André Klein
@andreklein.net
Writer, publisher, procrastinator … (will finish bio tomorrow) 🧉
https://andreklein.net
https://andreklein.net
At this point I'm convinced AWS & Google Cloud console GUIs are deliberately designed as obtuse labyrinths so you’ll inevitably flip the wrong toggle, enable a hidden service, and get quietly nickel-and-dimed to death by micro-requests.
#webdev #aws #googlecloud #serverless
#webdev #aws #googlecloud #serverless
December 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
At this point I'm convinced AWS & Google Cloud console GUIs are deliberately designed as obtuse labyrinths so you’ll inevitably flip the wrong toggle, enable a hidden service, and get quietly nickel-and-dimed to death by micro-requests.
#webdev #aws #googlecloud #serverless
#webdev #aws #googlecloud #serverless
Any kind of for-profit marketing messaging feels out of place on Mastodon/Bluesky, and that's a good thing #fediverse #mastodon #bluesky
December 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Any kind of for-profit marketing messaging feels out of place on Mastodon/Bluesky, and that's a good thing #fediverse #mastodon #bluesky
Reposted by André Klein
I think software engineering will be needed as much as ever, but it will probably move to a higher level: less worrying about individual lines of code, more thinking about the overall properties that a system needs to satisfy, and finding ways of specifying those properties precisely.
December 9, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I think software engineering will be needed as much as ever, but it will probably move to a higher level: less worrying about individual lines of code, more thinking about the overall properties that a system needs to satisfy, and finding ways of specifying those properties precisely.
I love how seo guestpost spammers still lead with: "[dear site owner] The content on your site is amazing and thought-provoking..." Really Jane? Could have at least let some LLM run over some articles to pretend you've actually read anything. Come on, these are low hanging fruit! #seo #spam #webdev
December 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
well put
Why do AI agents converge to correct solutions — or get stuck in loops?
Agentic AI is contractive iteration toward a fixed point. Tools as negative feedback that forces stochastic output toward deterministic correctness.
#AI #AIAgents #LLM #MachineLearning
medium.com/@gianlucabai...
Agentic AI is contractive iteration toward a fixed point. Tools as negative feedback that forces stochastic output toward deterministic correctness.
#AI #AIAgents #LLM #MachineLearning
medium.com/@gianlucabai...
Why AI Agents Fail: The Stochastic Convergence Spiral
A topological framework for engineering deterministic outcomes from probabilistic models
medium.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
well put
Experimenting with bringing a merged Bluesky/Mastodon feed straight into SocialSox - nice side-bonus: now i can finally filter for certain languages #buildinpublic #mastodon #bluesky
December 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Experimenting with bringing a merged Bluesky/Mastodon feed straight into SocialSox - nice side-bonus: now i can finally filter for certain languages #buildinpublic #mastodon #bluesky
Reposted by André Klein
I made a thing sidetrail.app/@isaaccorbre...
learn to code
It's fun and you should try it
sidetrail.app
December 7, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I made a thing sidetrail.app/@isaaccorbre...
Higher education isn’t dying because kids use ChatGPT.
It’s dying because we’re still grading like it’s 1895 and pretending Google never happened.
https://andreklein.net/ai-isnt-killing-learning-our-standards-were-already-on-life-support/ #education #edchat #edtech #teaching
It’s dying because we’re still grading like it’s 1895 and pretending Google never happened.
https://andreklein.net/ai-isnt-killing-learning-our-standards-were-already-on-life-support/ #education #edchat #edtech #teaching
AI Isn’t Killing Learning. Our Standards Were Already on Life Support
You’ve probably seen that Current Affairs piece making the rounds, the one that declares higher education dead because “students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them,...
andreklein.net
December 5, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Higher education isn’t dying because kids use ChatGPT.
It’s dying because we’re still grading like it’s 1895 and pretending Google never happened.
https://andreklein.net/ai-isnt-killing-learning-our-standards-were-already-on-life-support/ #education #edchat #edtech #teaching
It’s dying because we’re still grading like it’s 1895 and pretending Google never happened.
https://andreklein.net/ai-isnt-killing-learning-our-standards-were-already-on-life-support/ #education #edchat #edtech #teaching
🚔 PSA: "The Darkside Detective" point-and-click adventure is currently free on Epic. Takes me back to the good old days of Zak McKracken and ManiacMansion. Witty, without being too on the nose. https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-darkside-detective-ios-f97bd7 #pixelart #indiegames
December 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
🚔 PSA: "The Darkside Detective" point-and-click adventure is currently free on Epic. Takes me back to the good old days of Zak McKracken and ManiacMansion. Witty, without being too on the nose. https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-darkside-detective-ios-f97bd7 #pixelart #indiegames
KarpeSlop: "The AI Slop Linter that Andrej Karpathy wishes existed" lol
https://github.com/CodeDeficient/KarpeSlop
"go forth and purge the slop." 🦸
#slopocalpyse #vibecoding #typescript #react #next
https://github.com/CodeDeficient/KarpeSlop
"go forth and purge the slop." 🦸
#slopocalpyse #vibecoding #typescript #react #next
GitHub - CodeDeficient/KarpeSlop: The AI Slop Linter that Andrej Karpathy wishes existed
The AI Slop Linter that Andrej Karpathy wishes existed - CodeDeficient/KarpeSlop
github.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
KarpeSlop: "The AI Slop Linter that Andrej Karpathy wishes existed" lol
https://github.com/CodeDeficient/KarpeSlop
"go forth and purge the slop." 🦸
#slopocalpyse #vibecoding #typescript #react #next
https://github.com/CodeDeficient/KarpeSlop
"go forth and purge the slop." 🦸
#slopocalpyse #vibecoding #typescript #react #next
Spotify Wrapped dropping and everyone's flexing their “top 0.05% of Taylor Swift fans” like it’s a Nobel Prize.
Just say no to the algo overlords. Slap Jellyfin on a dusty old PC and flex on Big Music forever: https://andreklein.net/make-your-own-spotify-with-blackjack-and-hookers/ #Spotify #music
Just say no to the algo overlords. Slap Jellyfin on a dusty old PC and flex on Big Music forever: https://andreklein.net/make-your-own-spotify-with-blackjack-and-hookers/ #Spotify #music
Make Your Own Spotify, With Blackjack And Hookers
Earlier this year I found myself at a crossroads. Spotify's recommendation algorithms hadn't been what they used to be for a long time. I noticed they kept serving up the...
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December 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Spotify Wrapped dropping and everyone's flexing their “top 0.05% of Taylor Swift fans” like it’s a Nobel Prize.
Just say no to the algo overlords. Slap Jellyfin on a dusty old PC and flex on Big Music forever: https://andreklein.net/make-your-own-spotify-with-blackjack-and-hookers/ #Spotify #music
Just say no to the algo overlords. Slap Jellyfin on a dusty old PC and flex on Big Music forever: https://andreklein.net/make-your-own-spotify-with-blackjack-and-hookers/ #Spotify #music
I'm no video editor (in any sense of the word), but sometimes I need to quickly smash clips together, crop, and speed up footage. Most editors are bloated and annoying. Kdenlive's been a real game-changer: lightweight, fast, and minimal. https://kdenlive.org/
#FOSS #VideoEditing
#FOSS #VideoEditing
December 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I'm no video editor (in any sense of the word), but sometimes I need to quickly smash clips together, crop, and speed up footage. Most editors are bloated and annoying. Kdenlive's been a real game-changer: lightweight, fast, and minimal. https://kdenlive.org/
#FOSS #VideoEditing
#FOSS #VideoEditing
AI slop sucks.
So in SocialSox v0.3.0 I added AI that actually stays in its lane: spellcheck, shorten (basically a crop tool for text), and hashtag suggestions, nothing that drowns your voice.
Your words, just… less messy.
github.com/burninc0de/s... #indiedev #buildinpublic
So in SocialSox v0.3.0 I added AI that actually stays in its lane: spellcheck, shorten (basically a crop tool for text), and hashtag suggestions, nothing that drowns your voice.
Your words, just… less messy.
github.com/burninc0de/s... #indiedev #buildinpublic
December 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
AI slop sucks.
So in SocialSox v0.3.0 I added AI that actually stays in its lane: spellcheck, shorten (basically a crop tool for text), and hashtag suggestions, nothing that drowns your voice.
Your words, just… less messy.
github.com/burninc0de/s... #indiedev #buildinpublic
So in SocialSox v0.3.0 I added AI that actually stays in its lane: spellcheck, shorten (basically a crop tool for text), and hashtag suggestions, nothing that drowns your voice.
Your words, just… less messy.
github.com/burninc0de/s... #indiedev #buildinpublic
Soon wee will all häve to write with spellings mistakes to proove to each other that messages werent touched by the devlish ai - (or if that becomes too much effort, just have Jipitty insert spelling mistakes for us)
#writing #slopocalypse
#writing #slopocalypse
December 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Soon wee will all häve to write with spellings mistakes to proove to each other that messages werent touched by the devlish ai - (or if that becomes too much effort, just have Jipitty insert spelling mistakes for us)
#writing #slopocalypse
#writing #slopocalypse
“To advance an idea is to steal something from someone and make it so cool and covetable that someone then steals it from you.” — Nick Cave
#rockandroll #copypaste
#rockandroll #copypaste
December 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
“To advance an idea is to steal something from someone and make it so cool and covetable that someone then steals it from you.” — Nick Cave
#rockandroll #copypaste
#rockandroll #copypaste
fascinating stuff: https://tympanus.net/codrops/2025/11/29/building-the-monolith-composable-rendering-systems-for-a-13-scene-webgl-epic/ #webgl
Building The Monolith: Composable Rendering Systems for a 13-Scene WebGL Epic | Codrops
An exploration of how composable materials, particles, and transitions were engineered to bring The Monolith Project’s stylized universe to life.
tympanus.net
December 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
My little crossposter just grew fangs 🧛
⏰ proper scheduling (fully local)
📊 shiny new analytics
🤖 AI spellcheck, shortening, or your own custom prompts
🔄 basic sync to folder
100% open source, forever free
https://github.com/burninc0de/socialsox #indiedev #buildinpublic
⏰ proper scheduling (fully local)
📊 shiny new analytics
🤖 AI spellcheck, shortening, or your own custom prompts
🔄 basic sync to folder
100% open source, forever free
https://github.com/burninc0de/socialsox #indiedev #buildinpublic
December 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
My little crossposter just grew fangs 🧛
⏰ proper scheduling (fully local)
📊 shiny new analytics
🤖 AI spellcheck, shortening, or your own custom prompts
🔄 basic sync to folder
100% open source, forever free
https://github.com/burninc0de/socialsox #indiedev #buildinpublic
⏰ proper scheduling (fully local)
📊 shiny new analytics
🤖 AI spellcheck, shortening, or your own custom prompts
🔄 basic sync to folder
100% open source, forever free
https://github.com/burninc0de/socialsox #indiedev #buildinpublic
December 2, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Ever wanted to sound like a terminally online monk? 🙏I present: The SocialSox "Spice Factory":
#buildinpublic #indiedev
(This will probably never be part of production, but too much fun too mess around with.)
#buildinpublic #indiedev
(This will probably never be part of production, but too much fun too mess around with.)
December 2, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Ever wanted to sound like a terminally online monk? 🙏I present: The SocialSox "Spice Factory":
#buildinpublic #indiedev
(This will probably never be part of production, but too much fun too mess around with.)
#buildinpublic #indiedev
(This will probably never be part of production, but too much fun too mess around with.)
December 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"I think actually on the programming side, we're in a fairly good spot. I really think that AI will be a tool -- and it will make people more productive." - Linus Torvalds
https://youtu.be/mfv0V1SxbNA?si=uy9YOb29hK9_u6uZ&t=2003 #linux #coding #AI
https://youtu.be/mfv0V1SxbNA?si=uy9YOb29hK9_u6uZ&t=2003 #linux #coding #AI
December 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"I think actually on the programming side, we're in a fairly good spot. I really think that AI will be a tool -- and it will make people more productive." - Linus Torvalds
https://youtu.be/mfv0V1SxbNA?si=uy9YOb29hK9_u6uZ&t=2003 #linux #coding #AI
https://youtu.be/mfv0V1SxbNA?si=uy9YOb29hK9_u6uZ&t=2003 #linux #coding #AI
AI is most useful to the people least likely to use it, and most depended on by the people least equipped to evaluate it.
I wrote about why this paradox isn't going away: https://andreklein.net/the-ai-paradox-it-only-works-if-you-already-know-how/
#AI #ChatGPT #Claude #LLM
I wrote about why this paradox isn't going away: https://andreklein.net/the-ai-paradox-it-only-works-if-you-already-know-how/
#AI #ChatGPT #Claude #LLM
The AI Paradox: It Only Works If You Already Know How
Everyone wants a pocket oracle. They type their question into Claude or ChatGPT and wait for the One Correct Answer™ to descend from the cloud. When it’s wrong—which it eventually...
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December 1, 2025 at 1:15 PM
AI is most useful to the people least likely to use it, and most depended on by the people least equipped to evaluate it.
I wrote about why this paradox isn't going away: https://andreklein.net/the-ai-paradox-it-only-works-if-you-already-know-how/
#AI #ChatGPT #Claude #LLM
I wrote about why this paradox isn't going away: https://andreklein.net/the-ai-paradox-it-only-works-if-you-already-know-how/
#AI #ChatGPT #Claude #LLM
Gotta love these Amazon “Creator Rewards” emails:
“As of Nov 30, 2025 you failed to meet shipped revenue targets.”
Forgive me, Great Lord of the Zon, for I have sinned.
My affiliate links did not sacrifice enough souls to the algorithm this month.
#GigEconomy #CreatorGrift
“As of Nov 30, 2025 you failed to meet shipped revenue targets.”
Forgive me, Great Lord of the Zon, for I have sinned.
My affiliate links did not sacrifice enough souls to the algorithm this month.
#GigEconomy #CreatorGrift
December 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Gotta love these Amazon “Creator Rewards” emails:
“As of Nov 30, 2025 you failed to meet shipped revenue targets.”
Forgive me, Great Lord of the Zon, for I have sinned.
My affiliate links did not sacrifice enough souls to the algorithm this month.
#GigEconomy #CreatorGrift
“As of Nov 30, 2025 you failed to meet shipped revenue targets.”
Forgive me, Great Lord of the Zon, for I have sinned.
My affiliate links did not sacrifice enough souls to the algorithm this month.
#GigEconomy #CreatorGrift
Does any one use IDEs for long-form writing? Seems like commits and diffs could be extremely handy when doing extensive rewrites. Never lose that one tiny perfect phrase again that got lost in a 2am revision.
#WritingCommunity #WritersLife #CreativeWriting
#WritingCommunity #WritersLife #CreativeWriting
December 1, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Does any one use IDEs for long-form writing? Seems like commits and diffs could be extremely handy when doing extensive rewrites. Never lose that one tiny perfect phrase again that got lost in a 2am revision.
#WritingCommunity #WritersLife #CreativeWriting
#WritingCommunity #WritersLife #CreativeWriting