John William Davis
@johnwilliamdavis.com
Programmer - TypeScript, Rust and Go
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Now I know he is guilty. Every accusation is a confession. Also Pam Bondi will be going to jail after all this is over. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Trump Demands Inquiry Into Epstein’s Ties to Prominent Democrats
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November 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Now I know he is guilty. Every accusation is a confession. Also Pam Bondi will be going to jail after all this is over. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
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My most common prompt critique is “this doesn’t make sense.” Sometimes people write instructions that are impossible to follow and then report that the model can’t do a task. Not really news to anyone, but liberal arts (writing, philosophy, logic, critique) training is good for this kind of thing.
Many of the most important “prompt engineering” skills are just management skills: clearly understanding the task to be done and what information is needed to do it; explaining the task to the AI; giving useful feedback to improve outputs; & generalizing lessons learned into a process.
May 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
My most common prompt critique is “this doesn’t make sense.” Sometimes people write instructions that are impossible to follow and then report that the model can’t do a task. Not really news to anyone, but liberal arts (writing, philosophy, logic, critique) training is good for this kind of thing.
Check out this snip from Huberman Lab with Karolina Westlund.
share.snipd.com/ai-snip/3c68...
Snipd is such a cool app. I have been using it for a month or so and I'm loving it 💯
share.snipd.com/ai-snip/3c68...
Snipd is such a cool app. I have been using it for a month or so and I'm loving it 💯
Dog Breed Predatory Roles
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April 30, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Check out this snip from Huberman Lab with Karolina Westlund.
share.snipd.com/ai-snip/3c68...
Snipd is such a cool app. I have been using it for a month or so and I'm loving it 💯
share.snipd.com/ai-snip/3c68...
Snipd is such a cool app. I have been using it for a month or so and I'm loving it 💯
Nice 👍
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April 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Nice 👍
This is great 💯
Just re-discovered these Programming Principles I wrote down in a note called "Mission Statement" years ago.
I still think I stand by them 100%?
I still think I stand by them 100%?
March 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
This is great 💯
I love it 😀💯🙏
February 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I love it 😀💯🙏
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tursodatabase / limbo: Limbo is a project to build the modern evolution of SQLite. ★9161 https://github.com/tursodatabase/limbo
tursodatabase / limbo
Limbo is a project to build the modern evolution of SQLite.
github.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
tursodatabase / limbo: Limbo is a project to build the modern evolution of SQLite. ★9161 https://github.com/tursodatabase/limbo
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Just posted a new article to my blog, basically gushing over Bluesky's AT Protocol as an antidote to the social media walled gardens we've all been stuck in for the past decade-plus and how exciting the project is as both a software engineer and a proponent of the open web.
Bluesky’s AT Protocol is the real “everything app”
The blatantly fascist owners of certain established-but-declining social networks like to wax poetic about a world where everything you do online might take place within their own restrictive ecosyste...
polhem.us
January 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Just posted a new article to my blog, basically gushing over Bluesky's AT Protocol as an antidote to the social media walled gardens we've all been stuck in for the past decade-plus and how exciting the project is as both a software engineer and a proponent of the open web.
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chroma-core / chroma: the AI-native open-source embedding database ★17250 https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma
chroma-core / chroma
the AI-native open-source embedding database
github.com
January 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
chroma-core / chroma: the AI-native open-source embedding database ★17250 https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma
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denoland / deno: A modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript. ★101319 https://github.com/denoland/deno
denoland / deno
A modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript.
github.com
January 27, 2025 at 12:41 AM
denoland / deno: A modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript. ★101319 https://github.com/denoland/deno
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zed-industries / zed: Code at the speed of thought – Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter. ★53473 https://github.com/zed-industries/zed
zed-industries / zed
Code at the speed of thought – Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.
github.com
January 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
zed-industries / zed: Code at the speed of thought – Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter. ★53473 https://github.com/zed-industries/zed
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Starting in February I'm going to start a (free) new live coding series where I build a handful of these apps with a recent college graduate that works with me.
I think it will be a great tutorial for people who want to learn aspects of engineering you don't get in school. #staytuned
I think it will be a great tutorial for people who want to learn aspects of engineering you don't get in school. #staytuned
January 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Starting in February I'm going to start a (free) new live coding series where I build a handful of these apps with a recent college graduate that works with me.
I think it will be a great tutorial for people who want to learn aspects of engineering you don't get in school. #staytuned
I think it will be a great tutorial for people who want to learn aspects of engineering you don't get in school. #staytuned
In light of all the news this week I decided to stay in tonight and watch something upbeat
January 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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neovide: No Nonsense Neovim Client in Rust ★13431 https://github.com/neovide/neovide
neovide / neovide
No Nonsense Neovim Client in Rust
github.com
January 20, 2025 at 4:08 AM
neovide: No Nonsense Neovim Client in Rust ★13431 https://github.com/neovide/neovide
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🎧Check out the recording of the talk, "The State of JavaScript Security in 2024" by @feross.bsky.social.
