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Picture Me Coding @picturemecoding.bsky.social · 8d

In this episode we're talking about the Turing Test, thus possibly becoming the first people who've ever needed to study for it. The Turing Test (aka The Imitation Game) just turned 75. Has it been passed? www.picturemecoding.com/2222783/epis...

The Turing Test - Picture Me Coding

This episode is about the Turing Test, and Alan Turing's original description of the test in Computing Machinery and Intelligence.  We also discuss a recent work by two UCSD researchers that clai...

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Mike @mikemull.bsky.social · 11d

I realized yesterday that it's possible to be both hopelessly practical and also practically hopeless. Language is fun.

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Picture Me Coding @picturemecoding.bsky.social · 20d

In the latest episode we discuss the late Mark Weiser's ideas about "ubiquitous computing". Did we achieve it, did we forget about it, or did it morph into something less friendly? www.picturemecoding.com/2222783/epis...

Ubiquitous Computing - Picture Me Coding

In 1988 Mark Weiser of Xerox PARC coined the term "ubiquitous computing", and in 1991 he spelled out the particulars of this concept in a Scientific American article called "The Computer for the 21st ...

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Bill Mulligan 🐝🐝🐝 @breakawaybilly.bsky.social · 23d

The Earthworm project is designed to monitor the heartbeat signals of Kubernetes clusters using eBPF

GitHub - mercadoalex/earthworm: The Earthworm project is designed to monitor the heartbeat signals of Kubernetes clusters using eBPF (Extended Berkeley Packet Filter) technology.

The Earthworm project is designed to monitor the heartbeat signals of Kubernetes clusters using eBPF (Extended Berkeley Packet Filter) technology. - GitHub - mercadoalex/earthworm: The Earthworm p...

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Picture Me Coding @picturemecoding.bsky.social · Oct 6

In our latest episode we talk about regular expressions. What are they, where did they come from, and most importantly: are they evil? www.picturemecoding.com/2222783/epis...

The Two Problems With Regular Expressions - Picture Me Coding

This week we're talking about regular expressions, aka, regex.  These are a favorite tool of programmers, but they also have a dark side.  Do regex cause more problems than they solve? ...

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Mike @mikemull.bsky.social · Oct 3

I'm really impressed with how good the LLMs have become. Yesterday GPT5 gave me an answer about an AWS service that was so detailed and confident that it took me almost an hour to realize it was entirely fabricated and unsupported by any AWS documentation.

Mike @mikemull.bsky.social · Sep 26

It's strange how some people think that AI is an existential threat but it doesn't even crack my Top 5 of Things To Worry About

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Andy Pavlo @andypavlo.bsky.social · Sep 17

Next week is the start of @db.cs.cmu.edu's latest seminar series: Future Data Systems
@samarchdb.bsky.social and I are hosting speakers from leading systems in the datalake / lakehouse space.
Mondays @ 4:30pm ET via Zoom. Open to the public. Videos posted to YouTube: db.cs.cmu.edu/seminars/fal...

Carnegie Mellon University
Future Data Systems
Fall 2025 Seminar Series
Mondays @ 4:30pm ET

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Picture Me Coding @picturemecoding.bsky.social · Sep 17

We're talking about Unix again, especially about what made it successful. Turns out it might be because the developers didn't start off with any particular objective in mind, they just wanted to make it easier to write programs: www.picturemecoding.com/2222783/epis...

The History of Unix, Part 2: Unix not Eunuchs - Picture Me Coding

A continuation of our discussion about the history of Unix and its development at Bell Labs.  Erik wonders why Unix became successful and which features were novel and important. Mike just wants ...

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Picture Me Coding @picturemecoding.bsky.social · Sep 5

This week we're talking about the history of the Unix operating system, focusing on its origins at Bell Labs: www.picturemecoding.com/2222783/epis...

The History of Unix: Part 1 - Picture Me Coding

This week we talk about the early days of Unix, primarily based on Brian Kernighan's book Unix: A History and Memoir, about his days at Bell Labs and the creation of Unix and C by Ken Thompson, Dennis...

