Danny Smith
@danny.is
Fractional COO & Consultant. Helping create high-performance remote orgs 🌱 | Blues musician 🎵 | https://danny.is
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Another story along the lines of “Cheap, Fast and Good: Pick Two”.
Salesforce’s Agentforce to rely less on LLMs to “eliminate the inherent randomness of large models."
AI is cheaper and faster than human workers but it’s not as good. This will be the primary challenge for AI tool vendors in 2026.
Salesforce’s Agentforce to rely less on LLMs to “eliminate the inherent randomness of large models."
AI is cheaper and faster than human workers but it’s not as good. This will be the primary challenge for AI tool vendors in 2026.
After laying off 4,000 employees and automating with AI agents, Salesforce executives admit: We were more confident about…. - The Times of India
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December 24, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Another story along the lines of “Cheap, Fast and Good: Pick Two”.
Salesforce’s Agentforce to rely less on LLMs to “eliminate the inherent randomness of large models."
AI is cheaper and faster than human workers but it’s not as good. This will be the primary challenge for AI tool vendors in 2026.
Salesforce’s Agentforce to rely less on LLMs to “eliminate the inherent randomness of large models."
AI is cheaper and faster than human workers but it’s not as good. This will be the primary challenge for AI tool vendors in 2026.
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ignore the title about caching, this is the best explanation of how LLMs work, period
Prompt caching: 10x cheaper LLM tokens, but how? | ngrok blog
A far more detailed explanation of prompt caching than anyone asked for.
ngrok.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:23 AM
ignore the title about caching, this is the best explanation of how LLMs work, period
Astro Editor 1.0.4 includes a build for Windows
Get it here: github.com/dannysmith/a...
I really need some windows folks to test it before I make it official 🙏🙏
astroeditor.danny.is
@astro.build #astrojs
Get it here: github.com/dannysmith/a...
I really need some windows folks to test it before I make it official 🙏🙏
astroeditor.danny.is
@astro.build #astrojs
Astro Editor — Schema-Aware Markdown Editor for Astro Content Collections
Transform your Astro content workflow with schema-aware frontmatter forms. Reads your Zod schemas and creates intelligent editing interfaces for distraction-free writing.
astroeditor.danny.is
December 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Astro Editor 1.0.4 includes a build for Windows
Get it here: github.com/dannysmith/a...
I really need some windows folks to test it before I make it official 🙏🙏
astroeditor.danny.is
@astro.build #astrojs
Get it here: github.com/dannysmith/a...
I really need some windows folks to test it before I make it official 🙏🙏
astroeditor.danny.is
@astro.build #astrojs
So I started working on a "tasks as markdown" thing a couple of weeks ago because having moved my docs from Notion → Obsidian I want the same for my tasks. But I need an
- Actual proper Todo List UI for me.
- Efficient CLI for AI Agents
github.com/dannysmith/t...
(I may or may not finish this)
- Actual proper Todo List UI for me.
- Efficient CLI for AI Agents
github.com/dannysmith/t...
(I may or may not finish this)
github.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
So I started working on a "tasks as markdown" thing a couple of weeks ago because having moved my docs from Notion → Obsidian I want the same for my tasks. But I need an
- Actual proper Todo List UI for me.
- Efficient CLI for AI Agents
github.com/dannysmith/t...
(I may or may not finish this)
- Actual proper Todo List UI for me.
- Efficient CLI for AI Agents
github.com/dannysmith/t...
(I may or may not finish this)
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As you may know, I have stopped using Twitter, and have decided to reproduce some of my more memorable threads here for posterity. Here’s one I hold wrote after a particularly engaging swordfighting lesson.
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
a man reading a book to a young boy
Alt: a man reading a book to a young boy
media.tenor.com
June 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
As you may know, I have stopped using Twitter, and have decided to reproduce some of my more memorable threads here for posterity. Here’s one I hold wrote after a particularly engaging swordfighting lesson.
