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governance @opentelemetry.io
dir. open source @honeycomb.io
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governance @opentelemetry.io
dir. open source @honeycomb.io
av by @extinctinks.net
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Happy Thanksgiving to our riders and everyone here at the MTA who keeps our region moving. Each and every day, we’re thankful for you!
November 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to our riders and everyone here at the MTA who keeps our region moving. Each and every day, we’re thankful for you!
$2 powerball would be a good name for a cat
November 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
$2 powerball would be a good name for a cat
feel this in my bones
The engineer-manager pendulum model no longer accurately reflects how engineering leadership operates.
Most of us aren’t just an IC or a manager. Technology has forced us to live somewhere in the middle.
I wrote about what this actually looks like now:
www.modernleader.is/p/pendulum-r...
Most of us aren’t just an IC or a manager. Technology has forced us to live somewhere in the middle.
I wrote about what this actually looks like now:
www.modernleader.is/p/pendulum-r...
The engineer–manager pendulum is breaking
The hybrid era of engineering leadership is here, and the traditional IC/manager model is no longer suitable.
www.modernleader.is
November 27, 2025 at 5:52 AM
feel this in my bones
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"Frosty the snow man!
Was a jolly happy soul!
With a corncob pipe and a button nose
and an ass that just won't quit!"
....
"thumpity thump thump
thumpity thump thump
Look at that frosty twerk"
Was a jolly happy soul!
With a corncob pipe and a button nose
and an ass that just won't quit!"
....
"thumpity thump thump
thumpity thump thump
Look at that frosty twerk"
November 27, 2025 at 4:39 AM
"Frosty the snow man!
Was a jolly happy soul!
With a corncob pipe and a button nose
and an ass that just won't quit!"
....
"thumpity thump thump
thumpity thump thump
Look at that frosty twerk"
Was a jolly happy soul!
With a corncob pipe and a button nose
and an ass that just won't quit!"
....
"thumpity thump thump
thumpity thump thump
Look at that frosty twerk"
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"Oh noooo... I dropped my corn cob pipe."
November 27, 2025 at 1:19 AM
"Oh noooo... I dropped my corn cob pipe."
claude has been clauding on some pdf stuff tonight and i've noticed that it's starting to get kinda funky with the file names as we iterate
first we had '2025-processed'
then '2025-corrected'
then '2025-corrected-fix'
then '2025-final'
we're up to '2025-final-v2'
first we had '2025-processed'
then '2025-corrected'
then '2025-corrected-fix'
then '2025-final'
we're up to '2025-final-v2'
November 27, 2025 at 2:58 AM
claude has been clauding on some pdf stuff tonight and i've noticed that it's starting to get kinda funky with the file names as we iterate
first we had '2025-processed'
then '2025-corrected'
then '2025-corrected-fix'
then '2025-final'
we're up to '2025-final-v2'
first we had '2025-processed'
then '2025-corrected'
then '2025-corrected-fix'
then '2025-final'
we're up to '2025-final-v2'
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The kinds of databases:
• Fancy files
• 1970s stays winning
• This would be so cool if it worked at scale
• Oh, that's why google has a monopoly on search
• Fancy files
• 1970s stays winning
• This would be so cool if it worked at scale
• Oh, that's why google has a monopoly on search
November 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The kinds of databases:
• Fancy files
• 1970s stays winning
• This would be so cool if it worked at scale
• Oh, that's why google has a monopoly on search
• Fancy files
• 1970s stays winning
• This would be so cool if it worked at scale
• Oh, that's why google has a monopoly on search
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The Holiday Lights Trains are back!
We'll be doubling the holiday spirit this year with the addition of a festive diesel train, bringing bright lights and spreading holiday cheer to even more stations!
These Holiday Lights trains will make their debut on Friday and run through New Year’s.
We'll be doubling the holiday spirit this year with the addition of a festive diesel train, bringing bright lights and spreading holiday cheer to even more stations!
These Holiday Lights trains will make their debut on Friday and run through New Year’s.
November 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The Holiday Lights Trains are back!
We'll be doubling the holiday spirit this year with the addition of a festive diesel train, bringing bright lights and spreading holiday cheer to even more stations!
These Holiday Lights trains will make their debut on Friday and run through New Year’s.
