Adam Compton
@comptona.bsky.social
Dad, husband, and principal engineer @ https://wayve.ai. Anyone can break one computer, but if you want to break thousands of computers at the same time you need a professional. Also enjoys reading everything that's not nailed down and pixel art.
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Adam Compton
@comptona.bsky.social
· Sep 7
There is an arcane ceremony known to only a few dozen people in the world that controls and secures the vast, vast majority of traffic on the internet
One might say, "strong ceiling, no floor".
My read of the economy is that consumer commodities have gotten cheaper, but the things which you need for upward mobility in the economy (education, housing) have become inaccessible while things which can send you down the economic ladder (healthcare costs) continue to worsen
December 2, 2025 at 11:33 PM
One might say, "strong ceiling, no floor".
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I finally got around to writing up my thoughts about the recent Cloudflare outage.
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Brief thoughts on the recent Cloudflare outage
I was at QCon SF during the recent Cloudflare outage (I was hosting the Stories Behind the Incidents track), so I hadn’t had a real chance to sit down and do a proper read-through of their pu…
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November 27, 2025 at 5:43 AM
I finally got around to writing up my thoughts about the recent Cloudflare outage.
surfingcomplexity.blog/2025/11/26/b...
surfingcomplexity.blog/2025/11/26/b...
A man who needs a robot to insult his friends doesn't actually have any friends, just lackeys. Who's going to sit around and watch him with a smug smile on his face while his phone calls them a goat-fucker? Especially after he tells the robot to crank it up a few notches? Whose idea of fun is that?
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
A man who needs a robot to insult his friends doesn't actually have any friends, just lackeys. Who's going to sit around and watch him with a smug smile on his face while his phone calls them a goat-fucker? Especially after he tells the robot to crank it up a few notches? Whose idea of fun is that?
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A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
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In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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It's on apt. It's literally on Cargo. It's on DockerHub with ads. It's literally on nuget. You can probably find it on snap. Dude it's on portage. It's a Homebrew original. It's on pacman. You can download it on nixpkgs. You can go to pkgsrc and watch it. Log onto the Windows Store right now.
November 20, 2025 at 3:24 AM
It's on apt. It's literally on Cargo. It's on DockerHub with ads. It's literally on nuget. You can probably find it on snap. Dude it's on portage. It's a Homebrew original. It's on pacman. You can download it on nixpkgs. You can go to pkgsrc and watch it. Log onto the Windows Store right now.
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The actual secret to why I know stuff is that I ask a question any time I don’t understand literally anything. I don’t care how simple it is. Anybody who makes fun of you for asking a simple question likely doesn’t know the answer either
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The actual secret to why I know stuff is that I ask a question any time I don’t understand literally anything. I don’t care how simple it is. Anybody who makes fun of you for asking a simple question likely doesn’t know the answer either
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they can come into the tent when they admit they were wrong and change their views
we all joke about Woke Bill Kristol but he is for the most part the perfect example - he has, legitimately, become much more progressive
you can’t bring in people who are mad he’s not delivering on horrible shit
we all joke about Woke Bill Kristol but he is for the most part the perfect example - he has, legitimately, become much more progressive
you can’t bring in people who are mad he’s not delivering on horrible shit
November 16, 2025 at 5:44 AM
they can come into the tent when they admit they were wrong and change their views
we all joke about Woke Bill Kristol but he is for the most part the perfect example - he has, legitimately, become much more progressive
you can’t bring in people who are mad he’s not delivering on horrible shit
we all joke about Woke Bill Kristol but he is for the most part the perfect example - he has, legitimately, become much more progressive
you can’t bring in people who are mad he’s not delivering on horrible shit
This is good and I agree we need a better word for this.
Captaincy
I’m not sure this is the right word for it, but we certainly need one. Not ‘entrepreneurship’ which is a distinct skill. That term is usually reserved for people who start at zero…
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November 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This is good and I agree we need a better word for this.
Every single kid should get an IEP, with a full team dedicated to figuring out how best to support them and get them the resources they need to succeed in school.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Every single kid should get an IEP, with a full team dedicated to figuring out how best to support them and get them the resources they need to succeed in school.