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
So I released Astro Editor 1.0.0 last week. Just catching up on my RSS feeds and noticed this in Astro's monthly newsletter 🥳
astro.build/blog/whats-n...
astro.build/blog/whats-n...
December 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
So I released Astro Editor 1.0.0 last week. Just catching up on my RSS feeds and noticed this in Astro's monthly newsletter 🥳
astro.build/blog/whats-n...
astro.build/blog/whats-n...
Tell me you don't know much about software development without telling me you don't know anything about software development
Tell me you don't know anything about software development without telling me you don't know anything about software development
I think that may be the core division here: if you are an author or an artist the cons of generative AI very likely outweigh the pros for you
If you are a software developer the opposite is true
If you are a software developer the opposite is true
November 27, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Tell me you don't know much about software development without telling me you don't know anything about software development
Hey @bell.bz 👋 I vaguely remember you use @astro.build and iA Writer. Figured you might be interested in this thing I just made.
AI slop is filling the internet. I want more humans writing on their own websites.
So I made Astro Editor — a free macOS app for writing markdown & MDX in Astro content collections.
Basically iA Writer for @astro.build 🎉
astroeditor.danny.is
#BuiltWithAstro #astrojs
So I made Astro Editor — a free macOS app for writing markdown & MDX in Astro content collections.
Basically iA Writer for @astro.build 🎉
astroeditor.danny.is
#BuiltWithAstro #astrojs
Astro Editor — Schema-Aware Markdown Editor for Astro Content Collections
Transform your Astro content workflow with schema-aware frontmatter forms. Reads your Zod schemas and creates intelligent editing interfaces for distraction-free writing.
astroeditor.danny.is
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Hey @bell.bz 👋 I vaguely remember you use @astro.build and iA Writer. Figured you might be interested in this thing I just made.
AI slop is filling the internet. I want more humans writing on their own websites.
So I made Astro Editor — a free macOS app for writing markdown & MDX in Astro content collections.
Basically iA Writer for @astro.build 🎉
astroeditor.danny.is
#BuiltWithAstro #astrojs
So I made Astro Editor — a free macOS app for writing markdown & MDX in Astro content collections.
Basically iA Writer for @astro.build 🎉
astroeditor.danny.is
#BuiltWithAstro #astrojs
Astro Editor — Schema-Aware Markdown Editor for Astro Content Collections
Transform your Astro content workflow with schema-aware frontmatter forms. Reads your Zod schemas and creates intelligent editing interfaces for distraction-free writing.
astroeditor.danny.is
November 26, 2025 at 3:27 AM
AI slop is filling the internet. I want more humans writing on their own websites.
So I made Astro Editor — a free macOS app for writing markdown & MDX in Astro content collections.
Basically iA Writer for @astro.build 🎉
astroeditor.danny.is
#BuiltWithAstro #astrojs
So I made Astro Editor — a free macOS app for writing markdown & MDX in Astro content collections.
Basically iA Writer for @astro.build 🎉
astroeditor.danny.is
#BuiltWithAstro #astrojs
Astro Editor on Homebrew 🍻🍻
🛢️ astro-editor 🛢️
Markdown editor for Astro content collections
🔗 https://astroeditor.danny.is/
#homebrew #newpkg #macos #cask
Markdown editor for Astro content collections
🔗 https://astroeditor.danny.is/
#homebrew #newpkg #macos #cask
November 26, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Astro Editor on Homebrew 🍻🍻
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🛢️ astro-editor 🛢️
Markdown editor for Astro content collections
🔗 https://astroeditor.danny.is/
#homebrew #newpkg #macos #cask
Markdown editor for Astro content collections
🔗 https://astroeditor.danny.is/
#homebrew #newpkg #macos #cask
November 2, 2025 at 6:38 PM
🛢️ astro-editor 🛢️
Markdown editor for Astro content collections
🔗 https://astroeditor.danny.is/
#homebrew #newpkg #macos #cask
Markdown editor for Astro content collections
🔗 https://astroeditor.danny.is/
#homebrew #newpkg #macos #cask
This is a wonderful story
4 yrs ago today, a family member managed a truly spectacular own goal, splintered his domestic bliss, & in the process, united the world for a day.
