Carlos
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Amusing: Google does not allow its devs to use its newly launched IDE, Antigravity, for development.
Classic example of “externalisation” at Google: they have an *internal* (increasingly different!) version of it, but they won’t use what they launched to everyone else
Classic example of “externalisation” at Google: they have an *internal* (increasingly different!) version of it, but they won’t use what they launched to everyone else
November 20, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Amusing: Google does not allow its devs to use its newly launched IDE, Antigravity, for development.
Classic example of “externalisation” at Google: they have an *internal* (increasingly different!) version of it, but they won’t use what they launched to everyone else
Classic example of “externalisation” at Google: they have an *internal* (increasingly different!) version of it, but they won’t use what they launched to everyone else
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Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
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From street marches to court battles to the ballot box - we’ve challenged the power of this exceptionally unpopular president.
The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.
The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.
November 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
From street marches to court battles to the ballot box - we’ve challenged the power of this exceptionally unpopular president.
The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.
The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.
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The current GOP lie is that they’re going to replace Obamacare with something better.
Bullshit. In all of the majorities they’ve had since Obamacare passed, they’ve never once tried to replace it.
They’ve tried to repeal it a whole bunch, but never actually make it better.
Bullshit. In all of the majorities they’ve had since Obamacare passed, they’ve never once tried to replace it.
They’ve tried to repeal it a whole bunch, but never actually make it better.
November 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The current GOP lie is that they’re going to replace Obamacare with something better.
Bullshit. In all of the majorities they’ve had since Obamacare passed, they’ve never once tried to replace it.
They’ve tried to repeal it a whole bunch, but never actually make it better.
Bullshit. In all of the majorities they’ve had since Obamacare passed, they’ve never once tried to replace it.
They’ve tried to repeal it a whole bunch, but never actually make it better.
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Don't let anyone tell you that a 50 year mortgage is a positive economic indicator.
November 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Don't let anyone tell you that a 50 year mortgage is a positive economic indicator.
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I am so annoyed at scare tactics as a dark pattern trying to get you to upgrade your SaaS subscription.
This is Google Docs doing so. I am already a paying customer - and no, I don't have "sensitive files" shared externally.
Such a cheap way to try to get more $$, Google
This is Google Docs doing so. I am already a paying customer - and no, I don't have "sensitive files" shared externally.
Such a cheap way to try to get more $$, Google
November 8, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I am so annoyed at scare tactics as a dark pattern trying to get you to upgrade your SaaS subscription.
This is Google Docs doing so. I am already a paying customer - and no, I don't have "sensitive files" shared externally.
Such a cheap way to try to get more $$, Google
This is Google Docs doing so. I am already a paying customer - and no, I don't have "sensitive files" shared externally.
Such a cheap way to try to get more $$, Google
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Coming tomorrow on @pragmaticengineer.com - with Chris Lattner!
November 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Coming tomorrow on @pragmaticengineer.com - with Chris Lattner!
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F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
November 1, 2025 at 4:48 AM
F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
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When I posted yesterday about the White House being built with slave labor, one of the most common responses I got was "the east wing was built after slavery so it doesn't count!"
It's not lost on me that the part of the White House we are destroying is the part that has to do with women's history in the White House.
NEW: NBC News confirms that the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, on the east side of the White House, has been destroyed as part of the demolition of the East Wing.
(📸 Getty Images)
(📸 Getty Images)
October 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
When I posted yesterday about the White House being built with slave labor, one of the most common responses I got was "the east wing was built after slavery so it doesn't count!"
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me in theory: dev containers sound so cool!
me in practice: this barely works and took all day to get going
me in practice: this barely works and took all day to get going
October 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
me in theory: dev containers sound so cool!
me in practice: this barely works and took all day to get going
me in practice: this barely works and took all day to get going
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A weird outcome of yesterday's AWS outage:
Atlassian's Status Page was down (customers could not record outages.)
