Robin Monks
@robinmonks.com
EVP, Technology at Praia Health. Working on making healthcare usable, approachable, better. Lover of nature, living in PNW. Profile: https://rpm.sh Newsletter: https://robinmonks.com
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Robin Monks
@robinmonks.com
· Nov 8
Robin Monks (@[email protected])
555 Posts, 337 Following, 82 Followers · EVP, Technology at Praia Health
I share about technical leadership, new technology, and cool things that distract my brain.
Located in the PNW.
Opinions are my...
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Waited until after things died down to get back on social media. I’m over from Twitter, and also on Mastodon at monks.city/@robin
https://social.lol/@rpm/115781932914415191 Great to see some legal confirmation here @torvalds (https://social.kernel.org/users/torvalds) https://social.kernel.org/objects/ec146b14-a7ae-44c8-928e-58968b2fd8ae
December 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
https://social.lol/@rpm/115781932914415191 Great to see some legal confirmation here @torvalds (https://social.kernel.org/users/torvalds) https://social.kernel.org/objects/ec146b14-a7ae-44c8-928e-58968b2fd8ae
https://social.lol/@rpm/115776629134995102 At this point I think the AI hype cycle is so obviously artificially inflated that I’ll be focusing elsewhere for blog posts going forward. There’s a lot of great progress and technology being starved with t... https://social.lol/@rpm/115776629134995102
December 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
https://social.lol/@rpm/115776629134995102 At this point I think the AI hype cycle is so obviously artificially inflated that I’ll be focusing elsewhere for blog posts going forward. There’s a lot of great progress and technology being starved with t... https://social.lol/@rpm/115776629134995102
https://social.lol/@rpm/115776408592397039 New article up on my blog on the wind down of the current AI boom: https://robinmonks.com/ai-is-everywhere-expensive-and-worthless/?ref=social.lol
December 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
https://social.lol/@rpm/115776408592397039 New article up on my blog on the wind down of the current AI boom: https://robinmonks.com/ai-is-everywhere-expensive-and-worthless/?ref=social.lol
New article up on my blog on the wind down of the current AI boom: robinmonks.com/ai-is-everyw...
"AI" is everywhere, expensive, and worthless
What was supposed to be the future of tech and work turned out to be a boring technological improvement, and that's bad news for AI investments.
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December 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
New article up on my blog on the wind down of the current AI boom: robinmonks.com/ai-is-everyw...
https://social.lol/@rpm/115773084261396232 @[email protected] (https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard) / @[email protected] (https://mas.to/@davidgerard) probably worth a note on another company (who charge for their product) going bad on their customers.
December 24, 2025 at 6:19 AM
https://social.lol/@rpm/115773084261396232 @[email protected] (https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard) / @[email protected] (https://mas.to/@davidgerard) probably worth a note on another company (who charge for their product) going bad on their customers.
https://social.lol/@rpm/115773052364717922 Just sent them my feedback, encourage others to do the same. Companies must feel repercussions for such bad decisions, and I for one have cancelled my subscription (sadly I still have most of a year left. )
December 24, 2025 at 6:10 AM
https://social.lol/@rpm/115773052364717922 Just sent them my feedback, encourage others to do the same. Companies must feel repercussions for such bad decisions, and I for one have cancelled my subscription (sadly I still have most of a year left. )
https://social.lol/@rpm/115773018299517704 Wow, add Monarch Money (a company who until today I rather respected) to the list of companies feeding your data to their AI training crapfest by default so you have no way to avoid all your existing data being ... https://social.lol/@rpm/115773018299517704
December 24, 2025 at 6:01 AM
https://social.lol/@rpm/115773018299517704 Wow, add Monarch Money (a company who until today I rather respected) to the list of companies feeding your data to their AI training crapfest by default so you have no way to avoid all your existing data being ... https://social.lol/@rpm/115773018299517704
https://social.lol/@rpm/115771971401205834 RE: https://infosec.exchange/@Mustardfacial/115770924744213684
I’ve never heard a clearer message that everyone needs to move off Microsoft ASAP because that shit just isn’t secure anymore.
I’ve never heard a clearer message that everyone needs to move off Microsoft ASAP because that shit just isn’t secure anymore.
December 24, 2025 at 1:37 AM
https://social.lol/@rpm/115771971401205834 RE: https://infosec.exchange/@Mustardfacial/115770924744213684
I’ve never heard a clearer message that everyone needs to move off Microsoft ASAP because that shit just isn’t secure anymore.
I’ve never heard a clearer message that everyone needs to move off Microsoft ASAP because that shit just isn’t secure anymore.
https://social.lol/@rpm/115766531318601271 The cut 60 Minutes segent on CECOT is now up on archive.org: https://archive.org/details/60-minutes-inside-cecot
Thanks to it being pulled so late, it was already distributed and streamed in Canada and someone ... https://social.lol/@rpm/115766531318601271
Thanks to it being pulled so late, it was already distributed and streamed in Canada and someone ... https://social.lol/@rpm/115766531318601271
December 23, 2025 at 2:31 AM
https://social.lol/@rpm/115766531318601271 The cut 60 Minutes segent on CECOT is now up on archive.org: https://archive.org/details/60-minutes-inside-cecot
Thanks to it being pulled so late, it was already distributed and streamed in Canada and someone ... https://social.lol/@rpm/115766531318601271
Thanks to it being pulled so late, it was already distributed and streamed in Canada and someone ... https://social.lol/@rpm/115766531318601271
https://social.lol/@rpm/115764568479554446 Every flock camera needs to come down and every public official and business that thought this was a good idea needs to be shamed and their power removed. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social (https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https:... https://social.lol/@rpm/115764568479554446
December 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
https://social.lol/@rpm/115764568479554446 Every flock camera needs to come down and every public official and business that thought this was a good idea needs to be shamed and their power removed. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social (https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https:... https://social.lol/@rpm/115764568479554446
https://social.lol/@rpm/115761923927652911 Instructions unclear. Can a native Alaskan help me figure this out?
December 22, 2025 at 7:01 AM
https://social.lol/@rpm/115761923927652911 Instructions unclear. Can a native Alaskan help me figure this out?
https://social.lol/@rpm/115761556695665299 Was just served a sandwich with a spoon and knife on an Alaska Airlines flight and now I’m wondering if I’ve just been eating sandwiches wrong my whole life.
December 22, 2025 at 5:28 AM
https://social.lol/@rpm/115761556695665299 Was just served a sandwich with a spoon and knife on an Alaska Airlines flight and now I’m wondering if I’ve just been eating sandwiches wrong my whole life.
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PSA: Our roadmap for 2026:
December 16, 2025 at 10:22 AM
PSA: Our roadmap for 2026:
https://social.lol/@rpm/115751346061635996 RE: https://toot.wales/@gavin57/115748752423389729
Having tried to use it multiple times I’ve never seen a tool that wastes my time more than Copilot. I’m at the point of advocating that Microsoft Windows a... https://social.lol/@rpm/115751346061635996
Having tried to use it multiple times I’ve never seen a tool that wastes my time more than Copilot. I’m at the point of advocating that Microsoft Windows a... https://social.lol/@rpm/115751346061635996
December 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
https://social.lol/@rpm/115751346061635996 RE: https://toot.wales/@gavin57/115748752423389729
Having tried to use it multiple times I’ve never seen a tool that wastes my time more than Copilot. I’m at the point of advocating that Microsoft Windows a... https://social.lol/@rpm/115751346061635996
Having tried to use it multiple times I’ve never seen a tool that wastes my time more than Copilot. I’m at the point of advocating that Microsoft Windows a... https://social.lol/@rpm/115751346061635996
https://social.lol/@rpm/115751244545878619 A society that no longer positions its children to better their parents: through borrowing the money of future generations to give to the elderly, through blocking education in favor of doctrine, though discoura... https://social.lol/@rpm/115751244545878619
December 20, 2025 at 9:44 AM
https://social.lol/@rpm/115751244545878619 A society that no longer positions its children to better their parents: through borrowing the money of future generations to give to the elderly, through blocking education in favor of doctrine, though discoura... https://social.lol/@rpm/115751244545878619
https://social.lol/@rpm/115748647908165870 RE: https://mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker/115746518338117038
And this is why blocking all trackers is so important. Between EFF’s privacy badger and a well-configured firewall (Little Snitch) none of MixPane... https://social.lol/@rpm/115748647908165870
And this is why blocking all trackers is so important. Between EFF’s privacy badger and a well-configured firewall (Little Snitch) none of MixPane... https://social.lol/@rpm/115748647908165870
December 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
https://social.lol/@rpm/115748647908165870 RE: https://mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker/115746518338117038
And this is why blocking all trackers is so important. Between EFF’s privacy badger and a well-configured firewall (Little Snitch) none of MixPane... https://social.lol/@rpm/115748647908165870
And this is why blocking all trackers is so important. Between EFF’s privacy badger and a well-configured firewall (Little Snitch) none of MixPane... https://social.lol/@rpm/115748647908165870
https://social.lol/@rpm/115748626738734449 RE: https://mastodon.social/@jamesthomson/115743268704666181
This is gross and should be used as exhibit A for why Apple shouldn’t be allowed an exclusive App Store for iOS — any argument of user benefit just withered and died.
