John McBride
@johncodes.com
🌊 | Staff eng @ Zuplo | 🥡 Prev: Linux Foundation, OpenSauced, AWS, VMware, Pivotal, Compassion Int., OSU, and more | 📣 Opinions my own! | 🕺 https://johncodes.com
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“I wish we wouldn’t tell people to follow their passion. I wish we’d tell them to follow their curiosity.”
— Astrid Bin
— Astrid Bin
November 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
“I wish we wouldn’t tell people to follow their passion. I wish we’d tell them to follow their curiosity.”
— Astrid Bin
— Astrid Bin
Hit 1000 contributions in 2025 on Halloween! Wild!! 📈
November 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Hit 1000 contributions in 2025 on Halloween! Wild!! 📈
Amazon gutting the Amazon Games division and swiftly killing their only good product, New Worlds, is a great reminder of why the Don't Kill Games movement is so important: Amazon, once you kill the New World servers, just open source it! Let others go and run their own servers!!
November 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Amazon gutting the Amazon Games division and swiftly killing their only good product, New Worlds, is a great reminder of why the Don't Kill Games movement is so important: Amazon, once you kill the New World servers, just open source it! Let others go and run their own servers!!
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Might fuck around and take Sol Ring out of my decks.
October 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Might fuck around and take Sol Ring out of my decks.
Discovered LeetGPU tonight: platform like LeetCode for challenges centered around GPU programming
leetgpu.com
leetgpu.com
LeetGPU - The GPU Programming Platform
Learn, compete, and master GPU programming.
leetgpu.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Discovered LeetGPU tonight: platform like LeetCode for challenges centered around GPU programming
leetgpu.com
leetgpu.com
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It’s funny because big tech be cutting jobs everywhere 😭😭🙂↕️🙂↕️
The only thing “cutting edge” in big tech is the jobs
October 25, 2025 at 1:15 AM
It’s funny because big tech be cutting jobs everywhere 😭😭🙂↕️🙂↕️
when I worked at AWS, it just absolutely baffled me that nearly all customers just shoved their compute into us-east-1: Netflix was the worst offender - at the time, much of their CDN seeding originated from us-east-1.
the internet is put together by bubblegum and duct-tape!
the internet is put together by bubblegum and duct-tape!
October 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
when I worked at AWS, it just absolutely baffled me that nearly all customers just shoved their compute into us-east-1: Netflix was the worst offender - at the time, much of their CDN seeding originated from us-east-1.
the internet is put together by bubblegum and duct-tape!
the internet is put together by bubblegum and duct-tape!
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AWS is down, post hog
October 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
AWS is down, post hog
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The pop is imminent
BREAKING: Microsoft, $MSFT, leaders worried that meeting OpenAI’s rapidly escalating compute demands could lead to overbuilding servers that might not generate a financial return, per the Information
October 19, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The pop is imminent
1/n It is an AI bubble.
Having now tried SlopTok, it's clear OpenAI will be shoving as many ads as possible into ever single facet of its product. Ads in Sora, algorithmic "feeds" / pushed content in ChatGPT, "Would you like to order that from Walmart?" app injection, etc. 🧵
Having now tried SlopTok, it's clear OpenAI will be shoving as many ads as possible into ever single facet of its product. Ads in Sora, algorithmic "feeds" / pushed content in ChatGPT, "Would you like to order that from Walmart?" app injection, etc. 🧵
October 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
1/n It is an AI bubble.
Having now tried SlopTok, it's clear OpenAI will be shoving as many ads as possible into ever single facet of its product. Ads in Sora, algorithmic "feeds" / pushed content in ChatGPT, "Would you like to order that from Walmart?" app injection, etc. 🧵
Having now tried SlopTok, it's clear OpenAI will be shoving as many ads as possible into ever single facet of its product. Ads in Sora, algorithmic "feeds" / pushed content in ChatGPT, "Would you like to order that from Walmart?" app injection, etc. 🧵
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This morning my ChatGPT quota was inexplicably exhausted.
It took a while but I pieced it together. Voice mode somehow got activated when I went to bed.
The bot then engaged in a 10 hour conversation with my snoring dog, answering questions the pup wasn’t asking and praising him for his insight.
It took a while but I pieced it together. Voice mode somehow got activated when I went to bed.
The bot then engaged in a 10 hour conversation with my snoring dog, answering questions the pup wasn’t asking and praising him for his insight.
October 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
This morning my ChatGPT quota was inexplicably exhausted.
It took a while but I pieced it together. Voice mode somehow got activated when I went to bed.
The bot then engaged in a 10 hour conversation with my snoring dog, answering questions the pup wasn’t asking and praising him for his insight.
It took a while but I pieced it together. Voice mode somehow got activated when I went to bed.
The bot then engaged in a 10 hour conversation with my snoring dog, answering questions the pup wasn’t asking and praising him for his insight.
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I really believe generative AI is a cognitohazard to an entire column of humanity. I don't know, there's a something it fucking does to people that displaces their own entirely-capable cognition and independence, further they seemingly cannot perceive the deficits of. This is not a moral argument.
October 17, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I really believe generative AI is a cognitohazard to an entire column of humanity. I don't know, there's a something it fucking does to people that displaces their own entirely-capable cognition and independence, further they seemingly cannot perceive the deficits of. This is not a moral argument.