So today, dashboards for companies that were down are green... because they could not record the downtime!!
Substack one example (the site was down, hard)
Atlassian's Status Page was down (customers could not record outages.)
So today, dashboards for companies that were down are green... because they could not record the downtime!!
Substack one example (the site was down, hard)
October 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A weird outcome of yesterday's AWS outage:
Atlassian's Status Page was down (customers could not record outages.)
So today, dashboards for companies that were down are green... because they could not record the downtime!!
Substack one example (the site was down, hard)
Atlassian's Status Page was down (customers could not record outages.)
So today, dashboards for companies that were down are green... because they could not record the downtime!!
Substack one example (the site was down, hard)
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Scathing, but all too obviously accurate, take on the AWS outage by @quinnypig.com.
You're engaging in professional malpractice if you don't share this with your stakeholders. Corey may be an engineer, but he communicates about the issues in an accessible manner.
www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/a...
You're engaging in professional malpractice if you don't share this with your stakeholders. Corey may be an engineer, but he communicates about the issues in an accessible manner.
www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/a...
Amazon brain drain finally caught up with AWS
column: When your best engineers log off for good, don’t be surprised when the cloud forgets how DNS works
www.theregister.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Scathing, but all too obviously accurate, take on the AWS outage by @quinnypig.com.
You're engaging in professional malpractice if you don't share this with your stakeholders. Corey may be an engineer, but he communicates about the issues in an accessible manner.
www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/a...
You're engaging in professional malpractice if you don't share this with your stakeholders. Corey may be an engineer, but he communicates about the issues in an accessible manner.
www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/a...
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Some of the most unexpected fallouts of an AWS outage:
1. Postman stopped working: an API development tool built to be an alternative to simple tools like curl.
2. Eight Sleep customers couldn’t use their beds to change positions / set or keep temperature
1. Postman stopped working: an API development tool built to be an alternative to simple tools like curl.
2. Eight Sleep customers couldn’t use their beds to change positions / set or keep temperature
October 21, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Some of the most unexpected fallouts of an AWS outage:
1. Postman stopped working: an API development tool built to be an alternative to simple tools like curl.
2. Eight Sleep customers couldn’t use their beds to change positions / set or keep temperature
1. Postman stopped working: an API development tool built to be an alternative to simple tools like curl.
2. Eight Sleep customers couldn’t use their beds to change positions / set or keep temperature
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One of the most limiting things any information security practitioner can do is assume that only way to secure something is through architectural patterns you are familiar with.
The ability to reliably derive conclusions from first principles is a superpower.
The ability to reliably derive conclusions from first principles is a superpower.
October 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
One of the most limiting things any information security practitioner can do is assume that only way to secure something is through architectural patterns you are familiar with.
The ability to reliably derive conclusions from first principles is a superpower.
The ability to reliably derive conclusions from first principles is a superpower.
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Raise your hand if you ever inadvertently caused a 2+ hour outage (which was impossible to fix in a deterministic manner) due to DNS misconfiguration. #itwasdns
October 21, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Raise your hand if you ever inadvertently caused a 2+ hour outage (which was impossible to fix in a deterministic manner) due to DNS misconfiguration. #itwasdns
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i know someone stole a bunch of gems of major historical and cultural significance from the louvre, and i have to ask:
has anyone checked the british museum yet?
has anyone checked the british museum yet?
October 21, 2025 at 3:00 AM
i know someone stole a bunch of gems of major historical and cultural significance from the louvre, and i have to ask:
has anyone checked the british museum yet?
has anyone checked the british museum yet?
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"Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer."
That's who ICE arrested and disappeared as part of Donald Trump's immigration policy.
It's outrageous.
I've been pressing for answers and I'll keep pushing for accountability.
That's who ICE arrested and disappeared as part of Donald Trump's immigration policy.
It's outrageous.
I've been pressing for answers and I'll keep pushing for accountability.
October 17, 2025 at 1:08 AM
"Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer."
