mitschlagel
@mitschlagel.bsky.social
software engineer
musician
drummer
friend of the show
musician
drummer
friend of the show
Bad Bunny respects his forefathers
February 9, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Bad Bunny respects his forefathers
It would seem the technical skillsets are mattering less and less. What matters are your abilities to learn and to communicate. If you can do those things well, you will be just fine. If writing code is all you bring to the table, you could be in trouble.
February 7, 2026 at 3:58 AM
It would seem the technical skillsets are mattering less and less. What matters are your abilities to learn and to communicate. If you can do those things well, you will be just fine. If writing code is all you bring to the table, you could be in trouble.
Ricky Martin walked so Bad Bunny could run.
February 6, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Ricky Martin walked so Bad Bunny could run.
Uh, duh?
Striking paper from researchers at Anthropic using a randomised control trial to look at the effects of AI use on skills acquisition.
TL:DR ‘We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery.’
www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
TL:DR ‘We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery.’
www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
February 5, 2026 at 3:59 AM
Uh, duh?
There are good one-liners in Independence Day, but the most underrated one is “you are never going to fly the space shuttle if you marry a stripper”.
February 2, 2026 at 10:05 PM
There are good one-liners in Independence Day, but the most underrated one is “you are never going to fly the space shuttle if you marry a stripper”.
Reposted by mitschlagel
It’s amazing to me how many people’s idea of “software” is just web apps. Everything through the lens of “full stack”.
January 30, 2026 at 3:43 PM
It’s amazing to me how many people’s idea of “software” is just web apps. Everything through the lens of “full stack”.
Made my first meaningful contribution to an open source project people actually use… feels pretty good!! I see why people like it!
January 27, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Made my first meaningful contribution to an open source project people actually use… feels pretty good!! I see why people like it!
Nothing new here but Andor season 2 is fantastic.
June 4, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Nothing new here but Andor season 2 is fantastic.
I recommend everyone go on an Iron & Wine kick at least once a year.
April 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I recommend everyone go on an Iron & Wine kick at least once a year.
If every state required basic economics to graduate high school, we wouldn’t be in this mess.
April 9, 2025 at 1:54 AM
If every state required basic economics to graduate high school, we wouldn’t be in this mess.
Helluva time to be taking an economics class
April 4, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Helluva time to be taking an economics class
Democrats calling for bipartisanship or “working across the aisle” right now seem pretty foolish to me.
January 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Democrats calling for bipartisanship or “working across the aisle” right now seem pretty foolish to me.
This is excellent graphic design.
incredible things are happening on the federal employee subreddit
January 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This is excellent graphic design.
Theory: US car companies blew it so badly in the 80s and 90s that an entire generation grew up seeing them as inferior. 15 cars at school drop off this morning and not a single American brand.
January 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Theory: US car companies blew it so badly in the 80s and 90s that an entire generation grew up seeing them as inferior. 15 cars at school drop off this morning and not a single American brand.
Fair warning to my parents, if this whole engineering thing doesn’t work out I’m moving to plan C, standup comedy.
January 30, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Fair warning to my parents, if this whole engineering thing doesn’t work out I’m moving to plan C, standup comedy.
I’m convinced the Democrats are really the just the Washington Generals in this basketball game.
January 29, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I’m convinced the Democrats are really the just the Washington Generals in this basketball game.
Checks and balances, anyone?
January 29, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Checks and balances, anyone?
It feels like we are in an AI race to the bottom.
January 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
It feels like we are in an AI race to the bottom.
Is there a term for when an app becomes so bloated a full of unnecessary features that it becomes unusable? Instagram and Spotify both seemed to be in a sweet spot but in the last few months they’ve both become full of nonsense.
January 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Is there a term for when an app becomes so bloated a full of unnecessary features that it becomes unusable? Instagram and Spotify both seemed to be in a sweet spot but in the last few months they’ve both become full of nonsense.