Happy Friday! A weekly tradition I started at Temporal is the introduction of Friday Pig. If you type the phrase "Friday Pig" in any channel it pulls this up. Bonus points if you remember where this gif came from.

All this rain has the critters moving. The Flood Warnings are dampening my kayak trips, but at least the animals are keeping me company

Everyone out here bragging about not reading the code their agents produces like it’s somehow novel and new, but let’s be real. Y’all weren’t reading your coworkers requests either. But that’s none of my business. LGTM

Everyone out here is trying to build Jarvis with AI, and I’m over here trying to build Igor. 🤣🤣🤣 I think we have very different end goals and motivations.

Part 2 of my current rambling about AI is live! Today's blog: "Code is Now Cheap, Don't Devalue Yourself" Enjoy! mason.dev/blog/code-is...

So I've been chewing on a lot of thoughts about AI, its impact on our industry, what it means going forward, etc. What started as 1 blog is now 3 and may turn into more. 🤣 Check out "We're Witnessing the Evolution of Software Engineering" link in comments. And come back tomorrow for the next one!

25 years ago I got my first main stream Pokémon game. History was made on that day.

Hey everyone! I'll be speaking at the Python Houston Meetup (PyHou) tomorrow in Houston, TX! Come by and hear me speak about why Events are the Wrong Abstraction and why you should be using Durable Execution. Can't wait to see you there! RSVP below: 🔽 #Python #HTX #Houston #DurableExecution

I’m incredibly honored to have received a community service award at #PyConUS2025. I love all the work I do with #PyTexas, and look to many more years of contributing to the community. Also, fun fact, I received this award in the anniversary of my first day at my first ever #PyConUS

Christmas Baking Extravaganza update Peanut Butter Chews - Done Cherry Cheesecake Cupcakes - Done (cherries to be added closer to serving) Banana bread - Done Kolaches - in progress. Always takes all day waiting on dough to rise

The Christmas baking extravaganza officially commenced last night. We got the carrot cake cupcakes and Christmas cookies done last night.

Me: Let’s work on the book this morning! *Opens slack* Lesson learned. Don’t open slack.