Robert - DevOpsBob
@ruzitschka.at
dad, climber, bikes, runner, devops, team topologies, sw engineering
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@ruzitschka.at
· Jul 15
SendLog
SendLog is your personal climbing companion, designed to help you capture and relive every ascent. Record routes with voice or text, rate your climbs, and keep detailed offline logs — no signal requi...
apps.apple.com
New version of my iOS rock climbing journal app SendLog released!
New:
- track also top rope routes
- track repeats (and include them in the stats)
- better project handling
- enhanced daily stats
- smaller fixes
apps.apple.com/at/app/sendl...
New:
- track also top rope routes
- track repeats (and include them in the stats)
- better project handling
- enhanced daily stats
- smaller fixes
apps.apple.com/at/app/sendl...
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Democracy is an epistemic discipline, it only works if truth can constrain power. Without a faster, more transparent architecture for shared reality, the arc of democracy bends away from substance, through simulation, and toward authoritarianism. Without major action, it's the inevitable end state.
January 23, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Democracy is an epistemic discipline, it only works if truth can constrain power. Without a faster, more transparent architecture for shared reality, the arc of democracy bends away from substance, through simulation, and toward authoritarianism. Without major action, it's the inevitable end state.
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🧵 @jburnmurdoch.ft.com is spot on about the conditions in his FT piece. Liberal democracy held it together thanks to growth, good demographics, and the promise of a better future. Those days are gone, and that’s the "why" behind the erosion. However...
Democratic politicians have, though, pursued growth in GDP at the expense of other values. One response to @jburnmurdoch.ft.com pessimistic scenario is refocus on those values, combined with egalitarianism, sufficiency and quality of life. Not "it's the economy, stupid" but "it's the the society"
Is liberal democracy in terminal decline?
The old system worked under a set of conditions that are no longer present
www.ft.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:07 AM
🧵 @jburnmurdoch.ft.com is spot on about the conditions in his FT piece. Liberal democracy held it together thanks to growth, good demographics, and the promise of a better future. Those days are gone, and that’s the "why" behind the erosion. However...
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Un bar aux Folies-Bergère: a young barmaid serves a customer at the brightly lit balcony bar, and is reflected in the mirrored space; last major work (1882), by Édouard Manet, born #OTD 1832; first modernist painter, who revolutionised art in technique and subject matter.
Courtauld Gallery London
Courtauld Gallery London
January 23, 2026 at 6:01 AM
Un bar aux Folies-Bergère: a young barmaid serves a customer at the brightly lit balcony bar, and is reflected in the mirrored space; last major work (1882), by Édouard Manet, born #OTD 1832; first modernist painter, who revolutionised art in technique and subject matter.
Courtauld Gallery London
Courtauld Gallery London
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Neues Jahr, neue Freiheit Deluxe.
www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/urn:...
www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/urn:...
January 22, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Neues Jahr, neue Freiheit Deluxe.
www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/urn:...
www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/urn:...
As I wrote many times - the effort you spend in the creation of something is a metric for the respect you have for the people who will read, listen or watch.
I’m wondering what all this software is that people now make that it wasn’t worth for them learning programming for
And what all the articles are it wasn’t worth learning writing for.
And what all the art is that it wasn’t worth learning how to express yourself for.
And what all the articles are it wasn’t worth learning writing for.
And what all the art is that it wasn’t worth learning how to express yourself for.
January 22, 2026 at 8:23 PM
As I wrote many times - the effort you spend in the creation of something is a metric for the respect you have for the people who will read, listen or watch.
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Bearing in mind that human availability is constrained, if the cost of generating code plummeted, then at the same time the cost of (human) review skyrocketed.
As those costs shoot up, you tend to have less of it per unit of code.
As those costs shoot up, you tend to have less of it per unit of code.
January 22, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Bearing in mind that human availability is constrained, if the cost of generating code plummeted, then at the same time the cost of (human) review skyrocketed.
As those costs shoot up, you tend to have less of it per unit of code.
As those costs shoot up, you tend to have less of it per unit of code.
Well, the ladies are the ones with some spine and a sense of dignity. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
ECB’s Lagarde Left Davos VIP Dinner After Lutnick Slammed Europe
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde abruptly walked out of an invitation-only sit-down dinner in Davos after US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick started laying into Europe, according to...
www.bloomberg.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Well, the ladies are the ones with some spine and a sense of dignity. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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“No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent...And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.”
John Donne, English metaphysical poet, Dean of St Paul’s London; born #OTD 1572.
Portrait after Isaac Oliver, National Portrait Gallery London
John Donne, English metaphysical poet, Dean of St Paul’s London; born #OTD 1572.
Portrait after Isaac Oliver, National Portrait Gallery London
January 22, 2026 at 6:02 AM
“No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent...And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.”
John Donne, English metaphysical poet, Dean of St Paul’s London; born #OTD 1572.
Portrait after Isaac Oliver, National Portrait Gallery London
John Donne, English metaphysical poet, Dean of St Paul’s London; born #OTD 1572.
Portrait after Isaac Oliver, National Portrait Gallery London
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The disconnect between management and employee on AI usage is big. At the same time, CEOs are reporting they aren't seeing any revenue growth from AI.
🤷
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/wo...
🤷
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/wo...
CEOs Say AI Is Making Work More Efficient. Employees Tell a Different Story.
How much time workers say the technology saves them on the job is vastly different from what executives report.
www.wsj.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:07 PM
The disconnect between management and employee on AI usage is big. At the same time, CEOs are reporting they aren't seeing any revenue growth from AI.
🤷
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/wo...
🤷
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/wo...
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i've rarely seen or even read about such blatantly unambiguous interlocking directorate behavior?? just irrational investment despite all evidence because the finance class likes AI's political power. i'm sure historians have better cases but this stands out to me.
January 21, 2026 at 2:31 PM
i've rarely seen or even read about such blatantly unambiguous interlocking directorate behavior?? just irrational investment despite all evidence because the finance class likes AI's political power. i'm sure historians have better cases but this stands out to me.
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Back in the Gilded Age.
January 20, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Back in the Gilded Age.
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“I haven’t been able to find any wind farms in China”
January 21, 2026 at 3:10 PM
“I haven’t been able to find any wind farms in China”
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💥 I did a drawing that breaks down Transformers in AI
Spent a good amount of time on this one, breaking down concepts in a way that someone new to the subject could come away with basic high-level understanding. I hope it's useful!
Spent a good amount of time on this one, breaking down concepts in a way that someone new to the subject could come away with basic high-level understanding. I hope it's useful!
January 20, 2026 at 2:02 PM
💥 I did a drawing that breaks down Transformers in AI
Spent a good amount of time on this one, breaking down concepts in a way that someone new to the subject could come away with basic high-level understanding. I hope it's useful!
Spent a good amount of time on this one, breaking down concepts in a way that someone new to the subject could come away with basic high-level understanding. I hope it's useful!
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No one can be watching this Davos speech and reach any conclusion but that the President of the United States is mentally disturbed and that something is deeply wrong with him. This is both embarrassing and extremely dangerous.
January 21, 2026 at 2:49 PM
No one can be watching this Davos speech and reach any conclusion but that the President of the United States is mentally disturbed and that something is deeply wrong with him. This is both embarrassing and extremely dangerous.
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I was present for the birth of the web, the explosion of personal sites, and the blogging revolution, and you know what we never had to do? Beg people to use our shit.
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:19 AM
I was present for the birth of the web, the explosion of personal sites, and the blogging revolution, and you know what we never had to do? Beg people to use our shit.
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I appreciate the sentiment here, but it is only honest to say that the United States will never be the same again. The U.S. that led the world in scientific research in so many disciplines is done. It may be possible someday for some to be rebuilt, but why would any other country trust us again?
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 11:45 PM
I appreciate the sentiment here, but it is only honest to say that the United States will never be the same again. The U.S. that led the world in scientific research in so many disciplines is done. It may be possible someday for some to be rebuilt, but why would any other country trust us again?
What? An astounding level of impertinence. This is almost Trump-level.
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns AI boom could falter without wider adoption
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
giftarticle.ft.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:51 PM
What? An astounding level of impertinence. This is almost Trump-level.
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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purveyor of fine OSINT techniques, @harrris0n on twitter, is exposing insecure vibecoded AI slop apps in the Apple store & has put them in a database. all of these apps are exposed/leaking user data right now. you can check if anything on your phone is doing this by going to firehound.covertlabs.io
Firehound | Security Operations
Industrial management platform for Firehound-Go scans.
firehound.covertlabs.io
January 20, 2026 at 4:52 AM
purveyor of fine OSINT techniques, @harrris0n on twitter, is exposing insecure vibecoded AI slop apps in the Apple store & has put them in a database. all of these apps are exposed/leaking user data right now. you can check if anything on your phone is doing this by going to firehound.covertlabs.io
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Our new paper (with @biotay.bsky.social) is out and on the cover story of @currentbiology.bsky.social !!!! Veronika, a Carinthian mountain cow flexibly uses a “multi-purpose tool” to scratch herself. A video and more information will follow in the comments.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
January 19, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Our new paper (with @biotay.bsky.social) is out and on the cover story of @currentbiology.bsky.social !!!! Veronika, a Carinthian mountain cow flexibly uses a “multi-purpose tool” to scratch herself. A video and more information will follow in the comments.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
This why this “human in the loop” thingie may not work so well always.
Debugging existing code is harder than writing new code, precisely because you need to have a mental model of what that code is doing and what you want it to do.
This is even more difficult if you don't already know the language you're using.
This is even more difficult if you don't already know the language you're using.
January 19, 2026 at 5:55 PM
This why this “human in the loop” thingie may not work so well always.
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Das ist Gregory Bovino, führender N... ähm Befehlshaber der ICE-Truppen.
Ich will bitte kein Wort mehr über "unnötige Vergleiche" hören.
Ich will bitte kein Wort mehr über "unnötige Vergleiche" hören.
There is simply no world in which this clothing choice is a coincidence.
January 19, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Das ist Gregory Bovino, führender N... ähm Befehlshaber der ICE-Truppen.
Ich will bitte kein Wort mehr über "unnötige Vergleiche" hören.
Ich will bitte kein Wort mehr über "unnötige Vergleiche" hören.
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Nikita Prokopov points out all the inconsistencies, in the icons of Tahoe, the new Mac operating system. The “fifty shades of new” made my day. If you can’t find a good metaphor, using no icon is better than using a bad, confusing, or nonsensical icon.
tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-i...
tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-i...
January 19, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Nikita Prokopov points out all the inconsistencies, in the icons of Tahoe, the new Mac operating system. The “fifty shades of new” made my day. If you can’t find a good metaphor, using no icon is better than using a bad, confusing, or nonsensical icon.
tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-i...
tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-i...
Nice article. Agents are cool in a way but what they don't incentivise is useful and good solutions.
Weekend thoughts on Gas Town, Beads, slop AI browsers, and AI-generated PRs flooding overwhelmed maintainers. I don't think we're ready for our new powers we're wielding. lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/1/18/ag...
Agent Psychosis: Are We Going Insane?
What’s going on with the AI builder community right now?
lucumr.pocoo.org
January 19, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Nice article. Agents are cool in a way but what they don't incentivise is useful and good solutions.
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Weekend thoughts on Gas Town, Beads, slop AI browsers, and AI-generated PRs flooding overwhelmed maintainers. I don't think we're ready for our new powers we're wielding. lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/1/18/ag...
Agent Psychosis: Are We Going Insane?
What’s going on with the AI builder community right now?
lucumr.pocoo.org
January 18, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Weekend thoughts on Gas Town, Beads, slop AI browsers, and AI-generated PRs flooding overwhelmed maintainers. I don't think we're ready for our new powers we're wielding. lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/1/18/ag...
Assuming "Human in the Loop" as a precondition good enough is not going to work.
Pretty much every non-hype defense of LLM products begins with "first you must already understand your work extremely well, have ironclad ethics, and also verify all of its outputs in their entirety" and these are simply not realistic conditions for a product to *require* before it can be useful.
January 19, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Assuming "Human in the Loop" as a precondition good enough is not going to work.