This is gross and should be used as exhibit A for why Apple shouldn’t be allowed an exclusive App Store for iOS — any argument of user benefit just withered and died.
December 19, 2025 at 10:38 PM
https://social.lol/@rpm/115748626738734449 RE: https://mastodon.social/@jamesthomson/115743268704666181
This is gross and should be used as exhibit A for why Apple shouldn’t be allowed an exclusive App Store for iOS — any argument of user benefit just withered and died.
This is gross and should be used as exhibit A for why Apple shouldn’t be allowed an exclusive App Store for iOS — any argument of user benefit just withered and died.
https://social.lol/@rpm/115743486044075773 Kind of a perfect sunset in Vegas. #photography
December 19, 2025 at 12:53 AM
https://social.lol/@rpm/115743486044075773 Kind of a perfect sunset in Vegas. #photography
https://social.lol/@rpm/115742766238359333 Just got to have the fourth worst Thai red curry of my life and the worst rad na of my life at the same restaurant. The benefit though, is now I get a fun story to tell XD
December 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
https://social.lol/@rpm/115742766238359333 Just got to have the fourth worst Thai red curry of my life and the worst rad na of my life at the same restaurant. The benefit though, is now I get a fun story to tell XD
https://social.lol/@rpm/115742768412665956 RE: https://mstdn.ca/@AlisonCreekside/115739931441741720
Someone really hates democracy
Someone really hates democracy
December 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
https://social.lol/@rpm/115742768412665956 RE: https://mstdn.ca/@AlisonCreekside/115739931441741720
Someone really hates democracy
Someone really hates democracy
https://social.lol/@rpm/115742400555844150 RE: https://union.place/@propublicaguild/115736214313145243
Really disappointing to see brands willing to throw away their identity for fads.
Really disappointing to see brands willing to throw away their identity for fads.
December 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
https://social.lol/@rpm/115742400555844150 RE: https://union.place/@propublicaguild/115736214313145243
Really disappointing to see brands willing to throw away their identity for fads.
Really disappointing to see brands willing to throw away their identity for fads.
https://social.lol/@rpm/115742345059117427 Both Uber and Lyft explicitly need a “no Uber” option. They both consider these rolling crap piles premium cars…
December 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
https://social.lol/@rpm/115742345059117427 Both Uber and Lyft explicitly need a “no Uber” option. They both consider these rolling crap piles premium cars…
https://social.lol/@rpm/115741824766896932 RE: https://mastodon.social/@AnnaAnthro/115736090199312732
I guess this is why a16z thinks AI is useful.
I guess this is why a16z thinks AI is useful.
December 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
https://social.lol/@rpm/115741824766896932 RE: https://mastodon.social/@AnnaAnthro/115736090199312732
I guess this is why a16z thinks AI is useful.
I guess this is why a16z thinks AI is useful.
https://social.lol/@rpm/115696353412947096 This is the way. I know a lot of folks are tightening belts and removing these out-of-control subscription costs is an amazing place to start. https://mastodon.social/@knoppix95/115684991094789845
December 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
https://social.lol/@rpm/115696353412947096 This is the way. I know a lot of folks are tightening belts and removing these out-of-control subscription costs is an amazing place to start. https://mastodon.social/@knoppix95/115684991094789845
https://social.lol/@rpm/115687270429780698 Giving mega corporations money doesn’t work. https://mstdn.ca/@pinhman/115685540178582602
December 9, 2025 at 2:36 AM
https://social.lol/@rpm/115687270429780698 Giving mega corporations money doesn’t work. https://mstdn.ca/@pinhman/115685540178582602