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Robert Roskam

@raiderrobert@mastodon.social
mastodon 4.6.0-nightly.2026-03-16

I am deliberately eclectic.

I write mostly about software engineering, and I also post #programminghumor, #gaming, #writing, #gamdev, and lots of other stuff.

I tend to write stuff in #python these days with bits of #js / #go / #rust tossed in. Playing with #godot too!

Engineer & Manager

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Joined October 14, 2017
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Robert Roskam
@raiderrobert@mastodon.social

I am deliberately eclectic. I write mostly about software engineering, and I also post # programminghumor , # gaming , # writing , # gamdev , and lots of other stuff. I tend to write stuff in # python these days with bits of # js / # go / # rust tossed in. Playing with # godot too! Engineer & Manager

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Robert Roskam
Robert Roskam
@raiderrobert@mastodon.social

I am deliberately eclectic. I write mostly about software engineering, and I also post # programminghumor , # gaming , # writing , # gamdev , and lots of other stuff. I tend to write stuff in # python these days with bits of # js / # go / # rust tossed in. Playing with # godot too! Engineer & Manager

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@raiderrobert@mastodon.social · Feb 14, 2026

Claude code be like a Roomba.

Turn your back, and it eats the cat.

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Robert Roskam
@raiderrobert@mastodon.social

I am deliberately eclectic. I write mostly about software engineering, and I also post # programminghumor , # gaming , # writing , # gamdev , and lots of other stuff. I tend to write stuff in # python these days with bits of # js / # go / # rust tossed in. Playing with # godot too! Engineer & Manager

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Robert Roskam
Robert Roskam
@raiderrobert@mastodon.social

I am deliberately eclectic. I write mostly about software engineering, and I also post # programminghumor , # gaming , # writing , # gamdev , and lots of other stuff. I tend to write stuff in # python these days with bits of # js / # go / # rust tossed in. Playing with # godot too! Engineer & Manager

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@raiderrobert@mastodon.social · Feb 12, 2026

Before all else, you are a human who works alongside other humans.

The most important thing you will develop in your life is not a technical skill. It is to finally encounter sonder, the awareness that the people around you have rich and full lives. To see the person in front of you clearly, to understand what they need, and to care enough to act on that understanding.

There is a person on the other side of every pull request, every Slack message, every bug report.

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Robert Roskam
@raiderrobert@mastodon.social

I am deliberately eclectic. I write mostly about software engineering, and I also post # programminghumor , # gaming , # writing , # gamdev , and lots of other stuff. I tend to write stuff in # python these days with bits of # js / # go / # rust tossed in. Playing with # godot too! Engineer & Manager

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Robert Roskam
Robert Roskam
@raiderrobert@mastodon.social

I am deliberately eclectic. I write mostly about software engineering, and I also post # programminghumor , # gaming , # writing , # gamdev , and lots of other stuff. I tend to write stuff in # python these days with bits of # js / # go / # rust tossed in. Playing with # godot too! Engineer & Manager

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@raiderrobert@mastodon.social · Feb 11, 2026

Desert soup? I added pumpkin spice mix instead of cinnamon and nutmeg by accident.

My brain be confused.

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Robert Roskam
@raiderrobert@mastodon.social

I am deliberately eclectic. I write mostly about software engineering, and I also post # programminghumor , # gaming , # writing , # gamdev , and lots of other stuff. I tend to write stuff in # python these days with bits of # js / # go / # rust tossed in. Playing with # godot too! Engineer & Manager

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Robert Roskam
Robert Roskam
@raiderrobert@mastodon.social

I am deliberately eclectic. I write mostly about software engineering, and I also post # programminghumor , # gaming , # writing , # gamdev , and lots of other stuff. I tend to write stuff in # python these days with bits of # js / # go / # rust tossed in. Playing with # godot too! Engineer & Manager

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@raiderrobert@mastodon.social · Feb 11, 2026

No amount of planning survives first contact with users.

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Robert Roskam
@raiderrobert@mastodon.social

I am deliberately eclectic. I write mostly about software engineering, and I also post # programminghumor , # gaming , # writing , # gamdev , and lots of other stuff. I tend to write stuff in # python these days with bits of # js / # go / # rust tossed in. Playing with # godot too! Engineer & Manager

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Robert Roskam
Robert Roskam
@raiderrobert@mastodon.social

I am deliberately eclectic. I write mostly about software engineering, and I also post # programminghumor , # gaming , # writing , # gamdev , and lots of other stuff. I tend to write stuff in # python these days with bits of # js / # go / # rust tossed in. Playing with # godot too! Engineer & Manager

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@raiderrobert@mastodon.social · Feb 08, 2026

So I've done my part with this boycott, and I'd like to suggest as a focal point to go specifically after Amazon and AWS itself.

https://www.resistandunsubscribe.com/

I'm concerned that actions that's too diffuse won't be noticed otherwise.

Also, if you're on X _still_ and giving them money thru ads/subscriptions, take a very long look in that mirror.

If you must engage with X, at least stop giving them money.

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Robert Roskam
@raiderrobert@mastodon.social

I am deliberately eclectic. I write mostly about software engineering, and I also post # programminghumor , # gaming , # writing , # gamdev , and lots of other stuff. I tend to write stuff in # python these days with bits of # js / # go / # rust tossed in. Playing with # godot too! Engineer & Manager

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Robert Roskam
Robert Roskam
@raiderrobert@mastodon.social

I am deliberately eclectic. I write mostly about software engineering, and I also post # programminghumor , # gaming , # writing , # gamdev , and lots of other stuff. I tend to write stuff in # python these days with bits of # js / # go / # rust tossed in. Playing with # godot too! Engineer & Manager

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@raiderrobert@mastodon.social · Feb 07, 2026

Who else in the fediverse at #TantrumCon?

