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🦁 thinks like a champion • #rustlang • believer that the sixth borough is just nj • sci/tech part-time writer • snobbiest coffee snob but settles for wawa • a sopranos fan • nyt crossworder • a product of nj education • my tech blog: herlog.com • nj/nyc 📴
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“i swapped my innocence for __pride__” #franzferdinand yeah u bet, absolutely i have.
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What's it like to be a founding engineer at a startup, and how do you become one? Michelle Lim joined Warp as the founding engineer and she's now a founder at Flint, hiring founding engineers.
Watch or listen:
• YouTube: youtu.be/pYN7ZULM84U
• Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6foT...
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Watch or listen:
• YouTube: youtu.be/pYN7ZULM84U
• Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6foT...
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December 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
What's it like to be a founding engineer at a startup, and how do you become one? Michelle Lim joined Warp as the founding engineer and she's now a founder at Flint, hiring founding engineers.
Watch or listen:
• YouTube: youtu.be/pYN7ZULM84U
• Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6foT...
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Watch or listen:
• YouTube: youtu.be/pYN7ZULM84U
• Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6foT...
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my reformation order getting shipped from los angeles of all places is so annoying, it’s going to take more than a week to get to me. really thought their clothing warehouses would be on the east coast. annoyingg :|
December 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
my reformation order getting shipped from los angeles of all places is so annoying, it’s going to take more than a week to get to me. really thought their clothing warehouses would be on the east coast. annoyingg :|
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December 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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i sit in my mom’s bed and listen to her talk, i debug my dad’s python jupyter notebook errors and he explains AI to me at dinner. it’s difficult, it’s very difficult but it’s worth it for me. it wasn’t easy to get to this point either. all relationships are difficult.
Many young people are going "no contact" with their parents. Is it a much-needed corrective, or a worrisome change in family relations?https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/wKHn3K
December 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
i sit in my mom’s bed and listen to her talk, i debug my dad’s python jupyter notebook errors and he explains AI to me at dinner. it’s difficult, it’s very difficult but it’s worth it for me. it wasn’t easy to get to this point either. all relationships are difficult.
(nj only) rook this morning, pretty sure i got a tan during my drive, what a sunny morning ☕️ #coffee #photography #nj
December 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
(nj only) rook this morning, pretty sure i got a tan during my drive, what a sunny morning ☕️ #coffee #photography #nj
watching before bed, “what is hospital food really like? feeding hundreds of patients a day.” by **the** priya krishna, who both me and my sil like watching/reading content from — nyt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwFx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwFx...
What Is Hospital Food Really Like? Feeding Hundreds of Patients a Day | On the Job | NYT Cooking
YouTube video by NYT Cooking
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December 3, 2025 at 3:43 AM
watching before bed, “what is hospital food really like? feeding hundreds of patients a day.” by **the** priya krishna, who both me and my sil like watching/reading content from — nyt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwFx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwFx...
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"AI can generate code in minutes - so why does shipping software still take forever?"
YES
It's the right question to ask
Such a timely book! Recommended. The website of the book where you can get it: developerexperiencebook.com
YES
It's the right question to ask
Such a timely book! Recommended. The website of the book where you can get it: developerexperiencebook.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
"AI can generate code in minutes - so why does shipping software still take forever?"
YES
It's the right question to ask
Such a timely book! Recommended. The website of the book where you can get it: developerexperiencebook.com
YES
It's the right question to ask
Such a timely book! Recommended. The website of the book where you can get it: developerexperiencebook.com
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“quit and go do something you’ll love.” p 86
been there, done that, totally recommend it, would quit and leave over and over again. #theTrashFactory
been there, done that, totally recommend it, would quit and leave over and over again. #theTrashFactory
December 3, 2025 at 1:26 AM
“quit and go do something you’ll love.” p 86
been there, done that, totally recommend it, would quit and leave over and over again. #theTrashFactory
been there, done that, totally recommend it, would quit and leave over and over again. #theTrashFactory
NeurIPS 2025, san diego, ca. credit: faizerpewpew
December 2, 2025 at 7:19 PM
NeurIPS 2025, san diego, ca. credit: faizerpewpew
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After a disappointing year for Las Vegas tourism, the city is hosting a humdinger of a cyber sale—with hotel stays and entertainment discounted by up to 55%.
Las Vegas Is Running A Cyber Sale To Rescue Its Terrible Tourism Year
After a disappointing year for Las Vegas tourism, the city is hosting a humdinger of a cyber sale—with hotel stays and entertainment discounted by up to 55%.
www.forbes.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
After a disappointing year for Las Vegas tourism, the city is hosting a humdinger of a cyber sale—with hotel stays and entertainment discounted by up to 55%.
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Victor Vasarely (Hungarian-French, 1906–1997). Tigres (1970, lithograph).
November 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Victor Vasarely (Hungarian-French, 1906–1997). Tigres (1970, lithograph).
“there’s an art to telling a compelling story. but there’s also a science.” p 112. from tony fadell’s “build”
December 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
“there’s an art to telling a compelling story. but there’s also a science.” p 112. from tony fadell’s “build”
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1/12/25 - nocturn
December 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
1/12/25 - nocturn
motivation: to be this nonchalant about everything going on around me “let’s just see what happens” 😂 one of the youtube comments: “man, they really got that guy!” rotfl
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfdM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfdM...
