Dave Thomas
@7sharp9.bsky.social
Programmer and Guitarist.
>The difference between us and a computer is that, the computer is blindingly stupid, but it is capable of being stupid many, many million times a second.
- Douglas Adams
>The difference between us and a computer is that, the computer is blindingly stupid, but it is capable of being stupid many, many million times a second.
- Douglas Adams
I'm doing a MSc in AI because AI has reduced, or at least fundamentally altered the perception and basis of skill of a software developer. I'm still regularly trying to untangle what this means for future work and career.
September 6, 2026 at 1:26 PM
I'm doing a MSc in AI because AI has reduced, or at least fundamentally altered the perception and basis of skill of a software developer. I'm still regularly trying to untangle what this means for future work and career.
September 4, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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Fable 5.14.0, 5.15.0, and 5.16.0 have been released over the past few days! 🚀
These updates feature:
- Improved support for Python, Rust, and Beam.
- Added support for precompiled libraries in fable-standalone (stay tuned for a surprise coming in the next few days!).
#fsharp #fablecompiler
These updates feature:
- Improved support for Python, Rust, and Beam.
- Added support for precompiled libraries in fable-standalone (stay tuned for a surprise coming in the next few days!).
#fsharp #fablecompiler
September 3, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Fable 5.14.0, 5.15.0, and 5.16.0 have been released over the past few days! 🚀
These updates feature:
- Improved support for Python, Rust, and Beam.
- Added support for precompiled libraries in fable-standalone (stay tuned for a surprise coming in the next few days!).
#fsharp #fablecompiler
These updates feature:
- Improved support for Python, Rust, and Beam.
- Added support for precompiled libraries in fable-standalone (stay tuned for a surprise coming in the next few days!).
#fsharp #fablecompiler
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September 1, 2026 at 8:52 PM
There’s a lot of anti-LLM coding sentiment going around. It feels like the new typed languages versus dynamic languages debacle.
August 17, 2026 at 11:06 AM
There’s a lot of anti-LLM coding sentiment going around. It feels like the new typed languages versus dynamic languages debacle.
I've just put Myriad inside a TypeProvider.
“I felt myself on the edge of the world; peering over the rim into a fathomless chaos of eternal night.”
- H.P. Lovecraft
#fsharp
“I felt myself on the edge of the world; peering over the rim into a fathomless chaos of eternal night.”
- H.P. Lovecraft
#fsharp
July 14, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I've just put Myriad inside a TypeProvider.
“I felt myself on the edge of the world; peering over the rim into a fathomless chaos of eternal night.”
- H.P. Lovecraft
#fsharp
“I felt myself on the edge of the world; peering over the rim into a fathomless chaos of eternal night.”
- H.P. Lovecraft
#fsharp
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Cool to see myowndb.com mentioned in @sergeytihon.com 's #fsharp weekly.
I deployed an updated version this morning, now using websharper 9. Next step is DotNet 10 then websharper 10.
I deployed an updated version this morning, now using websharper 9. Next step is DotNet 10 then websharper 10.
July 6, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Cool to see myowndb.com mentioned in @sergeytihon.com 's #fsharp weekly.
I deployed an updated version this morning, now using websharper 9. Next step is DotNet 10 then websharper 10.
I deployed an updated version this morning, now using websharper 9. Next step is DotNet 10 then websharper 10.
“For better or worse, the power of these systems is so great and the ability to accelerate is so strong that just writing stuff by hand...I don’t think it’s going to make sense for very much longer,”, Zach Lloyd
July 1, 2026 at 12:48 PM
“For better or worse, the power of these systems is so great and the ability to accelerate is so strong that just writing stuff by hand...I don’t think it’s going to make sense for very much longer,”, Zach Lloyd
My amazing Wife just wrote a piece for a regional online newspaper, very proud!
Nature and industry in Teesside: an artist’s perspective northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environ...
Nature and industry in Teesside: an artist’s perspective northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environ...
Nature and industry in Teesside: an artist’s perspective
Reflecting on the relationship between nature and industry in Teesside
northeastbylines.co.uk
June 10, 2026 at 3:05 PM
My amazing Wife just wrote a piece for a regional online newspaper, very proud!
Nature and industry in Teesside: an artist’s perspective northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environ...