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I rode in one of the UK’s first self-driving cars
I rode in one of the UK’s first self-driving cars
Wayve was a little timid, but the robotaxi felt human, and it didn’t hit the blind man who walked out in front of us.
buff.ly
November 14, 2025 at 7:10 AM
I rode in one of the UK’s first self-driving cars
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this country will not be healed until genuinely rich and powerful people start experiencing genuinely severe consequences for their evil actions. these people will only respond to force.
And no, don’t tell me it’s somehow impossible - the U.S. is by no means exceptional in this regard, either.
And no, don’t tell me it’s somehow impossible - the U.S. is by no means exceptional in this regard, either.
November 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
this country will not be healed until genuinely rich and powerful people start experiencing genuinely severe consequences for their evil actions. these people will only respond to force.
And no, don’t tell me it’s somehow impossible - the U.S. is by no means exceptional in this regard, either.
And no, don’t tell me it’s somehow impossible - the U.S. is by no means exceptional in this regard, either.
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I honestly don’t know what to say anymore. It is overwhelmingly clear at this point that the Republican Party has sold its soul to protect a child rapist, led by wealthy ghouls who will never have enough.
There is only one war, now and forever, and it is the class war. There must be consequences.
There is only one war, now and forever, and it is the class war. There must be consequences.
November 13, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I honestly don’t know what to say anymore. It is overwhelmingly clear at this point that the Republican Party has sold its soul to protect a child rapist, led by wealthy ghouls who will never have enough.
There is only one war, now and forever, and it is the class war. There must be consequences.
There is only one war, now and forever, and it is the class war. There must be consequences.
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The ancient Greeks defined "miasma" as "a contagious power... that has an independent life of its own. Until purged by the sacrificial death of the wrongdoer, society would be chronically infected by catastrophe." Just saying.
March 31, 2025 at 6:17 AM
The ancient Greeks defined "miasma" as "a contagious power... that has an independent life of its own. Until purged by the sacrificial death of the wrongdoer, society would be chronically infected by catastrophe." Just saying.
Impostor syndrome was an op
Not the first time, but I'm always struck how elite boomers email each other in a syntax, style, and grammar I'd be embarrassed to send my closest friend in an informal chat. The most generous assumption I'd expect from a note like this is that they'd think I was drunk.
Here's the full Summers email, btw.
November 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Impostor syndrome was an op
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I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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WHAT'S up YouTube, it's your boy Bartleby the Scrivener here, coming at you for another day of the I Would Prefer Not To challenge. Be sure to SMASH that subscribe button and hit that bell so you don't miss a single video. If you saw last week's video, you'll know I am now SLEEPING in the office.
Bartleby the Scrivener logging on for another day of bullshit
November 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM
WHAT'S up YouTube, it's your boy Bartleby the Scrivener here, coming at you for another day of the I Would Prefer Not To challenge. Be sure to SMASH that subscribe button and hit that bell so you don't miss a single video. If you saw last week's video, you'll know I am now SLEEPING in the office.
According to family legend, my grandfather invented the Scotch-Brite scrubbing sponge. He worked at 3M and was the one who had the idea to glue the two pieces together
What’s a fun fact about your family?
November 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
According to family legend, my grandfather invented the Scotch-Brite scrubbing sponge. He worked at 3M and was the one who had the idea to glue the two pieces together
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I've long thought that all of capitalism is based in part around a mistake: because human attention is difficult to quantify, it must be a cost instead of a value. Thus like all costs, it has to be minimized and eliminated from all processes, instead of being appreciated as kind of the entire point.
The word they use a lot of the time is “inefficient”. Anything that has enough room to let in humanity and joy is inefficient and has to be destroyed.
the Bandcamp thing feels like we're now at a stage of capitalism where if anything is good - if it is useful, if it fulfills a purpose, if it creates something beautiful - that tells capital that someone is not being exploited ENOUGH
October 18, 2023 at 5:58 AM
I've long thought that all of capitalism is based in part around a mistake: because human attention is difficult to quantify, it must be a cost instead of a value. Thus like all costs, it has to be minimized and eliminated from all processes, instead of being appreciated as kind of the entire point.
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The idea that we are somehow obligated to engage in the PVP-based social media mode out of some kind of moral principle is bullshit.
November 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The idea that we are somehow obligated to engage in the PVP-based social media mode out of some kind of moral principle is bullshit.