Dylan Perks

Dylan Perks

@perksey.com

Microsoft MVP | Software Engineer @ QinetiQ | C++, Rust, among others | Creator of Silk.NET | Member of .NET Foundation

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Saw a woman on TikTok who said she quit corporate at age 46 to become a beekeeper because “I would literally rather get stung by 10,000 bees than write ‘per my last email’ again” and you know what? I respect that

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Being a computer scientist who refuses to find anything about LLMs interesting right now is a bit like being a geneticist who refuses to find anything interesting about the recently opened Jurassic Park

Has anyone done any market research on the affect of AI usage on open-source projects? Is it a loud minority that would avoid a dependency that uses AI, or is this the overriding opinion?

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I have a horrible habit of typing my response into the message box, but not sending it, then still marking it as responded mentally. Do not expect a response from me. For reasons unclear to me I wrote it but did not press send.

Sad, I think MAVEN was the first mission I remember paying attention to.

NASASpaceflight.com@nasaspaceflight.com

On June 3rd, NASA announced the end of its MAVEN Mars mission after a six-month battle to save the spacecraft. Though MAVEN is no longer active at Mars, its data is still being used, with teams recently discovering a new phenomenon in Mars’ atmosphere ⬇️ www.nasaspaceflight.com/2026/06/mave...

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We only rate dogs. This is a precious little seal. She is laying on the beach and everything. Please be more respectful of our craft, and only send dogs. Thank you… 12/10 (IG: jaynjoyyy)

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truly the best times on Octopus Agile at the moment. Getting paid to use electricity in the UK thanks to investments in wind 💨 and solar ☀️

To be fair, I always found it strange that U.S. airports had government-controlled security anyway coming from the UK where it’s on the airport to provide their own security that comply with regulations.

The Verge@theverge.com

Like much of Trump’s second-term agenda, his position on the shutdown makes little sense on its face. But the strategy becomes clear when examined through the lens of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, which calls for the complete dismantling of the TSA.

The desire for Xbox exclusives is a bit elusive. Never would I have thought that “please eliminate choice and make me buy a specific box for this game rather than what’s cheapest/best at the time” would be a prevailing sentiment.

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I'm still writing code the hard way. I'm slow. I like to think critically about every line of code and fiddle with variable names until everything looks right. I treat code as a liability and try to ship only what's necessary. It's hard to imagine writing code any other way.

It’s always “when I read the script I was blown away I knew it was a project I had to be involved in” and never “my agent sent me this and said it would pay X dollars and that sounded pretty good”

Current mood: fighting the urge to 3D print and recreate the radio from Portal after seeing one (1) reel on someone else doing the same.

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I'm a firm believer that this liminal period between the holidays and New Year's is how we're supposed to live. It's peak existence. May the word "efficiency" die in 2026 and all its horrible relatives "innovating" to solve the perceived problems of rest, joy, creativity, and humanity.