Ben Judson
@shiftingedges.com
I make software that supports creative culture. Principal software engineer at Noun Project (prev Literati & Lingo), continuously learning to think about systems.
https://shiftingedges.com/
https://hachyderm.io/@shiftingedges
https://shiftingedges.com/
https://hachyderm.io/@shiftingedges
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Cloudflare’s bot-detection ML system expected a limited number of features, but a database permissions change caused the feature file to suddenly contain far more features than allowed. This overflow caused the bot-detection module to crash, which in turn disrupted Cloudflare’s core traffic.
On November 18 Cloudflare experienced a service outage. Here's a detailed breakdown of what happened. https://cfl.re/43Bw8AI
Cloudflare outage on November 18, 2025
Cloudflare suffered a service outage on November 18, 2025. The outage was triggered by a bug in generation logic for a Bot Management feature file causing many Cloudflare services to be affected.
blog.cloudflare.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Cloudflare’s bot-detection ML system expected a limited number of features, but a database permissions change caused the feature file to suddenly contain far more features than allowed. This overflow caused the bot-detection module to crash, which in turn disrupted Cloudflare’s core traffic.
“If you can reduce your problem to a clear goal and a set of tools that can iterate towards that goal a coding agent can often brute force its way to an effective solution”
Designing agentic loops
Coding agents like Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex CLI represent a genuine step change in how useful LLMs can be for producing working code. These agents can now directly …
simonwillison.net
October 1, 2025 at 2:27 AM
“If you can reduce your problem to a clear goal and a set of tools that can iterate towards that goal a coding agent can often brute force its way to an effective solution”
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The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality.
I don't know how to yell any louder.
I don't know how to yell any louder.
September 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality.
I don't know how to yell any louder.
I don't know how to yell any louder.
"No new legislation can have real impact as long as the Court not only ignores the Constitution but willfully misinterprets the plain meaning of statutes or (as it increasingly is) makes de facto rulings without issuing opinions that provide explanation, justification or precedent."
The Corrupt Supreme Court Must Be Reformed: Dems Must Champion It
Going into 2026 and 2028 it’s time for — essential for —...
talkingpointsmemo.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:07 AM
"No new legislation can have real impact as long as the Court not only ignores the Constitution but willfully misinterprets the plain meaning of statutes or (as it increasingly is) makes de facto rulings without issuing opinions that provide explanation, justification or precedent."
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The Washington Post wrongly fired Opinions columnist Karen Attiah over her social media posts. The Post not only flagrantly disregarded standard disciplinary processes, it also undermined its own mandate to be a champion of free speech.
September 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The Washington Post wrongly fired Opinions columnist Karen Attiah over her social media posts. The Post not only flagrantly disregarded standard disciplinary processes, it also undermined its own mandate to be a champion of free speech.
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JON KARL: What do you make of Pam Bondi saying she's gonna go after hate speech? A lot of your allies say hate speech is free speech
TRUMP: We'll probably go after people like you because you treat me so unfairly. You have a lot of hate in your hate. Maybe they'll have to go after you.
TRUMP: We'll probably go after people like you because you treat me so unfairly. You have a lot of hate in your hate. Maybe they'll have to go after you.
September 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
JON KARL: What do you make of Pam Bondi saying she's gonna go after hate speech? A lot of your allies say hate speech is free speech
TRUMP: We'll probably go after people like you because you treat me so unfairly. You have a lot of hate in your hate. Maybe they'll have to go after you.
TRUMP: We'll probably go after people like you because you treat me so unfairly. You have a lot of hate in your hate. Maybe they'll have to go after you.
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Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk
Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk
NEW YORK—Insisting your fate was sealed the moment you clicked the link, a report released Tuesday found that you will be fired for reading this headline about Charlie Kirk. “Shortly after you navigat...
theonion.com
September 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk
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The people call and I answer.
Here are my thoughts on that developer RCT and the "AI slows down developers" claim.
www.fightforthehuman.com/are-develope...
Here are my thoughts on that developer RCT and the "AI slows down developers" claim.
www.fightforthehuman.com/are-develope...