Watch it here👇
gitnation.com/contents/the...
Watch it here👇
gitnation.com/contents/the...
January 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
🎧Check out the recording of the talk, "The State of JavaScript Security in 2024" by @feross.bsky.social.
Watch it here👇
gitnation.com/contents/the...
Watch it here👇
gitnation.com/contents/the...
Cool 🤓
Exciting to see new, independent projects spin up to decentralize the atproto ecosystem! Building alternative infrastructure is a big step towards giving users more choice and making the network billionaire-proof.
Big news! There's a new project that's raising cash to build out AT Protocol infrastructure that isn't dependent on venture-funded Bluesky, to stimulate the development of new social networks using that infrastructure, and to make the protocol's governance more democratic fortune.com/2025/01/13/m...
January 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Cool 🤓
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alexpasmantier / television: The revolution will (not) be televised ★1316 https://github.com/alexpasmantier/television
alexpasmantier / television
The revolution will (not) be televised
github.com
January 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
alexpasmantier / television: The revolution will (not) be televised ★1316 https://github.com/alexpasmantier/television
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😮 So a while back, I shared my favourite icon package, Lucide. It’s a Feather fork, with *so many* icons (1500+).
I just discovered Lucide Lab, a collection of 300+ more icons! It includes more-niche icons that may not be widely useful enough for the main package.
github.com/lucide-icons...
I just discovered Lucide Lab, a collection of 300+ more icons! It includes more-niche icons that may not be widely useful enough for the main package.
github.com/lucide-icons...
January 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
😮 So a while back, I shared my favourite icon package, Lucide. It’s a Feather fork, with *so many* icons (1500+).
I just discovered Lucide Lab, a collection of 300+ more icons! It includes more-niche icons that may not be widely useful enough for the main package.
github.com/lucide-icons...
I just discovered Lucide Lab, a collection of 300+ more icons! It includes more-niche icons that may not be widely useful enough for the main package.
github.com/lucide-icons...
Love it 😍 Thanks 🙏
January 11, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Love it 😍 Thanks 🙏
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😮 Big React news: they’re adding first-class View Transition support! 🎉
This’ll make it so much easier to add transitions on route change, among other use cases. The PR was merged earlier today, so it may be available soon!
github.com/facebook/rea...
This’ll make it so much easier to add transitions on route change, among other use cases. The PR was merged earlier today, so it may be available soon!
github.com/facebook/rea...
Add <ViewTransition> Component by sebmarkbage · Pull Request #31975 · facebook/react
This will provide the opt-in for using View Transitions in React.
View Transitions only trigger for async updates like startTransition, useDeferredValue, Actions or <Suspense> revealing from ...
github.com
January 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
😮 Big React news: they’re adding first-class View Transition support! 🎉
This’ll make it so much easier to add transitions on route change, among other use cases. The PR was merged earlier today, so it may be available soon!
github.com/facebook/rea...
This’ll make it so much easier to add transitions on route change, among other use cases. The PR was merged earlier today, so it may be available soon!
github.com/facebook/rea...
I like this 🤓
January 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I like this 🤓
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🌠 A long-requested CSS feature is the ability to transition height between a known value (`height: 20rem`) and a derived one (`height: auto`).
A new global CSS property makes this possible now. 😄
html {
interpolate-size: allow-keywords;
}
More info in thread 🧵
A new global CSS property makes this possible now. 😄
html {
interpolate-size: allow-keywords;
}
More info in thread 🧵
January 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
🌠 A long-requested CSS feature is the ability to transition height between a known value (`height: 20rem`) and a derived one (`height: auto`).
A new global CSS property makes this possible now. 😄
html {
interpolate-size: allow-keywords;
}
More info in thread 🧵
A new global CSS property makes this possible now. 😄
html {
interpolate-size: allow-keywords;
}
More info in thread 🧵
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In case you didn't know:
In GitHub-flavored Markdown you can use <kbd> to specify keyboard input.
Makes your shortcuts look ✨pretty✨
In GitHub-flavored Markdown you can use <kbd> to specify keyboard input.
Makes your shortcuts look ✨pretty✨
January 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
In case you didn't know:
In GitHub-flavored Markdown you can use <kbd> to specify keyboard input.
Makes your shortcuts look ✨pretty✨
In GitHub-flavored Markdown you can use <kbd> to specify keyboard input.
Makes your shortcuts look ✨pretty✨