Peter Berger
@peterb.bsky.social
effort + coffee = software. See also @[email protected]
I think AI doomerism is misguided, but I also think it's a reaction to industry misuse and abuse of AI. The best example of this right now is Google's "LLM answers to searches first" policy. (1/7)
November 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I think AI doomerism is misguided, but I also think it's a reaction to industry misuse and abuse of AI. The best example of this right now is Google's "LLM answers to searches first" policy. (1/7)
When I think about AI, I think a lot about the Concorde SST. The lesson the Concorde teaches is: just because a technology is possible doesn't mean it's viable to operate in business. (1/3)
November 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
When I think about AI, I think a lot about the Concorde SST. The lesson the Concorde teaches is: just because a technology is possible doesn't mean it's viable to operate in business. (1/3)
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I regret to inform you that I am back on my bullshit and deployed a 10Gbps aggregation switch because I had a need for (checks notes) absolutely nothing, this is a complete waste of time and money but I wanted to do it anyway.
November 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I regret to inform you that I am back on my bullshit and deployed a 10Gbps aggregation switch because I had a need for (checks notes) absolutely nothing, this is a complete waste of time and money but I wanted to do it anyway.
The amount of money you would have to PAY ME to live in any of the top five choices here would bankrupt a small European principality.
Bluesky: “Obviously the housing crisis is the only reason anyone would choose to live outside of NYC”
Actual Americans: “Vegas, baby!”
Actual Americans: “Vegas, baby!”
November 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The amount of money you would have to PAY ME to live in any of the top five choices here would bankrupt a small European principality.
One reason I make my YouTube videos where I make lots of mistakes while coding on stream is to serve as an antidote to the Type Of Person (inevitably running an Agile consulting scam) whose constantly posts dumb takes like "I would simply choose not to write code with bugs." (1/5)
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
One reason I make my YouTube videos where I make lots of mistakes while coding on stream is to serve as an antidote to the Type Of Person (inevitably running an Agile consulting scam) whose constantly posts dumb takes like "I would simply choose not to write code with bugs." (1/5)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They, Charlie Brown?
I have no mouth and I must scream, Charlie Brown
Someday a real rain will come, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 3:06 AM
They Shoot Horses, Don't They, Charlie Brown?
Let's do a deep dive into simple recursive logic and make every mistake it's possible to make. Continuing with Set3a of Haskell Mooc, created by @[email protected] and Antti Laaksonen!
youtu.be/FYsbD1LNJZI
youtu.be/FYsbD1LNJZI
Sum Rights Have All The Luck: Haskell MOOC: Set 3a:
YouTube video by Tea Leaves
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Let's do a deep dive into simple recursive logic and make every mistake it's possible to make. Continuing with Set3a of Haskell Mooc, created by @[email protected] and Antti Laaksonen!
youtu.be/FYsbD1LNJZI
youtu.be/FYsbD1LNJZI
Make _Gamera Minus Zero_, cowards.
November 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Make _Gamera Minus Zero_, cowards.
People, calm down about Blue Prince not getting the nomination for GOTY: see, the GOTY nomination is done by rolling dice and Blue Prince just didn't draft the right path to the nomination on this run, it can try again next year.
November 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
People, calm down about Blue Prince not getting the nomination for GOTY: see, the GOTY nomination is done by rolling dice and Blue Prince just didn't draft the right path to the nomination on this run, it can try again next year.
By pure coincidence I flew out of PIT today and rode this train and I did NOT get one of these stickers, and I have never been so upset in my entire life.
@opg.bsky.social
@opg.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 2:25 AM
By pure coincidence I flew out of PIT today and rode this train and I did NOT get one of these stickers, and I have never been so upset in my entire life.
@opg.bsky.social
@opg.bsky.social
Counterpoint: this was not a lie in any sense. It was absolutely true.
The greatest lie the 80s told young computer users is that programming would be as magical an experience as the programming textbooks of the 80s promised.
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Counterpoint: this was not a lie in any sense. It was absolutely true.
Despite making the mistake 473819547 times, I will never ever ever remember the distinction between `brew update` and `brew upgrade`.
November 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Despite making the mistake 473819547 times, I will never ever ever remember the distinction between `brew update` and `brew upgrade`.
