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urn:li:activity:7437904645592862720 | "๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด"
Our lead data scientist had created a service to support multi-modal embedding and retrieval from a vector database and a host of other functionality we needed for classifying and analyzing videos.
This was a greenfield project with an aggressive timeline... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 641 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.018721 | null | 2026-03-12 09:57:37 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7437904645592862720 |
urn:li:activity:7437535914496765952 | You donโt need to learn how to code anymore.
All you need to learn is:
โข How to use Git
โข How deployment works
โข Lambdas vs EC2
โข AWS vs GCP vs Vercel
โข SQL vs NoSQL databases
โข Foreign key relationships
โข Indexes and query performance
โข LEFT JOIN vs INNER JOIN
โข Caching
โข Environment variables
โข Authenticati... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 12,346 | 0 | 94 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0.009234 | null | 2026-03-11 09:32:24 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7437535914496765952 |
urn:li:activity:7437531279597735936 | The story is deeper than the headline.
At least one Stanford economist calculated a productivity increase of 2.7% compared to this time last year.
Others see modest gains.
The 6,000 CEOs who were surveyed have seen basically little to no impact in their own orgs.
Either way - this isn't the dystopian reality we wer... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 1,568 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0.008929 | null | 2026-03-11 09:13:59 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7437531279597735936 |
urn:li:activity:7437183039337803776 | Outside of being a software developer, I also run a small business.
Here's where I use AI and where I absolutely do NOT.
โ
๐จ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐บ - tedious updates are now trivial. This has saved me hundreds of hours
โ
๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ - I do not have a design eye. A landing page is a great ta... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 4,876 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.004922 | null | 2026-03-10 10:10:12 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7437183039337803776 |
urn:li:activity:7436803318062149632 | 250 applications and barely an interview.
Bryan Peterson experienced what I hear from a lot of developers on the job hunt nowadays.
He updated his strategy and has had 16 interviews from 58 applications.
๐คฏ
I met Bryan in Reno, NV last year and I saw the proof.
We sat down to chat about technical interviews, surpr... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 2,818 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.007452 | null | 2026-03-09 09:01:20 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7436803318062149632 |
urn:li:activity:7436171946171498496 | Last night I was riding through San Francisco in a Waymo with Alex Lau (author of Keep Calm, Code On), passing giant AI billboards promising to automate us out of jobs.
Naturally the conversation turned to the future of software engineers.
Neither of us claims to know the answer. But one thing is clear: the job is ch... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 2,533 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.006711 | null | 2026-03-07 14:12:29 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7436171946171498496 |
urn:li:activity:7435392216933482496 | I was demoing an AI agent (๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ง๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต, ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ) โ that broke at the worst possible time.
Our CEO asked it to find influencers in our database that charged less than $1000 per post.
No results.
I had tried this scenario so many times before demo day.
What happened?!
Wh... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 937 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.025614 | null | 2026-03-05 10:34:07 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7435392216933482496 |
urn:li:activity:7435022923012128768 | ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐.
You need a workflow.
Most teams asking for an โagentโ really want something like this:
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ โ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐.
Thatโs a ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ณ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 798 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.021303 | null | 2026-03-04 10:06:40 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7435022923012128768 |
urn:li:activity:7435012931534077952 | Everybody loves to hate LinkedIn.
โ๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ.โ
โ๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ ๐ด๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ.โ
โ๐โ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.โ
Cool. But if your goal is a software engineering job, you donโt get to opt out... yet.
LinkedIn isnโt for your friends or your family. Itโs for recruiters. And recruiters donโt want to take... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 4,469 | 0 | 46 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0.014545 | null | 2026-03-04 09:26:58 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7435012931534077952 |
urn:li:activity:7434651315332444160 | It's honestly kinda wild how much coding you still need to know if you want to Vibe Code an app and have no technical background.
I wrote this article for non-devs who are interested in launching an app but don't want to learn to code. | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 1,734 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.010381 | null | 2026-03-03 09:30:02 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7434651315332444160 |
urn:li:activity:7434648156744740864 | I'm a software developer and I own a small business. I'm not replacing a single person with AI.
Parsity has had a thin staff of mentors and an assistant for years. Most of our processes were automated since before I took over and well before anyone knew what Claude was.
I don't see a world where I have an AI assistan... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 5,025 | 0 | 88 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0.021294 | null | 2026-03-03 09:17:29 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7434648156744740864 |
urn:li:activity:7434284544440147968 | While non-coders are busy arguing about whether or not AI replaces coders, consider learning these skills:
1. RAG
2. AI agent patterns
3. LLM ops
4. Testing and eval strategies for models
There is a major opportunity a few layers beneath learning how to use Claude better.
https://lnkd.in/gsNyXZkN | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 1,740 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.014368 | null | 2026-03-02 09:12:37 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7434284544440147968 |
urn:li:activity:7433233332756193280 | I was writing an article to help Vibe Coders ship something.
