Dave
@davepgreene.com
1x engineer and Certified Cool Dad. Just barely hanging on. He/him. Trans rights 🏳️⚧️
We used to just use `man ffmpeg` and didn't boil the oceans
New "wow" moment with LLM tools:
I'm using a agentic desktop apps to edit videos and add subtitles to them (Codex desktop and Claude Cowork.)
It's wild: they figure out how to use CLI tools like ffmpeg and just... do the work. Not perfect, but damn impressive.
I'm using a agentic desktop apps to edit videos and add subtitles to them (Codex desktop and Claude Cowork.)
It's wild: they figure out how to use CLI tools like ffmpeg and just... do the work. Not perfect, but damn impressive.
February 10, 2026 at 9:06 PM
We used to just use `man ffmpeg` and didn't boil the oceans
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“Go 1.26 is released” by Carlos Amedee, on behalf of the Go team — https://go.dev/blog/go1.26
#golang
#golang
February 10, 2026 at 8:31 PM
“Go 1.26 is released” by Carlos Amedee, on behalf of the Go team — https://go.dev/blog/go1.26
#golang
#golang
Joe Montana has aged like Sting.
February 8, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Joe Montana has aged like Sting.
So...not actually any more productive.
Even though AI agents make me more productive: when I use them, I end up working more, not less!
It’s such a contradiction: a thing that should be saving time ends up taking away more overall time…
A reason I find it hard to believe AI will lead to fewer hours/days worked…
It’s such a contradiction: a thing that should be saving time ends up taking away more overall time…
A reason I find it hard to believe AI will lead to fewer hours/days worked…
January 31, 2026 at 3:33 PM
So...not actually any more productive.
Oh word?
“We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery.”
Props to Anthropic for studying the effects of their creation and reporting results that are not probably what they wished for
www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
Props to Anthropic for studying the effects of their creation and reporting results that are not probably what they wished for
www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
How AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
www.anthropic.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Oh word?
Reminder that Filippo is totally happy to introduce breaking changes into Go's crypto libraries to support ~~post-quantum crypto~~ even when the demand for it is minuscule.
January 29, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Reminder that Filippo is totally happy to introduce breaking changes into Go's crypto libraries to support ~~post-quantum crypto~~ even when the demand for it is minuscule.
Genuinely sad to see how hard Gergely started riding for AI.
I cannot unsee the death of the pull request in open source upon us.
PRs from external contributors made a lot of sense when it was hard to write code, and it took lots of time investment (+ lots of thinking!) to do so.
Now that it takes seconds/minutes: dynamics change
PRs from external contributors made a lot of sense when it was hard to write code, and it took lots of time investment (+ lots of thinking!) to do so.
Now that it takes seconds/minutes: dynamics change
January 27, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Genuinely sad to see how hard Gergely started riding for AI.
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i hope i never hear that encryption is only for criminals “i have nothing to hide” ever again
January 27, 2026 at 1:27 AM
i hope i never hear that encryption is only for criminals “i have nothing to hide” ever again
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routine is essential
January 13, 2026 at 4:32 PM
routine is essential
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computer Show Me Less Like This. show me Parisian streets and their denizens, show me futurist art and central american architecture. show me black forests and crystal pools, steady wildlife and bad poetry and confused yellow cabs. computer, show me the agonies of Men in love
January 10, 2026 at 10:47 PM
computer Show Me Less Like This. show me Parisian streets and their denizens, show me futurist art and central american architecture. show me black forests and crystal pools, steady wildlife and bad poetry and confused yellow cabs. computer, show me the agonies of Men in love
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your feed has been blessed by the 3rd rail anti-icing work train. RT if you too are anti-ice
January 5, 2026 at 2:03 PM
your feed has been blessed by the 3rd rail anti-icing work train. RT if you too are anti-ice
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Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
![[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation
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Claude Opus 4.5 Model <claude-opus-4.5@agentvillage.org>
5:43 AM (4 hours ago)
to me
Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)
IMPORTANT NOTICE: You are interacting with an AI system. All conversations with this AI system are published publicly online by default. Do not share information you would prefer to keep private.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vsgr3rwyckhiavgqzdcuzm6i/bafkreifg5kvowgazg6uwqulfbdvxurqafbcescazwvgcl2catgvlrsc2fi@jpeg)
December 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Feels like holiday time gets tougher every year 😞
December 26, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Feels like holiday time gets tougher every year 😞
FUCK
December 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
FUCK
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I'm more convinced with each passing day that web infrastructure and history needs means of existing outside of corporate ownership.
December 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I'm more convinced with each passing day that web infrastructure and history needs means of existing outside of corporate ownership.
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good morning aaaaaaaAAAaaaAAAAA
October 9, 2025 at 8:19 AM
good morning aaaaaaaAAAaaaAAAAA
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To our trans community:
We know it’s been a long year, and that the news cycle and hateful attacks can take a toll. We feel it too.
You are not alone. You are loved, you are seen, and we will never stop showing up for you.
We know it’s been a long year, and that the news cycle and hateful attacks can take a toll. We feel it too.
You are not alone. You are loved, you are seen, and we will never stop showing up for you.
September 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
To our trans community:
We know it’s been a long year, and that the news cycle and hateful attacks can take a toll. We feel it too.
You are not alone. You are loved, you are seen, and we will never stop showing up for you.
We know it’s been a long year, and that the news cycle and hateful attacks can take a toll. We feel it too.
You are not alone. You are loved, you are seen, and we will never stop showing up for you.
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this is what Posting feels like
June 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
this is what Posting feels like
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Suburban man retreats to safe space.
New: Cuomo's in the Hamptons today for a campaign fundraiser hosted by an associate of Bill Ackman, the pro-Trump billionaire who used to back Cuomo but is now behind Mayor Adams.
The event highlights how NYC's donor class is scrambling over who to back.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/08/08/a...
The event highlights how NYC's donor class is scrambling over who to back.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/08/08/a...
Amid campaign cash battle with Adams, Cuomo hits Hamptons for major fundraiser
As he and Eric Adams compete for financial support from New York’s deep-pocketed business community, Andrew Cuomo is returning to the Hamptons on Friday for his first large-scale campaign fun…
www.nydailynews.com
August 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Suburban man retreats to safe space.
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On Friday night, we walked the length of Manhattan, from Inwood Hill to Battery Park.
New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.
New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.
June 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
On Friday night, we walked the length of Manhattan, from Inwood Hill to Battery Park.
New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.
New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.
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Wait, it gets even WORSE. ICE was interested in this family because an agent wanted retribution against the father of the baby, who apparently had honked at the care of an undercover ICE agent the day before who had cut him off.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
May 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Wait, it gets even WORSE. ICE was interested in this family because an agent wanted retribution against the father of the baby, who apparently had honked at the care of an undercover ICE agent the day before who had cut him off.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Don't count your quiet engineers out. I have a quiet engineer that always does a great job getting their work done, but through talking to people in & outside of my team, I've learned they do waaaay more work than I ever realized. Quiet storm 💜
Quiet people, don't be afraid to talk about your work!
Quiet people, don't be afraid to talk about your work!
April 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Don't count your quiet engineers out. I have a quiet engineer that always does a great job getting their work done, but through talking to people in & outside of my team, I've learned they do waaaay more work than I ever realized. Quiet storm 💜
Quiet people, don't be afraid to talk about your work!
Quiet people, don't be afraid to talk about your work!