That's who ICE arrested and disappeared as part of Donald Trump's immigration policy.
It's outrageous.
I've been pressing for answers and I'll keep pushing for accountability.
That's who ICE arrested and disappeared as part of Donald Trump's immigration policy.
It's outrageous.
I've been pressing for answers and I'll keep pushing for accountability.
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A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
October 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
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The Scaling Era: an Oral history by Dwarkesh Patel , Gavin Leech and Stripe Press is such a creative idea for a book.
You can catch up on year’ of progress in a format that works better for me than just listening to each podcast episode.
I’m impressed.
(Cutoff is Nov 2024)
You can catch up on year’ of progress in a format that works better for me than just listening to each podcast episode.
I’m impressed.
(Cutoff is Nov 2024)
October 17, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The Scaling Era: an Oral history by Dwarkesh Patel , Gavin Leech and Stripe Press is such a creative idea for a book.
You can catch up on year’ of progress in a format that works better for me than just listening to each podcast episode.
I’m impressed.
(Cutoff is Nov 2024)
You can catch up on year’ of progress in a format that works better for me than just listening to each podcast episode.
I’m impressed.
(Cutoff is Nov 2024)
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As a parent with a kid who’s starting to play games on the iPad, I’m so pissed at the predatory state of kid’s games.
1. I pay $7 to remove all ads from this game. Yet catch my kid watching ads - even after paying they are offered to watch for in-game rewards. WTH
2. (cont’d)
1. I pay $7 to remove all ads from this game. Yet catch my kid watching ads - even after paying they are offered to watch for in-game rewards. WTH
2. (cont’d)
October 9, 2025 at 9:05 AM
As a parent with a kid who’s starting to play games on the iPad, I’m so pissed at the predatory state of kid’s games.
1. I pay $7 to remove all ads from this game. Yet catch my kid watching ads - even after paying they are offered to watch for in-game rewards. WTH
2. (cont’d)
1. I pay $7 to remove all ads from this game. Yet catch my kid watching ads - even after paying they are offered to watch for in-game rewards. WTH
2. (cont’d)
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This is like planting evidence and then making an arrest.
October 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is like planting evidence and then making an arrest.
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What makes a standout software engineer?
Charles-Axel Dein was engineer #20 at Uber, hired me there and was my manager for years (a great manager, I might add.) He answers, and also shares what a standout engineer looks like at CloudKitchens, today:
Charles-Axel Dein was engineer #20 at Uber, hired me there and was my manager for years (a great manager, I might add.) He answers, and also shares what a standout engineer looks like at CloudKitchens, today:
October 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
What makes a standout software engineer?
Charles-Axel Dein was engineer #20 at Uber, hired me there and was my manager for years (a great manager, I might add.) He answers, and also shares what a standout engineer looks like at CloudKitchens, today:
Charles-Axel Dein was engineer #20 at Uber, hired me there and was my manager for years (a great manager, I might add.) He answers, and also shares what a standout engineer looks like at CloudKitchens, today:
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You: ICE can't just detain a whole apartment building without probable cause! Fascism has finally come to America!
Me: There are ~1 million Black non-Hispanic and Afro-Latino men and boys living in NYC. In some years, NYPD does 700,000 stop and frisks. 90% of those happen to Black men and boys.
Me: There are ~1 million Black non-Hispanic and Afro-Latino men and boys living in NYC. In some years, NYPD does 700,000 stop and frisks. 90% of those happen to Black men and boys.
October 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
You: ICE can't just detain a whole apartment building without probable cause! Fascism has finally come to America!
Me: There are ~1 million Black non-Hispanic and Afro-Latino men and boys living in NYC. In some years, NYPD does 700,000 stop and frisks. 90% of those happen to Black men and boys.
Me: There are ~1 million Black non-Hispanic and Afro-Latino men and boys living in NYC. In some years, NYPD does 700,000 stop and frisks. 90% of those happen to Black men and boys.