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ultimately, zohran mamdani is a reminder that politicians can be younger than 80 years old
October 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
ultimately, zohran mamdani is a reminder that politicians can be younger than 80 years old
Software engineering, as a practice, often is really not about the code at all. Process, organizations, teams, distributed work, etc. etc.
AI coding tools are great. They are really bad at solving "human" problems.
AI coding tools are great. They are really bad at solving "human" problems.
From the same dev: “it’s also that I cannot see management being concerned solving the information visibility that keeps slowing us down.
We’re rolling out AI coding tools for devs but no one thinks about the org silos that slow us down 10x more than any coding use case.”
We’re rolling out AI coding tools for devs but no one thinks about the org silos that slow us down 10x more than any coding use case.”
October 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Software engineering, as a practice, often is really not about the code at all. Process, organizations, teams, distributed work, etc. etc.
AI coding tools are great. They are really bad at solving "human" problems.
AI coding tools are great. They are really bad at solving "human" problems.
I highly recommend working with Zeu! One of the best frontend devs I've had the pleasure of working with!!
October 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I highly recommend working with Zeu! One of the best frontend devs I've had the pleasure of working with!!
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when people say rust is unreadable this is what they mean
few minutes of work and...
yes, the where clause looks nuts, but it makes it just goddamn work, and all the types you'd toss in here satisfy it.
yes, the where clause looks nuts, but it makes it just goddamn work, and all the types you'd toss in here satisfy it.
October 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
when people say rust is unreadable this is what they mean
for your consideration: Dopamine Driven Development
> An extension of “vibe coding” where the vibes have completely taken over. The software engineering equivalent of sitting in a casino at 3am, deep in the red, waiting for a hit. Any hit.
johncodes.com/archive/2025...
> An extension of “vibe coding” where the vibes have completely taken over. The software engineering equivalent of sitting in a casino at 3am, deep in the red, waiting for a hit. Any hit.
johncodes.com/archive/2025...
Dopamin Driven Development
Dopamin Driven Development
johncodes.com
October 12, 2025 at 10:49 PM
for your consideration: Dopamine Driven Development
> An extension of “vibe coding” where the vibes have completely taken over. The software engineering equivalent of sitting in a casino at 3am, deep in the red, waiting for a hit. Any hit.
johncodes.com/archive/2025...
> An extension of “vibe coding” where the vibes have completely taken over. The software engineering equivalent of sitting in a casino at 3am, deep in the red, waiting for a hit. Any hit.
johncodes.com/archive/2025...
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A friend sent me this article and genuinely it’s f***ing insane and I can strongly recommend reading it. futurism.com/artificial-i...
Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster
The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.
futurism.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
A friend sent me this article and genuinely it’s f***ing insane and I can strongly recommend reading it. futurism.com/artificial-i...
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Utterly crushed to discover Taylor Swift was a horse girl
October 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Utterly crushed to discover Taylor Swift was a horse girl
🎙️Had the chance to sit down with @dims.dev to discuss the cloud native ecosystem, the health of the Kubernetes project, and Kubernetes as the AI platform of the future.
One the cloud native people won't want to miss!
www.heavybit.com/library/podc...
One the cloud native people won't want to miss!
www.heavybit.com/library/podc...
Open Source Ready | Ep. #23, Kubernetes, AI, and Community Engagement with Davanum Srinivas | Heavybit
In episode 23 of Open Source Ready, Brian and John sit down with Davanum “Dims” Srinivas to discuss the health and future of the Kubernetes community.
www.heavybit.com
October 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
🎙️Had the chance to sit down with @dims.dev to discuss the cloud native ecosystem, the health of the Kubernetes project, and Kubernetes as the AI platform of the future.
One the cloud native people won't want to miss!
www.heavybit.com/library/podc...
One the cloud native people won't want to miss!
www.heavybit.com/library/podc...
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One day the industry will recognize the drawbacks of AI agents and nondeterministic automation, and rediscover the UNIX philosophy of chaining together small purpose built tools in a low cost and predictable way, otherwise known as shell scripts.
October 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
One day the industry will recognize the drawbacks of AI agents and nondeterministic automation, and rediscover the UNIX philosophy of chaining together small purpose built tools in a low cost and predictable way, otherwise known as shell scripts.
with atproto, how hard would it be to:
1. allow users to log into my blog
2. allow users to make comments to my blog posts
3. maintain moderation (it's my dang site after all!)
I really, REALLY don't want to have to implement auth myself or integrate with something silly like supabase ...
1. allow users to log into my blog
2. allow users to make comments to my blog posts
3. maintain moderation (it's my dang site after all!)
I really, REALLY don't want to have to implement auth myself or integrate with something silly like supabase ...
October 8, 2025 at 1:08 AM
with atproto, how hard would it be to:
1. allow users to log into my blog
2. allow users to make comments to my blog posts
3. maintain moderation (it's my dang site after all!)
I really, REALLY don't want to have to implement auth myself or integrate with something silly like supabase ...
1. allow users to log into my blog
2. allow users to make comments to my blog posts
3. maintain moderation (it's my dang site after all!)
I really, REALLY don't want to have to implement auth myself or integrate with something silly like supabase ...