caesararum, BS, DOGS
@caesararum
Dropped Out of Grad School (DOGS) // maybe we could try writing good software? // assume replies are "yes, and"
don't use those words, baby girl; those are driving words. we only say those words when we're driving
me, when the hamster powering my server gets tired of running
"servers literally broke" > 250 Daily Active Users
man, i almost never talk about APL anymore, but I'll take the W
this may or may not be a critical juncture i have named the heretofore unnamed
My house caught on fire when I was like 12 on vacation and I remember my dad getting the call, listening, hanging up then telling me and fam and saying “i guess we better enjoy the rest of this vacation!” Incredible power move, massive impact on my life. Still grateful
Not disagreeing, shit is hard but I always think of that tweet that was like there’s a world of a difference between people who grew up with parents who just handled things vs parents who treated every inconvenience as a tragedy because it rewired my brain 💀
I've taken to annealing LLMs by - starting a new conversation where i ask the new guy to look at what the old guy did - asking the current one to argue for/against an approach - saying to throw out data and see if outputs change and never being afraid to cut rope
Everyone should vibe code an app to see two things: 1. How insanely powerful LLMs/agents are 2. The specific ways in which they seriously suck
Poettering bridging his hands like Genji Ikari; "all according to plan"
Mystery solved!! Ubuntu 22.04 had an automatic update to systemd. This update restarted systemd that wiped IP rules and took down networking for Kubernetes infra. The update came out 9 June. 9-10 June dozens of services had big outages. Like Heroku: newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/why-reliabil…
"all our new hires have no self-respect" "good, the AI screen is working"
Companies are using fake humans and AI to do interviews now...