Henry Garner
@hendroid.io
Principal Engineer & AI Lead @juxt.pro
AI/ML • data intensive applications • product
Author of Clojure for Data Science https://cljds.com/book
Maintainer of Clojure(Script) library kixi.stats
{London | Cambridge | Brighton}, UK
AI/ML • data intensive applications • product
Author of Clojure for Data Science https://cljds.com/book
Maintainer of Clojure(Script) library kixi.stats
{London | Cambridge | Brighton}, UK
Don’t let the title fool you, this is one of the most personal talks I’ve given.
It goes beyond the technology: I think AI skeptics are missing genuine opportunities, while AI enthusiasts risk sacrificing the context required for mastery, satisfaction, and responsibility.
Please watch and share.
It goes beyond the technology: I think AI skeptics are missing genuine opportunities, while AI enthusiasts risk sacrificing the context required for mastery, satisfaction, and responsibility.
Please watch and share.
JUXT Blog: From Unstructured to Actionable: AI-Powered Regulatory Intelligence
Watch Henry Garner's talk at XT25 Fintech Conference [video]
www.juxt.pro
July 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Don’t let the title fool you, this is one of the most personal talks I’ve given.
It goes beyond the technology: I think AI skeptics are missing genuine opportunities, while AI enthusiasts risk sacrificing the context required for mastery, satisfaction, and responsibility.
Please watch and share.
It goes beyond the technology: I think AI skeptics are missing genuine opportunities, while AI enthusiasts risk sacrificing the context required for mastery, satisfaction, and responsibility.
Please watch and share.
New JUXTCast episode! I had a blast chatting with the team about our upcoming AI Radar. We explored practical insights beyond the hype, from inconsistent AI engineering studies to why classical ML still matters. Thoughtful perspectives to help navigate the AI ecosystem: www.juxt.pro/blog/juxtcas...
JUXT Blog: JUXT Cast: Mapping the AI Landscape
A behind-the-scenes look at the new JUXT AI Radar [video].
www.juxt.pro
July 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
New JUXTCast episode! I had a blast chatting with the team about our upcoming AI Radar. We explored practical insights beyond the hype, from inconsistent AI engineering studies to why classical ML still matters. Thoughtful perspectives to help navigate the AI ecosystem: www.juxt.pro/blog/juxtcas...
I did a podcast! Many thanks to @juxt.pro for inviting me to talk about a project I’ve been working on for the past few months: the JUXT AI Radar 📡
Links for all the usual podcast platforms here: juxt.pro/blog/juxtcas...
Links for all the usual podcast platforms here: juxt.pro/blog/juxtcas...
JUXT Blog: JUXT Cast: Mapping the AI Landscape
A behind-the-scenes look at the new JUXT AI Radar [video].
juxt.pro
July 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I did a podcast! Many thanks to @juxt.pro for inviting me to talk about a project I’ve been working on for the past few months: the JUXT AI Radar 📡
Links for all the usual podcast platforms here: juxt.pro/blog/juxtcas...
Links for all the usual podcast platforms here: juxt.pro/blog/juxtcas...
Reposted by Henry Garner
I spent months on this video about people worshiping ChatGPT, please watch and leave a comment and share if you can!! My YouTube channel is still so small that I lose money making these videos rn 😭. Every little bit helps!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKCy...
ChatGPT Is Becoming A Religion
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
www.youtube.com
June 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I spent months on this video about people worshiping ChatGPT, please watch and leave a comment and share if you can!! My YouTube channel is still so small that I lose money making these videos rn 😭. Every little bit helps!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKCy...
Another day shovelling thoughtcoal into the Claude-furnace
June 30, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Another day shovelling thoughtcoal into the Claude-furnace
The Work of Software Engineering in the Age of Mechanical Reproduceability
There was a time when anyone could be an artist 👨🎨 — if they loved the work enough.
Then came the professionals.
Then came the camera.
Today, it’s not paint that’s being replaced. It’s code.
9elements.com/blog/when-sk...
Then came the professionals.
Then came the camera.
Today, it’s not paint that’s being replaced. It’s code.
9elements.com/blog/when-sk...
When Skill Became Obsolete: Art, Code, and the End of the Amateur - 9elements
Combining finest craftsmanship with elegant design to ship innovative digital experiences.
9elements.com
June 27, 2025 at 8:11 AM
The Work of Software Engineering in the Age of Mechanical Reproduceability
Am I “ready to revamp my AI strategy for 2025?” I don’t know grandma I just wanted to drop in and give you these flowers
June 26, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Am I “ready to revamp my AI strategy for 2025?” I don’t know grandma I just wanted to drop in and give you these flowers
Researchers recently studied two fundamentally different approaches to AI-assisted investment decision making: www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
AI, Help Me Think—but for Myself: Assisting People in Complex Decision-Making by Providing Different Kinds of Cognitive Support - Microsoft Research
How can we design AI tools that effectively support human decision-making by complementing and enhancing users’ reasoning processes? Common recommendation-centric approaches face challenges such as in...
www.microsoft.com
June 25, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Researchers recently studied two fundamentally different approaches to AI-assisted investment decision making: www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
Lately I’ve been thinking about the Collingridge dilemma.
June 23, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Lately I’ve been thinking about the Collingridge dilemma.
Two and a half millennia ago, Aristotle popularised a word that's more relevant today than ever: phronesis (fro-NEE-sis)
June 20, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Two and a half millennia ago, Aristotle popularised a word that's more relevant today than ever: phronesis (fro-NEE-sis)
The concept of thinking will surely evolve. Every time we invent a machine to do something we thought only humans could do, we discover a little bit more about what it really means to be human.
