Ben and Josh discuss the benefits and perils of using AI assistants for programming.

• Cursor
• Codeium Windsurf
• GitHub Copilot announcement
• Perplexity

Ben, Josh, and John Nunemaker are back from RubyConf and take the opportunity to discuss how to sponsor a conference as a small software company. Protip: bring your furniture from home.

• https://wiki.c2.com/?ResultObjectPattern=
• https://www.chairigami.com
• https://twenty.com
• https://rubycentral.org/news/make-railsconf-happen/
• Adam’s Judo Scale infomercial
• https://boxoutsports.com/graphics/multi-format/multi-format-gameday-90-s-series
• https://boxoutsports.com/graphics/tags/saved-by-the-bell

Ben and Josh go off-script for a fun and hopefully-not-too-long chat about their favorite Twitter-like social network, Bluesky.

• https://faineg.substack.com/p/how-i-accidentally-ruined-bluesky
• The hosts of WSUA9 call it skeeting on air
• AOC endorses “team skeets”
• Jake Tapper says “skeeted” live on CNN
• Protocols, Not Platforms: A Technological Approach to Free Speech by Mike Masnick
• Composable moderation
• How to set your domain as your handle
• Bluesky reaches 20M users
• https://go.bsky.app/HD2Ty2o
• https://go.bsky.app/EGczjGA
• https://bsky.app/profile/bencurtis.com
• https://bsky.app/profile/joshuawood.honeybadger.io
• https://bsky.app/profile/founder.quest
• https://bsky.app/profile/honeybadger.io
• https://deck.blue/
• https://brid.gy/