Chris Petersen
@cpetersen-cs.bsky.social
My pronouns are nerd/geek. I hope I'm an ally to many and an enemy to few. I can't believe bsky ran out of more interesting people to invite.
Reading the summary of yet another "How organizations that succeed at blah blah blah used #GenAI" paper: a) I hope the actual paper isn't confusing / conflating GenAI tools with all the prep work that goes into making them successful, and b) their ideas about "users" and "workflows" are very odd. 🤔
December 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Reading the summary of yet another "How organizations that succeed at blah blah blah used #GenAI" paper: a) I hope the actual paper isn't confusing / conflating GenAI tools with all the prep work that goes into making them successful, and b) their ideas about "users" and "workflows" are very odd. 🤔
Popped in to snark about something in the tech sphere. This is not the time. Three tragedies in such a short span of time is three too many...
December 15, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Popped in to snark about something in the tech sphere. This is not the time. Three tragedies in such a short span of time is three too many...
Putting the few in futility: popped on to X for a moment and reported 4 tweets in about a minute. I know that sewer won't do anything, but racking up more reports is a good thing for those folks...
December 15, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Putting the few in futility: popped on to X for a moment and reported 4 tweets in about a minute. I know that sewer won't do anything, but racking up more reports is a good thing for those folks...
Random thought: a phrase I rarely hear in any context anymore is "all things being equal ..." Maybe, we've internalized that to such an extent that it's second nature. Maybe, we've forgotten that life lesson. "All things being equal," go ahead and make the cheap, quick, easy choice. #PathToDarkSide
December 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Random thought: a phrase I rarely hear in any context anymore is "all things being equal ..." Maybe, we've internalized that to such an extent that it's second nature. Maybe, we've forgotten that life lesson. "All things being equal," go ahead and make the cheap, quick, easy choice. #PathToDarkSide
Finished the book on macrofinancial crises and decided to start Steven Pinker's "When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows..." More early synergy and overlap than I expected since macro and financial crises can stem from shared beliefs. Very good so far...
December 14, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Finished the book on macrofinancial crises and decided to start Steven Pinker's "When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows..." More early synergy and overlap than I expected since macro and financial crises can stem from shared beliefs. Very good so far...
Can't build it all, can't power it all... Not like anyone was predicting that the TX #DataCenter boom was being fueled by speculators and wasn't even close to sustainable...
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/12/a...
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/12/a...
Red-hot Texas is getting so many data center requests that experts see a bubble
Cheap land and and cheap energy are helping to fuel a boom in proposals to build data centers in Texas.
www.cnbc.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Can't build it all, can't power it all... Not like anyone was predicting that the TX #DataCenter boom was being fueled by speculators and wasn't even close to sustainable...
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/12/a...
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/12/a...
Congrats to another red state #DataCenter deal in the making without voter approval until the talks were far along. Got to love how the developers supplied input on the new rules and "sunshine law" requirements were explicitly bypassed.
www.ksdk.com/article/news...
www.ksdk.com/article/news...
New records reveal Festus data center plans were kept behind closed doors by officials, developer
Non-public conversations, a developer's input into data center rules, and Gov. Mike Kehoe swaying dissenting voices. Here's what new documents show.
www.ksdk.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Congrats to another red state #DataCenter deal in the making without voter approval until the talks were far along. Got to love how the developers supplied input on the new rules and "sunshine law" requirements were explicitly bypassed.
www.ksdk.com/article/news...
www.ksdk.com/article/news...
Anybody want to bet he won't do it? Anybody want to bet on whether he'll be held accountable for anything? Anybody? Bueller? Bueller?
www.facilitiesdive.com/news/in-late...
www.facilitiesdive.com/news/in-late...
In latest real estate move, Trump appears to be readying demolition of 4 historic D.C. buildings
Critics say he’s deep into the contracting process, outside of statutory channels, to tear down “brutalist” buildings that define post-World War II-era architecture.
www.facilitiesdive.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Anybody want to bet he won't do it? Anybody want to bet on whether he'll be held accountable for anything? Anybody? Bueller? Bueller?
www.facilitiesdive.com/news/in-late...
www.facilitiesdive.com/news/in-late...
@edzitron.com I'm curious what you thought of your "Carnegie Endowment" interview video. I didn't get past the host's first ... ummm ... statement about #AI without screaming at the screen. Does it get better from there?
December 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
@edzitron.com I'm curious what you thought of your "Carnegie Endowment" interview video. I didn't get past the host's first ... ummm ... statement about #AI without screaming at the screen. Does it get better from there?