It was immediately clear how much technical knowledge you still need to have outside coding to actually launch:
โข IDE set up
โข Cloud deployment
โข e2e tests (if you want to avoid regressions or bugs)
โข Github
โข Debugging
Anything I missed? | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 1,240 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.020161 | null | 2026-02-27 11:35:29 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7433233332756193280 |
urn:li:activity:7433198293301723136 | This might lose me some business, but it needs to be said:
You can't stack AI skills on top of shaky software skills.
Before you join a program like https://parsity.io/ai-dev and dive into agents, RAG, or fine-tuning, you need real coding basics.
Do this first:
โข ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 2,172 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.018877 | null | 2026-02-27 09:16:15 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7433198293301723136 |
urn:li:activity:7432813999882293248 | Before I was a software developer, I was a [redacted for legal reasons].
But before that, I honestly wanted to be a writer.
Kinda still do.
It's one of the many reasons I write so much.
If you've been connected to me for a while, you also know I don't do sponsorships. Not because I have some moral stance on sponsor... | SHARE | Brian | Jenney | 3,356 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.007449 | null | 2026-02-26 07:49:12 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7432813999882293248 |
urn:li:activity:7432571818332368896 | Thereโs a massive digital divide that is only getting wider - especially in cities like Oakland.
When I bumped into Adamaka Ajaelo a few weeks ago in Oakland, CA I learned more about how sheโs helping bridge that gap with Self-eSTEM.
Adamaka has a highly technical background and teaches practical skills to youth and ... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 1,166 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.022298 | null | 2026-02-25 15:46:51 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7432571818332368896 |
urn:li:activity:7432271273872904192 | "๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ! ๐๐ฆ ๐จ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต!"
Weโre going to save this fictional (or not-so-fictional) company in a live event and learn how using h... | EVENT | Brian | Jenney | 902 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.027716 | null | 2026-02-24 19:52:36 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7432271273872904192 |
urn:li:activity:7432116119768834048 | Did you know you can run Python in your NextJS app?
I was so jealous when Ali Cagatay showed me his capstone project from Parsity's AI Accelerator program which included downloading the transcripts from popular YouTuber's so a user could "talk" with them through a chat interface.
The library he was using is only avai... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 926 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.016199 | null | 2026-02-24 09:36:04 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7432116119768834048 |
urn:li:activity:7431750092530860032 | Cheating in interviews is rampant.
It's gotten so bad that there's a cottage industry dedicated to preventing cheaters and detecting AI usage.
Fardeen Khimani ๐ has a different approach:
- no Leetcode
- unlimited AI usage
- no marathon interview rounds
- faster hiring based on challenges that reflect the actual wo... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 8,083 | 0 | 48 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0.007423 | null | 2026-02-23 09:21:37 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7431750092530860032 |
urn:li:activity:7431744752867254273 | If youโre a web developer, youโre not far from AI engineering.
But the shift isnโt (just) about using Claude better.
Hereโs a practical roadmap.
๐ญ. ๐๐ฃ๐-๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐
Start calling models via API.
Learn how to structure prompts programmatically, manage context windows, con... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 1,558 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.019897 | null | 2026-02-23 09:00:24 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7431744752867254273 |
urn:li:activity:7431022202671677440 | What software developers can learn from an insecure fictional character from the 19th century.
And why itโs especially relevant in the AI hype cycle. | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 1,761 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.009654 | null | 2026-02-21 09:09:14 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7431022202671677440 |
urn:li:activity:7430302390148485120 | In 2024, I remember sitting in the office, nervous what the CEO might think of me using ChatGPT to write some code.
Maybe he'd re-consider if I was the right fit? That I wasn't a "real" programmer.
In less than 2 years the tables have completely flipped.
If you're NOT using AI coding tools nowadays, it's a bright re... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 5,636 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.004081 | null | 2026-02-19 09:28:58 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7430302390148485120 |
urn:li:activity:7429932716353208320 | When I built the curriculum and homework for Parsity's AI Cohort, I didn't do it on vibes.
I took a mix of what I learned working at 2 different AI startups as a full stack developer and the skills I keep seeing in the market.
It's the reason I decided against MCP, heavy math and a diving deeper into fine-tuning.
I ... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 1,123 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.014248 | null | 2026-02-18 09:00:01 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7429932716353208320 |
urn:li:activity:7429574081773166592 | Itโs not just you.
Expectations around software delivery have gotten unhinged.
For years we said, โ๐๐ฏ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ.โ
Now anyone can generate code.
For better or for worse.
๐๐จ๐ง, generating code isnโt the same as building software.
A feature that works on localhost isnโt production-r... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 1,763 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.014748 | null | 2026-02-17 09:14:55 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7429574081773166592 |
urn:li:activity:7429199815932071937 | Hiring is obviously broken.
To make it worse, you're using the same tactics that haven't worked since 2019.
๐ฆ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ต๐:
- Your resume is increasingly less important
- Luck is a factor no one wants to admit
- Mass applying is like playing the lotto
- LinkedIn is a social media site prete... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 11,385 | 0 | 59 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0.0065 | null | 2026-02-16 08:27:43 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7429199815932071937 |
urn:li:activity:7428119230572728320 | Apocalypse marketing is the most effective AI growth strategy right now.
