Rob K
robertkern.com
Rob K
@robertkern.com
CTO & Co-Founder at PredictHQ
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I spoke at Nemertes [next] about how Ink & Switch thinks about doing research as an independent organization. This talk isn't about our work but about the way we work -- if that interests you, check it out.
youtu.be/w7DVlI_Ztq8?...
How to Do Ambitious Research in the Modern Era
YouTube video by Nemertes
youtu.be
May 13, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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asking the librarian if they have any books in dark mode
June 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Career advice for developers:

Write normal code. Just the basic good stuff. Don't be fancy, don't be clever. Don't use currying everywhere. You don't need Docker for everything. Also don't write dumb code. Please write good code. But make it normal. As unsurprising as possible.

Thank you
June 17, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Me: put that down already, we’re working on project B today

Brain: *staring at shiny project A* why not, after all, why shouldn’t I keep it

Me: ffs leave it

Brain: my preci—

Me: don’t
June 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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This is a really great real-world, realistic example of how you can use vision LLMs for complex data entry tasks. A 650 page PDF still took an hour of human work even with Gemini's assistance, but the job got done!

Wrote a few of my own notes here: simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/19/...
June 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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I continue to have fun doing fantasy cooking with LLMs - this time I tried "Give me a wildly ambitious recipe for zucchini cooked three ways" followed by "Go more ambitious" and now I need to get myself a centrifuge to help spherify my clarified zucchini consommé chatgpt.com/share/685370...
June 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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NEW POST

Gen AI for software development is the biggest jump up in abstraction since assembler to HLLs, but also a jump sideways.

martinfowler.com/articles/202...
LLMs bring new nature of abstraction
a short post
martinfowler.com
June 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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"The case against conversational interfaces" by Julian Lehr (2025)

julian.digital/2025/03/27/t...
The case against conversational interfaces
Conversational interfaces are a bit of a meme. Every couple of years a shiny new AI development emerges and people in tech go "This is it! The next computing paradigm is here! We'll only use natural l...
julian.digital
April 6, 2025 at 3:54 AM