Amir Mohtasebi
@amir.dev
418 - I’m a teapot 🫖, Software Engineering 👨🏻💻, Organization Design, Running 🏃🏻♂️
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“Tomorrow is not guaranteed” is one of the quotes that reaffirms itself more frequently than one might expect.
October 23, 2025 at 5:16 AM
“Tomorrow is not guaranteed” is one of the quotes that reaffirms itself more frequently than one might expect.
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There's a really great MinutePhysics video about the aesthetics- and physics-based reasons for the number of wind turbine blades: youtu.be/pgqkti7yePk
October 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
There's a really great MinutePhysics video about the aesthetics- and physics-based reasons for the number of wind turbine blades: youtu.be/pgqkti7yePk
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FWIW, fediverse voted differently judging by the number of boosts earlier this year!
https://mastodon.social/@te_reo_bot/113890296381538907
#birdoftheyear #newzealand #aotearoa
https://mastodon.social/@te_reo_bot/113890296381538907
#birdoftheyear #newzealand #aotearoa
te reo word of the day (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image Weka: A large, brown flightless bird that has a famously feisty and curious personality. #aotearoa #newzealand
mastodon.social
September 29, 2025 at 5:51 AM
FWIW, fediverse voted differently judging by the number of boosts earlier this year!
https://mastodon.social/@te_reo_bot/113890296381538907
#birdoftheyear #newzealand #aotearoa
https://mastodon.social/@te_reo_bot/113890296381538907
#birdoftheyear #newzealand #aotearoa
Hard pill to swallow: for most people, federation and ownership of data, and evil corp using their data for malicious goals are not enough reasons to switch. People want - and deserve - good #UX and network effect which is very rare in #fediverse family.
September 22, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Hard pill to swallow: for most people, federation and ownership of data, and evil corp using their data for malicious goals are not enough reasons to switch. People want - and deserve - good #UX and network effect which is very rare in #fediverse family.
Chamonix is to runners what Burning Man or Lake Tahoe are to tech bros, or Banff is to finance bros.
No shade. I would love to go to any of those places.
No shade. I would love to go to any of those places.
September 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Chamonix is to runners what Burning Man or Lake Tahoe are to tech bros, or Banff is to finance bros.
No shade. I would love to go to any of those places.
No shade. I would love to go to any of those places.
People joining tech today have no understanding of the glorious days of the Contoso and Fabrikham corporations and all the complexities around integrations between their back-office applications.
September 18, 2025 at 8:42 AM
People joining tech today have no understanding of the glorious days of the Contoso and Fabrikham corporations and all the complexities around integrations between their back-office applications.
As an iPhone user, if you give me a phone with Google Maps, decent Camera, WhatsApp (Just because of my mom), Uber, Authy and some financial apps (negotiable) I will give it up for a dumb phone.
September 14, 2025 at 6:21 AM
As an iPhone user, if you give me a phone with Google Maps, decent Camera, WhatsApp (Just because of my mom), Uber, Authy and some financial apps (negotiable) I will give it up for a dumb phone.
You can tell a lot about how a software company doing by looking at their #DevRel folks. Is it a scripted, TikTok-style? Or is it by someone who is wearing suit, carrying business cards, and dropping corporate jargons every other sentence;
September 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
You can tell a lot about how a software company doing by looking at their #DevRel folks. Is it a scripted, TikTok-style? Or is it by someone who is wearing suit, carrying business cards, and dropping corporate jargons every other sentence;
"And the most important lesson of all is that the hard part is rarely building and delivering the solution; the hard part is discovering the right solution to build."
www.svpg.com/article-buil...
www.svpg.com/article-buil...
Build vs Buy in the Age of AI | Silicon Valley Product Group
A partnership dedicated to teaching best practices to product teams and product leaders
www.svpg.com
September 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
"And the most important lesson of all is that the hard part is rarely building and delivering the solution; the hard part is discovering the right solution to build."
www.svpg.com/article-buil...
www.svpg.com/article-buil...
The world is going through a lot right now, but this dog is doing just fine!
August 26, 2025 at 3:17 AM
The world is going through a lot right now, but this dog is doing just fine!
It took me 8 months but I finally uninstalled TikTok, Instagram, and this week YouTube from my phone. Still have the web version but that’s not addictive as much as the native apps.
The amount of available headspace is pretty noticeable.
The amount of available headspace is pretty noticeable.