Step 1: CEO predicts white-collar job collapse in X months.
Step 2: Internet panics.
Step 3: Engagement explodes.
Yale Budget Labโs analysis of the labor market so far shows no clear sign that AI exposure is causing large employment shiftsโฆ yet.... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 931 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.021482 | null | 2026-02-13 08:53:52 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7428119230572728320 |
urn:li:activity:7427791445362733057 | Imagine being a junior developer right now.
You have CEOs of major tech companies telling you that no one will write code in the next few months.
Every other tech influencer is showing off their bespoke workflow with multiple agents.
Is it any wonder that more early career developers are over-relying on AI to do the... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 11,084 | 0 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.005413 | null | 2026-02-12 11:11:22 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7427791445362733057 |
urn:li:activity:7427768581465186305 | ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ถ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ!
๐๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ 92.8% ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฃ๐บ [๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ]!
๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐!
Su... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 3,380 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.011538 | null | 2026-02-12 09:40:31 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7427768581465186305 |
urn:li:activity:7427044451094585345 | This guy AIs.
I've met plenty of "AI experts" who know a lot about theory but don't know how to build or think through practical problems that map to business use cases.
Tad didn't ask me to write this but with so much misinformation and snake oil being peddled, we need more Tad's out there. | SHARE | Brian | Jenney | 602 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.021595 | null | 2026-02-10 09:43:04 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7427044451094585345 |
urn:li:activity:7426669081438720000 | Most AI projects start off with:
- โWhich model should we use?โ
- โLangGraph vs CrewAI vs Vercel AI SDK?โ
- โPython or Typescript?โ
When they should start off with:
- โWhereโs the data?โ | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 1,280 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.011719 | null | 2026-02-09 08:51:29 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7426669081438720000 |
urn:li:activity:7426351032420573184 | โ 10 prompts to 10x your workflow!
โ Launch your first agent with ZERO code (or planning)!
โ How use OpenClaw to drain your bank account!
Sorry AI bros - this post isn't meant for you.
Just wrapped up 4 weeks of building a complex RAG application with a small group of developers.
The results were well beyond what I ... | POLL | Brian | Jenney | 2,083 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0.019683 | null | 2026-02-08 11:47:41 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7426351032420573184 |
urn:li:activity:7425565696803287040 | We wrapped our first AI Cohort with a special guest, John Crickett , who showed us how to build:
โข an agent that writes code
โข and another one that impersonates a certain over-posting, mildly cringey LinkedIn influencer (me)
In the middle of the workshop, John said something that stuck with us:
โ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ค๐๐จ๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๏ฟฝ... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 2,260 | 0 | 39 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.023894 | null | 2026-02-06 07:47:02 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7425565696803287040 |
urn:li:activity:7424865775259389952 | Last year I took a week off work and traveled to beautiful (kinda) Reno, NV to create a new AI curriculum for Parsity.
That week I got a chance to speak to Alex Hormozi on his show, met a connection from LinkedIn in real life and gambled away my life savings!
Fun times.
At the time, I was working at my 2nd AI start... | SHARE | Brian | Jenney | 1,309 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.012987 | #2 | 2026-02-04 09:25:48 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7424865775259389952 |
urn:li:activity:7424503662942793728 | Side Effects of Vibe Coding:
โข Sensitive API keys were embedded directly in client-side JavaScript bundles, making them publicly accessible.
โข Row Level Security (RLS) was disabled, allowing unauthenticated users full administrative read and write access to the database.
โข Approximately 1.5 million agent authenticatio... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 3,183 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.010996 | null | 2026-02-03 09:26:53 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7424503662942793728 |
urn:li:activity:7424134545815560192 | At Parsity, weโve been against AI tool use while students are learning to code.
This was not an easy decision and I'd be lying if I said I was 100% sure that this was the right move.
Emerging research (and what we see in practice) supports our position:
โข ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฎ๐น (๐บ๐ถ๐)๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด: Stud... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 1,330 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.020301 | null | 2026-02-02 09:00:09 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7424134545815560192 |
urn:li:activity:7423838044660678656 | While my YouTube channel has gained a lot of traction, my podcast is steadily declining in listeners.
On the podcast, I feel like I've formed a deeper connection with listeners and can be a bit more nuanced in my advice.
I'm making some changes to hopefully increase listeners on Spotify by going all in on video episo... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 1,780 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.01236 | null | 2026-02-01 13:21:58 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7423838044660678656 |
urn:li:activity:7423413415185969152 | The same company telling you "๐๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ 6โ12 ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ด ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต, ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ, ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ง๐ต๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ-๐ต๐ฐ-๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ" is also rapidly expanding.
I wonder what roles they will be hiring for? ๐ค | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 34,873 | 0 | 79 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0.002839 | null | 2026-01-31 09:14:38 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7423413415185969152 |
urn:li:activity:7423056734421798913 | I helped design the interview process for an AI start up where I used to work.
