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Chad Fowler @chadfowler.com · 10d

Or ask the LLM to review it for me right? 😅

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b5 @b5.bsky.social · 10d

I’ve experienced this first hand a bunch myself, where someone clearly piped AI output direct to me without sufficient review. I reflexively turn to those folks less now.

This isn’t a pessimistic view of LLMs, use them! Just read & review before sending.

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Chad Fowler @chadfowler.com · 27d

So cute

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Chad Fowler @chadfowler.com · Sep 9

Together we’re advancing Agentic Tech: systems that put people, not algorithms, at the center. Where transparency and ownership are built in, and technology expands human choice rather than erodes it.

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Chad Fowler @chadfowler.com · Sep 9

Over the past few years, I’ve had the good fortune to find a community of like-minded technologists working to make sense of a rapidly evolving landscape—one in which we risk becoming subservient to the very tools we’ve built.

agentictech.substack.com/p/a-quiet-mo...

A quiet movement is forming: entrepreneurs building for human agency — not just agents’ sake.

Read our invitation to join the discussion around building truly agentic tech: products that preserve human agency.

agentictech.substack.com

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Chad Fowler @chadfowler.com · Sep 9

This was fun!

codenamev.bsky.social @codenamev.bsky.social · Sep 9

What if you design and machines code?
@chadfowler.com joins us on #TheRubyAIPodcast to unpack agents, spec-first dev, and Rails conventions as guardrails #RubyOnRails #RubyAI www.therubyaipodcast.com/2388930/epis...

The Ruby AI Podcast: Rails After the Robots

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Chad Fowler @chadfowler.com · Sep 9

Increasingly rare indeed.

Rino @rino.fm · Sep 9

A functional human brain that's capable of critical thinking is already extremely valuable (and increasingly rare) in the years of LLMs.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Sep 6

if i had the opportunity to ask a question of anyone in the administration, given this "war in chicago" messaging, i would ask them how many americans the president intends to kill in his war

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Tombmas Spooks @thomasfuchs.at · Sep 3

Congratulations, you’ve reached the end of your doomscrolling

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Chad Fowler @chadfowler.com · Aug 30

This is how the world ends - not with a bang, but with 'circle back if you need anything'

www.youtube.com/watch?v=34nb...

This is how the world ends - not with a bang, but with 'circle back if you need anything'

YouTube video by Chad Fowler

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Chad Fowler @chadfowler.com · Aug 25

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Chad Fowler @chadfowler.com · Aug 21

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🄟ᴀᴛ://𝙍𝙄𝘾𝙆 or 𝔗𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔱 @alt.psingletary.com · Aug 21

Any payments ideas brewing for ATProto?

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Chad Fowler @chadfowler.com · May 30

The real bottleneck for useful AI isn’t just model quality.
It’s the walls around our data.
A thread on walled gardens, economic incentives, and why even the best models can’t help us if they can’t see us. 🧵

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👻HaunTed👻★ 韓聖安 @knowtheory.net · Aug 21

@ruperts.world mentioning this thread: bsky.app/profile/chad...

Chad Fowler @chadfowler.com · May 30

The real bottleneck for useful AI isn’t just model quality.
It’s the walls around our data.
A thread on walled gardens, economic incentives, and why even the best models can’t help us if they can’t see us. 🧵

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👻HaunTed👻★ 韓聖安 @knowtheory.net · Aug 21

@ruperts.world listing his buckets for thinking about different types of protocols #protocolsforpublishers

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Sarah Drasner @sarahedo.bsky.social · Aug 20

One tangible problem with AI hype is that there is a degree of provocative hypothesis that is necessary in order for people to think a little differently about old problems.

But then the hype goes so far that it becomes detached from technical reality, and thus, disqualifies itself.

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Chad Fowler @chadfowler.com · Aug 19

Excited for this one!

Sync Conf @syncconf.bsky.social · Aug 19

Announcing Sync Conf 2025. Join us in SF on Nov 12th.

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Chad Fowler @chadfowler.com · Aug 19

Excited for this one!

Sync Conf @syncconf.bsky.social · Aug 19

Announcing Sync Conf 2025. Join us in SF on Nov 12th.

Chad Fowler @chadfowler.com · Aug 19

Anyone else trying out Germ? www.germnetwork.com/blog/germdm-...

Germ DM x ATProto is Now in Beta — Germ Network

Germ DM is now a Bluesky messenger. We’ve integrated AT Protocol into our iOS app, so E2EE DMs have come to the Atmosphere! Germ DM is the end-to-end encrypted messenger that lets you talk freely—wi...

www.germnetwork.com

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Chad Fowler @chadfowler.com · Aug 17

Working on a team that split responsibilities and rejoined, I found myself wanting to understand what my colleague intended to be built. Intent would have helped me build context and meaning to maintain the code and enhance it. Also would likely have helped an LLM catch up

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Chad Fowler @chadfowler.com · Aug 16

Intent / context. When working with a team especially valuable

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Andoni Urrutia @andoniurrutia.bsky.social · Aug 16

Similr idea proposed by @aleixmorgadas.dev learnings.aleixmorgadas.dev/p/extending-...

Extending the git message conventions with AI to prevent losing knowledge

I’m sure you are familiar with commit messages that look like:

learnings.aleixmorgadas.dev

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Chad Fowler @chadfowler.com · Aug 16

At a Hackathon with the @blueyard.com team this weekend and as we rapidly iterate I'm already wishing there was a standard or widely adopted convention to attach LLM prompts to the commits they generated.

Software workflow is forever changed.

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Chad Fowler @chadfowler.com · Aug 7

We're convening in the mountains of Bavaria to tackle the hardest frontiers of AI — from chips to co-existence.

Apply here to join:

blueyard.medium.com/climbing-har...

Climbing Hard AI Peaks

AI founders are navigating a landscape that’s rapidly shifting — from the physical infrastructure, foundational model decisions…

blueyard.medium.com

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