Galen Ward
@galenward.bsky.social
Writing towards unknown ends.
Reposted by Galen Ward
🗳️☑️ Our election endorsements are live! See the full results & questionnaire responses here:
seattleyimby.org/voter-guide/...
Mayor: @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
District 2: Eddie Lin
District 8: @alexis4seattle.bsky.social
Time to go knock on some doors! 👏
seattleyimby.org/voter-guide/...
Mayor: @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
District 2: Eddie Lin
District 8: @alexis4seattle.bsky.social
Time to go knock on some doors! 👏
City Council & Mayor, Nov 2025
<p data-block-key="wa2nv">We sent questionnaires to all mayoral and council candidates, asking them about their views and knowledge on housing policy. Based on their responses, our membership identifi...
seattleyimby.org
September 20, 2025 at 2:39 AM
🗳️☑️ Our election endorsements are live! See the full results & questionnaire responses here:
seattleyimby.org/voter-guide/...
Mayor: @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
District 2: Eddie Lin
District 8: @alexis4seattle.bsky.social
Time to go knock on some doors! 👏
seattleyimby.org/voter-guide/...
Mayor: @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
District 2: Eddie Lin
District 8: @alexis4seattle.bsky.social
Time to go knock on some doors! 👏
Is there a coding convention in Python that you just copy scripts and append “_improved” to the name?
Claude Code updates files in javascript apps, but when when it writes Python, it just spews out new scripts for every update.
It’s terrible!
Claude Code updates files in javascript apps, but when when it writes Python, it just spews out new scripts for every update.
It’s terrible!
May 1, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Is there a coding convention in Python that you just copy scripts and append “_improved” to the name?
Claude Code updates files in javascript apps, but when when it writes Python, it just spews out new scripts for every update.
It’s terrible!
Claude Code updates files in javascript apps, but when when it writes Python, it just spews out new scripts for every update.
It’s terrible!
When a metric that is important (longer chats) becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure...
... and you get an AI that constantly asks annoying follow up questions
... and you get an AI that constantly asks annoying follow up questions
April 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
When a metric that is important (longer chats) becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure...
... and you get an AI that constantly asks annoying follow up questions
... and you get an AI that constantly asks annoying follow up questions
Who do you think the Saudi government is going to send to represent them?
New: We analyzed Trump's meme coin -
At least 27 crypto wallets have picked up $100 million worth of $TRUMP coins since his team said the top holders would join him for an "intimate private dinner."
Huge profit for Trump; "the most brazenly corrupt thing a President has ever done"
wapo.st/4iAatO1
At least 27 crypto wallets have picked up $100 million worth of $TRUMP coins since his team said the top holders would join him for an "intimate private dinner."
Huge profit for Trump; "the most brazenly corrupt thing a President has ever done"
wapo.st/4iAatO1
How Trump team turned a dinner invite into a crypto boon worth millions
iNearly two dozen crypto wallets acquired more than 100,000 $TRUMP meme coins, worth roughly $100 million, after the team said top buyers could join the president for dinner.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 25, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Who do you think the Saudi government is going to send to represent them?
I, for one, am clamoring
Remember, the public is not clamoring for robotaxis. Silicon Valley has decided you NEED robotaxis, just like they decided you needed scooters, the Metaverse, AR glasses etc.
techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/u...
techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/u...
Uber, Volkswagen pair up to launch robotaxi service in US with self-driving, electric microbuses | TechCrunch
Volkswagen of America and Uber on Thursday unveiled an ambitious plan to launch a commercial robotaxi service — using autonomous electric VW ID. BUZZ
techcrunch.com
April 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I, for one, am clamoring
This is not the AI Chatbot you're looking for.
April 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This is not the AI Chatbot you're looking for.
The Fat FIRE subreddit is being renamed Ozempic FIRE
April 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The Fat FIRE subreddit is being renamed Ozempic FIRE
Who knew we’d be liberated of economic opportunity on economic liberation day?
April 3, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Who knew we’d be liberated of economic opportunity on economic liberation day?
April 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
After trying to follow Kevin Leneway's amazing tutorial on how to build products with AI, I realized that he is in a different league than me.
So I wrote it up.
Don't Be Like Kevin
www.unknownends.com/posts/dont-b...
So I wrote it up.
Don't Be Like Kevin
www.unknownends.com/posts/dont-b...
Pro-level advice doesn't work when you're on the JV team.
www.unknownends.com
March 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
After trying to follow Kevin Leneway's amazing tutorial on how to build products with AI, I realized that he is in a different league than me.
So I wrote it up.
Don't Be Like Kevin
www.unknownends.com/posts/dont-b...
So I wrote it up.
Don't Be Like Kevin
www.unknownends.com/posts/dont-b...
You could make Apple Messages much more useful if it were more open.
But if it were more open, it would be abused by other apps.
www.unknownends.com/posts/why-do...
But if it were more open, it would be abused by other apps.
www.unknownends.com/posts/why-do...
Sorry product manager, innovating at Apple isn't going to be that easy
www.unknownends.com
March 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
You could make Apple Messages much more useful if it were more open.
But if it were more open, it would be abused by other apps.
www.unknownends.com/posts/why-do...
But if it were more open, it would be abused by other apps.
www.unknownends.com/posts/why-do...
I wrote a post about selling a startup and how you should separate the value of the company from the value of the time the acquirer is asking you to work for them.
Keep the two separate!
www.unknownends.com/posts/your-v...
Keep the two separate!
www.unknownends.com/posts/your-v...
Your earn out is separate from the value of the company you're selling.
www.unknownends.com
March 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I wrote a post about selling a startup and how you should separate the value of the company from the value of the time the acquirer is asking you to work for them.
Keep the two separate!
www.unknownends.com/posts/your-v...
Keep the two separate!
www.unknownends.com/posts/your-v...
Galen Ward: Unknown Ends
Writings on startups, coding, and exploring what's next
www.unknownends.com
March 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Some recent Claude Code prompts...
March 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Some recent Claude Code prompts...
Eighteen Observations on Claude Code:
March 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Eighteen Observations on Claude Code:
I’ve heard Claude Code does not use Claude 3.5 or 3.7 - it uses its own fine tuned version of one of those.
It’s really good at code, but the fine tuning seems to have washed out its ability to write.
All the writing is descriptive and flat.
It’s really good at code, but the fine tuning seems to have washed out its ability to write.
All the writing is descriptive and flat.
March 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I’ve heard Claude Code does not use Claude 3.5 or 3.7 - it uses its own fine tuned version of one of those.
It’s really good at code, but the fine tuning seems to have washed out its ability to write.
All the writing is descriptive and flat.
It’s really good at code, but the fine tuning seems to have washed out its ability to write.
All the writing is descriptive and flat.
Claude code is happy to write a lot of code, inline a lot of styles and brute force anything that isn’t working with even more code.
And I love it.
And I love it.
Supposed to be sorting out presents for my wife's birthday, but got distracted by a terrible take on LinkedIn where they're mesuring dev productivity by lines of code written and therefore worked out Claude Code is 2,500 more productive than a human.
Was a Principal Enginner at Microsoft no less.
Was a Principal Enginner at Microsoft no less.
March 18, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Claude code is happy to write a lot of code, inline a lot of styles and brute force anything that isn’t working with even more code.
And I love it.
And I love it.
Claude Code is getting updates multiple times a day. This one is great:
• Ask Claude to make a plan with thinking mode: just say 'think' or 'think harder' or even 'ultrathink'
• Ask Claude to make a plan with thinking mode: just say 'think' or 'think harder' or even 'ultrathink'
March 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Claude Code is getting updates multiple times a day. This one is great:
• Ask Claude to make a plan with thinking mode: just say 'think' or 'think harder' or even 'ultrathink'
• Ask Claude to make a plan with thinking mode: just say 'think' or 'think harder' or even 'ultrathink'
Reposted by Galen Ward
There are SO many of these features not found abroad, that we accept because they’re small things individually. The sprinklers, the supervised alarms, the standpipes – and now the 1.5m stairs, the vestibules, and the five-figure cost for an alternative analysis by a fire engineer.
March 16, 2025 at 11:53 PM
There are SO many of these features not found abroad, that we accept because they’re small things individually. The sprinklers, the supervised alarms, the standpipes – and now the 1.5m stairs, the vestibules, and the five-figure cost for an alternative analysis by a fire engineer.
Reposted by Galen Ward
Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
Exclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field.
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News
Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promis...
kffhealthnews.org
March 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
Reposted by Galen Ward
Here’s a live look at what our current restrictive zoning does to trees.
December 5, 2024 at 3:56 AM
Here’s a live look at what our current restrictive zoning does to trees.