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Software engineer | Health & fitness enthusiast. Building Thrive Adapt to help you optimize nutrition, track vitamins & minerals, and level up your biology.

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Alexander Kazanski @alexkazanski.bsky.social · 3d

Thrive Adapt:
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Alexander Kazanski

@alexkazanski.bsky.social

Cool 💯

Kristina Gligoric @gligoric.bsky.social · 9d

I'm recruiting multiple PhD students for Fall 2026 in Computer Science at @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social 🍂

Apply to work on AI for social sciences/human behavior, social NLP, and LLMs for real-world applied domains you're passionate about!

Learn more at kristinagligoric.com & help spread the word!

November 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM

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Toby Murray

@tobycmurray.bsky.social

Andrew’s conclusions here are spot on, IMO, and should be instilled in every PhD student. This is especially true in computer science where PhD supervisors cannot physically check every single line of code that a student writes, yet experimental validity of hinges on code correctness

Andrew Perfors @perfors.net · 7d

Getting nervous for the talk I'm about to give at a workshop about "using AI to drive impact" which features slides such as these.

Slide is titled: You don't need to use LLMs.

Science is a process of collaborative meaning making, by which we try to understand the world

Even if AI were perfect, we rely on it at our peril — it is not science if we (i.e., humanity as a whole) do not understand and cannot recapitulate all parts of it

I very, very rarely use LLMs myself. You can give yourself permission not to. Don’t FOMO yourself into it

Conclusion: Don't rely on something you don't understand and can't control

If you must use LLMS:

1. Treat them like you would an intern: only use them for things you can easily and thoroughly check

2. Make your process as robust as possible

3. Be aware of your own (human) cognitive biases

November 6, 2025 at 11:44 PM

Alexander Kazanski

@alexkazanski.bsky.social

Thrive Adapt:
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Thrive Adapt

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November 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM

Alexander Kazanski

@alexkazanski.bsky.social

Sweet!

TypeScript @typescriptlang.org · Aug 1

TypeScript 5.9 is now available! 📣

This release brings:

✅ An updated tsc --init
✅ Type-checking for the new 'import defer'
✅ Actual summaries in more DOM APIs
✅ Expandable quick info hovers (✨preview✨)

and more! Read up more on our blog:

devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/a...

Announcing TypeScript 5.9 - TypeScript

Today we are excited to announce the release of TypeScript 5.9! If you’re not familiar with TypeScript, it’s a language that builds on JavaScript by adding syntax for types. With types, TypeScript mak...

devblogs.microsoft.com

October 30, 2025 at 11:20 AM

Reposted by Alexander Kazanski

TypeScript

@typescriptlang.org

Big news in this year's GitHub Octoverse report: TypeScript is now the most-used language on GitHub!

We are thrilled and grateful to see the TypeScript and JavaScript community continue to grow and thrive. 🚀

Read up more at github.blog/news-insight...

Octoverse: A new developer joins GitHub every second as AI leads TypeScript to #1

In this year’s Octoverse, we uncover how AI, agents, and typed languages are driving the biggest shifts in software development in more than a decade.

github.blog

October 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM

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TypeScript

@typescriptlang.org

Today we're thrilled to announce our effort to port the TypeScript compiler and language service to native code, gaining a 10x speed boost in build times and editor responsiveness!

devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/t...

A 10x Faster TypeScript - TypeScript

Embarking on a native port of the existing TypeScript compiler and toolset to achieve a 10x performance speed-up.

devblogs.microsoft.com

March 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM

Alexander Kazanski

@alexkazanski.bsky.social

Interesting 💡

JavaScript @javascriptjs.bsky.social · Dec 28

Redux example ->

October 30, 2025 at 11:20 AM

Alexander Kazanski

@alexkazanski.bsky.social

Cool

Liroy Leshed @liroy.bsky.social · Oct 2

Our bug/issue/idea tracker Squeezer is also coming. And it's got a lot of lemons. 🍋

October 30, 2025 at 11:18 AM

Reposted by Alexander Kazanski

react.dev

@react.dev

We are excited to announce @infinite.red, Old Mission, @arcjet.com, and @renderatl.com as React Conf silver sponsors this year!

October 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM

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react.dev

@react.dev

Join the Discord to chat with fellow attendees and submit your questions for speakers to answer on the livestream: discord.gg/reactconf

Join the React Conf 2025 Discord Server!

Offical React Conf 2025 Discord Server | 628 members

discord.gg

October 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM

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react.dev

@react.dev

Watch the livestream at conf.react.dev or YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyVR...

React Conf 2025 Day 1

YouTube video by React Conf

www.youtube.com

October 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM

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react.dev

@react.dev

Read more here: react.dev/blog/2025/10...

Introducing the React Foundation – React

The library for web and native user interfaces

react.dev

October 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM

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react.dev

@react.dev

Introducing the React Foundation

October 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM

Reposted by Alexander Kazanski

react.dev

@react.dev

Join the Discord to chat with fellow attendees and submit your questions for speakers to answer on the livestream: discord.gg/reactconf

Join the React Conf 2025 Discord Server!

Offical React Conf 2025 Discord Server | 1028 members

discord.gg

October 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM

Reposted by Alexander Kazanski

react.dev

@react.dev

Watch the livestream at conf.react.dev or YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9Oc...

React Conf 2025 Day 2

YouTube video by React Conf

www.youtube.com

October 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM

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react.dev

@react.dev

React Conf 2025 is a wrap! Check out the recap: react.dev/blog/2025/10...

React Conf 2025 Recap – React

The library for web and native user interfaces

react.dev

October 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM

Reposted by Alexander Kazanski

Jason K Pargin, author

@jasonkpargin.bsky.social

Fun fact: it costs $21,000 to change the oil in a Bugatti Veyron, the process takes 27 hours

October 21, 2025 at 4:36 AM

Reposted by Alexander Kazanski

POMARANC

@pomaranc.bsky.social

🌕🇬🇧 Supermoon Over Big Ben – Palace of Westminster, London ✨
The Supermoon rises above London’s iconic skyline, perfectly aligned with Big Ben (the Elizabeth Tower) at the Palace of Westminster.

📸 Otherworld Earth

#travel #photography

October 12, 2025 at 8:48 AM

Reposted by Alexander Kazanski

Sean Marier

@seanmarier.bsky.social

WHITE CLIFFS & BLUE SKIES
Dover, Kent

The forecast called for a rare clear day, so I hopped on the first train from London — caffeine in hand. Totally worth it!

Fun Fact: my phone thought I was in France! 🤣🤷🏻‍♂️

IG: seanmarier

#photography #travel #travelphotography #uk #england #whitecliffsofdover