Bryan English
@bengl.dev
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the devaluation of non-code contributions in OSS is a real problem that leaves the whole space vulnerable
the firefox heel turn is perhaps one of the saddest stories for the open web
doubling down on LLMs-for-everything now involves crowding out the translators support.mozilla.org/en-US/forums... imagine how many hours of painstaking human work have just been thrown out in favour of machine translation
doubling down on LLMs-for-everything now involves crowding out the translators support.mozilla.org/en-US/forums... imagine how many hours of painstaking human work have just been thrown out in favour of machine translation
November 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
the devaluation of non-code contributions in OSS is a real problem that leaves the whole space vulnerable
Karaoke places don't have enough Ms Rachel songs available. I'd totally do Phonics Song or Listen To My Body.
November 7, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Karaoke places don't have enough Ms Rachel songs available. I'd totally do Phonics Song or Listen To My Body.
Jack Black is older in The Minecraft Movie than Jack Nicholson was in A Few Good Men.
November 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Jack Black is older in The Minecraft Movie than Jack Nicholson was in A Few Good Men.
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It’s hard to believe but there was a cartoon about an immigrant mouse and it was seen as totally fine and not controversial and not woke because it was an aspirational and nice thing about America that people could come here and find a better life
November 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
It’s hard to believe but there was a cartoon about an immigrant mouse and it was seen as totally fine and not controversial and not woke because it was an aspirational and nice thing about America that people could come here and find a better life
I have friends looking for tech jobs right now and it seems really fucking bleak. The bright shiny object the industry has reoriented itself around has occluded nearly everything else.
November 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I have friends looking for tech jobs right now and it seems really fucking bleak. The bright shiny object the industry has reoriented itself around has occluded nearly everything else.
Waiting for Guillermo Rauch to congratulate Mamdani on this historic win.
November 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Waiting for Guillermo Rauch to congratulate Mamdani on this historic win.
Fuck yeah. Guess I can move back to New York now?
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Fuck yeah. Guess I can move back to New York now?
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Microsoft-owned LinkedIn will be collecting your data to train AI models — starting today.
November 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Microsoft-owned LinkedIn will be collecting your data to train AI models — starting today.
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but...you shouldn't use a calculator when you are learning elementary math...the whole point is to develop the language of math...
letting elementary math students use a calculator to 'learn math' would be like letting elementary reading students use a voice reader to 'learn to read'
letting elementary math students use a calculator to 'learn math' would be like letting elementary reading students use a voice reader to 'learn to read'
November 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
but...you shouldn't use a calculator when you are learning elementary math...the whole point is to develop the language of math...
letting elementary math students use a calculator to 'learn math' would be like letting elementary reading students use a voice reader to 'learn to read'
letting elementary math students use a calculator to 'learn math' would be like letting elementary reading students use a voice reader to 'learn to read'
Under his eye, blessed be the fruit, etc.
Barf
Barf
Add a dose of propaganda to your morning coffee.. This smells of Russian-like “special operation”
November 2, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Under his eye, blessed be the fruit, etc.
Barf
Barf
USA people: donate to your local food bank today!
November 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
USA people: donate to your local food bank today!
Slides from an upcoming talk I'm giving. I'm re-using this joke because it's a good joke and I don't care.
October 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Slides from an upcoming talk I'm giving. I'm re-using this joke because it's a good joke and I don't care.
blows my mind that kitty lets you have multiple font sizes on the screen at the same time
October 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
blows my mind that kitty lets you have multiple font sizes on the screen at the same time
I really miss Google Wave. I'm still mad and sad it never took off.
October 24, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I really miss Google Wave. I'm still mad and sad it never took off.
For probably a variety of reasons, the emoji I use the most is:
😅
😅
October 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
For probably a variety of reasons, the emoji I use the most is:
😅
😅
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Has someone made a Node.js loader that makes NODE_PATH work for ESM? It shouldn't be _that_ difficult.
cc @jakob.jingleheimer.dev @geoffreybooth.bsky.social
cc @jakob.jingleheimer.dev @geoffreybooth.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Has someone made a Node.js loader that makes NODE_PATH work for ESM? It shouldn't be _that_ difficult.
cc @jakob.jingleheimer.dev @geoffreybooth.bsky.social
cc @jakob.jingleheimer.dev @geoffreybooth.bsky.social
I have a treadmill at my desk now. AMA.
(I am going to be so tired.)
(I am going to be so tired.)
October 23, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I have a treadmill at my desk now. AMA.
(I am going to be so tired.)
(I am going to be so tired.)
Was writing some Rust code late last night and ran into an extremely Neil Young problem.
October 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Was writing some Rust code late last night and ran into an extremely Neil Young problem.
Everyone needs to listen to more zydeco.
October 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Everyone needs to listen to more zydeco.
Who the hell even is this nazi tattoo guy? Am I a bad person because I don't know who my whole feed is talking about today?
October 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Who the hell even is this nazi tattoo guy? Am I a bad person because I don't know who my whole feed is talking about today?
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An OpenAI executive said GPT-5 found solutions to 10 "previously unsolved" math problems when in reality all it did was find online references to places where people had already solved them
techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/o...
techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/o...
OpenAI’s ‘embarrassing’ math | TechCrunch
No, GPT-5 did not solve a bunch of previously unsolved math problems.
techcrunch.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
An OpenAI executive said GPT-5 found solutions to 10 "previously unsolved" math problems when in reality all it did was find online references to places where people had already solved them
techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/o...
techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/o...
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The main achievement of the tech industry has been increasing the flow of money from people who make or do things to people who already have more money than they could spend in a hundred lifetimes
“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”
Garbage’s Shirley Manson Speaks Out Against Music Industry Economics: “This Is An Alarm Call”
Just before they kicked off their current run of dates, the ’90s alt-rock greats Garbage announced that it would be their final North American headline tour. When the band played at Denver’s Mission B...
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October 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The main achievement of the tech industry has been increasing the flow of money from people who make or do things to people who already have more money than they could spend in a hundred lifetimes
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a friend who works for one of the giant tech companies named after fruit says they studied AI productivity and found that >50% of developers claimed increased productivity, while it actually declined
which fits the model that they feel pressured into being AI cheerleaders
which fits the model that they feel pressured into being AI cheerleaders
“People [in tech jobs] worry that not being seen as uncritical AI cheerleaders will be a career-limiting move…for those who aren't insiders in the tech industry, it's vital that you understand that you've been presented with an extremely distorted view about what tech workers really think about AI”
Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
October 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
a friend who works for one of the giant tech companies named after fruit says they studied AI productivity and found that >50% of developers claimed increased productivity, while it actually declined
which fits the model that they feel pressured into being AI cheerleaders
which fits the model that they feel pressured into being AI cheerleaders