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
November 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This is a wonderful story
This is awful. But also:
“Despite warnings from their bank, they still went through with it. ‘Our financial adviser warned us, she said this sort of sounds like fraud,’ said the woman.”
“Despite warnings from their bank, they still went through with it. ‘Our financial adviser warned us, she said this sort of sounds like fraud,’ said the woman.”
A Canadian couple has lost CAD$1 million (USD$710,000) to online scammers.
The couple, in their 70s, fell victim to a tech support scam that showed error messages on their laptop and then got daily calls from the scammers until they ran out of money
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/cons...
The couple, in their 70s, fell victim to a tech support scam that showed error messages on their laptop and then got daily calls from the scammers until they ran out of money
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/cons...
‘We’re devastated’: Ontario seniors give away more than $1 million to scammers
Fraud and cybercrime cost Canadians more than $630 million last year, with many of the victims being seniors.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 3, 2025 at 12:22 PM
This is awful. But also:
“Despite warnings from their bank, they still went through with it. ‘Our financial adviser warned us, she said this sort of sounds like fraud,’ said the woman.”
“Despite warnings from their bank, they still went through with it. ‘Our financial adviser warned us, she said this sort of sounds like fraud,’ said the woman.”
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I saw something that said “being annoyed is the price of community” and that really hit it on the head. Being part of society means being inconvenienced, uncomfortable, and frustrated sometimes, but other people do that too to make life together easier for all of us. That’s how it works!
October 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I saw something that said “being annoyed is the price of community” and that really hit it on the head. Being part of society means being inconvenienced, uncomfortable, and frustrated sometimes, but other people do that too to make life together easier for all of us. That’s how it works!
@github.com I have a phantom unread notification which I can't get rid of because the repo and user doesn't exist anymore. It's for plasmanotification/plasma.to and it's *extremely* annoying.
October 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
@github.com I have a phantom unread notification which I can't get rid of because the repo and user doesn't exist anymore. It's for plasmanotification/plasma.to and it's *extremely* annoying.
The more I play with @convex.dev the more I like it.
October 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The more I play with @convex.dev the more I like it.
Homing pigeons fly mostly by smelling. Cool.
Homing pigeons fly by the scent of forests and the song of mountains
Posted on Thursday 8 May 2025. 708 words, 7 links. By Matt Webb.
interconnected.org
September 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Homing pigeons fly mostly by smelling. Cool.
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I agree with the intellectual substance of virtually every common critique of AI. And it's very clear that turning those critiques into a competition about who can frame them in the most scathing way online has done *zero* to slow down adoption, even if much of that is due to default bundling.
September 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I agree with the intellectual substance of virtually every common critique of AI. And it's very clear that turning those critiques into a competition about who can frame them in the most scathing way online has done *zero* to slow down adoption, even if much of that is due to default bundling.
On Saturday I went to The V&A East Storehouse after @simonwillison.net mentioned it on his blog. On the way home I was nosing through a copy of the FT and who should feature in an article on Vibe Coding? Simon Willison, obvs.
V&A East Storehouse and Operation Mincemeat in London
We were back in London for a few days and yesterday had a day of culture. First up: the brand new V&A East Storehouse museum in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic …
simonwillison.net
September 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
On Saturday I went to The V&A East Storehouse after @simonwillison.net mentioned it on his blog. On the way home I was nosing through a copy of the FT and who should feature in an article on Vibe Coding? Simon Willison, obvs.