It's [not so] funny how many recruiters think all of Illinois is within easy commuting distance of Chicago. Of course, there are a host of politicians and pollsters who act like that too...
December 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
It's [not so] funny how many recruiters think all of Illinois is within easy commuting distance of Chicago. Of course, there are a host of politicians and pollsters who act like that too...
About that new #DataCenter you want to build and power? It could be a while before you can bring it fully on-line...
www.utilitydive.com/news/ge-vern...
www.utilitydive.com/news/ge-vern...
GE Vernova expects to end 2025 with an 80-GW turbine backlog that stretches into 2029
Hyperscalers are pushing the company to squeeze more out of existing production facilities, executives said Tuesday. CEO Scott Strazik said he expects turbine reservations to be sold out through 2030 ...
www.utilitydive.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
About that new #DataCenter you want to build and power? It could be a while before you can bring it fully on-line...
www.utilitydive.com/news/ge-vern...
www.utilitydive.com/news/ge-vern...
A4) I hate to be a broken record, but doubling down on what we should have already done may be my answer. Factor in the non-determinism, but make sure things scale down as far as practical and not just up. Linear cost growth may not be bad but sub-linear fuels profits. #ciochat
December 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
A4) I hate to be a broken record, but doubling down on what we should have already done may be my answer. Factor in the non-determinism, but make sure things scale down as far as practical and not just up. Linear cost growth may not be bad but sub-linear fuels profits. #ciochat
A2) One case that comes to mind boils down to "we never bothered to re-engineer for #CloudNative anything, so our costs are astronomical but predictable." It's not something I'd recommend. #ciochat
December 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
A2) One case that comes to mind boils down to "we never bothered to re-engineer for #CloudNative anything, so our costs are astronomical but predictable." It's not something I'd recommend. #ciochat
A3) A combination of those (although not a lot of GPU in the mix directly yet). #Innovation velocity had no choice but to slow a little, since we were on thr wrong end of thr "move fast and break things" spectrum for a while. GRC can't be skipped forever. #ciochat
December 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
A3) A combination of those (although not a lot of GPU in the mix directly yet). #Innovation velocity had no choice but to slow a little, since we were on thr wrong end of thr "move fast and break things" spectrum for a while. GRC can't be skipped forever. #ciochat
News but not exactly news about adding #AI attack surfaces into tools never designed to compensate or correct for them. If true, there may be no "safe" setup for a while unless you fully control and thoroughly vet all content, tools, etc....
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
Critical flaws found in AI development tools are dubbed an 'IDEsaster' — data theft and remote code execution possible
New research identifies more than thirty vulnerabilities across AI coding tools, revealing a universal attack chain that affects every major AI-integrated IDE tested.
www.tomshardware.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
News but not exactly news about adding #AI attack surfaces into tools never designed to compensate or correct for them. If true, there may be no "safe" setup for a while unless you fully control and thoroughly vet all content, tools, etc....
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
The "high seas" are looking more and more dangerous, whether that's the Caribbean, the Red Sea, or the Black Sea. Buried between stories about Caribbean (US) and Black Sea (Ukraine) actions is the 250% rise in risk premiums for some shipping. Yikes!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kQ6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kQ6...
Ukraine Strikes a 3rd Shadow Fleet Tanker in the Black Sea | MT Dashan Struck Multiple Times
YouTube video by What's Going on With Shipping?
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The "high seas" are looking more and more dangerous, whether that's the Caribbean, the Red Sea, or the Black Sea. Buried between stories about Caribbean (US) and Black Sea (Ukraine) actions is the 250% rise in risk premiums for some shipping. Yikes!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kQ6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kQ6...
Not sure whether to count this as good news or bad news. Yay, clean! Boo, 20+ GW more consumption! And then, there's this gem:
“Our mission is low-cost, reliable, emissions-free electricity systems — in that order,” Powell said.
Sounds very "clean" to me...
www.utilitydive.com/news/ceba-cl...
“Our mission is low-cost, reliable, emissions-free electricity systems — in that order,” Powell said.
Sounds very "clean" to me...
www.utilitydive.com/news/ceba-cl...
Corporate buyers contracted for 20.4 GW of ‘clean’ energy so far this year: CEBA
Clean Energy Buyers Association members are willing to pay their “fair share” to get connected to the grid and have, in many cases, embraced a new class of large load tariffs, CEO Rich Powell said.
www.utilitydive.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Not sure whether to count this as good news or bad news. Yay, clean! Boo, 20+ GW more consumption! And then, there's this gem:
“Our mission is low-cost, reliable, emissions-free electricity systems — in that order,” Powell said.
Sounds very "clean" to me...
www.utilitydive.com/news/ceba-cl...
