Jim Bennett
@jimbobbennett
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Trans people are people. Non binary people are people. Nazis can fuck off. Find me on 🦋 as I don't use this hell site anymore, links below.
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I'm excited to announce that I've just started my new role as head of developer advocacy at @getpieces! 🎉 What is Pieces? Pieces helps developers remember anything and interact with everything. So what does this mean? 👇
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If we automated the status side of stand ups will it help with collaboration? Check out this video and let me know your thoughts.
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Hey @ShawnBasquiat - been noodling on our discussion yesterday about AI as a tool and regulation. So here's a 🌶️ take that also digs at capitalism and governments. On YouTube as it's over the time limit here. https://t.co/3kaq2GC5bc
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AI folks - anyone have any apps they've built using @ollama? I've got a side project I've been working on that acts as a shim to run Ollama on another device to seamlessly so looking for things to test it out on.
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After @shanselman dropped a video counting to 15 on 4 fingers, here's counting to 60 on 2 hands. It's Babylonian counting, and is why we have things like 12 hours, 60 minutes in an hour etc.
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Just got my first contribution to the @dotnet IoT project merged! Support for the @pimoroni blinkt! https://t.co/ryq6AJGrbq
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Fixes #2369 This adds a device binding for the Pimoroni Blinkt. Microsoft Reviewers: Open in CodeFlow
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Our Head of Developer Advocacy, @jimbobbennett, was on the @dotNetCoreShow! 🎙️ Jim shared stories from his time working with Xamarin (and collecting monkey swag), talked about why he thinks all developers are really just Doug from Up 🐶, and explained how privacy-first tools are
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UK folks - I'll be at @DotNetNorth in Manchester on the 28th January talking about building a Star Wars copilot with C# and @getpieces! Come join me. https://t.co/XFBuHCwAGT
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In the Star Wars universe, many pilots have an astromech copilot. Luke had R2-D2 in the back of his X-Wing for example. As developers, we too have copilots. Although these
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That lovely feeling when someone at @CarelonRx confirms that when you phoned up to refill a prescription they just decided to ignore it and do nothing.
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Remember folks - when Christian nutjobs complain about a war on Christmas, remind them that the only people to ever ban Christmas were… Christians!
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Happy Christmas to those who celebrate. Whatever you are celebrating this time of year may it bring you joy.
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If AI is generating code and you need someone to review it, how are you going to find people capable of reviewing code if they never get to write it?
I've heard someone say: "AI is great at saving senior engineers time for doing things they already know how to do, but it's actually bad for junior engineers." There's some truth to that. If you're more of a junior person, you want to be careful about how to use it - use it as
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Love podcasts, tech & Star Wars? Then you've got to check out this new episode of the Imperial Security Bureau Podcast featuring our amazing Head of Dev Advocacy @jimbobbennett! Give it a watch (or listen) and let us know what you think! 👇
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hey @PubConf - any news on an event after NDC London? Like literally in the home of the worlds best pubs.
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Had a lot of fun geeking out with @BlakeWilliams4u about Star Wars, @getpieces, and why you should never use #AI to write thousands of books a year. Check out my episode of the Imperial Security Bureau podcast to hear it all. https://t.co/iYViR3hV7Q
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So much fun geeking out about @getpieces with the folks on the @AngularShow
If you struggle to stay focused, this is the episode for you! @jimbobbennett joins us to talk about Pieces, an app for developers that helps you connect thoughts, code, and context, to stay in your flow. #Angular #ngconf 🍎 https://t.co/VhQku3Zyq0 🟢 https://t.co/qzxerpFBBe
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Some AI companies make many claims about what their product can do, and many fall short. With the @getpieces Long-Term Memory Engine, the claims are real. Here's a perfect example 👇👇
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Join us live for the UltraEdit Webinar! Our CEO, @KnottTsavo, will be live on December 17th at 1 PM CST to show how Pieces for Developers simplifies workflows in @UltraEdit. 👨💻 Learn how to set up the Pieces for Developers plugin ✨ Find out everything Pieces can do 👀 Get a
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