Alex Raza
@alexraza.tech
🧙♂️ Software engineer
🧿 github.com/lizardcat | alexraza.tech
🪄 Java | Python | Elixir
📍 Nairobi, Kenya
🧿 github.com/lizardcat | alexraza.tech
🪄 Java | Python | Elixir
📍 Nairobi, Kenya
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Can’t see any reason for sw engineers to choose Windows with this weird direction they are doubling down on
So odd because Microsoft has building dev tools in their DNA… their OS doesn’t look like anything a builder who wants OS control could choose
Mac or Linux it is for devs
So odd because Microsoft has building dev tools in their DNA… their OS doesn’t look like anything a builder who wants OS control could choose
Mac or Linux it is for devs
November 13, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Can’t see any reason for sw engineers to choose Windows with this weird direction they are doubling down on
So odd because Microsoft has building dev tools in their DNA… their OS doesn’t look like anything a builder who wants OS control could choose
Mac or Linux it is for devs
So odd because Microsoft has building dev tools in their DNA… their OS doesn’t look like anything a builder who wants OS control could choose
Mac or Linux it is for devs
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The earliest known example of ‘brain rot’ comes from Henry David Thoreau in his 1854 book “Walden.”
“While England endeavors to cure the potato-rot, will not any endeavor to cure the brain-rot, which prevails so much more widely and fatally?”
“While England endeavors to cure the potato-rot, will not any endeavor to cure the brain-rot, which prevails so much more widely and fatally?”
October 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The earliest known example of ‘brain rot’ comes from Henry David Thoreau in his 1854 book “Walden.”
“While England endeavors to cure the potato-rot, will not any endeavor to cure the brain-rot, which prevails so much more widely and fatally?”
“While England endeavors to cure the potato-rot, will not any endeavor to cure the brain-rot, which prevails so much more widely and fatally?”
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This isn’t a hard-and-fast rule, but if a sentence starts with ‘per’ it’s usually a bummer.
October 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This isn’t a hard-and-fast rule, but if a sentence starts with ‘per’ it’s usually a bummer.
“We believe that in the near future half the people on the planet will be AI, and we are the company that’s bringing those people to life,” said CEO Jeanine Wright.
🤖📈😀
🤖📈😀
AI Slop Startup To Flood The Internet With Thousands Of AI Slop Podcasts, Calls Critics Of AI Slop ‘Luddites’
So look, I’m not one of these people who thinks “AI” has no useful applications. Just this week I had an efficient conversation with a Gemini chatbot when trying to cancel a Googl…
www.techdirt.com
September 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
“We believe that in the near future half the people on the planet will be AI, and we are the company that’s bringing those people to life,” said CEO Jeanine Wright.
🤖📈😀
🤖📈😀
A must watch 👏
August 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
A must watch 👏
If this ain't the truth lol
The evolution of "vibe coding production software as a non-dev" the last few months
Success stories do exist... ones I see all come from people who are/were software engineers
Learning to code / build software not a waste after all?
Success stories do exist... ones I see all come from people who are/were software engineers
Learning to code / build software not a waste after all?
August 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
If this ain't the truth lol
How Google search feels lately...
July 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
How Google search feels lately...
This is a really interesting solution for the AI bot scraper problem!
The Open-Source Software Saving the Internet From AI Bot Scrapers
Anubis, which block AI scrapers from scraping websites to death, has been downloaded almost 200,000 times.
www.404media.co
July 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This is a really interesting solution for the AI bot scraper problem!
Truly a terrible time to get locked out of your Microsoft account
Microsoft to cut 9,000 jobs as chatbots take over
Tech giant sheds 4pc of workforce as executives order staff to hand tasks to AI
www.telegraph.co.uk
July 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Truly a terrible time to get locked out of your Microsoft account
...well yes 😂
MIT brain scans suggest that using GenAI tools reduces cognitive activity
The newly published paper explains that as participants in an experiment wrote a series of essays, electronic brain monitoring revealed substantially weaker connections between regions of the...
www.techspot.com
June 21, 2025 at 8:32 AM
...well yes 😂
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HBO’s Silicon Valley on vibe coding in 2019. I miss this show.
June 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
HBO’s Silicon Valley on vibe coding in 2019. I miss this show.
A court is forcing OpenAI to save all ChatGPT logs, even the ones you delete.
If you're serious about privacy, it's time to go local.
LLaMA or any local LLM > cloud-based black boxes. No logs. No court orders. Just your machine.
If you're serious about privacy, it's time to go local.
LLaMA or any local LLM > cloud-based black boxes. No logs. No court orders. Just your machine.
June 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
A court is forcing OpenAI to save all ChatGPT logs, even the ones you delete.
If you're serious about privacy, it's time to go local.
LLaMA or any local LLM > cloud-based black boxes. No logs. No court orders. Just your machine.
If you're serious about privacy, it's time to go local.
LLaMA or any local LLM > cloud-based black boxes. No logs. No court orders. Just your machine.
Sometimes it really do be like that 😂
June 4, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Sometimes it really do be like that 😂
I'm starting to think the real singularity is when there's nothing left without AI.
