com/ai-assisted-coding/
Matz' #RubyConf keynote: 20 test runs of 15 languages each, with a spec for Claude Code to create a "mini-Git" - #ruby wins on time, cost, and reliability.
A language designed specifically for developer happiness makes AI happy too.
Full d…
My talk at #RubyConf starts soon: "AI-assisted coding: practical lessons from small startups to legacy codebases." Can't wait!
An 8 years too late blog post: I drafted a "RailsConf 2018 highlights" post in 2018, and I've very belatedly realized I never published it 🤦♂️ I'm pleasantly surprised how relevant many of the talks still are https://toppa.com/2026/railsc…
From the archives (July 2012) - Japanese Baseball on the 4th of July
"When you combine Japanese baseball fans' fanaticism with their obsessions over convenience, cleanliness, and group activities involving alcohol, you get a unique experie…
RubyConf is happening in 2 weeks! For my presentation on practical tips for AI-assisted coding, I've interviewed half a dozen people working with AI in a variety of contexts (start-ups, legacy codebases, etc) so I can share advice from a v…
This may only ever matter to 1 or 2 people out there with an HP m1217nfw MFP (printer & scanner) from 2011 that's still going strong. There haven't been new Mac drivers for it since 2018. Using Claude Code I was able to get the old drivers…
TIL it's tough to be a Kevin in Europe, after a wave of boys got the name when "Home Alone" was a hit in the early 90s: "...in England 'Kev' has become a synonym for working-class wastrel, a denigration as severe as being a Karen in Americ…
This is a great walk through of all the assumptions (i.e. educated guesses) that go into modeling the 2024 Presidential polls. A better take-away from all the polls isn't how close they are, but how uncertain they are https://goodauthority…
Going down a rabbit hole debugging a small Ruby on #Rails Rspec test failure, with the hope this helps someone (quite possibly me in the future when I run into this again but don't remember the solution) - "Rails views, internationalizatio…
From the book Zilch (I got this from a post by Alistair Cockburn on LinkedIn).
Not may organizations I've seen do this well, and it's something for-profits can learn from non-profits: "Include every level of the company in the pursuit of y…
Matz' #RubyConf keynote: 20 test runs of 15 languages each, with a spec for Claude Code to create a "mini-Git" - #ruby wins on time, cost, and reliability.
A language designed specifically for developer happiness makes AI happy too.
Full d…
My talk at #RubyConf starts soon: "AI-assisted coding: practical lessons from small startups to legacy codebases." Can't wait!
An 8 years too late blog post: I drafted a "RailsConf 2018 highlights" post in 2018, and I've very belatedly realized I never published it 🤦♂️ I'm pleasantly surprised how relevant many of the talks still are https://toppa.com/2026/railsc…
From the archives (July 2012) - Japanese Baseball on the 4th of July
"When you combine Japanese baseball fans' fanaticism with their obsessions over convenience, cleanliness, and group activities involving alcohol, you get a unique experie…
RubyConf is happening in 2 weeks! For my presentation on practical tips for AI-assisted coding, I've interviewed half a dozen people working with AI in a variety of contexts (start-ups, legacy codebases, etc) so I can share advice from a v…
This may only ever matter to 1 or 2 people out there with an HP m1217nfw MFP (printer & scanner) from 2011 that's still going strong. There haven't been new Mac drivers for it since 2018. Using Claude Code I was able to get the old drivers…
TIL it's tough to be a Kevin in Europe, after a wave of boys got the name when "Home Alone" was a hit in the early 90s: "...in England 'Kev' has become a synonym for working-class wastrel, a denigration as severe as being a Karen in Americ…
This is a great walk through of all the assumptions (i.e. educated guesses) that go into modeling the 2024 Presidential polls. A better take-away from all the polls isn't how close they are, but how uncertain they are https://goodauthority…
Going down a rabbit hole debugging a small Ruby on #Rails Rspec test failure, with the hope this helps someone (quite possibly me in the future when I run into this again but don't remember the solution) - "Rails views, internationalizatio…
From the book Zilch (I got this from a post by Alistair Cockburn on LinkedIn).
Not may organizations I've seen do this well, and it's something for-profits can learn from non-profits: "Include every level of the company in the pursuit of y…
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A large general-interest Mastodon server. On the fediverse the server a creator picks hints at their community — this one spans all topics.
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On Mastodon since
Sep 2018
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🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2018 — 7 years ago.
👁️Averages 3 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.1× per week.
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Estimated89/100
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Credibility score
99%
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Fake-follower risk
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- Est. 99% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Strong engagement (~5.4% of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
- Verified account.
- Established account (7+ years old).
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