“Our mission is low-cost, reliable, emissions-free electricity systems — in that order,” Powell said.
Sounds very "clean" to me...
www.utilitydive.com/news/ceba-cl...
Could be very interesting, very scary, or both. Kind of an interesting strategic play since Salesforce now owns Slack.
techcrunch.com/2025/12/08/c...
techcrunch.com/2025/12/08/c...
Claude Code is coming to Slack, and that's a bigger deal than it sounds | TechCrunch
Anthropic launches Claude Code in Slack, letting developers delegate coding tasks from chat threads. It's part of a shift toward AI-embedded collaboration that could reshape software workflows.
techcrunch.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Could be very interesting, very scary, or both. Kind of an interesting strategic play since Salesforce now owns Slack.
techcrunch.com/2025/12/08/c...
techcrunch.com/2025/12/08/c...
Movie you’ve watched more than six times in a gif. Hard mode (which is easy mode for me): no Star Wars, Marvel.
December 9, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times in a gif. Hard mode (which is easy mode for me): no Star Wars, Marvel.
What have we become, and what will we allow ourselves to become? I guess for some folks, anything goes when it comes to children... #barbarism
"After her hearing ended, three-year-old Lucy cuddled her teddy bear as she walked back from the lawyer’s table and took a seat.
Moments later, the next child was called up to face the judge..."
coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/c...
Moments later, the next child was called up to face the judge..."
coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/c...
December 9, 2025 at 12:54 AM
What have we become, and what will we allow ourselves to become? I guess for some folks, anything goes when it comes to children... #barbarism
Reposted by Chris Petersen
FITCH: “.. Despite the full-year impact of tariffs, we expect the U.S. fiscal deficit to widen in 2026 due to additional tax cuts under the OBBBA.”
www.fitchratings.com/research/sov...
www.fitchratings.com/research/sov...
December 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
FITCH: “.. Despite the full-year impact of tariffs, we expect the U.S. fiscal deficit to widen in 2026 due to additional tax cuts under the OBBBA.”
www.fitchratings.com/research/sov...
www.fitchratings.com/research/sov...
Not sure what to say. 15-30 gW in the next 10 years??? Ummm... If #AI #DataCenters are still that ravenous in 10 years, we will have pretty well cooked ourselves ... literally.
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/n...
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/n...
NextEra to build 15 gigawatts of power for data centers by 2035
NextEra CEO John Ketchum acknowledged that the huge power demand from AI data centers is raising affordability concerns.
www.cnbc.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Not sure what to say. 15-30 gW in the next 10 years??? Ummm... If #AI #DataCenters are still that ravenous in 10 years, we will have pretty well cooked ourselves ... literally.
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/n...
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/n...
Reposted by Chris Petersen
The Final Straw: Why Companies Replace Once-Beloved Technology Brands
You used that software for years -- until you didn't. What makes you dump a once-appreciated tool? I categorized the reasons.
(It's by me, so you know it's worth your time. Right?)
www.functionize.com/blog/the-fin...
You used that software for years -- until you didn't. What makes you dump a once-appreciated tool? I categorized the reasons.
(It's by me, so you know it's worth your time. Right?)
www.functionize.com/blog/the-fin...
The Final Straw: Why Companies Replace Once-Beloved Technology Brands
Discover the reasons companies abandon once-favored technology brands.
www.functionize.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The Final Straw: Why Companies Replace Once-Beloved Technology Brands
You used that software for years -- until you didn't. What makes you dump a once-appreciated tool? I categorized the reasons.
(It's by me, so you know it's worth your time. Right?)
www.functionize.com/blog/the-fin...
You used that software for years -- until you didn't. What makes you dump a once-appreciated tool? I categorized the reasons.
(It's by me, so you know it's worth your time. Right?)
www.functionize.com/blog/the-fin...
It helps to be a burned-out, stitched-together, Frankensteinian (it's pronounced Frahnk-en-Steen-ian! ;-) #IT geek to read this, but it is mighty good and horrifyingly true...
generativeai.pub/the-eternal-...
generativeai.pub/the-eternal-...
The Eternal Return of Abstraction: Why Programming Was Never About Code
In which a mid-career developer discovers that LLMs are just the latest swing of a pendulum that’s been moving since before computers…
generativeai.pub
December 8, 2025 at 7:49 AM
It helps to be a burned-out, stitched-together, Frankensteinian (it's pronounced Frahnk-en-Steen-ian! ;-) #IT geek to read this, but it is mighty good and horrifyingly true...
generativeai.pub/the-eternal-...
generativeai.pub/the-eternal-...