August 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
It took me 8 months but I finally uninstalled TikTok, Instagram, and this week YouTube from my phone. Still have the web version but that’s not addictive as much as the native apps.
The amount of available headspace is pretty noticeable.
The amount of available headspace is pretty noticeable.
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Reposted by Amir Mohtasebi
Please purchase WinRAR
August 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Please purchase WinRAR
Some shots from couple of runs around Wānaka region
August 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Some shots from couple of runs around Wānaka region
I wish good and active software devs with real world experiences had more presence on podcasts and events surrounding the impact of agentic AI on the industry.
Celebrity engineers, managers, or CEOs are very present with their opinions and there is a great chance of self-fulfilling prophecy here.
Celebrity engineers, managers, or CEOs are very present with their opinions and there is a great chance of self-fulfilling prophecy here.
August 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I wish good and active software devs with real world experiences had more presence on podcasts and events surrounding the impact of agentic AI on the industry.
Celebrity engineers, managers, or CEOs are very present with their opinions and there is a great chance of self-fulfilling prophecy here.
Celebrity engineers, managers, or CEOs are very present with their opinions and there is a great chance of self-fulfilling prophecy here.
Inverse Agentic-AI effect: I'm reading more than ever to get a deep understanding of what the hell is going on behind the scenes of each framework or lib.
I need to keep an army of rogue agents who think they know a lot (but they are delusional) on track with my precise prompts.
I need to keep an army of rogue agents who think they know a lot (but they are delusional) on track with my precise prompts.
August 3, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Inverse Agentic-AI effect: I'm reading more than ever to get a deep understanding of what the hell is going on behind the scenes of each framework or lib.
I need to keep an army of rogue agents who think they know a lot (but they are delusional) on track with my precise prompts.
I need to keep an army of rogue agents who think they know a lot (but they are delusional) on track with my precise prompts.
I had the same experience and worked so hard because I had no other choice (had to convince an employer I worth the work visa). But if you have an option, moderation wins in mid to long term. Health and having fun are as important.
I was just getting a toehold post-college when the 2008 recession hit, and I had job after job fall out from underneath me over the span of 2 years.
It was rough at the time, but now I'm really glad that my first major career lesson was:
you can love your job but THE JOB DOES NOT LOVE YOU BACK
It was rough at the time, but now I'm really glad that my first major career lesson was:
you can love your job but THE JOB DOES NOT LOVE YOU BACK
My friends. This is not a good idea: www.wired.com/story/silico... - take it from every single wisdom tradition in the history of the world. You can love your work, but your work cannot love you back. Have more respect for yourself and your peers. Work hard. Do good work.
July 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I had the same experience and worked so hard because I had no other choice (had to convince an employer I worth the work visa). But if you have an option, moderation wins in mid to long term. Health and having fun are as important.
Lana Del Rey - Young and Beautiful
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July 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I had to explain the differences between efficiency, effectiveness, and productivity to myself and others so many times that I decided to document it for future reference:
amir.dev/2025/07/12/e...
#productivity #efficiency #effectiveness #tech
amir.dev/2025/07/12/e...
#productivity #efficiency #effectiveness #tech
Effectiveness, Efficiency, Productivity
Using right words in the right context can solve a lot of misalignments. This is my attempt to document my opinionated understanding of some of the engineering management terminologies, and use them a...
amir.dev
July 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I had to explain the differences between efficiency, effectiveness, and productivity to myself and others so many times that I decided to document it for future reference:
amir.dev/2025/07/12/e...
#productivity #efficiency #effectiveness #tech
amir.dev/2025/07/12/e...
#productivity #efficiency #effectiveness #tech
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Happy Winter solstice Australia.
June 20, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Happy Winter solstice Australia.
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Natalie Jane Parker.
'Silent Stare'
Barn Owl (Tyto Alba)
'Silent Stare'
Barn Owl (Tyto Alba)
June 12, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Natalie Jane Parker.
'Silent Stare'
Barn Owl (Tyto Alba)
'Silent Stare'
Barn Owl (Tyto Alba)
“… ELIZA effect was an important development in artificial intelligence, demonstrating the principle of using social engineering rather than explicit programming to pass a Turing test.”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA_e...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA_e...
ELIZA effect - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
June 2, 2025 at 3:06 AM
“… ELIZA effect was an important development in artificial intelligence, demonstrating the principle of using social engineering rather than explicit programming to pass a Turing test.”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA_e...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA_e...
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