Even Notepad.exe is in on it now 🫠
Even Notepad.exe is in on it now 🫠
In 3.5 years, Notepad.exe has gone from “barely maintained” to “it writes for you”
AI features in Windows are gradually becoming more widespread and inescapable.
arstechnica.com
May 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I'm starting to think the real singularity is when there's nothing left without AI.
Even Notepad.exe is in on it now 🫠
Even Notepad.exe is in on it now 🫠
Now that WSL is open-source, I decided to give it another look.
Spoiler: it’s way better than I remember. Windows + Ubuntu in one box, no VM overhead, full CLI access to my files. Setup took minutes.
Wrote about the process here:
Spoiler: it’s way better than I remember. Windows + Ubuntu in one box, no VM overhead, full CLI access to my files. Setup took minutes.
Wrote about the process here:
How to Install and Use WSL on Windows 11 (with Ubuntu)
If you’re like me, you’ve probably found yourself jumping between Windows and Linux for different parts of your workflow. Windows has come a long way, and one of its most compelling additions is the W...
alexraza.tech
May 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Now that WSL is open-source, I decided to give it another look.
Spoiler: it’s way better than I remember. Windows + Ubuntu in one box, no VM overhead, full CLI access to my files. Setup took minutes.
Wrote about the process here:
Spoiler: it’s way better than I remember. Windows + Ubuntu in one box, no VM overhead, full CLI access to my files. Setup took minutes.
Wrote about the process here:
VS Code is open-sourcing the Copilot extension! 😀
VS Code: Open Source AI Editor
We will open source the GitHub Copilot Chat extension. It’s the next step towards making VS Code an open source AI editor.
code.visualstudio.com
May 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
VS Code is open-sourcing the Copilot extension! 😀
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Speaking of people using AI for college papers or work... WIRED surveyed 730 coders and developers about how (and how often) they use AI chatbots on the job...
The results amazed (and disturbed us). Read here:
www.wired.com/story/how-so...
The results amazed (and disturbed us). Read here:
www.wired.com/story/how-so...
May 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Speaking of people using AI for college papers or work... WIRED surveyed 730 coders and developers about how (and how often) they use AI chatbots on the job...
The results amazed (and disturbed us). Read here:
www.wired.com/story/how-so...
The results amazed (and disturbed us). Read here:
www.wired.com/story/how-so...
Cursor is now free for students. Good news or recipe for disaster or both 🤔
Cursor is now free for Students
Cursor is now free for students! If you're a student and haven’t tried Cursor yet, now’s the time....
dev.to
May 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Cursor is now free for students. Good news or recipe for disaster or both 🤔
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Some great recs here!
Follow ‘em all 😎🤘
May 5, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Some great recs here!
Skype is officially gone today. Not sure I'll miss it, but it's definitely the end of an era 😢
Microsoft to close Skype on Monday - UPI.com
Skype debuted in 2003 and was an early disruptor in online communications, but Microsoft says it's time to close Skype and focus on its Teams video conferencing platform.
www.upi.com
May 5, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Skype is officially gone today. Not sure I'll miss it, but it's definitely the end of an era 😢
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Good morning Happy Earth Day
April 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Good morning Happy Earth Day
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AI now writes 20% of Salesforce’s production code — but instead of replacing developers, it’s turning them into strategic copilots.🤖💡
Read more: venturebeat.com/ai/this-ai-a... #ArtificialIntelligence #SoftwareDevelopment #FutureOfWork #GenerativeAI #Salesforce
Read more: venturebeat.com/ai/this-ai-a... #ArtificialIntelligence #SoftwareDevelopment #FutureOfWork #GenerativeAI #Salesforce
This AI already writes 20% of Salesforce’s code. Here’s why developers aren’t worried
Salesforce reveals how AI now writes 20% of its code but developers aren't vanishing — they're evolving into strategic architects who orchestrate AI systems while focusing on customer needs and busine...
venturebeat.com
April 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
AI now writes 20% of Salesforce’s production code — but instead of replacing developers, it’s turning them into strategic copilots.🤖💡
Read more: venturebeat.com/ai/this-ai-a... #ArtificialIntelligence #SoftwareDevelopment #FutureOfWork #GenerativeAI #Salesforce
Read more: venturebeat.com/ai/this-ai-a... #ArtificialIntelligence #SoftwareDevelopment #FutureOfWork #GenerativeAI #Salesforce
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"GitHub Copilot, Microsoft-owned GitHub’s AI coding assistant, could soon become costlier for some users": GitHub Copilot introduces new limits, charges for 'premium' AI models | TechCrunch
GitHub Copilot introduces new limits, charges for 'premium' AI models | TechCrunch
GitHub Copilot, Microsoft-owned GitHub's AI coding assistant, could soon become costlier for some users, thanks to new limits.
buff.ly
April 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"GitHub Copilot, Microsoft-owned GitHub’s AI coding assistant, could soon become costlier for some users": GitHub Copilot introduces new limits, charges for 'premium' AI models | TechCrunch
Learn how to create a voting bot without writing any code
Vote Bot: Create a Voting Bot Without Coding | HackerNoon
Learn how to create a voting bot without coding using Automatio.ai. This guide helps you automate votes for online polls and contests.
hackernoon.com
April 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Learn how to create a voting bot without writing any code