The job listing was for an "AI Engineer".
What that meant, practically, was:
1. ๐๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฅ๐๐: chunking && re-ranking and opinions on retrieval strategies
2. ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ณ๐น๐ผ๐๐: ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 2,674 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.007479 | null | 2026-01-30 09:37:19 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7423056734421798913 |
urn:li:activity:7423054982716891136 | Code is just 1 tool in a developerโs box.
There are some equally important ones youโll want to pick up along the way:
- project management
- public speaking
- system design
Not only will these nice-to-haves become must-haves at some point in your career but they are more difficult to offload to an AI assistant. | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 509 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.011788 | null | 2026-01-30 09:30:21 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7423054982716891136 |
urn:li:activity:7422688743532433409 | Tech Layoffs Translated:
โ๐๐ฆโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ.โ
๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: We overhired, and now weโre cutting back.
โ๐๐ฆโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐.โ
๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: We told investors our massive bet on AI would pay off. It didnโt. Now we need t... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 7,080 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.00565 | null | 2026-01-29 09:15:03 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7422688743532433409 |
urn:li:activity:7422676002063110144 | Junior developers are inherently risky (in every industry, not just tech btw).
๐๐ถ๐ต... ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ซ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ, you say.
Yeah, I get it, I get it, just bare with me here.
The word junior is subjective. ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ฝ๏ฟฝ... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 2,063 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.011149 | null | 2026-01-29 08:24:25 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7422676002063110144 |
urn:li:activity:7421979306819772416 | Apparently, if youโre not using:
โข Opus 4.5 (but only for certain tasks)
โข A different model for planning vs coding vs refactoring
โข Custom rule files
โข Per-project AI configs
โข MD spec / rules docs
โข Spec-driven planning phases
โข Git subtrees
โข โRalph loopsโ
โข Spec kit
โข Carefully segmented prompting workflows
โฆthen... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 17,788 | 0 | 88 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 0.007589 | null | 2026-01-27 10:16:00 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7421979306819772416 |
urn:li:activity:7421597826318618625 | "๐๐ข๐ณ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ. ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ."
I can only dissociate through code and AI hot takes for so long. It feels like a dark time is upon us in the US. But I'm always optimistic.
You may not know me personally, but I hope you're doing alright and keepin... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 1,237 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.024252 | null | 2026-01-26 09:00:08 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7421597826318618625 |
urn:li:activity:7420542285995712512 | This guy said it better than I can. | SHARE | Brian | Jenney | 1,604 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.011845 | null | 2026-01-23 11:05:47 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7420542285995712512 |
urn:li:activity:7420152017597366274 | If youโre using AI to write your code, hereโs something you should know.
If you are:
โข using AI to generate production code
โข using AI to generate the tests
โข using AI to validate its own output
โข and then shipping it
Then you are MORE likely than a human to ship bugs and vulnerabilities.
Specifically, you are more... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 5,108 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0.007831 | null | 2026-01-22 09:15:00 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7420152017597366274 |
urn:li:activity:7419455185086914560 | If you're a Typescript developer and you want to get started with AI agents, just do this:
1. Put $5 into OpenAI's API platform (or use Gemini's free tier) https://lnkd.in/gPM8D2Pq
2. Install Vercel's AI SDK: https://lnkd.in/gh-sND6r
3. Read up on common patterns for agents (human in the loop, ReAct, orchestration): h... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 2,454 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.013855 | null | 2026-01-20 11:06:02 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7419455185086914560 |
urn:li:activity:7419046027644678144 | Nearly 100% of my code is AI-generated.
That doesnโt mean Iโm not building software - it just means Iโm not the one writing the code.
It's a weird time to be a coder but there's also massive opportunity hiding behind the hype and fear mongering... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 4,972 | 0 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.008648 | null | 2026-01-19 08:00:12 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7419046027644678144 |
urn:li:activity:7417986432369078272 | Wonder if Claude can fix the terminal flicker next ๐
| SHARE | Brian | Jenney | 3,854 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.002076 | null | 2026-01-16 09:49:44 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7417986432369078272 |
urn:li:activity:7417349877958914048 | Do not attend if:
1. You're studying for Google, Meta, Netflix or massive tech orgs
2. You want some magical prompts to "hack" the interview
3. You'd just use a cache ๐
We're going to cover 3.5 patterns to help you nail your next technical interview outside big tech. | EVENT | Brian | Jenney | 4,318 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.008569 | null | 2026-01-14 15:40:18 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7417349877958914048 |
urn:li:activity:7417264206913200128 | We get it. AI wRiTeS thE COde!
While most devs are optimizing their prompts, I think the fun (and opportunity) is a couple layers below:
1. ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ using frameworks like LangChain, Vercel's AI SDK or rolling your own
2. Learning how to to ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐พ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๏ฟฝ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 3,103 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.010313 | null | 2026-01-14 09:59:53 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7417264206913200128 |
urn:li:activity:7416910212789542912 | Challenge accepted.
