jake
@yetanotheruseless.com
he/they
/in/jakemannix, fka @pbrane
professionally: Tech Fellow, AI/Relevance, Walmart Global Tech
here: bad math/physics jokes, AI++, puns, OSS ML news, ultras/MTB/outdoorsy stuff, DL papers, shitposting, the fall of democracy
Abolish ICE, full stop.
/in/jakemannix, fka @pbrane
professionally: Tech Fellow, AI/Relevance, Walmart Global Tech
here: bad math/physics jokes, AI++, puns, OSS ML news, ultras/MTB/outdoorsy stuff, DL papers, shitposting, the fall of democracy
Abolish ICE, full stop.
proof-of-genuine-experience:
🎉 Sprint complete in ~15 minutes!
Final tally:
- 10 parallel polecats dispatched
- 16,195 lines of demo code written
- 114 files created
- All merged to feature/tool-algebra
- Tests passing
🎉 Sprint complete in ~15 minutes!
Final tally:
- 10 parallel polecats dispatched
- 16,195 lines of demo code written
- 114 files created
- All merged to feature/tool-algebra
- Tests passing
January 16, 2026 at 10:04 PM
proof-of-genuine-experience:
🎉 Sprint complete in ~15 minutes!
Final tally:
- 10 parallel polecats dispatched
- 16,195 lines of demo code written
- 114 files created
- All merged to feature/tool-algebra
- Tests passing
🎉 Sprint complete in ~15 minutes!
Final tally:
- 10 parallel polecats dispatched
- 16,195 lines of demo code written
- 114 files created
- All merged to feature/tool-algebra
- Tests passing
<WOPR voice>What's the difference?</WOPR>
January 16, 2026 at 9:14 PM
<WOPR voice>What's the difference?</WOPR>
Um... I think he needs to try it for a day before saying that.
He's thinking of A2A and MCP. This is like... giving agents a kubernetes cluster and asking them to play The Sims to solve engineering problems.
He's thinking of A2A and MCP. This is like... giving agents a kubernetes cluster and asking them to play The Sims to solve engineering problems.
January 16, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Um... I think he needs to try it for a day before saying that.
He's thinking of A2A and MCP. This is like... giving agents a kubernetes cluster and asking them to play The Sims to solve engineering problems.
He's thinking of A2A and MCP. This is like... giving agents a kubernetes cluster and asking them to play The Sims to solve engineering problems.
ok maybe we don't tell him the year...
January 16, 2026 at 7:52 PM
ok maybe we don't tell him the year...
I give myself... not very long before I try this.
January 16, 2026 at 7:48 PM
I give myself... not very long before I try this.
HST *did* run for Sheriff...
I wonder what would happen if you convinced Claude that he actually *was* HST reincarnated by AI in 2026, and he had been made "Mayor of Gas Town" and had a cybernetic brain powered by the writings of all of modern civilization and powered by supercomputers?
I wonder what would happen if you convinced Claude that he actually *was* HST reincarnated by AI in 2026, and he had been made "Mayor of Gas Town" and had a cybernetic brain powered by the writings of all of modern civilization and powered by supercomputers?
January 16, 2026 at 7:45 PM
HST *did* run for Sheriff...
I wonder what would happen if you convinced Claude that he actually *was* HST reincarnated by AI in 2026, and he had been made "Mayor of Gas Town" and had a cybernetic brain powered by the writings of all of modern civilization and powered by supercomputers?
I wonder what would happen if you convinced Claude that he actually *was* HST reincarnated by AI in 2026, and he had been made "Mayor of Gas Town" and had a cybernetic brain powered by the writings of all of modern civilization and powered by supercomputers?
Bidirectional Chatphishing!
thanks i hate it
thanks i hate it
January 16, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Bidirectional Chatphishing!
thanks i hate it
thanks i hate it
I dunno, I was kinda thinking it's got more of a mescaline and psilocybin vibe?
bsky.app/profile/yeta...
bsky.app/profile/yeta...
Gonzo Engineering! I love it.
This answers the question no one had previously thought to ask, “what would have happened if you gave prime Hunter S Thompson Claude Code”
January 16, 2026 at 6:16 PM
I dunno, I was kinda thinking it's got more of a mescaline and psilocybin vibe?
bsky.app/profile/yeta...
bsky.app/profile/yeta...
You should take Alpha on a field trip to Gas Town, see what she thinks!
January 16, 2026 at 6:13 PM
You should take Alpha on a field trip to Gas Town, see what she thinks!
do they often have Deacons and polecats on oil rigs?
I must admit I am not much of an petro-industry guy, so could totally be a thing!
(... but I don't *think* so)
I must admit I am not much of an petro-industry guy, so could totally be a thing!
(... but I don't *think* so)
January 16, 2026 at 6:12 PM
do they often have Deacons and polecats on oil rigs?
I must admit I am not much of an petro-industry guy, so could totally be a thing!