We'll be doubling the holiday spirit this year with the addition of a festive diesel train, bringing bright lights and spreading holiday cheer to even more stations!
These Holiday Lights trains will make their debut on Friday and run through New Year’s.
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It is totally reasonable and rational for artists and writers, folks whose livelihood is affected by GenAI, to be wildly opposed to it. But most of the interesting parts of ML have very little to do with automated writing or art and to make it all about this is reductive too
November 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
It is totally reasonable and rational for artists and writers, folks whose livelihood is affected by GenAI, to be wildly opposed to it. But most of the interesting parts of ML have very little to do with automated writing or art and to make it all about this is reductive too
oh god reinvent is next week, right
November 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
oh god reinvent is next week, right
> Fair enough - you know Honeycomb's internals better than I do! API keys are typically environment-scoped, not dataset-scoped.
opus 4.5 is a cheeky little asshole
opus 4.5 is a cheeky little asshole
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
> Fair enough - you know Honeycomb's internals better than I do! API keys are typically environment-scoped, not dataset-scoped.
opus 4.5 is a cheeky little asshole
opus 4.5 is a cheeky little asshole
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A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
interesting that Anthropic specifically calls out claude 4.x models as being prone to overengineering in their new prompting guide
platform.claude.com/docs/en/buil...
platform.claude.com/docs/en/buil...
Prompting best practices
Claude API Documentation
platform.claude.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
interesting that Anthropic specifically calls out claude 4.x models as being prone to overengineering in their new prompting guide
platform.claude.com/docs/en/buil...
platform.claude.com/docs/en/buil...
it’s fun being up early and seeing the brits pop off about something on here
November 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
it’s fun being up early and seeing the brits pop off about something on here
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new, short blog post: vgel.me/posts/elven-...
November 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
new, short blog post: vgel.me/posts/elven-...
don't think about the golden gate bridge
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
don't think about the golden gate bridge
i now understand why people pay so much to make oauth someone elses problem
November 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
i now understand why people pay so much to make oauth someone elses problem
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FWIW there are multiple funders/incubators/etc who have told me to do exactly this rather than actually build the automated thing I had come up with because the point of the MVP was to show that there were customers who wanted the product, not to illustrate that the tech worked or whatever
Founders on LinkedIn still seem to be struggling with the difference between telling people about their humble beginnings and admitting to straight up committing fraud.
November 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
FWIW there are multiple funders/incubators/etc who have told me to do exactly this rather than actually build the automated thing I had come up with because the point of the MVP was to show that there were customers who wanted the product, not to illustrate that the tech worked or whatever
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📢 Announcing hacklore.org 📢
It’s time to retire outdated cyber advice! More than 80 cybersecurity veterans have signed an open letter urging a shift from folklore to guidance that actually helps people avoid the most common attacks. 🔐
Blog: medium.com/@boblord/let...
Site: www.hacklore.org
It’s time to retire outdated cyber advice! More than 80 cybersecurity veterans have signed an open letter urging a shift from folklore to guidance that actually helps people avoid the most common attacks. 🔐
Blog: medium.com/@boblord/let...
Site: www.hacklore.org
Stop Hacklore!
hacklore.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
📢 Announcing hacklore.org 📢
It’s time to retire outdated cyber advice! More than 80 cybersecurity veterans have signed an open letter urging a shift from folklore to guidance that actually helps people avoid the most common attacks. 🔐
Blog: medium.com/@boblord/let...
Site: www.hacklore.org
It’s time to retire outdated cyber advice! More than 80 cybersecurity veterans have signed an open letter urging a shift from folklore to guidance that actually helps people avoid the most common attacks. 🔐
Blog: medium.com/@boblord/let...
Site: www.hacklore.org
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Login parts!
November 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Login parts!
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The last two pieces about Econ/markets I’ve seen from Substack lead me to believe that whole platform has exceeded TikTok in its levels of disinformation, fabulism, and outright lying.
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The last two pieces about Econ/markets I’ve seen from Substack lead me to believe that whole platform has exceeded TikTok in its levels of disinformation, fabulism, and outright lying.
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boyfriend asked if I knew E. T. A. Hoffmann and I said "no I don't know when he's getting here?", now to take the rest of the day off
November 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
boyfriend asked if I knew E. T. A. Hoffmann and I said "no I don't know when he's getting here?", now to take the rest of the day off