Nature and industry in Teesside: an artist’s perspective northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environ...
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Check out F# 10, the latest update bringing async exceptions, Task<'T> improvements, and integrated tooling support! Ideal for enhancing functional-first programming. Explore the features and elevate your .NET development. #FSharp #DotNET
Introducing F# 10 - .NET Blog
Learn about new F# 10 language features, performance upgrades, and tooling improvements shipping with .NET 10.
devblogs.microsoft.com
May 22, 2026 at 12:15 AM
And so it begins, a massive jump in billing calculation. Copilot is useful for some repo grunt work but it's not in the same league of usefulness of Claude Code, even when Copilot uses the same anthropic models.
May 21, 2026 at 4:46 PM
And so it begins, a massive jump in billing calculation. Copilot is useful for some repo grunt work but it's not in the same league of usefulness of Claude Code, even when Copilot uses the same anthropic models.
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For #fsharp folks we've just released v0.2.0 of Fidelity.CloudEdge. There are new bindings for Media-over-QUIC and a few of the new services released during @cloudflare-dev.bsky.social AI week. github.com/FidelityFram...
GitHub - FidelityFramework/Fidelity.CloudEdge: Toolkit for building modern Cloudflare Solutions with F# and Fable Compiler
Toolkit for building modern Cloudflare Solutions with F# and Fable Compiler - FidelityFramework/Fidelity.CloudEdge
github.com
April 17, 2026 at 10:30 PM
For #fsharp folks we've just released v0.2.0 of Fidelity.CloudEdge. There are new bindings for Media-over-QUIC and a few of the new services released during @cloudflare-dev.bsky.social AI week. github.com/FidelityFram...
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Might not be a huge audience here, but I wanted to announce that. FSharp.Data.Npgsql is now part of fsprojects, thanks to @dsyme for the nudge. This should make maintenance easier.. It's a #typeprovider wrapper in #fsharp for #postgres that allows you to just point your code at a database and […]
Original post on sfba.social
sfba.social
March 27, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Might not be a huge audience here, but I wanted to announce that. FSharp.Data.Npgsql is now part of fsprojects, thanks to @dsyme for the nudge. This should make maintenance easier.. It's a #typeprovider wrapper in #fsharp for #postgres that allows you to just point your code at a database and […]
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F# Weekly #13, 2026 - Deedle 4.0 is out! #fsharp sergeytihon.com/2026/03/29/f...
F# Weekly #13, 2026 – Deedle 4.0 is out!
Welcome to F# Weekly, A roundup of F# content from this past week: News Addendum: Pattern Variations | Safe Clean Architecture Microsoft News Ten Months with Copilot Coding Agent in dotnet/runtime …
sergeytihon.com
March 29, 2026 at 11:27 AM
F# Weekly #13, 2026 - Deedle 4.0 is out! #fsharp sergeytihon.com/2026/03/29/f...
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April 4, 2026 at 8:47 AM
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I'm still processing but I watched Dirty Business (not even done yet) & while I knew a lot about this & lived in Ox, I'm completely beguiled by the almost direct parallel to what we're going through with AI. I'm at a heightened awareness of our role as academics.
theconversation.com/englands-sew...
theconversation.com/englands-sew...
England’s sewage scandal hinges on lack of water industry regulation – new docudrama reveals how profit drives pollution
The water industry has been left to police its own pollution.
theconversation.com
April 9, 2026 at 6:14 AM
I'm still processing but I watched Dirty Business (not even done yet) & while I knew a lot about this & lived in Ox, I'm completely beguiled by the almost direct parallel to what we're going through with AI. I'm at a heightened awareness of our role as academics.
theconversation.com/englands-sew...
theconversation.com/englands-sew...
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A very good article on AI and coding from the NYT
by @clivethompson.bsky.social
Here's a gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/m...
by @clivethompson.bsky.social
Here's a gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/m...
Coding After Coders: The End of Computer Programming as We Know It
www.nytimes.com
March 13, 2026 at 2:01 AM
A very good article on AI and coding from the NYT
by @clivethompson.bsky.social
Here's a gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/m...
by @clivethompson.bsky.social
Here's a gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/m...
