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Never say engineers don't like process; many of them love a process that helps them avoid having conversations (especially disagreements) with other people!
July 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Never say engineers don't like process; many of them love a process that helps them avoid having conversations (especially disagreements) with other people!
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Also, the Principles module is here:
www.ruthmalan.com/systems/2025...
This summary of the module is a joint effort by François Armand and I:
www.ruthmalan.com/systems/2025...
This summary of the module is a joint effort by François Armand and I:
March 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Also, the Principles module is here:
www.ruthmalan.com/systems/2025...
This summary of the module is a joint effort by François Armand and I:
www.ruthmalan.com/systems/2025...
This summary of the module is a joint effort by François Armand and I:
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If you are an engineering leader, it's your job to remove blockers so that engineers can do their best work.
February 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
If you are an engineering leader, it's your job to remove blockers so that engineers can do their best work.
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My new column! #devops
Operations and Life
Give Engineers Problems, Not Solutions
This is about providing the "why" instead of the "how." Instead of dictating specific solutions, present the problem and desired outcome, and let your team figure out how to solve it.
queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?i...
@yesthattom.bsky.social
Give Engineers Problems, Not Solutions
This is about providing the "why" instead of the "how." Instead of dictating specific solutions, present the problem and desired outcome, and let your team figure out how to solve it.
queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?i...
@yesthattom.bsky.social
Give Engineers Problems, Not Solutions - ACM Queue
queue.acm.org
January 30, 2025 at 2:40 AM
My new column! #devops
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My tiny little production company now has a beautiful website (or Web site as the Times used to say). constantreader.info
Constant Reader
Constant Reader is a production company founded by Michelle Dean.
constantreader.info
November 11, 2024 at 6:56 PM
My tiny little production company now has a beautiful website (or Web site as the Times used to say). constantreader.info
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“software systems are sociotechnical. When I say our systems are sociotechnical, I mean that our thinking, behaviors, and communication patterns are inextricable from the software systems we produce.”
— Diana Montalion
— Diana Montalion
January 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“software systems are sociotechnical. When I say our systems are sociotechnical, I mean that our thinking, behaviors, and communication patterns are inextricable from the software systems we produce.”
— Diana Montalion
— Diana Montalion
Been reflecting on this: Most communication really doesn’t happen. There is much more unsaid than what is said even though we focus so much on improving how to speak and how to write.
The first focus should be however to be a person others want to communicate with in the first place
The first focus should be however to be a person others want to communicate with in the first place
January 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Been reflecting on this: Most communication really doesn’t happen. There is much more unsaid than what is said even though we focus so much on improving how to speak and how to write.
The first focus should be however to be a person others want to communicate with in the first place
The first focus should be however to be a person others want to communicate with in the first place
In empowering others their delusions get exalted too.
That’s why the most transformative empowerment is the one that holds the individual in their own journey to regaining a sense of power.
This is about mentoring
That’s why the most transformative empowerment is the one that holds the individual in their own journey to regaining a sense of power.
This is about mentoring
January 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
In empowering others their delusions get exalted too.
That’s why the most transformative empowerment is the one that holds the individual in their own journey to regaining a sense of power.
This is about mentoring
That’s why the most transformative empowerment is the one that holds the individual in their own journey to regaining a sense of power.
This is about mentoring
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That's more or less the idea behind the term "AI engineer" as coined by Swyx - for engineers who apply this stuff to build systems but don't necessarily train the models themselves www.latent.space/p/ai-engineer
The Rise of the AI Engineer
Emergent capabilities are creating an emerging job title beyond the Prompt Engineer.
www.latent.space
December 26, 2024 at 8:36 PM
That's more or less the idea behind the term "AI engineer" as coined by Swyx - for engineers who apply this stuff to build systems but don't necessarily train the models themselves www.latent.space/p/ai-engineer
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The struggle is real.
December 24, 2024 at 4:24 PM
The struggle is real.
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Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Distributed systems engineer: Eventually.
Distributed systems engineer: Eventually.
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Cryptography engineer: That part is cleared to make operations over my CV fit in the output register without carries.
Cryptography engineer: That part is cleared to make operations over my CV fit in the output register without carries.
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Game dev: ah yeah I had fucked up a transformation matrix, so that section of my life was rendered outside the camera's field of view
Game dev: ah yeah I had fucked up a transformation matrix, so that section of my life was rendered outside the camera's field of view
December 22, 2024 at 2:57 AM
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Distributed systems engineer: Eventually.
Distributed systems engineer: Eventually.
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This poem perfectly understands me.
December 20, 2024 at 12:08 AM
This poem perfectly understands me.
The value of memorization is going down while the value of critical thinking skills is going up
We are better at testing the former
We are better at testing the former
December 19, 2024 at 2:12 PM
The value of memorization is going down while the value of critical thinking skills is going up
We are better at testing the former
We are better at testing the former
There still no way to set an alarm for every 8 hours for 7 days easy in iOS. A very common use case for an alarm.
That’s the type of problems I wish Apple AI will focus more on. That is to say that the computer revolution hasn’t happened yet
youtu.be/oKg1hTOQXoY?...
