Josh *The Open Source Magician* VanAllen
Josh *The Open Source Magician* VanAllen
@joshvanallen.dev
Your local open source magician! @nx.dev Developer Productivity Engineer. Previously @hero.dev and Capital One. Born and raised Pittsburgher. All posts are my own opinion. Calendly: https://calendly.com/nx-jva
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The build phase is cheap now. Building poorly at speed isn't. @joshvanallen.dev from our team on why "shift left" stopped working, and what actually shifting left looks like when agents are writing 1200 lines in 40 minutes. (link below)
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introducing dropout 24/7! now you can put dropout on just like you would live linear TV, sit back, and enjoy! next up: dropout in black-and-white; dropout radio; dropout vaudeville 🎩
📺 Introducing Dropout 24/7: a live broadcast stream on-site that airs all your fave Dropout content — just like regular TV! Drop in, anytime :D
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What makes Nx different? 🤔 It's a build platform where the build system (not CI) owns performance. Nx Creator @victorsavkin.bsky.social just released the definitive explanation of how it's fundamentally different from every other tool:
@marktechson.com know anyone in search that can look into this bug? a legit bug and unsure where to report lol not there's a github repo i can report an issue
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Aaaand another one for @egghead.io. Code generation is kinda what LLMs are good at, but there's this one thing they lack: predictability. And that can be quite important if you're not just hacking alone on a project. What's better: predictability + AI egghead.io/enable-curs...
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ICYMI, I wrote a quick blog post about the Nx MCP integration for @code.dev copilot. But I'm mostly curios to know how you use coding assistants right now and for what tasks in particular? nx.dev/blog/nx-mcp...
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Last week @vscode.dev just rolled out MCP support with GitHub Copilot. We already wired it up. Now it understands your entire workspace — project graphs, generators, ownership, everything. Enjoy, and don't forget to subscribe to our channel 🧠 youtu.be/dRQq_B1HSLA
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Vibe exploring a codebase. (Hint: helps with outdated/non-existent READMEs or CONTRIBUTING.md 🙄) youtu.be/WUm61cDH8C8
big news: I'm no longer a @nx.dev Champion...this is because i'm now a Nx Developer Productivity Engineer! excited for what this brings!
Wishing everyone at @hero.dev all the very best! I'm certain our paths will cross again, who knows, maybe next time I'll be the one approving the SOW. Excited to see your continued success! As Dr. Seuss wisely said, "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
I'm deeply grateful for the opportunities I've had here. It was at @hero.dev that I delivered my first tech talk (surprisingly, nobody threw tomatoes), published my first series of articles (hoping they were more useful than confusing!), and even got to see more of the world.
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it's awesome to see friends do cool stuff. my amazing friend, Michael Carducci, is now a published author! Go get a book! www.amazon.com/Mastering-So...
@hero.dev got socks for being SOC 2 compliant! Random little gifts like this is pretty awesome