Sunday morning Haskell streaming. Let's do the last 3 exercises in Set 4a. Posted for a limited time; the edited / selected exercises version will be on my channel in about 2 weeks.
youtube.com/live/JtyDL9s...
youtube.com/live/JtyDL9s...
Haskell MOOC: Lecture 4a, Stay Classy (Part 3)
YouTube video by Tea Leaves
youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Sunday morning Haskell streaming. Let's do the last 3 exercises in Set 4a. Posted for a limited time; the edited / selected exercises version will be on my channel in about 2 weeks.
youtube.com/live/JtyDL9s...
youtube.com/live/JtyDL9s...
My favorite story about my late dad is that he got kicked out of a casino when he was around 10 years old on a family trip because he was calculating the odds on the slots with a pen and paper.
going to Vegas a few times as a child really was such an effective way to learn early that there is no glamour or honor in gambling
down that path lies merely lung-cancer induced tracheotomy holes and the most embarrassing genuses of divorce
down that path lies merely lung-cancer induced tracheotomy holes and the most embarrassing genuses of divorce
Sounds like being in Circus Circus in 1991.
November 16, 2025 at 2:18 AM
My favorite story about my late dad is that he got kicked out of a casino when he was around 10 years old on a family trip because he was calculating the odds on the slots with a pen and paper.
Saturday Night's Alright For Haskell Streaming youtube.com/live/Z-E6C7F...
Haskell MOOC: Lecture 4a, Stay Classy (Part 2)
YouTube video by Tea Leaves
youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Saturday Night's Alright For Haskell Streaming youtube.com/live/Z-E6C7F...
can we agree that the medieval "dancing plague" is CLEARLY bullshit that never happened ever, and we all just pretend it did because some moron fucking monks repeated the myth and our society's systems are engineered to make us believe religious people when they say things that are clearly false.
November 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
can we agree that the medieval "dancing plague" is CLEARLY bullshit that never happened ever, and we all just pretend it did because some moron fucking monks repeated the myth and our society's systems are engineered to make us believe religious people when they say things that are clearly false.
Saturday morning Haskell-streaming. Problem Set 4a from the Haskell MOOC, "Real Classy".
youtube.com/live/Wz-qFDc...
Source material is at haskell.mooc.fi.
youtube.com/live/Wz-qFDc...
Source material is at haskell.mooc.fi.
Haskell MOOC: Lecture 4a, Real Classy
YouTube video by Tea Leaves
youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Saturday morning Haskell-streaming. Problem Set 4a from the Haskell MOOC, "Real Classy".
youtube.com/live/Wz-qFDc...
Source material is at haskell.mooc.fi.
youtube.com/live/Wz-qFDc...
Source material is at haskell.mooc.fi.
Maybe 15 years ago my credit card had a thing where you could go to their web site and generate a new virtual card number and say "This number can spend up to $53 and no more" and this was the height of all human technology and I'm absolutely furious that no one supports this any longer.
November 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Maybe 15 years ago my credit card had a thing where you could go to their web site and generate a new virtual card number and say "This number can spend up to $53 and no more" and this was the height of all human technology and I'm absolutely furious that no one supports this any longer.
Let's take a look at selected exercises from the Haskell MOOC's problem set 2!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7icH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7icH...
Haskell MOOC Problem Set 2
YouTube video by Tea Leaves
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Let's take a look at selected exercises from the Haskell MOOC's problem set 2!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7icH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7icH...
"This change can't possibly break anything" is the most dangerous sentence in an engineer's vocabulary.
November 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
"This change can't possibly break anything" is the most dangerous sentence in an engineer's vocabulary.
It would be extremely funny if every time Fetterman got gently bopped on the head he switched from having extreme right-wing views to left-wing views and vice-versa.
John Fetterman was transported to a hospital this morning after falling and hitting his face.
Docs discovered he'd had a ventricular fibrillation flare-up, a form of sudden cardiac arrest. His office says he's doing well and “receiving routine observation." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Docs discovered he'd had a ventricular fibrillation flare-up, a form of sudden cardiac arrest. His office says he's doing well and “receiving routine observation." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
John Fetterman Hospitalized After Fall
www.huffpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
It would be extremely funny if every time Fetterman got gently bopped on the head he switched from having extreme right-wing views to left-wing views and vice-versa.
Watching _V For Vendetta_ and hoo boy I never thought I'd be living through it.
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Watching _V For Vendetta_ and hoo boy I never thought I'd be living through it.