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About a year ago I made some predictions about the effect of AI on programming jobs. Block laid off 40% of its staff claiming AI made them more efficient. Is that really true or did they just over-hire? Let's look at some data and see what's really happening.
Full post: seldo.com/posts/do-ai-...
Full post: seldo.com/posts/do-ai-...
March 8, 2026 at 8:49 PM
About a year ago I made some predictions about the effect of AI on programming jobs. Block laid off 40% of its staff claiming AI made them more efficient. Is that really true or did they just over-hire? Let's look at some data and see what's really happening.
Full post: seldo.com/posts/do-ai-...
Full post: seldo.com/posts/do-ai-...
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Daily Reminder to try #dotnet and also #fsharp since is part of the official sdk and is an awesome functional first language ! youtu.be/GcEHiY6Vp-8?...
Smatterings of F#
YouTube video by dotnet
youtu.be
February 25, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Daily Reminder to try #dotnet and also #fsharp since is part of the official sdk and is an awesome functional first language ! youtu.be/GcEHiY6Vp-8?...
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Serde.FS.Json is the first backend in the new Serde.FS ecosystem — fast, reflection‑free JSON for F#.
Powered by FSharp.SourceDjinn, a small engine for building F# source generators.
github.com/fs-djinn
#fsharp
Powered by FSharp.SourceDjinn, a small engine for building F# source generators.
github.com/fs-djinn
#fsharp
March 3, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Serde.FS.Json is the first backend in the new Serde.FS ecosystem — fast, reflection‑free JSON for F#.
Powered by FSharp.SourceDjinn, a small engine for building F# source generators.
github.com/fs-djinn
#fsharp
Powered by FSharp.SourceDjinn, a small engine for building F# source generators.
github.com/fs-djinn
#fsharp
Reposted by Dave Thomas
The wait is over! Fable 5 Release Candidate is officially here.
After a year of hard work from the community, we're bringing you:
✨ .NET 10 & F# 10 support
🐍 A massive Python update (now powered by a Rust core & PyPI!)
🌐 Cleaner JS/TS Pojo bindings
fable.io/blog/2026/20...
#fsharp #fablecompiler
After a year of hard work from the community, we're bringing you:
✨ .NET 10 & F# 10 support
🐍 A massive Python update (now powered by a Rust core & PyPI!)
🌐 Cleaner JS/TS Pojo bindings
fable.io/blog/2026/20...
#fsharp #fablecompiler
Fable · Announcing Fable 5 Release Candidate
fable.io
March 3, 2026 at 5:18 PM
The wait is over! Fable 5 Release Candidate is officially here.
After a year of hard work from the community, we're bringing you:
✨ .NET 10 & F# 10 support
🐍 A massive Python update (now powered by a Rust core & PyPI!)
🌐 Cleaner JS/TS Pojo bindings
fable.io/blog/2026/20...
#fsharp #fablecompiler
After a year of hard work from the community, we're bringing you:
✨ .NET 10 & F# 10 support
🐍 A massive Python update (now powered by a Rust core & PyPI!)
🌐 Cleaner JS/TS Pojo bindings
fable.io/blog/2026/20...
#fsharp #fablecompiler
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Sorry, Bluesky, but I have to say it: AI can already do social science research better than most professors with PhDs. And, for the first time in my life, I really have no idea what happens in five years.
Things are changing already, we just need to wake up.
Things are changing already, we just need to wake up.
Academics Need to Wake Up on AI
Ten theses for folks who haven't noticed the ground shifting under their feet
alexanderkustov.substack.com
March 3, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Sorry, Bluesky, but I have to say it: AI can already do social science research better than most professors with PhDs. And, for the first time in my life, I really have no idea what happens in five years.
Things are changing already, we just need to wake up.
Things are changing already, we just need to wake up.
I'm seeing a lot of anti AI sentiment, not AI has taken our jobs and stuff like that, but things like: AI agents don't work or they are no good or don't help. I see the exact opposite and cant help that my career as a programmer is defunct, at least in terms of actually writing code.
March 3, 2026 at 1:52 PM
I'm seeing a lot of anti AI sentiment, not AI has taken our jobs and stuff like that, but things like: AI agents don't work or they are no good or don't help. I see the exact opposite and cant help that my career as a programmer is defunct, at least in terms of actually writing code.