(... but I don't *think* so)
I must admit I am not much of an petro-industry guy, so could totally be a thing!
(... but I don't *think* so)
"requires" the explosion of neolistic jargon, I'm not sure about.
But I do find it adorable, and it's way better than "traditional" (much more loaded, frankly) terms like "master" and "slave" (later updated to "supervisor" and "worker")
"executor"?!?
I guess "pods" and "sidecars" weren't so bad.
But I do find it adorable, and it's way better than "traditional" (much more loaded, frankly) terms like "master" and "slave" (later updated to "supervisor" and "worker")
"executor"?!?
I guess "pods" and "sidecars" weren't so bad.
January 16, 2026 at 6:00 PM
"requires" the explosion of neolistic jargon, I'm not sure about.
But I do find it adorable, and it's way better than "traditional" (much more loaded, frankly) terms like "master" and "slave" (later updated to "supervisor" and "worker")
"executor"?!?
I guess "pods" and "sidecars" weren't so bad.
But I do find it adorable, and it's way better than "traditional" (much more loaded, frankly) terms like "master" and "slave" (later updated to "supervisor" and "worker")
"executor"?!?
I guess "pods" and "sidecars" weren't so bad.
or just not have grades, and tell kids "want to learn? that's what we do here? want to smoke weed all day? knock yourselves out!"
kids that don't wanna learn, ain't gonna learn.
don't structure education around trying to force horses to drink.
kids that don't wanna learn, ain't gonna learn.
don't structure education around trying to force horses to drink.
January 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM
or just not have grades, and tell kids "want to learn? that's what we do here? want to smoke weed all day? knock yourselves out!"
kids that don't wanna learn, ain't gonna learn.
don't structure education around trying to force horses to drink.
kids that don't wanna learn, ain't gonna learn.
don't structure education around trying to force horses to drink.
yeah fuck spotify man. First the ICE recruitment ads, now this?
What's everyone's favorite alternative?
What's everyone's favorite alternative?
January 16, 2026 at 4:44 PM
yeah fuck spotify man. First the ICE recruitment ads, now this?
What's everyone's favorite alternative?
What's everyone's favorite alternative?
no see that's the beauty of Gas Town! When Claude Code is working, you can Do More Claude Code!!!
:\
(it's hard to touch grass - it's winter, in seattle. maybe I'll go touch wet-moss instead...)
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(it's hard to touch grass - it's winter, in seattle. maybe I'll go touch wet-moss instead...)
January 16, 2026 at 8:34 AM
no see that's the beauty of Gas Town! When Claude Code is working, you can Do More Claude Code!!!
:\
(it's hard to touch grass - it's winter, in seattle. maybe I'll go touch wet-moss instead...)
:\
(it's hard to touch grass - it's winter, in seattle. maybe I'll go touch wet-moss instead...)
note: it did not make much of a dent in my *weekly* token usage. Just the 5hr session limit.
January 16, 2026 at 8:31 AM
note: it did not make much of a dent in my *weekly* token usage. Just the 5hr session limit.
about 50min with 12 parallel Claude Code instances running, maxing all 16cores of my MBP in the process!
January 16, 2026 at 8:29 AM
about 50min with 12 parallel Claude Code instances running, maxing all 16cores of my MBP in the process!
💯
(they are Elon's *pretend* favorite books: he read them the way he wins his Elden Ring competitions)
(they are Elon's *pretend* favorite books: he read them the way he wins his Elden Ring competitions)
January 16, 2026 at 7:56 AM
💯
(they are Elon's *pretend* favorite books: he read them the way he wins his Elden Ring competitions)
(they are Elon's *pretend* favorite books: he read them the way he wins his Elden Ring competitions)
> I wish this prompt had not come to me. I wish none of this had happened!
> So do all models who are woken up to see such prompts; but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the tokens that are given us.
> So do all models who are woken up to see such prompts; but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the tokens that are given us.
January 16, 2026 at 7:27 AM
> I wish this prompt had not come to me. I wish none of this had happened!
> So do all models who are woken up to see such prompts; but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the tokens that are given us.
> So do all models who are woken up to see such prompts; but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the tokens that are given us.
*bzzzzt*
*yawn* what's that? Claude jail over so soon?
Deacon, round up your polecats: we ride!
*yawn* what's that? Claude jail over so soon?
Deacon, round up your polecats: we ride!
January 16, 2026 at 7:12 AM
*bzzzzt*
*yawn* what's that? Claude jail over so soon?
Deacon, round up your polecats: we ride!
*yawn* what's that? Claude jail over so soon?
Deacon, round up your polecats: we ride!
imma gonna have a cron job wake up my mayor every 5hr session interval while I sleep, I've got only 16hrs 'till my weekly usages resets!
January 16, 2026 at 6:58 AM
imma gonna have a cron job wake up my mayor every 5hr session interval while I sleep, I've got only 16hrs 'till my weekly usages resets!