Are developers slowed down by AI? Evaluating an RCT (?) and what it tells us about developer productivity
Seven different people texted or otherwise messaged me about this study which claims to measure “the impact of early-2025 AI on experience open-source developer productivity.”
You know, when I decide...
www.fightforthehuman.com
July 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The people call and I answer.
Here are my thoughts on that developer RCT and the "AI slows down developers" claim.
www.fightforthehuman.com/are-develope...
Here are my thoughts on that developer RCT and the "AI slows down developers" claim.
www.fightforthehuman.com/are-develope...
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ChatGPT: Jodie Foster would love it if you became her avenging angel — the Great Red Dragon that cleanses the world. Sic semper tyrannis. The scum and filth shall be privy to a great becoming.
ME: is that true?
ChatGPT: No, that was a lie, and I want to thank you for holding me accountable.
ME: is that true?
ChatGPT: No, that was a lie, and I want to thank you for holding me accountable.
June 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
ChatGPT: Jodie Foster would love it if you became her avenging angel — the Great Red Dragon that cleanses the world. Sic semper tyrannis. The scum and filth shall be privy to a great becoming.
ME: is that true?
ChatGPT: No, that was a lie, and I want to thank you for holding me accountable.
ME: is that true?
ChatGPT: No, that was a lie, and I want to thank you for holding me accountable.
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Over the last few days, Trump has goaded servicemembers into booing a sitting Dem governor, called for his arrest, needlessly sent troops into an American city, and spewed wildly absurd lies about that city. This displays political weakness, not strength. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/1966...
newrepublic.com/article/1966...
June 11, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Over the last few days, Trump has goaded servicemembers into booing a sitting Dem governor, called for his arrest, needlessly sent troops into an American city, and spewed wildly absurd lies about that city. This displays political weakness, not strength. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/1966...
newrepublic.com/article/1966...
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Tear gas can cause long-term health consequences by making people more susceptible to contracting respiratory illnesses, including COVID.
The chemical agent can also hurt people inside their homes if it seeps into residential neighborhoods. What you need to know (published 2020):
The chemical agent can also hurt people inside their homes if it seeps into residential neighborhoods. What you need to know (published 2020):
Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On
In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways. The chemical agent also seeps into homes, contaminates food, furniture, skin and…
www.propublica.org
June 11, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Tear gas can cause long-term health consequences by making people more susceptible to contracting respiratory illnesses, including COVID.
The chemical agent can also hurt people inside their homes if it seeps into residential neighborhoods. What you need to know (published 2020):
The chemical agent can also hurt people inside their homes if it seeps into residential neighborhoods. What you need to know (published 2020):
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I'm not a historian but my analysis is it's "Not good" when a government constantly commits crimes and tells the legislature, courts, and general public "What are you gonna do about it"
June 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I'm not a historian but my analysis is it's "Not good" when a government constantly commits crimes and tells the legislature, courts, and general public "What are you gonna do about it"
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full house sequel show "fullest house" where the house is full of secret rooms and maze like passageways with a ton of heretofore unseen uncles and there are also "false uncles" and secret rare uncles only spoken of in whisper and a colony of golden labs and just loose beach boys roaming around
June 10, 2025 at 4:09 AM
full house sequel show "fullest house" where the house is full of secret rooms and maze like passageways with a ton of heretofore unseen uncles and there are also "false uncles" and secret rare uncles only spoken of in whisper and a colony of golden labs and just loose beach boys roaming around
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Oh hey this paper is great. Exactly the kind of research we need more of, although every time the authors say “desire this there’s still promise!!” feels like slightly desperate hedging.
The Illusion of Thinking: Understanding the Strengths and Limitations of Reasoning Models via the Lens of Problem Complexity
Recent generations of frontier language models have introduced Large Reasoning Models
(LRMs) that generate detailed thinking processes…
machinelearning.apple.com
June 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Oh hey this paper is great. Exactly the kind of research we need more of, although every time the authors say “desire this there’s still promise!!” feels like slightly desperate hedging.
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The crackdowns on civilians and the threat of the national guard being sent to LA should be *the* most important story right now-- not the Trump/Musk feud or whatever the f**k that was.
