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🦁 thinks like a champion • #rustlang • believer that the sixth borough is just nj • sci/tech part-time writer • snobbiest coffee snob but settles for wawa • a sopranos fan • nyt crossworder • a product of nj education • my tech blog: herlog.com • nj/nyc 📴
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“i swapped my innocence for __pride__” #franzferdinand yeah u bet, absolutely i have.
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"AI can generate code in minutes - so why does shipping software still take forever?"
YES
It's the right question to ask
Such a timely book! Recommended. The website of the book where you can get it: developerexperiencebook.com
YES
It's the right question to ask
Such a timely book! Recommended. The website of the book where you can get it: developerexperiencebook.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
"AI can generate code in minutes - so why does shipping software still take forever?"
YES
It's the right question to ask
Such a timely book! Recommended. The website of the book where you can get it: developerexperiencebook.com
YES
It's the right question to ask
Such a timely book! Recommended. The website of the book where you can get it: developerexperiencebook.com
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“quit and go do something you’ll love.” p 86
been there, done that, totally recommend it, would quit and leave over and over again. #theTrashFactory
been there, done that, totally recommend it, would quit and leave over and over again. #theTrashFactory
December 3, 2025 at 1:26 AM
“quit and go do something you’ll love.” p 86
been there, done that, totally recommend it, would quit and leave over and over again. #theTrashFactory
been there, done that, totally recommend it, would quit and leave over and over again. #theTrashFactory
NeurIPS 2025, san diego, ca. credit: faizerpewpew
December 2, 2025 at 7:19 PM
NeurIPS 2025, san diego, ca. credit: faizerpewpew
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After a disappointing year for Las Vegas tourism, the city is hosting a humdinger of a cyber sale—with hotel stays and entertainment discounted by up to 55%.
Las Vegas Is Running A Cyber Sale To Rescue Its Terrible Tourism Year
After a disappointing year for Las Vegas tourism, the city is hosting a humdinger of a cyber sale—with hotel stays and entertainment discounted by up to 55%.
www.forbes.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
After a disappointing year for Las Vegas tourism, the city is hosting a humdinger of a cyber sale—with hotel stays and entertainment discounted by up to 55%.
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Victor Vasarely (Hungarian-French, 1906–1997). Tigres (1970, lithograph).
November 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Victor Vasarely (Hungarian-French, 1906–1997). Tigres (1970, lithograph).
“there’s an art to telling a compelling story. but there’s also a science.” p 112. from tony fadell’s “build”
December 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
“there’s an art to telling a compelling story. but there’s also a science.” p 112. from tony fadell’s “build”
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1/12/25 - nocturn
December 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
1/12/25 - nocturn
motivation: to be this nonchalant about everything going on around me “let’s just see what happens” 😂 one of the youtube comments: “man, they really got that guy!” rotfl
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfdM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfdM...
Kroll Show - Oh, Hello - Too Much Tuna (ft. John Mulaney)
YouTube video by Comedy Central
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
motivation: to be this nonchalant about everything going on around me “let’s just see what happens” 😂 one of the youtube comments: “man, they really got that guy!” rotfl
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfdM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfdM...
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got chip huyen’s two oreilly books on ml and ai, and “build” by tony fadell, excited to read all three this month.
November 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
got chip huyen’s two oreilly books on ml and ai, and “build” by tony fadell, excited to read all three this month.
compiling all of my blue eyeshadows: dior from this year and pat mcgrath & victoria beckham from a couple of years ago — just too afraid-ish 🥹 blue is so difficult. but one dayyy
November 30, 2025 at 4:46 AM
compiling all of my blue eyeshadows: dior from this year and pat mcgrath & victoria beckham from a couple of years ago — just too afraid-ish 🥹 blue is so difficult. but one dayyy
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showing off my book progress spreadsheet tracker because 1.) i want compliments to motivate me to touch book, and 2.) i genuinely think other people could find this method helpful too
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
showing off my book progress spreadsheet tracker because 1.) i want compliments to motivate me to touch book, and 2.) i genuinely think other people could find this method helpful too
always stay curious: don’t ever stop questioning everything around you. i use to take my friend in undergrad who was a biochemistry & nutrition double major to wegmans with me so she could explain the food labels lol, now i can use chatgpt. never settle and be a passive person/consumer.
November 30, 2025 at 1:03 AM
always stay curious: don’t ever stop questioning everything around you. i use to take my friend in undergrad who was a biochemistry & nutrition double major to wegmans with me so she could explain the food labels lol, now i can use chatgpt. never settle and be a passive person/consumer.
we have one rule in nj: if i’m sitting in my car, playing rap music where unspeakable things are being said, waiting for my mom who is in the grocery store, do not, i repeat, **do not**, park literally right next to me and start eating a sandwich. now i have to move to a different parking. #nj
November 29, 2025 at 8:57 PM
we have one rule in nj: if i’m sitting in my car, playing rap music where unspeakable things are being said, waiting for my mom who is in the grocery store, do not, i repeat, **do not**, park literally right next to me and start eating a sandwich. now i have to move to a different parking. #nj
oh, i'm thinkin' about my doorbell … when ya gonna ring it … when ya gonna ring it? #theWhiteStripes
November 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
oh, i'm thinkin' about my doorbell … when ya gonna ring it … when ya gonna ring it? #theWhiteStripes
bill hader saying “ahh that pesky DNA” is still one of my inside jokes to myself 12 yrs later rotfl
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLC_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLC_...
