Matt Brown
@mattbrown.dev
Side note: Greenwich Village is just about the only part of NY you can replicate without digital set extension, because it has low buildings and T junctions
November 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Side note: Greenwich Village is just about the only part of NY you can replicate without digital set extension, because it has low buildings and T junctions
As a Brooklyn resident I would appreciate the faster download speeds
November 30, 2025 at 1:48 PM
As a Brooklyn resident I would appreciate the faster download speeds
one last data point: other white-collar jobs have grown >3x faster in the period 1990 to 2020 (compare fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CES60... to fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CES60...)
November 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
one last data point: other white-collar jobs have grown >3x faster in the period 1990 to 2020 (compare fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CES60... to fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CES60...)
I stand by the comparison — I think that in that in order to stay relevant, almost all professional SWEs will be using LLMs by 2030. I think we'll be getting much more done. But I have no idea whether there'll be more of us or fewer of us (I hope the former obv)
November 30, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I stand by the comparison — I think that in that in order to stay relevant, almost all professional SWEs will be using LLMs by 2030. I think we'll be getting much more done. But I have no idea whether there'll be more of us or fewer of us (I hope the former obv)
Sure, but Visicalc came out in 1979 and the adoption of spreadsheets was a 1980s thing. You'd expect any effect to take place in that decade, and compare against other white-collar jobs.
November 30, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Sure, but Visicalc came out in 1979 and the adoption of spreadsheets was a 1980s thing. You'd expect any effect to take place in that decade, and compare against other white-collar jobs.
(Hand-wavy) yeah there are more accountants because there are more companies and more people. But a whole bunch of clerical roles have been removed
November 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
(Hand-wavy) yeah there are more accountants because there are more companies and more people. But a whole bunch of clerical roles have been removed
Yeah, that’s kinda the point — we have fewer accountants, doing more due to technological advances
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Yeah, that’s kinda the point — we have fewer accountants, doing more due to technological advances
the latest LLMs might be to software development what spreadsheets were to accountants in the 1980s
November 29, 2025 at 10:42 PM
the latest LLMs might be to software development what spreadsheets were to accountants in the 1980s
If you don't know the domain well then will Claude Code might lead you astray, but if you know the project well, and are capable of properly reviewing code, and you understand the LLM's limitations, Claude Code can save you quite a bit of time.
November 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
If you don't know the domain well then will Claude Code might lead you astray, but if you know the project well, and are capable of properly reviewing code, and you understand the LLM's limitations, Claude Code can save you quite a bit of time.
“More machine than man”
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
“More machine than man”
I am a professional Visual FoxPro developer and there’s actually a vibrant ecosystem.
Where you have React, we have a bash script that reboots the server every 5 minutes to avoid a segfault in the order management subsystem.
Sure, it has its detractors, but nothing else is SCSI-port-compatible.
Where you have React, we have a bash script that reboots the server every 5 minutes to avoid a segfault in the order management subsystem.
Sure, it has its detractors, but nothing else is SCSI-port-compatible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I am a professional Visual FoxPro developer and there’s actually a vibrant ecosystem.
Where you have React, we have a bash script that reboots the server every 5 minutes to avoid a segfault in the order management subsystem.
Sure, it has its detractors, but nothing else is SCSI-port-compatible.
Where you have React, we have a bash script that reboots the server every 5 minutes to avoid a segfault in the order management subsystem.
Sure, it has its detractors, but nothing else is SCSI-port-compatible.
Yeah it was also a continuation of the "Trump is a changed man after X" thing which was a reliable centre-right talking point for the entirety of the first term
November 25, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Yeah it was also a continuation of the "Trump is a changed man after X" thing which was a reliable centre-right talking point for the entirety of the first term
it was pretty funny at the time!
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 AM
it was pretty funny at the time!
You just know some exec complained because their texts from Nancy were going to spam
November 25, 2025 at 2:39 AM
You just know some exec complained because their texts from Nancy were going to spam
I stopped eating plasticine after watching that
November 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I stopped eating plasticine after watching that
fun Britten fact: my godfather premiered a Britten work in the late 50s and all the choirboys were given a signed copy of the manuscript’s folio. He selfishly donated his to the Red House, without asking if I wanted it instead.
November 23, 2025 at 4:48 AM
fun Britten fact: my godfather premiered a Britten work in the late 50s and all the choirboys were given a signed copy of the manuscript’s folio. He selfishly donated his to the Red House, without asking if I wanted it instead.
Uh actually I’m pretty sure the phrase is “for those with ass to see”
November 23, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Uh actually I’m pretty sure the phrase is “for those with ass to see”
You know there's gonna be a "Jewish space lasers" theme to one of the numbers.
November 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
You know there's gonna be a "Jewish space lasers" theme to one of the numbers.
Allan is also on this album that includes Hymn to St Cecilia: naxos.lnk.to/8554791Na!pr...
Benjamin Britten, Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, Christopher Robinson - Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb / Hymn To St. Cecilia / Missa Brevis, Op. 63
Listen to Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb / Hymn To St. Cecilia / Missa Brevis, Op. 63 by Benjamin Britten, Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, Christopher Robinson.
naxos.lnk.to
November 22, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Allan is also on this album that includes Hymn to St Cecilia: naxos.lnk.to/8554791Na!pr...
ALLAN! He's the best, sang with him for a year at university
November 22, 2025 at 5:43 AM
ALLAN! He's the best, sang with him for a year at university
distraught to learn that Michael Higgins wasn't Uachtaráin for life
November 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
distraught to learn that Michael Higgins wasn't Uachtaráin for life