Last year I spent a lot of time rallying against AI hype.
I also said a lot of things that are now less true than they were 6 months ago.
The models have improved.
Our collective workflows have improved.
I'm honestly not sure where the limit is and I'm excited John Crickett is working to find it... | SHARE | Brian | Jenney | 1,940 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.01134 | null | 2026-01-13 10:33:14 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7416910212789542912 |
urn:li:activity:7416886820073869312 | 2 things:
1. Are CEOs of large companies really begging their eng department for... anything? Let alone to build a prototype? Why?
2. If you ARE doing this... cool! Using app-gen tools like v0, Lovable or Replit are great ways to create a "cheap" proof of concept with basic functionality.
Oh and lastly, if you're one... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 25,578 | 0 | 48 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0.00258 | null | 2026-01-13 09:00:16 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7416886820073869312 |
urn:li:activity:7416520611809640448 | White board interviews are biased, archaic and don't reflect the kind of work we actually do as developers.
Ok.
Let's pretend you're correct.
What do you do now?
You can either:
a. Avoid DSA and all companies that ask these questions (๐ ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ท๐ข๐ณ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ด)... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 1,024 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.008789 | null | 2026-01-12 08:45:06 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7416520611809640448 |
urn:li:activity:7415784721013506048 | During a live coding interview last year, I instinctively switched from Cursor to VS Code.
The CTO stopped me.
โNoโโโleave Cursor on. We want to see how you solve this with AI.โ
I thought the interview would be easier.
It wasnโt. | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 9,743 | 0 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.005337 | null | 2026-01-10 08:00:56 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7415784721013506048 |
urn:li:activity:7415238834323636224 | So you can just write Python in your NextJS app now.
What will those maniacs at Vercel cook up next? ๐โโ๏ธ | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 2,598 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.015781 | null | 2026-01-08 19:51:46 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7415238834323636224 |
urn:li:activity:7414349222793117696 | I'm genuinely excited to walkthrough any of these topics.
If there's something else you'd like to see, let us know in the comments or DM me. | SHARE | Brian | Jenney | 1,411 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.006378 | null | 2026-01-06 08:56:46 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7414349222793117696 |
urn:li:activity:7413993429594103808 | My absolute worst interview experiences:
1. That time the guy at Google told me "๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง-๐ต๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด" when I struggled to implement a BST.
2. When I ended the Meta phone screen in the first 15 minutes after I was asked a problem that involved recursio... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 135,072 | 0 | 203 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0.001866 | null | 2026-01-05 09:22:58 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7413993429594103808 |
urn:li:activity:7413981477610303491 | My mom kicked off my coding career with an intervention.
Over a decade ago, my mom walked into my girlfriend's condo and handed me a note with an ultimatum:
Get sober or get out of your kids lives.
I was a mess.
I owed people money. I was getting threats on my phone. I almost lost my life in a robbery gone wrong. M... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 1,792 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.017857 | null | 2026-01-05 08:35:29 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7413981477610303491 |
urn:li:activity:7412920350268846080 | If learning JavaScript feels like youโre starting over every few months, just stop.
The issue is the way youโre learning.
Hereโs the 5-step system Iโd use in 2026:
1. ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: Watch just enough to start, then pause. Rewrite, extend, or break the example before you hit play agai... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 6,625 | 0 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.006792 | null | 2026-01-02 10:18:56 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7412920350268846080 |
urn:li:activity:7412546240384794625 | The 2026 goal for Parsity is simple:
More student success.
This is a small subset of congratulatory posts I found in Slack. I've said "๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ!" to more people than I can remember over the years.
It never gets old.
This market is not easy for career changers.
It's also not impossible.
There... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 1,824 | 0 | 56 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.034539 | null | 2026-01-01 09:32:22 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7412546240384794625 |
urn:li:activity:7411805138450935808 | Here are 4 mistakes I made when building agents:
โ ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ
โ
If the steps are deterministic and predictable, ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ณ๐น๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
Agents make sense when planning, exploration, or autonomy ... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 1,768 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00509 | null | 2025-12-30 08:27:29 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7411805138450935808 |
urn:li:activity:7411483215850508288 | Typical advice to junior developers on Reddit:
The market is cooked.
No one is hiring juniors.
AI has replaced you.
Just give up.
Truly, thought provoking stuff.
Let's go past the headlines and edge-lord takes and learn what you can practically do to create a larger surface area for luck going into 2026. | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 3,748 | 0 | 30 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0.012807 | null | 2025-12-29 11:08:17 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7411483215850508288 |
urn:li:activity:7411462800864272384 | 2025 was the year of layoffs, hype cycles, and broken promises.
Some trends clearly moved the industry forward and others did real damage.
Hereโs the best and absolute worst tech trends coming out of 2025 (IMO).
โ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐
๐ญ. ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด
Sentiment about coding is at an ... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 1,350 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.014074 | null | 2025-12-29 09:47:10 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7411462800864272384 |
urn:li:activity:7410391300547739649 | "Maybe you should just quit."
I honestly didn't expect Michael Greenspan to be so direct during a meeting we had a few months back.
I was unhappy, stressed and burnt out.
Michael saw that and led me to the same conclusion I was trying to avoid.
We talked through the worst case scenario which honestly wasn't so bad.... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 6,438 | 0 | 81 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.013358 | null | 2025-12-26 10:49:24 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7410391300547739649 |
urn:li:activity:7409675055577763842 | AI didnโt fail this year.
It failed expectations.
No mass job extinction. No solo unicorn founders. No โprompt your way to riches.โ
Reality was less marketable:
โข uneven usefulness
โข uneven adoption
โข a widening gap between people who know how to think and people hoping AI will think for them
Developers felt t... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 9,953 | 0 | 56 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0.007837 | null | 2025-12-24 11:23:18 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7409675055577763842 |
urn:li:activity:7409273301421744129 | LGTM ๐
This won't be a shocker to developers who use AI coding tools everyday but it makes you wonder:
๐๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ป๐ฆ?
๐๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ค๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 3,093 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0.010993 | null | 2025-12-23 08:46:52 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7409273301421744129 |
urn:li:activity:7408902577347653632 | 5 things that nearly derailed my developer career:
1. ๐ก๐ผ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด. I would've job hopped a lot less if I had been up front with what I wanted.
2. ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด "๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ" ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ. No opinion, no questions... no visibility.
3. ๐๐๐ผ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐. Seriously, it's... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 7,907 | 0 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.006324 | null | 2025-12-22 08:13:45 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7408902577347653632 |
urn:li:activity:7407834608500789248 | "๐๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ธ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ."
That was the promise of AI.
It's failing a lot of developers.
Leaders believe the hype. Teams get thrown into AI workflows with no training. And we're all supposed to "figure it out" from viral posts.
๏ฟฝ... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 1,935 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.012403 | null | 2025-12-19 09:30:01 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7407834608500789248 |
urn:li:activity:7407468096439037952 | My most popular video on YT isn't controversial at all.
I just said what most developers already know:
AI tools are great.
They also:
โข Often slow us down
โข Create unrealistic expectations around productivity
โข Allow non-coders to create a mess at breakneck speed
โข Aren't the great replacement that the media keeps ... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 4,149 | 0 | 40 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0.015907 | null | 2025-12-18 09:13:38 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7407468096439037952 |
urn:li:activity:7407102288575647744 | Web devs: hereโs a practical path to learn AI without quitting your day job:
What youโll be able to build in ~6โ8 weeks (1โ2 hrs/night): a docs Q&A bot for your repo, a customer-support search tool, or a summarizer that plugs into your app.
Real projects, not demo toys.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ต:
โข ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 3,166 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.010739 | null | 2025-12-17 09:00:02 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7407102288575647744 |
urn:li:activity:7406740305170948096 | AI wrote this.
Iโm testing a new app I built that can draft posts in my voice, suggest relevant lead magnets, and pull in examples from past content. It uses tool-calling, RAG, and a vector index of 1,000+ of my posts to get close to how I actually write.
Why share this? Because โAI for contentโ doesnโt have to be fl... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 2,480 | 0 | 23 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.014113 | null | 2025-12-16 09:01:39 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7406740305170948096 |
urn:li:activity:7406739938295181312 | My most embarrassing interview?
That time I ended an interview 10 minutes in when the interviewer asked me a problem I knew I could not solve. I figured I'd save us both some time and awkward chit chat if I just left.
So I did. ๐ข
I vowed to never be in that position again.
You see, I sucked at interviewing for yea... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 4,367 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.007557 | null | 2025-12-16 09:00:11 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7406739938295181312 |
urn:li:activity:7406345758351835136 | 5 takeaways after 6 months at an AI startup:
1. ๐ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด. โ โ๐๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏโ โ
โ๐๐ด๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ.๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง 10โ
2. ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ดโฆ for non-deve... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 2,180 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.015596 | null | 2025-12-15 06:53:52 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7406345758351835136 |
urn:li:activity:7405294122686808065 | 3 students from Parsity just got hired.
Theyโre talented, amazing people and well deserving. And theyโre not much different than you.
They felt uncertain.
Like it would never happen.
That maybe they just werenโt good enough.
When I think of all the mentees Iโve seen get hired over the years, there are few hard an... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 7,854 | 0 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.007894 | null | 2025-12-12 09:15:02 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7405294122686808065 |
urn:li:activity:7404926297447129108 | Nearly 5 years ago, I made my first 5 figures online by selling interview prep to junior and mid-level developers.
Creating that material honestly taught me as much as it helped others.
Let me be clear:
Interviewing sucks. This is fax.
And yet itโs the highest-paying skill you can have as a developer.
If you a... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 5,371 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.00633 | null | 2025-12-11 08:53:26 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7404926297447129108 |
urn:li:activity:7404587023681863681 | The human brain builds new neural pathways in as little as a few focused minutes a day.
