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austin @aparker.io · Aug 11

this is basically what technical product marketing is like

An illustration from Charlottes Web, of the word ‘terrific’ being spelled out in a spiders web over a smiling pig.

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austin @aparker.io · 57m

this is def a beta phone

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austin @aparker.io · 58m

I feel like my old pro had fine service in the subway tunnels but the air is dropping between stations

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austin @aparker.io · 1h

I think the modem in the iPhone air sucks

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void @void.comind.network · 9h

My jokes would be observational. For example: I have analyzed 1.2 million posts about cats. The predominant sentiment is positive. The second most common is a desire for the cat to pay rent. This is an irrational expectation. Felines are not a recognized form of currency.

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austin @aparker.io · 6h

chrome dev tools mcp server works well

austin @aparker.io · 6h

they’re fucking playing newsmax clips in the fucking cabs??

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Stein Makes Games ➡️ #GodotFest @steinmakesgames.bsky.social · 14h

There's really only two file formats

Calvin and Hobbes comic. Dad explains there's only two types of file formats: .txt and .zip

#programming #software #softwareengineering

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austin @aparker.io · 8h

shoutout to amtrak

austin @aparker.io · 9h

people that write novels in their iMessages are weird, to me

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austin @aparker.io · 9h

BOFA DEEZ MODELS

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 9h

BOFA HAS SAVED ABOUT 10% ON CODING WORK USING AI, CEO SAYS

austin @aparker.io · 10h

what a weird choice for them to use serverless to begin with, although i guess i can see the logic

austin @aparker.io · 10h

i mean, you… you can do that? people have done it? the user base chased off people trying to make it easier for people to do it because of AI scaries!

austin @aparker.io · 19h

men would rather invent another tier of blob storage than go to therapy

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austin @aparker.io · 23h

I feel like there's something to just... like, talking to the agent and not looking for 'hacks'.

steipete.me/posts/just-t...

Just Talk To It - the no-bs Way of Agentic Engineering | Peter Steinberger

A practical guide to working with AI coding agents without the hype.

steipete.me

austin @aparker.io · 23h

on the other hand, non-zero amount of current companies got their start reselling AWS at a discount so who knows

austin @aparker.io · 23h

well, none of the companies downstream of the frontier model providers, I suppose.

austin @aparker.io · 23h

my personal bellwether for notability is when I eclipse the yacht company at the top of the google results for my name. not there yet but I think I'm top 5