June 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The concept of thinking will surely evolve. Every time we invent a machine to do something we thought only humans could do, we discover a little bit more about what it really means to be human.
In his book Human-Centered AI Ben Shneiderman argues that "interface designs that are consistent, predictable and controllable are comprehensible, thus enabling mastery, satisfaction and responsibility."
June 18, 2025 at 6:51 AM
In his book Human-Centered AI Ben Shneiderman argues that "interface designs that are consistent, predictable and controllable are comprehensible, thus enabling mastery, satisfaction and responsibility."
Reposted by Henry Garner
Repeatedly humiliating my LLM with “don’t make me ask Claude” so it returns valid JSON
December 8, 2024 at 10:37 AM
Repeatedly humiliating my LLM with “don’t make me ask Claude” so it returns valid JSON
No one who’s applied optical character recognition at scale will be surprised to learn that Pokemon was quite popular in the early 18th century.
April 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
No one who’s applied optical character recognition at scale will be surprised to learn that Pokemon was quite popular in the early 18th century.
Reposted by Henry Garner
🔐 SAVE THE DATE – XT25 #Fintech Conference
🗓️ June 12
📍 London
🎤 9 AM – 5 PM
🍸 5 PM – 7 PM
🌐 www.juxt.pro/xt25/
💬 More details coming soon – follow @juxt.pro for updates
🗓️ June 12
📍 London
🎤 9 AM – 5 PM
🍸 5 PM – 7 PM
🌐 www.juxt.pro/xt25/
💬 More details coming soon – follow @juxt.pro for updates
January 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
🔐 SAVE THE DATE – XT25 #Fintech Conference
🗓️ June 12
📍 London
🎤 9 AM – 5 PM
🍸 5 PM – 7 PM
🌐 www.juxt.pro/xt25/
💬 More details coming soon – follow @juxt.pro for updates
🗓️ June 12
📍 London
🎤 9 AM – 5 PM
🍸 5 PM – 7 PM
🌐 www.juxt.pro/xt25/
💬 More details coming soon – follow @juxt.pro for updates
Reposted by Henry Garner
𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐋𝐨𝐠
Here is an idea on how to drastically 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 in distributed apps.
A fun way to look at this is similar to the idea of Turning the Database Inside Out - like Turning the Microservice Inside Out.
restate.dev/blog/every-s...
👇
Here is an idea on how to drastically 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 in distributed apps.
A fun way to look at this is similar to the idea of Turning the Database Inside Out - like Turning the Microservice Inside Out.
restate.dev/blog/every-s...
👇
Every System is a Log: Avoiding coordination in distributed applications
Distributed coordination makes application complex and brittle. Because all systems eventually build on logs, we can use a shared-log approach to eliminate most coordination. We discuss this conceptua...
restate.dev
January 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐋𝐨𝐠
Here is an idea on how to drastically 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 in distributed apps.
A fun way to look at this is similar to the idea of Turning the Database Inside Out - like Turning the Microservice Inside Out.
restate.dev/blog/every-s...
👇
Here is an idea on how to drastically 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 in distributed apps.
A fun way to look at this is similar to the idea of Turning the Database Inside Out - like Turning the Microservice Inside Out.
restate.dev/blog/every-s...
👇
Reposted by Henry Garner
My 8000-word note on agents: huyenchip.com//2025/01/07/...
1. An AI-powered agent's capability is determined by its tools and its planning ability
2. How to select the best tools for your agent
3. How to augment a model’s planning capability
4. Agent’s failure modes
Feedback is much appreciated!
1. An AI-powered agent's capability is determined by its tools and its planning ability
2. How to select the best tools for your agent
3. How to augment a model’s planning capability
4. Agent’s failure modes
Feedback is much appreciated!
Agents
Intelligent agents are considered by many to be the ultimate goal of AI. The classic book by Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig, Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (Prentice Hall, 1995), defines ...
huyenchip.com
January 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
My 8000-word note on agents: huyenchip.com//2025/01/07/...
1. An AI-powered agent's capability is determined by its tools and its planning ability
2. How to select the best tools for your agent
3. How to augment a model’s planning capability
4. Agent’s failure modes
Feedback is much appreciated!
1. An AI-powered agent's capability is determined by its tools and its planning ability
2. How to select the best tools for your agent
3. How to augment a model’s planning capability
4. Agent’s failure modes
Feedback is much appreciated!
Reposted by Henry Garner
Claude’s got Wife Guy energy and I’m totally here for it
January 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Claude’s got Wife Guy energy and I’m totally here for it
My tax return is due so the oven has never looked cleaner
January 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
My tax return is due so the oven has never looked cleaner
Reposted by Henry Garner
I second this, have read out the first half to Ben on the journey home and it has cheered us both up immensely - wonderful stuff
Highly recommend you read this beautiful, thought-provoking & funny article on contraptions (and other helicopter-like things) contraptions.venkateshrao.com/p/contraptio...
January 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I second this, have read out the first half to Ben on the journey home and it has cheered us both up immensely - wonderful stuff
Reposted by Henry Garner
Highly recommend you read this beautiful, thought-provoking & funny article on contraptions (and other helicopter-like things) contraptions.venkateshrao.com/p/contraptio...
November 25, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Highly recommend you read this beautiful, thought-provoking & funny article on contraptions (and other helicopter-like things) contraptions.venkateshrao.com/p/contraptio...
I’m just going to leave this here
January 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I’m just going to leave this here
Yes I’m a Renaissance man in the sense that I believe unicorns are real creatures that live in distant lands.
January 5, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Yes I’m a Renaissance man in the sense that I believe unicorns are real creatures that live in distant lands.