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Robert Roskam
@raiderrobert@mastodon.social

I am deliberately eclectic. I write mostly about software engineering, and I also post # programminghumor , # gaming , # writing , # gamdev , and lots of other stuff. I tend to write stuff in # python these days with bits of # js / # go / # rust tossed in. Playing with # godot too! Engineer & Manager

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Robert Roskam
Robert Roskam
@raiderrobert@mastodon.social

I am deliberately eclectic. I write mostly about software engineering, and I also post # programminghumor , # gaming , # writing , # gamdev , and lots of other stuff. I tend to write stuff in # python these days with bits of # js / # go / # rust tossed in. Playing with # godot too! Engineer & Manager

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@raiderrobert@mastodon.social · Feb 04, 2026

We have the taste. We have the vision. We dream the dreams, not the AI.

We make the art.

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Robert Roskam
@raiderrobert@mastodon.social

I am deliberately eclectic. I write mostly about software engineering, and I also post # programminghumor , # gaming , # writing , # gamdev , and lots of other stuff. I tend to write stuff in # python these days with bits of # js / # go / # rust tossed in. Playing with # godot too! Engineer & Manager

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Robert Roskam
Robert Roskam
@raiderrobert@mastodon.social

I am deliberately eclectic. I write mostly about software engineering, and I also post # programminghumor , # gaming , # writing , # gamdev , and lots of other stuff. I tend to write stuff in # python these days with bits of # js / # go / # rust tossed in. Playing with # godot too! Engineer & Manager

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@raiderrobert@mastodon.social · Feb 03, 2026

How do you pronounce zsh?

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Robert Roskam
@raiderrobert@mastodon.social

I am deliberately eclectic. I write mostly about software engineering, and I also post # programminghumor , # gaming , # writing , # gamdev , and lots of other stuff. I tend to write stuff in # python these days with bits of # js / # go / # rust tossed in. Playing with # godot too! Engineer & Manager

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Robert Roskam
Robert Roskam
@raiderrobert@mastodon.social

I am deliberately eclectic. I write mostly about software engineering, and I also post # programminghumor , # gaming , # writing , # gamdev , and lots of other stuff. I tend to write stuff in # python these days with bits of # js / # go / # rust tossed in. Playing with # godot too! Engineer & Manager

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@raiderrobert@mastodon.social · Feb 03, 2026

Someone told me their codebase was "technical debt" because they didn't know the technology. That's when I knew the phrase had died.

It's why I always ask now "why is it technical debt?"

I've gotten a variety of responses:
- the abstractions are wrong
- the performance is bad
- lots of duplicate code
- lots of opposing world views
- the technology is out of date
- it's undocumented
- I don't like the tech

What's one you've heard?

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Robert Roskam
@raiderrobert@mastodon.social

I am deliberately eclectic. I write mostly about software engineering, and I also post # programminghumor , # gaming , # writing , # gamdev , and lots of other stuff. I tend to write stuff in # python these days with bits of # js / # go / # rust tossed in. Playing with # godot too! Engineer & Manager

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Robert Roskam
Robert Roskam
@raiderrobert@mastodon.social

I am deliberately eclectic. I write mostly about software engineering, and I also post # programminghumor , # gaming , # writing , # gamdev , and lots of other stuff. I tend to write stuff in # python these days with bits of # js / # go / # rust tossed in. Playing with # godot too! Engineer & Manager

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@raiderrobert@mastodon.social · Feb 02, 2026

Given that you use one, what's your main CLI LLM coding tool?

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Robert Roskam
@raiderrobert@mastodon.social

I am deliberately eclectic. I write mostly about software engineering, and I also post # programminghumor , # gaming , # writing , # gamdev , and lots of other stuff. I tend to write stuff in # python these days with bits of # js / # go / # rust tossed in. Playing with # godot too! Engineer & Manager

mastodon.social
Robert Roskam
Robert Roskam
@raiderrobert@mastodon.social

I am deliberately eclectic. I write mostly about software engineering, and I also post # programminghumor , # gaming , # writing , # gamdev , and lots of other stuff. I tend to write stuff in # python these days with bits of # js / # go / # rust tossed in. Playing with # godot too! Engineer & Manager

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@raiderrobert@mastodon.social · Feb 01, 2026

Pulled my old ConGeeks project out of mothballs: https://congeeks.io/

It's a bit rough, so ya'll be gentle now

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Robert Roskam
@raiderrobert@mastodon.social

I am deliberately eclectic. I write mostly about software engineering, and I also post # programminghumor , # gaming , # writing , # gamdev , and lots of other stuff. I tend to write stuff in # python these days with bits of # js / # go / # rust tossed in. Playing with # godot too! Engineer & Manager

mastodon.social
Robert Roskam
Robert Roskam
@raiderrobert@mastodon.social

I am deliberately eclectic. I write mostly about software engineering, and I also post # programminghumor , # gaming , # writing , # gamdev , and lots of other stuff. I tend to write stuff in # python these days with bits of # js / # go / # rust tossed in. Playing with # godot too! Engineer & Manager

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@raiderrobert@mastodon.social · Feb 01, 2026

Software principles that last don't come from architects in glass offices. They come from practitioners who noticed what kept working.

These principles arose from doing the work. They did not descend from on high from those far removed from the work.

This, I feel is the most fundamental truth about doing work: those without dirty hands are wrong. Doing something makes you right.

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