Tom J Nowell
@tomjn.bsky.social
UK, Senior Engineer at HumanMade, VVV project lead
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I don't often share work stuff lately, but if you would like me to be your manager, and you live in the Americas region, I have a job for you.
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Engineering Manager - Americas - Human Made, makers of Altis DXP
Reports to: Associate Director of EngineeringDiscipline: Engineering Primary Focus: Team effectivenessCompany Strategic Responsibility: No Squad Strategic Responsibility: YesLine Manag...
wrkbl.ink
October 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I don't often share work stuff lately, but if you would like me to be your manager, and you live in the Americas region, I have a job for you.
wrkbl.ink/4gUMj3B
wrkbl.ink/4gUMj3B
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Berger's three laws of chatbotics:
1) The bot should never express emotions.
2) The bot should never praise the user.
3) The bot should never say it understands the user's mental state.
There's no use case for these things, and they're obviously problematic.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/t...
1) The bot should never express emotions.
2) The bot should never praise the user.
3) The bot should never say it understands the user's mental state.
There's no use case for these things, and they're obviously problematic.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/t...
Chatbots Can Go Into a Delusional Spiral. Here’s How It Happens.
www.nytimes.com
August 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Berger's three laws of chatbotics:
1) The bot should never express emotions.
2) The bot should never praise the user.
3) The bot should never say it understands the user's mental state.
There's no use case for these things, and they're obviously problematic.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/t...
1) The bot should never express emotions.
2) The bot should never praise the user.
3) The bot should never say it understands the user's mental state.
There's no use case for these things, and they're obviously problematic.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/t...
If LLMs are general purpose AIs as some claim, this means they are technically people, which opens up the afterlife to bad actors. Imagine waiting at the pearly gates because every closed ChatGPT prompt sent an AI to the afterlife, terrorists spinning up AIs then killing them enmasse
July 10, 2025 at 8:40 AM
If LLMs are general purpose AIs as some claim, this means they are technically people, which opens up the afterlife to bad actors. Imagine waiting at the pearly gates because every closed ChatGPT prompt sent an AI to the afterlife, terrorists spinning up AIs then killing them enmasse
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I installed the Fair Package Manager (@fairpm) on my personal site last night. I'm excited to say it worked flawlessly. A couple of plugins were updated from Fastly's servers, & a paid plugin updated from its servers as normal. I'm excited to see what else comes from this interesting development.
FAIR Package Manager Project
FAIR Package Manager Project has 8 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.
fair.pm
June 10, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I installed the Fair Package Manager (@fairpm) on my personal site last night. I'm excited to say it worked flawlessly. A couple of plugins were updated from Fastly's servers, & a paid plugin updated from its servers as normal. I'm excited to see what else comes from this interesting development.
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The @vlt.sh team launched "reproduce" today, an #OSS tool that verifies if npm packages match their source code. With recent supply chain attacks exposing provenance limitations, this approach is already showing better adoption rates than traditional methods. ➳
socket.dev/blog/vlt-lau... #JavaScript
socket.dev/blog/vlt-lau... #JavaScript
vlt Launches "reproduce": A New Tool Challenging the Limits ...
vlt's new "reproduce" tool verifies npm packages against their source code, outperforming traditional provenance adoption in the JavaScript ecosystem.
socket.dev
February 27, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The @vlt.sh team launched "reproduce" today, an #OSS tool that verifies if npm packages match their source code. With recent supply chain attacks exposing provenance limitations, this approach is already showing better adoption rates than traditional methods. ➳
socket.dev/blog/vlt-lau... #JavaScript
socket.dev/blog/vlt-lau... #JavaScript
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yes. love it. do this.
February 23, 2025 at 5:43 AM
yes. love it. do this.
Stripped the head off of an M.2 screw
December 1, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Stripped the head off of an M.2 screw
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Keep this handy for future use!
September 29, 2023 at 3:05 PM
Keep this handy for future use!