That’s the type of problems I wish Apple AI will focus more on. That is to say that the computer revolution hasn’t happened yet
youtu.be/oKg1hTOQXoY?...
Alan Kay at OOPSLA 1997 - The computer revolution hasnt happened yet
YouTube video by Jeff Gonis
youtu.be
December 18, 2024 at 9:07 PM
There still no way to set an alarm for every 8 hours for 7 days easy in iOS. A very common use case for an alarm.
That’s the type of problems I wish Apple AI will focus more on. That is to say that the computer revolution hasn’t happened yet
youtu.be/oKg1hTOQXoY?...
That’s the type of problems I wish Apple AI will focus more on. That is to say that the computer revolution hasn’t happened yet
youtu.be/oKg1hTOQXoY?...
A family that focus their attention on the kid having issues ends up neglecting the kid that doesn’t
Some leaders are like that too
Some leaders are like that too
December 18, 2024 at 8:56 PM
A family that focus their attention on the kid having issues ends up neglecting the kid that doesn’t
Some leaders are like that too
Some leaders are like that too
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Christmas Surprise! GitHub Copilot is now FREE with 2000 code completions a month! github.blog/news-insight...
Announcing 150M developers and a new free tier for GitHub Copilot in VS Code
Come and join 150M developers on GitHub that can now code with Copilot for free in VS Code.
github.blog
December 18, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Christmas Surprise! GitHub Copilot is now FREE with 2000 code completions a month! github.blog/news-insight...
This is great
as of this week, when you verify your account by updating your username from a default like emily.bsky.social to your website @emilyliu.me, your former bsky.social username is reserved for you automatically (and prevents impersonators from claiming it). you can revert back to it at anytime
How to verify your Bluesky account - Bluesky
Here's how to verify your Bluesky account by setting your website as your username.
bsky.social
December 17, 2024 at 6:16 PM
This is great
“Anger is our friend. Not a nice friend. Not a gentle friend. But a very, very loyal friend. It will always tell us when we have been betrayed. It will always tell us when we have betrayed ourselves.”
Julia Cameron
I hope this week you remember your loyal friends, especially the unexpected ones
Julia Cameron
I hope this week you remember your loyal friends, especially the unexpected ones
December 16, 2024 at 3:43 PM
“Anger is our friend. Not a nice friend. Not a gentle friend. But a very, very loyal friend. It will always tell us when we have been betrayed. It will always tell us when we have betrayed ourselves.”
Julia Cameron
I hope this week you remember your loyal friends, especially the unexpected ones
Julia Cameron
I hope this week you remember your loyal friends, especially the unexpected ones
“But when you’re incompetent, the skills you need to produce a right answer are exactly the skills you need to recognize what a right answer is. “
December 15, 2024 at 10:57 PM
“But when you’re incompetent, the skills you need to produce a right answer are exactly the skills you need to recognize what a right answer is. “
The beauty of learning: you start with fuzzy images of a whole area and time passes and it all catches on and you end up being able to do things with what you just learned. It is beautiful, so much appreciation for this process. It holds *possibilities*
December 15, 2024 at 9:51 PM
The beauty of learning: you start with fuzzy images of a whole area and time passes and it all catches on and you end up being able to do things with what you just learned. It is beautiful, so much appreciation for this process. It holds *possibilities*
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Boundaries are so hard because there's no end to how much some people will punish you for having them.
December 12, 2024 at 7:09 AM
Boundaries are so hard because there's no end to how much some people will punish you for having them.
“For something to live something has to die…
I don’t go back and I don’t overthink myself”
RIP Nikki Giovanni
I don’t go back and I don’t overthink myself”
RIP Nikki Giovanni
December 10, 2024 at 4:12 AM
“For something to live something has to die…
I don’t go back and I don’t overthink myself”
RIP Nikki Giovanni
I don’t go back and I don’t overthink myself”
RIP Nikki Giovanni
egoless.engineering#53
Good points in this Egoless engineering talk:
* Parochialism and ego, the yin and yang of dysfunction
* Domain experts vs owners
* Intentional team values e.g everyone can dig a ditch
* Results are better if we can cooperate give people permission to be curious and cooperate
Good points in this Egoless engineering talk:
* Parochialism and ego, the yin and yang of dysfunction
* Domain experts vs owners
* Intentional team values e.g everyone can dig a ditch
* Results are better if we can cooperate give people permission to be curious and cooperate
Egoless Engineering
It turns out misery is a shitty proxy metric.
egoless.engineering
December 9, 2024 at 9:53 PM
egoless.engineering#53
Good points in this Egoless engineering talk:
* Parochialism and ego, the yin and yang of dysfunction
* Domain experts vs owners
* Intentional team values e.g everyone can dig a ditch
* Results are better if we can cooperate give people permission to be curious and cooperate
Good points in this Egoless engineering talk:
* Parochialism and ego, the yin and yang of dysfunction
* Domain experts vs owners
* Intentional team values e.g everyone can dig a ditch
* Results are better if we can cooperate give people permission to be curious and cooperate