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Mike @mikemull.bsky.social · Sep 3

One of said boys is my great friend @erewok.bsky.social

Hugo, Girl! the podcast @hugogirlpodcast.bsky.social · Sep 3

And now for something completely different!

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Hugo, Girl!: Episode 84 - Redshirts: All I Got Was This Stupid T-shirt

Three boys said to themselves, "Podcasting - how hard can it be??" Then they decided to find out. Introducing the Hugo Bros - Kevin (maybe you've heard of him), Stephen (Amy's brother), and Erik (co-h...

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Mike @mikemull.bsky.social · Aug 21

Does anyone else wonder about how many important things would stop working if S3 were suddenly disabled?

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Picture Me Coding @picturemecoding.bsky.social · Aug 21

For this episode we delve into computational complexity, attempting to build up to Ryan Williams's remarkable recent result regarding space complexity vs time complexity. We are undeterred by not knowing what the hell we're talking about: www.picturemecoding.com/2222783/epis...

Space, Time, and Squishy Pebbles - Picture Me Coding

This week we dip our toes into the river of theoretical computer science and immediately drown.  We discuss the amazing and surprising result of researcher Ryan Williams about how space is a more...

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drmorr @drmorr.appliedcomputing.io · Aug 19

SimKube 2.4.0 was released last night!

Main new feature is that if you export a trace, objects that are owned by other objects in the trace are discarded. You don't want a situation where your trace contains both a Deployment AND the ReplicaSet that the deployment owns.

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GitHub - acrlabs/simkube: Record-and-replay Kubernetes simulator based on KWOK

Record-and-replay Kubernetes simulator based on KWOK - acrlabs/simkube

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Mike @mikemull.bsky.social · Aug 13

Dijon ketchup?

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drmorr @drmorr.appliedcomputing.io · Aug 4

Ok my blog post about my work with Astronomer is public now, go read it!

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Astronomer: Saving Megabux with SQL and SimKube

Ok, folks, get ready, this is a fun one!

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Mike @mikemull.bsky.social · Aug 4

AWS keeps sending me messages for "next generation firewalls", but they abbreviate it as NGFW, and i can't help but see "not gonna fucking work"

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Mike @mikemull.bsky.social · Jul 27

London Calling probably. Still good 45 years later

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Picture Me Coding @picturemecoding.bsky.social · Jul 24

This week we talk to our friends Bobak Farzin and Kevin Fahey about their experiences building software with AI tools. While tech-savvy, neither are full-time developers, so they have an interesting perspective on the good and bad parts of vibe coding: www.picturemecoding.com/2222783/epis...

Vibe Coding: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly - Picture Me Coding

This week we host our friends Bobak Farzin and Kevin Fahey to talk about their experiences building applications with AI tools.  Both Bob and Kevin are very tech savvy in different ways, but neit...

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Mike @mikemull.bsky.social · Jul 24

Well, I certainly have a face for radio

Mike @mikemull.bsky.social · Jul 13

Air travel is the worst thing that I intentionally inflict on myself, and I say that as someone who has trained for and run ultra-marathons

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Mike @mikemull.bsky.social · Jul 10

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MJ Lenderman, Sun June, and More Cover Jason Molina Songs for New Tribute Album

I Will Swim to You: A Tribute to Jason Molina also features Hand Habits, Advance Base, Friendship, and others

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Picture Me Coding @picturemecoding.bsky.social · Jul 9

This episode we're talking about databases again, specifically relational databases (or relational database management systems, we're not sure) www.picturemecoding.com/2222783/epis...

Friends and Relations - Picture Me Coding

We're talking about databases again.  Or database management systems, we're not totally sure.  In any case, they are relational databases (or database management systems).The relational data...

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Mike @mikemull.bsky.social · Jul 8

I love it when the names of the teams in basketball games make a fun adjective/noun pairing. My current favorites are Thunder Nuggets and Fever Dream, but Jazz Grizzlies has potential.

Mike @mikemull.bsky.social · Jun 26

Assuming that it doesn't wreck your business an AI-caused outage teaches some good lessons