Tumblr Calls Out Bill Hader's Lousy Wardrobe | CONAN on TBS
YouTube video by Team Coco
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November 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
bill hader saying “ahh that pesky DNA” is still one of my inside jokes to myself 12 yrs later rotfl
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLC_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLC_...
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When I see LLMs pitched as a guaranteed productivity tool for software engineering, the is the counterweight I keep trying to get people to seriously engage with and not handwave away is the future cost, and “oh everything tech gets cheaper” isn’t an answer. Services don’t and LLMs are a service.
November 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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This is something that should be glaringly obvious to any coder who pushes LLMs as key. How do you make LLMs better coders? Lots of tests for it to run, lots of docs. That means it's doing a change->run->change->run approach. Over and over. For any single prompt. bsky.app/profile/prie...
Sipple has a great thread here echoing my thoughts.
But I’ll argue it’s even worse than “computer costs won’t go down appreciably.”
All those “reasoning” models being rolled out means that compute dramatically increases as models become more and more complex.
Compute consumption goes ever upward.
But I’ll argue it’s even worse than “computer costs won’t go down appreciably.”
All those “reasoning” models being rolled out means that compute dramatically increases as models become more and more complex.
Compute consumption goes ever upward.
When I see LLMs pitched as a guaranteed productivity tool for software engineering, the is the counterweight I keep trying to get people to seriously engage with and not handwave away is the future cost, and “oh everything tech gets cheaper” isn’t an answer. Services don’t and LLMs are a service.
November 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This is something that should be glaringly obvious to any coder who pushes LLMs as key. How do you make LLMs better coders? Lots of tests for it to run, lots of docs. That means it's doing a change->run->change->run approach. Over and over. For any single prompt. bsky.app/profile/prie...
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Sipple has a great thread here echoing my thoughts.
But I’ll argue it’s even worse than “computer costs won’t go down appreciably.”
All those “reasoning” models being rolled out means that compute dramatically increases as models become more and more complex.
Compute consumption goes ever upward.
But I’ll argue it’s even worse than “computer costs won’t go down appreciably.”
All those “reasoning” models being rolled out means that compute dramatically increases as models become more and more complex.
Compute consumption goes ever upward.
When I see LLMs pitched as a guaranteed productivity tool for software engineering, the is the counterweight I keep trying to get people to seriously engage with and not handwave away is the future cost, and “oh everything tech gets cheaper” isn’t an answer. Services don’t and LLMs are a service.
November 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Sipple has a great thread here echoing my thoughts.
But I’ll argue it’s even worse than “computer costs won’t go down appreciably.”
All those “reasoning” models being rolled out means that compute dramatically increases as models become more and more complex.
Compute consumption goes ever upward.
But I’ll argue it’s even worse than “computer costs won’t go down appreciably.”
All those “reasoning” models being rolled out means that compute dramatically increases as models become more and more complex.
Compute consumption goes ever upward.
miss bella hadid otherwise known as the “princess of nazareth” — so wholesome
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-lt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-lt...
BELLA HADID | CHICKEN SHOP DATE
YouTube video by Amelia Dimoldenberg
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November 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
miss bella hadid otherwise known as the “princess of nazareth” — so wholesome
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-lt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-lt...
finally received my eadem tinted lip gloss/balm order, sold out at a lot of places bc it’s so popular and well liked. excited to try. eadem is a poc-owned brand. so far, so good. #enjoyingMyLifeAlways
November 29, 2025 at 4:23 AM
finally received my eadem tinted lip gloss/balm order, sold out at a lot of places bc it’s so popular and well liked. excited to try. eadem is a poc-owned brand. so far, so good. #enjoyingMyLifeAlways
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Black Friday: A cursed day where every business I have ever bought anything from in the last decades sends me an email.
November 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Black Friday: A cursed day where every business I have ever bought anything from in the last decades sends me an email.
it’s such a flex to be from a generation that saw the cellphone come to existence and then become ubiquitous, bc originally it was a tool, then it turned into entertainment.
November 29, 2025 at 2:58 AM
it’s such a flex to be from a generation that saw the cellphone come to existence and then become ubiquitous, bc originally it was a tool, then it turned into entertainment.
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The attached screen grab should make everybody who programs AI systems pay attention. As programmers, we should never forget that so-called AI is just numbers and probabilities.
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November 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The attached screen grab should make everybody who programs AI systems pay attention. As programmers, we should never forget that so-called AI is just numbers and probabilities.
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if the attention was wanted so badly, all these years, u got it. absolutely, u get to be losers in my story. i’m honoring u with that privilege.
“miserable failure is not an option” - norm macdonald (rip)
yet here u are, still covered in absolute dust.
#theTrashFactory
“miserable failure is not an option” - norm macdonald (rip)
yet here u are, still covered in absolute dust.
#theTrashFactory
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
if the attention was wanted so badly, all these years, u got it. absolutely, u get to be losers in my story. i’m honoring u with that privilege.
“miserable failure is not an option” - norm macdonald (rip)
yet here u are, still covered in absolute dust.
#theTrashFactory
“miserable failure is not an option” - norm macdonald (rip)
yet here u are, still covered in absolute dust.
#theTrashFactory