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The positive thing about AI tooling going mainstream and setting expectations high (e.g. "anyone can build software with AI") is that a large group will learn what us devs know already:
Creating good software is hard and it's hard to explain to outsiders in a way they understand
Creating good software is hard and it's hard to explain to outsiders in a way they understand
August 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The positive thing about AI tooling going mainstream and setting expectations high (e.g. "anyone can build software with AI") is that a large group will learn what us devs know already:
Creating good software is hard and it's hard to explain to outsiders in a way they understand
Creating good software is hard and it's hard to explain to outsiders in a way they understand
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I suppose this is the point when I should say again that:
the amount of money the videogames industry brings into the UK economy every year is *more than double* the value of the fishing and steel industries *combined*
what this country is really good at is producing culture
the amount of money the videogames industry brings into the UK economy every year is *more than double* the value of the fishing and steel industries *combined*
what this country is really good at is producing culture
yes. yes yes.
the UK is (not just the originator but) the setting for some of the most popular culture in the world. there is a whole genre of videogames that are set in an imagined Britain. 'soft' power is real economic and even political power.
the UK is (not just the originator but) the setting for some of the most popular culture in the world. there is a whole genre of videogames that are set in an imagined Britain. 'soft' power is real economic and even political power.
Agree. One thing that I really liked about @jpspencer.bsky.social’s Labour Together report is it included culture in “growth spending”. So much policy about regional development in the UK basically regards culture, tourism, etc. as distractions from the real work of building trains to nowhere.
August 17, 2025 at 7:18 AM
I suppose this is the point when I should say again that:
the amount of money the videogames industry brings into the UK economy every year is *more than double* the value of the fishing and steel industries *combined*
what this country is really good at is producing culture
the amount of money the videogames industry brings into the UK economy every year is *more than double* the value of the fishing and steel industries *combined*
what this country is really good at is producing culture
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"I have a toddler. My biggest concern is that he doesn't eat rocks off the ground and you're talking to me about ChatGPT psychosis? Why do we even have that? Why did we invent a new form of insanity and then they charge people for it?"
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August 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
"I have a toddler. My biggest concern is that he doesn't eat rocks off the ground and you're talking to me about ChatGPT psychosis? Why do we even have that? Why did we invent a new form of insanity and then they charge people for it?"
www.tiktok.com/@pearlmania5...
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Why does Claude Code insist on adding time estimates to every plan it produces?
Phase One: Thingmyjigg (2-3 days)
I'd mindless if it was in any way accurate in it's estimation.
Phase One: Thingmyjigg (2-3 days)
I'd mindless if it was in any way accurate in it's estimation.
July 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Why does Claude Code insist on adding time estimates to every plan it produces?
Phase One: Thingmyjigg (2-3 days)
I'd mindless if it was in any way accurate in it's estimation.
Phase One: Thingmyjigg (2-3 days)
I'd mindless if it was in any way accurate in it's estimation.
I always enjoy @simonwillison.net‘s pelican “benchmarks”, but these two by GLM 4.5 are particularly cute.
simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/28/...
simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/28/...
July 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I always enjoy @simonwillison.net‘s pelican “benchmarks”, but these two by GLM 4.5 are particularly cute.
simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/28/...
simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/28/...
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The thing most people look for in leadership are absolute rules that they can apply “do this, not that” style.
The truth is, leadership is thinking in systems. Org health and productivity are related. Org change isn’t just moving TO something, it’s FROM-TO, and so on.
Consider the whole system.
The truth is, leadership is thinking in systems. Org health and productivity are related. Org change isn’t just moving TO something, it’s FROM-TO, and so on.
Consider the whole system.
July 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The thing most people look for in leadership are absolute rules that they can apply “do this, not that” style.
The truth is, leadership is thinking in systems. Org health and productivity are related. Org change isn’t just moving TO something, it’s FROM-TO, and so on.
Consider the whole system.
The truth is, leadership is thinking in systems. Org health and productivity are related. Org change isn’t just moving TO something, it’s FROM-TO, and so on.
Consider the whole system.