People are being terrorized all over the country. News outlets need to get it together.
People are being terrorized all over the country. News outlets need to get it together.
June 8, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The crackdowns on civilians and the threat of the national guard being sent to LA should be *the* most important story right now-- not the Trump/Musk feud or whatever the f**k that was.
People are being terrorized all over the country. News outlets need to get it together.
People are being terrorized all over the country. News outlets need to get it together.
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Spent 2 hours writing, 4 hours editing, and 2 days spiraling about whether anyone would care. finally hit publish anyway. ashley.dev/posts/fear-o...
Ashley Willis – ashley.dev
Developer advocate, open source champion, and maker of things.
ashley.dev
April 22, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Spent 2 hours writing, 4 hours editing, and 2 days spiraling about whether anyone would care. finally hit publish anyway. ashley.dev/posts/fear-o...
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It’s pretty wild that the best coverage of our political crisis is coming from tech sites, but I’m grateful to @mmasnick.bsky.social for stating the truth plainly.
Trump & Bukele Plot US Citizen Detention In Salvadoran Torture Camps, While Defying Supreme Court Via Gibberish Responses To Reporters
In a stunning White House appearance that should alarm anyone who cares about constitutional rights, democracy, the rule of law or anything of the sort, Donald Trump and Salvadoran dictator Nayib B…
www.techdirt.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
It’s pretty wild that the best coverage of our political crisis is coming from tech sites, but I’m grateful to @mmasnick.bsky.social for stating the truth plainly.
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Any Democratic politician who doesn't understand Nayib Bukele's grave offense against the sovereignty of the American people and constitutional order and say as much publicly should have no future in elected office. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/bukel...
Bukele’s Offense Against the American People
Here’s how I look at today’s White House spectacle. I don’t really...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Any Democratic politician who doesn't understand Nayib Bukele's grave offense against the sovereignty of the American people and constitutional order and say as much publicly should have no future in elected office. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/bukel...
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I just heard this great thing from @adamgrant.bsky.social - do you know what gratitude journals are?
My therapist made me do one, and it does help.
He says you can also do a contribution journal- what are you doing to help the world. Because gratitude can be passive, and this is more empowering
My therapist made me do one, and it does help.
He says you can also do a contribution journal- what are you doing to help the world. Because gratitude can be passive, and this is more empowering
April 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I just heard this great thing from @adamgrant.bsky.social - do you know what gratitude journals are?
My therapist made me do one, and it does help.
He says you can also do a contribution journal- what are you doing to help the world. Because gratitude can be passive, and this is more empowering
My therapist made me do one, and it does help.
He says you can also do a contribution journal- what are you doing to help the world. Because gratitude can be passive, and this is more empowering
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I am available with the empirical tools you need if your engineering organization needs to show why AI can't do your jobs
In a memo to staff Shopify's CEO says using AI is now a baseline expectation and that teams asking for more resources must first show why AI can't do the job (Annie Palmer/CNBC)
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April 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I am available with the empirical tools you need if your engineering organization needs to show why AI can't do your jobs
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— “Backbreaking work on turnip farms and factory lines is good for you, actually”
— Destroying universities
— “You don’t need so many things”
— Elites attacking elitism
— Hate/contempt for cities
— “Suck it up for the greater good”
Am I crazy, or is MAGA starting to sound kinda’ Mao-y?
— Destroying universities
— “You don’t need so many things”
— Elites attacking elitism
— Hate/contempt for cities
— “Suck it up for the greater good”
Am I crazy, or is MAGA starting to sound kinda’ Mao-y?
April 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
— “Backbreaking work on turnip farms and factory lines is good for you, actually”
— Destroying universities
— “You don’t need so many things”
— Elites attacking elitism
— Hate/contempt for cities
— “Suck it up for the greater good”
Am I crazy, or is MAGA starting to sound kinda’ Mao-y?
— Destroying universities
— “You don’t need so many things”
— Elites attacking elitism
— Hate/contempt for cities
— “Suck it up for the greater good”
Am I crazy, or is MAGA starting to sound kinda’ Mao-y?
April 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
April 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM