Finished UNSONG. I’m grateful Scott Alexander wrote it, it was wonderful
At least on the same level as Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams. Some of those scenes in the book will be stuck in my head for the rest of my life
At least on the same level as Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams. Some of those scenes in the book will be stuck in my head for the rest of my life
January 31, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Finished UNSONG. I’m grateful Scott Alexander wrote it, it was wonderful
At least on the same level as Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams. Some of those scenes in the book will be stuck in my head for the rest of my life
At least on the same level as Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams. Some of those scenes in the book will be stuck in my head for the rest of my life
Mark of pride that my boss (who is very hardware-savvy) had a moment of disbelief when I told him how many hosts are operational in my homelab
January 31, 2026 at 3:59 AM
Mark of pride that my boss (who is very hardware-savvy) had a moment of disbelief when I told him how many hosts are operational in my homelab
Today I'm open-sourcing an internal tool I've been refining for a few years that helps manage changelogs and release notes
It's called hew, there's a spec and reference implementation, and it's open for collaboration if you're interested 🪓 (links to follow)
It's called hew, there's a spec and reference implementation, and it's open for collaboration if you're interested 🪓 (links to follow)
January 29, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Today I'm open-sourcing an internal tool I've been refining for a few years that helps manage changelogs and release notes
It's called hew, there's a spec and reference implementation, and it's open for collaboration if you're interested 🪓 (links to follow)
It's called hew, there's a spec and reference implementation, and it's open for collaboration if you're interested 🪓 (links to follow)
People talk about yearning for freedom from parental responsibilities but never the little things you miss during childhood. The little notes around the house. The snacks they make and share. The surprise un-flushed turds that jump scare you in every bathroom
January 29, 2026 at 3:48 AM
People talk about yearning for freedom from parental responsibilities but never the little things you miss during childhood. The little notes around the house. The snacks they make and share. The surprise un-flushed turds that jump scare you in every bathroom
Great news! I’ll be at FOSDEM. You can find me floating 35 meters above the venue covered in pitch and ash singing a song that will rend the earth in twain when the moon is at its zenith. Please toss me up cool stickers if you have any
January 27, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Great news! I’ll be at FOSDEM. You can find me floating 35 meters above the venue covered in pitch and ash singing a song that will rend the earth in twain when the moon is at its zenith. Please toss me up cool stickers if you have any
This is an ice-cold take but I think the boring answer is the right one: if you intentionally offload all decision-making to an LLM when writing software, you'll almost by definition get worse at making good software decisions as your skill atrophies
January 22, 2026 at 6:27 PM
This is an ice-cold take but I think the boring answer is the right one: if you intentionally offload all decision-making to an LLM when writing software, you'll almost by definition get worse at making good software decisions as your skill atrophies
I have inadvertently become a part-time toy manufacturer now that my sons have learned I can create plastic Pokémon figurines at-will with my 3d printer. Send help
January 21, 2026 at 5:33 PM
I have inadvertently become a part-time toy manufacturer now that my sons have learned I can create plastic Pokémon figurines at-will with my 3d printer. Send help
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Vibe coding doesn't make programming labor disappear
Vibe coding transmutes programming labor into code review labor and engineering management labor, both of which are (in my experience) more labor-intensive than programming
Vibe coding transmutes programming labor into code review labor and engineering management labor, both of which are (in my experience) more labor-intensive than programming
July 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Vibe coding doesn't make programming labor disappear
Vibe coding transmutes programming labor into code review labor and engineering management labor, both of which are (in my experience) more labor-intensive than programming
Vibe coding transmutes programming labor into code review labor and engineering management labor, both of which are (in my experience) more labor-intensive than programming
I tasted a wagyu steak for the first time last night and maybe it was better not knowing what exorbitantly-priced steak tastes like
May 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I tasted a wagyu steak for the first time last night and maybe it was better not knowing what exorbitantly-priced steak tastes like
I didn't know that a follow-up experiment to the double split experiment found that you could sort of un-collapse the wave??? wtf en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum...
Quantum eraser experiment - Wikipedia
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February 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I didn't know that a follow-up experiment to the double split experiment found that you could sort of un-collapse the wave??? wtf en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum...