Joe Fabisevich
@mergesort.me
“Apps genius” - Colleen. I used to work on making Twitter a bit healthier, then that all went to hell. Now I make puns and indie apps @plinky.app.
Born and raised New Yorker, trying to do a little good and be the friend you made along the way. 🍕🐱⚾️
Born and raised New Yorker, trying to do a little good and be the friend you made along the way. 🍕🐱⚾️
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Joe Fabisevich
@mergesort.me
· Nov 9
Plinky
Plinky helps you easily save links from any device, so you can enjoy them later. Save on your iPhone, iPad, Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Zapier, and so much more.
plinky.app
Hi, I’m Joe! I used to work @ Twitter on all the hard things like misinformation, disinformation, harassment, and civic integrity. I also spent a ton of effort on little improvements to make people’s lives better. These days I’m an indie developer making it easy to save links for later, with Plinky.
This week in AI
📈 Anthropic
🟰 Google
📉 OpenAI
📈 Anthropic
📉 OpenAI
November 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM
This week in AI
📈 Anthropic
🟰 Google
📉 OpenAI
📈 Anthropic
📉 OpenAI
Reposted by Joe Fabisevich
1/5 Plinky 5.1 is out today, with a lot of updates. But I want to start off by saying — hi — Plinky is on sale big time right now! You can get 50% off of 1 year of Plinky Pro, on top of already big price drops in 100+ countries. Definitely take advantage of this for a limited time!
🎁 plinky.app/pro
🎁 plinky.app/pro
November 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
1/5 Plinky 5.1 is out today, with a lot of updates. But I want to start off by saying — hi — Plinky is on sale big time right now! You can get 50% off of 1 year of Plinky Pro, on top of already big price drops in 100+ countries. Definitely take advantage of this for a limited time!
🎁 plinky.app/pro
🎁 plinky.app/pro
Reposted by Joe Fabisevich
4/5 If you still want to dive deeper — I will personally teach you whatever you want to know about Plinky. Head over to plinky.app/webinar and sign up for me to onboard you onto Plinky. I'll answer any question you have, listen to all your great ideas, plus I'm a pretty fun guy to chat with.
November 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
4/5 If you still want to dive deeper — I will personally teach you whatever you want to know about Plinky. Head over to plinky.app/webinar and sign up for me to onboard you onto Plinky. I'll answer any question you have, listen to all your great ideas, plus I'm a pretty fun guy to chat with.
I've been working super hard on Plinky 5.1, pretty much since the big iOS 26 release in September. I've also dramatically dropped prices for Plinky almost everywhere around the world. Combine that with Black Friday and this is Plinky's best deal ever, with more functionality than ever too.
1/5 Plinky 5.1 is out today, with a lot of updates. But I want to start off by saying — hi — Plinky is on sale big time right now! You can get 50% off of 1 year of Plinky Pro, on top of already big price drops in 100+ countries. Definitely take advantage of this for a limited time!
🎁 plinky.app/pro
🎁 plinky.app/pro
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I've been working super hard on Plinky 5.1, pretty much since the big iOS 26 release in September. I've also dramatically dropped prices for Plinky almost everywhere around the world. Combine that with Black Friday and this is Plinky's best deal ever, with more functionality than ever too.
Reposted by Joe Fabisevich
Did you know the term doctor wasn't originally applied to people in medicine?
The History of 'Doctor'
Just who qualifies as a doctor anyway?
www.merriam-webster.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Did you know the term doctor wasn't originally applied to people in medicine?
New motto for opium: The Original Opiate of the Masses
November 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
New motto for opium: The Original Opiate of the Masses
This was an interesting reply because it made me realize that not everyone does this. I know people vibecoding aren't reading the code, but the way I work is that every time the LLM writes code, I read the output and internalize it a little bit. (Which is how I guide the LLM to write better code.)
I found that manually refactoring the LLM output after each feature/bug fix/LLM-refactor helps with that. Somewhat.
Programming is like writing, it's a tool for my brain to model the problem and solution space. Without that, I'm kinda lost.
Programming is like writing, it's a tool for my brain to model the problem and solution space. Without that, I'm kinda lost.
November 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
This was an interesting reply because it made me realize that not everyone does this. I know people vibecoding aren't reading the code, but the way I work is that every time the LLM writes code, I read the output and internalize it a little bit. (Which is how I guide the LLM to write better code.)
You’re all so cynical. A more generous way of looking at this is that X is now a wealth transfer program, directly from the richest man in the world to some of the poorest people in developing nations. ❤️💜💙💚💛
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
You’re all so cynical. A more generous way of looking at this is that X is now a wealth transfer program, directly from the richest man in the world to some of the poorest people in developing nations. ❤️💜💙💚💛
Sleepy baby is all tuckered out and ready for bed.
November 23, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Sleepy baby is all tuckered out and ready for bed.
Pounce de Leon would be a good cat name.
November 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Pounce de Leon would be a good cat name.
Reposted by Joe Fabisevich
Guess they went through the same cycle we did, just in public. 🙃
Something the new X product dude is doing that I think is good is going through everything the previous Twitter teams had considered and documented, and actually shipping those features. My team worked on this and ultimately didn't ship it because of VPNs and such, but it's worth trying things out!
November 22, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Guess they went through the same cycle we did, just in public. 🙃
Truly happy that AT-native alternatives like @leaflet.pub and @pckt.blog have sprung up since then, sparing me from this hell.
One massively underrated feature of Bluesky is that you can’t write full length blog posts here, like the worst people on X do for some ungodly reason.
November 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Truly happy that AT-native alternatives like @leaflet.pub and @pckt.blog have sprung up since then, sparing me from this hell.
This isn't a website, it's a giant cookie banner with a download app button.
November 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM
This isn't a website, it's a giant cookie banner with a download app button.
The two genders are people who see Wicked For Good and those who don’t.
November 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The two genders are people who see Wicked For Good and those who don’t.
Reposted by Joe Fabisevich
It's Wicked Day, how good! 💚 Let's hope it's as good as the original, but in the meantime here's a thread of fun Wicked behind-the-scenes videos, podcasts, and reads to keep you going until showtime.
November 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
It's Wicked Day, how good! 💚 Let's hope it's as good as the original, but in the meantime here's a thread of fun Wicked behind-the-scenes videos, podcasts, and reads to keep you going until showtime.
This is borderline insulting. Legitimately one of the worst movies I've seen in years, and it's Recommended For Me?? Rude.
November 20, 2025 at 11:54 PM
This is borderline insulting. Legitimately one of the worst movies I've seen in years, and it's Recommended For Me?? Rude.
> In a world where anyone can build software, taste is the real differentiator.
The problem with people using this argument to defend their job security is that more have good taste than know how to build software. Ironically I see this argument a lot from people on LinkedIn who have little taste.
The problem with people using this argument to defend their job security is that more have good taste than know how to build software. Ironically I see this argument a lot from people on LinkedIn who have little taste.
November 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
> In a world where anyone can build software, taste is the real differentiator.
The problem with people using this argument to defend their job security is that more have good taste than know how to build software. Ironically I see this argument a lot from people on LinkedIn who have little taste.
The problem with people using this argument to defend their job security is that more have good taste than know how to build software. Ironically I see this argument a lot from people on LinkedIn who have little taste.
Wow, look at this globalist cuck.
November 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Wow, look at this globalist cuck.
Didn’t realize Grok was actually delivering on its promise of being a truth-seeking AI.
Elon Musk Could 'Drink Piss Better Than Any Human in History,' Grok Says
Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
www.404media.co
November 20, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Didn’t realize Grok was actually delivering on its promise of being a truth-seeking AI.
There are many ways to sleep in a bed, many of which I'd never considered before I had a cat.
November 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
There are many ways to sleep in a bed, many of which I'd never considered before I had a cat.
My most basic trait is that I will watch whatever cheugy Christmas romcom Netflix throws at me.
November 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
My most basic trait is that I will watch whatever cheugy Christmas romcom Netflix throws at me.
I sure would like to rank on the first page for granular effect pedal.
November 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I sure would like to rank on the first page for granular effect pedal.
I’m always saying Elon Musk is the LeBron James of fitness.
November 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I’m always saying Elon Musk is the LeBron James of fitness.
Love this analogy, @geoffreylitt.com nails it. There are so many things I have to do as a software developer that are not my primary goal or objective, and the power of AI is that it lets me do those things far more effectively so I can do the whole of my job better.
Code like a surgeon
www.geoffreylitt.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Love this analogy, @geoffreylitt.com nails it. There are so many things I have to do as a software developer that are not my primary goal or objective, and the power of AI is that it lets me do those things far more effectively so I can do the whole of my job better.