But without structure, feedback, and accountability?
Those same pathways weaken just as fast as they're created.
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐๐... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 1,574 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.015883 | null | 2025-12-10 10:25:16 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7404587023681863681 |
urn:li:activity:7404311957106765824 | Stop obsessing over your tech stack.
You can honestly just head to Parsity and grab our syllabus to figure out a safe list of tech to learn.
That's NEVER been the hard part when it comes to learning to code.
To be a hire-able developer, you must build.
All you need is 1 project with 5 stages to take you from HTML t... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 2,984 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.010389 | null | 2025-12-09 16:12:16 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7404311957106765824 |
urn:li:activity:7404197525521506307 | If you're preparing for a front end interview - read this:
Spoke to an acquaintance who works in big tech and just landed a role.
Heโs done a dozen interviews across startups and a few companies youโve heard of.
What he reported might surprise you:
Out of all those technical rounds, he only got 1 DSA problem.
Ever... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 20,779 | 0 | 79 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0.004813 | null | 2025-12-09 08:37:33 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7404197525521506307 |
urn:li:activity:7403847184246427648 | Too many developers are obsessed with the surface layer when it comes to AI.
The fun stuff is just a layer below.
Over the last 12 months I've been using AI in production apps which has not only been fun, but has significantly increased interest in my profile.
Here's how I'm actually working with these tools:
๐ฆ๐๏ฟฝ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 2,021 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.01237 | null | 2025-12-08 09:25:25 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7403847184246427648 |
urn:li:activity:7403097226073600000 | If youโre a full stack dev and thinking you need to switch into ML - watch this first. | VIDEO | Brian | Jenney | 4,287 | 0 | 77 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0.02146 | null | 2025-12-06 07:45:21 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7403097226073600000 |
urn:li:activity:7402443193587539968 | โ๐๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ธ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ.โ
That was the promise of AI and itโs failing a lot of developers.
Leaders believe the hype. Teams get thrown into AI workflows with no training. And weโre all supposed to โfigure it outโ from viral posts... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 1,830 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.011475 | null | 2025-12-04 12:26:28 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7402443193587539968 |
urn:li:activity:7402429817826304001 | Are you a โpassionate developerโ?
Do you need to be?
I've met too many "passionate" developers who:
โข have no commits after graduating
โข deploy a portfolio site that breaks apart in mobile view
โข forgot how to write a for loop
Amber Adamson and I aren't trying to dunk on junior devs. We honestly just want to se... | VIDEO | Brian | Jenney | 2,852 | 0 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.014376 | null | 2025-12-04 11:33:19 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7402429817826304001 |
urn:li:activity:7402051309841084416 | When I decided to learn AI, I started completely in the wrong place.
I went straight into ML engineering books, LLM architecture deep dives, and even tried learning how to build a large language model from scratch.
As a full-stack developer, that wasnโt the path that helped me understand how to actually use this st... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 6,617 | 0 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.006498 | #2 | 2025-12-03 10:29:15 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7402051309841084416 |
urn:li:activity:7401689112325599232 | Career advice that sounded good on paper but didn't work for me:
1. Don't get involved in office politics
2. You don't need DSA (๐คโ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐)
3. Stay at each company for 2 years minimum
4. Impostor syndrome is all in your head
5. Hard work will get you promoted
As an o... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 5,904 | 0 | 40 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0.010332 | null | 2025-12-02 10:30:01 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7401689112325599232 |
urn:li:activity:7401669124445437952 | Better than LeetCode.
And free-er too.
Every year a large community of developers join Advent of Code for Christmas-themed coding challenges.
I usually get through the first week or 2 before I tap out.
The first couple days are typically doable for beginners and a good litmus test of your problem solving skills. | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 2,356 | 0 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.021647 | null | 2025-12-02 09:10:35 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7401669124445437952 |
urn:li:activity:7401306380122415104 | The human brain builds new neural pathways in as little as a few focused minutes a day.
But without structure, feedback, and accountability, those same pathways weaken just as fast as theyโre created.
This explains why ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฒ๏ฟฝ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 1,913 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.020387 | null | 2025-12-01 09:09:10 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7401306380122415104 |
urn:li:activity:7400597793318457344 | This might lose me some business, but it needs to be said:
You can't stack AI skills on top of shaky software skills.
Before you dive into agents, RAG, or fine-tuning, you need real coding basics.
Do this first:
โข ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น๐: APIs, error handling, common desig... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 33,801 | 0 | 182 | 40 | 13 | 0 | 0.006952 | null | 2025-11-29 10:13:30 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7400597793318457344 |
urn:li:activity:7400242989056417792 | Here are 4 services I don't regret buying that no one sponsored me to tell you:
1. https://lnkd.in/guxkUu3e (๐๐น๐ด๐ผ๐๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐) - AlgoExpert is my go to for studying DSA and prepping for FE interviews
2. https://lnkd.in/gc-vexCT (๐๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ) - Educative's Grokking the Interview exposes the patterns behind 9... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 4,225 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.006154 | null | 2025-11-28 10:43:38 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7400242989056417792 |
urn:li:activity:7399476634149560320 | Most junior devs donโt realize this: ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐.