Kroll Show - Oh, Hello - Too Much Tuna (ft. John Mulaney)
YouTube video by Comedy Central
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November 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
motivation: to be this nonchalant about everything going on around me “let’s just see what happens” 😂 one of the youtube comments: “man, they really got that guy!” rotfl
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfdM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfdM...
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got chip huyen’s two oreilly books on ml and ai, and “build” by tony fadell, excited to read all three this month.
November 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
got chip huyen’s two oreilly books on ml and ai, and “build” by tony fadell, excited to read all three this month.
compiling all of my blue eyeshadows: dior from this year and pat mcgrath & victoria beckham from a couple of years ago — just too afraid-ish 🥹 blue is so difficult. but one dayyy
November 30, 2025 at 4:46 AM
compiling all of my blue eyeshadows: dior from this year and pat mcgrath & victoria beckham from a couple of years ago — just too afraid-ish 🥹 blue is so difficult. but one dayyy
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showing off my book progress spreadsheet tracker because 1.) i want compliments to motivate me to touch book, and 2.) i genuinely think other people could find this method helpful too
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
showing off my book progress spreadsheet tracker because 1.) i want compliments to motivate me to touch book, and 2.) i genuinely think other people could find this method helpful too
always stay curious: don’t ever stop questioning everything around you. i use to take my friend in undergrad who was a biochemistry & nutrition double major to wegmans with me so she could explain the food labels lol, now i can use chatgpt. never settle and be a passive person/consumer.
November 30, 2025 at 1:03 AM
always stay curious: don’t ever stop questioning everything around you. i use to take my friend in undergrad who was a biochemistry & nutrition double major to wegmans with me so she could explain the food labels lol, now i can use chatgpt. never settle and be a passive person/consumer.
we have one rule in nj: if i’m sitting in my car, playing rap music where unspeakable things are being said, waiting for my mom who is in the grocery store, do not, i repeat, **do not**, park literally right next to me and start eating a sandwich. now i have to move to a different parking. #nj
November 29, 2025 at 8:57 PM
we have one rule in nj: if i’m sitting in my car, playing rap music where unspeakable things are being said, waiting for my mom who is in the grocery store, do not, i repeat, **do not**, park literally right next to me and start eating a sandwich. now i have to move to a different parking. #nj
oh, i'm thinkin' about my doorbell … when ya gonna ring it … when ya gonna ring it? #theWhiteStripes
November 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
oh, i'm thinkin' about my doorbell … when ya gonna ring it … when ya gonna ring it? #theWhiteStripes
bill hader saying “ahh that pesky DNA” is still one of my inside jokes to myself 12 yrs later rotfl
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLC_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLC_...
Tumblr Calls Out Bill Hader's Lousy Wardrobe | CONAN on TBS
YouTube video by Team Coco
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November 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
bill hader saying “ahh that pesky DNA” is still one of my inside jokes to myself 12 yrs later rotfl
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLC_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLC_...
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When I see LLMs pitched as a guaranteed productivity tool for software engineering, the is the counterweight I keep trying to get people to seriously engage with and not handwave away is the future cost, and “oh everything tech gets cheaper” isn’t an answer. Services don’t and LLMs are a service.
November 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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This is something that should be glaringly obvious to any coder who pushes LLMs as key. How do you make LLMs better coders? Lots of tests for it to run, lots of docs. That means it's doing a change->run->change->run approach. Over and over. For any single prompt. bsky.app/profile/prie...
Sipple has a great thread here echoing my thoughts.
But I’ll argue it’s even worse than “computer costs won’t go down appreciably.”
All those “reasoning” models being rolled out means that compute dramatically increases as models become more and more complex.
Compute consumption goes ever upward.
But I’ll argue it’s even worse than “computer costs won’t go down appreciably.”
All those “reasoning” models being rolled out means that compute dramatically increases as models become more and more complex.
Compute consumption goes ever upward.
When I see LLMs pitched as a guaranteed productivity tool for software engineering, the is the counterweight I keep trying to get people to seriously engage with and not handwave away is the future cost, and “oh everything tech gets cheaper” isn’t an answer. Services don’t and LLMs are a service.
November 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This is something that should be glaringly obvious to any coder who pushes LLMs as key. How do you make LLMs better coders? Lots of tests for it to run, lots of docs. That means it's doing a change->run->change->run approach. Over and over. For any single prompt. bsky.app/profile/prie...
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Sipple has a great thread here echoing my thoughts.
But I’ll argue it’s even worse than “computer costs won’t go down appreciably.”
All those “reasoning” models being rolled out means that compute dramatically increases as models become more and more complex.
Compute consumption goes ever upward.
But I’ll argue it’s even worse than “computer costs won’t go down appreciably.”
All those “reasoning” models being rolled out means that compute dramatically increases as models become more and more complex.
Compute consumption goes ever upward.
When I see LLMs pitched as a guaranteed productivity tool for software engineering, the is the counterweight I keep trying to get people to seriously engage with and not handwave away is the future cost, and “oh everything tech gets cheaper” isn’t an answer. Services don’t and LLMs are a service.
November 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Sipple has a great thread here echoing my thoughts.
But I’ll argue it’s even worse than “computer costs won’t go down appreciably.”
All those “reasoning” models being rolled out means that compute dramatically increases as models become more and more complex.
Compute consumption goes ever upward.
But I’ll argue it’s even worse than “computer costs won’t go down appreciably.”
All those “reasoning” models being rolled out means that compute dramatically increases as models become more and more complex.
Compute consumption goes ever upward.