Ara Hacopian
@hacopian.de
Ruby on Rails and Postgres enthusiast. Currently exploring local-first and DuckDB.
Building changebot.ai.
Building changebot.ai.
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2/ In 2001, Borsook said tech "libertarianism" reflected an adolescent mindset, with a craving for unchecked independence & resistance to constraint.
She warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From "Cyberselfish," a book based on her 90s writing:
She warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From "Cyberselfish," a book based on her 90s writing:
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
2/ In 2001, Borsook said tech "libertarianism" reflected an adolescent mindset, with a craving for unchecked independence & resistance to constraint.
She warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From "Cyberselfish," a book based on her 90s writing:
She warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From "Cyberselfish," a book based on her 90s writing:
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Pray, Mr. Altman, if you put into the machine correct figures, will the right answers come out?
“I have been asked, ‘Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?’ I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.”
— Charles Babbage (1864)
— Charles Babbage (1864)
October 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Pray, Mr. Altman, if you put into the machine correct figures, will the right answers come out?
Why do people touch a file before editing it in a tutorial? Is there some benefit to that, that I'm not aware of?
September 30, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Why do people touch a file before editing it in a tutorial? Is there some benefit to that, that I'm not aware of?
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Coca-Cola's social network: Coke Music (2002)
September 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Coca-Cola's social network: Coke Music (2002)
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the libby app has been a HUGE lifesaver as someone who doesnt always have the capacity/time for physical books but also NEEDS to read a lot in order to write & feel inspired. our library also keeps an enormous dvd collection AND lends out pickleball, chromebooks, etc —
As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
September 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
the libby app has been a HUGE lifesaver as someone who doesnt always have the capacity/time for physical books but also NEEDS to read a lot in order to write & feel inspired. our library also keeps an enormous dvd collection AND lends out pickleball, chromebooks, etc —
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As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
September 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
Every time I see “Postgres FDW,” my brain reads it as “for da win.”
September 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Every time I see “Postgres FDW,” my brain reads it as “for da win.”
What GIF pops up when you type your name?
August 15, 2025 at 5:48 AM
What GIF pops up when you type your name?
Gem authors: if your project isn’t an official part of Rails, don’t name it Solid-, Action-, or Active-. Those prefixes imply official provenance and are misleading.
August 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Gem authors: if your project isn’t an official part of Rails, don’t name it Solid-, Action-, or Active-. Those prefixes imply official provenance and are misleading.
Has anyone with real, professional experience pairing regularly ever described coding with an AI agent as similar to pair programming? I paired full-time for two years, and to me, it feels nothing like it.
July 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Has anyone with real, professional experience pairing regularly ever described coding with an AI agent as similar to pair programming? I paired full-time for two years, and to me, it feels nothing like it.
This looks so slick.
July 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
This looks so slick.
The currently in-vogue planning workflow that you often see demonstrated on AI-oriented software development Youtube channels regularly generates plans that remind me of the top half of this well-known drawing.
July 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The currently in-vogue planning workflow that you often see demonstrated on AI-oriented software development Youtube channels regularly generates plans that remind me of the top half of this well-known drawing.
I can't get enough of this kind of thing: small-run, regional pulp fanzines archived and available online for free. It’s not just the material itself that matters. It’s the impulse and the institutions behind it. All of it is unambiguously good, and make the world, in a quiet way, better.
@queensu Library has been collaborating with the @internetarchive.bsky.social on a digitization project that uses Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) to make copies of small print-run fanzines or zines of science fiction/fantasy/speculative fiction available.
internetarchivecanada.org/2025/07/15/s...
internetarchivecanada.org/2025/07/15/s...
July 23, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I can't get enough of this kind of thing: small-run, regional pulp fanzines archived and available online for free. It’s not just the material itself that matters. It’s the impulse and the institutions behind it. All of it is unambiguously good, and make the world, in a quiet way, better.
Jujutsu's working copy commit feels like the right model for agent-driven workflows.
July 23, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Jujutsu's working copy commit feels like the right model for agent-driven workflows.
Will TPM (tokens per minute) replace LOC as the next flawed developer productivity metric?
July 23, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Will TPM (tokens per minute) replace LOC as the next flawed developer productivity metric?
One thing is for sure, claude has made me 10x more productive in updating my nixos config.
July 20, 2025 at 8:18 AM
One thing is for sure, claude has made me 10x more productive in updating my nixos config.
The Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is in full force with LLMs for coding: I adopt suggestions wholesale when using unfamiliar languages, yet extensively revise them in areas of my expertise.
July 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is in full force with LLMs for coding: I adopt suggestions wholesale when using unfamiliar languages, yet extensively revise them in areas of my expertise.
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ripping the LaserDisc for Beastmaster II and it contains one of my favorite bits of distracting dubbing in history
July 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
ripping the LaserDisc for Beastmaster II and it contains one of my favorite bits of distracting dubbing in history
This is performance art: www.youtube.com/watch?v=beJs...
Vibe Coding: Claude Code Max Plan, ZK VM, SHA3
YouTube video by Vibe Coding
www.youtube.com
May 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
This is performance art: www.youtube.com/watch?v=beJs...
So much flour to pack this gaz!
May 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
So much flour to pack this gaz!
New Codex encourages multiple agents editing the same codebase. We'll see how good GPT is at resolving merge conflicts.
May 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
New Codex encourages multiple agents editing the same codebase. We'll see how good GPT is at resolving merge conflicts.
Good news: although AI will surpass us at system design and implementation, it will at least leave us with the real joy of programming: debugging other people’s code.
AI isn’t ready to replace human coders for debugging, researchers say
Even when given access to tools, AI agents can’t reliably debug software.
arstechnica.com
April 16, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Good news: although AI will surpass us at system design and implementation, it will at least leave us with the real joy of programming: debugging other people’s code.
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I've seen some people saying how "AI"-generated text is now as good as certain published authors, and honestly I think it's really brave for these folks to admit in public how poor their reading comprehension has to be
April 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I've seen some people saying how "AI"-generated text is now as good as certain published authors, and honestly I think it's really brave for these folks to admit in public how poor their reading comprehension has to be