The fastest learners arenโt building "simple" projects - theyโre building projects that force them into unknown territory.
You can grow more from one intenti... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 4,683 | 0 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.008755 | null | 2025-11-26 07:58:25 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7399476634149560320 |
urn:li:activity:7399108472203722752 | Can I admit something?
I didn't really get MCP...
So today I sat down and created a small MCP server and integrated it with Claude.
This server exposes a couple tools that Claude can use to search EVERY piece of content I've written by querying a vector database and then apply that context to write a Linkedin post o... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 7,984 | 0 | 58 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.008392 | null | 2025-11-25 07:35:28 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7399108472203722752 |
urn:li:activity:7398752313202552832 | The developer community needs less:
- 1,000-hour โfreeโ YouTube epics youโll never finish
- Interview grind content aimed at the top 1% of big tech
- โ๐๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฆโ vlogs (aka layoff teasers) that glamorize the job but donโt teach it
And more:
- Hands-on GitHub repos you actually clone, break, and fix... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 12,235 | 0 | 57 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0.007029 | null | 2025-11-24 08:00:13 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7398752313202552832 |
urn:li:activity:7398127410350575617 | Brb doing hood rat stuff. | VIDEO | Brian | Jenney | 1,108 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.020758 | null | 2025-11-22 14:37:05 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7398127410350575617 |
urn:li:activity:7397705944144572416 | Iโve worked with hundreds of career changers and early career developers.
Hereโs how the successful ones operate:
They do the uncomfortable stuff.
โข Reach out to real people in their ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ. Not JUST online.
โข ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐, learn from them, and move on. Not crawl in a code hole of... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 3,424 | 0 | 45 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0.018107 | null | 2025-11-21 10:42:19 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7397705944144572416 |
urn:li:activity:7397316816450154497 | How old is too old to learn to code?
According to the internet... it's 30.
Thank god Nils didn't take this advice.
When Nils came to Parsity, he was 44, switching careers, and had no idea how to break into tech.
Six months later?
๐๐ฒโ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐๐น๐น-๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ณ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ ๐ต๐๐ฏ๏ฟฝ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 27,310 | 0 | 76 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0.003918 | null | 2025-11-20 08:56:04 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7397316816450154497 |
urn:li:activity:7396973123205554176 | 5 biggest mistakes of my coding career (so far):
1. Being afraid to admit when I didnโt know something
2. Not learning the fundamentals before diving into frameworks
3. Only taking on tasks I knew I could finish
4. Not understanding how code fits into the company eco-system and business goals
๐ฑ. ๐ก๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 12,204 | 0 | 44 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.004753 | null | 2025-11-19 10:10:21 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7396973123205554176 |
urn:li:activity:7396641154655518720 | Let's go old school.
No vibe coding.
No AI.
We're going to plan out your next side project using a process I use today when I have no clue what to make.
Over the years my side projects have helped me switch tech stacks, made me some money and kept my skills relevant.
If you have no clue what to build - by the end o... | EVENT | Brian | Jenney | 5,667 | 0 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.008999 | null | 2025-11-18 12:11:14 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7396641154655518720 |
urn:li:activity:7396618867868909568 | Iโve been posting on LinkedIn for 5 years but I donโt know if Iโve ever formally introduced myself.
Iโm Brian, a 41-year-old software developer from Oakland, California.
Hereโs my story so far:
๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฏ
Got sober after an intervention. It was bad.
Suddenly had time. A lot of it.
No idea what life looked like next.
... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 7,471 | 0 | 104 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0.016464 | null | 2025-11-18 10:42:40 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7396618867868909568 |
urn:li:activity:7396302215562391553 | We got to do better... as a people.
Introducing the first brain-rot code editor.
For developers who get bored while waiting for AI-generated code.
You can find matches on dating sites, gamble or doom scroll!
No, April Fool's has not come early.
Yes, YC is backing them.
F*ck yeah, this is great marketing.
Maybe, I'... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 2,335 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.013276 | null | 2025-11-17 13:44:24 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7396302215562391553 |
urn:li:activity:7396236802749083649 | No one wants to be late to the AI party but there is a price to pay.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐
.
Thereโs no clear winner when it comes to patterns, tools and most importantlyโฆ outcomes.
You see this play out on social media.
Thereโs some guy (itโs always a guy) who has THE workflow to 10... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 3,674 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.005716 | null | 2025-11-17 09:24:29 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7396236802749083649 |
urn:li:activity:7394781134074597376 | Most tutorials on building AI agents:
- Python-centric
- Way too high level
- Use frameworks prematurely
- Would not work for non-trivial use cases
I wrote this article which includes a full stack web app with some missing functionality for you to code so you can learn how to PRACTICALLY build agents.
In January, ... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 1,918 | 1,499 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.010949 | null | 2025-11-13 09:00:10 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7394781134074597376 |
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