Hacksaw
@mrthesaw.bsky.social
Writer of things. Maker of Musics. Digger of holes.
Music: https://privatecircus.bandcamp.com/album/drive-sparky
Music: https://privatecircus.bandcamp.com/album/drive-sparky
As someone who has written software for a long time, and also trained people in code review, the thing I keep seeing in the complaints about #AI written #code is the assumption that said code will be shipped without review.
If you ship *any* code without some sort of review, you are foolish.
If you ship *any* code without some sort of review, you are foolish.
January 20, 2026 at 8:49 PM
If you've spent a significant chunk of your career helping to develop the Instagram UI, consider that you might be better served saying that you spent that time in your life trying to develop the best grilled cheese sandwich, or perhaps shopping for cat toys for a persnickety torti.
January 17, 2026 at 11:05 PM
If you've spent a significant chunk of your career helping to develop the Instagram UI, consider that you might be better served saying that you spent that time in your life trying to develop the best grilled cheese sandwich, or perhaps shopping for cat toys for a persnickety torti.
Worcestershire rice: fry rice with a bit of olive oil, then 7 or 8 times add a few shakes of the sauce, and fold over the rice to coat it, and reduce the sauce. Very tasty.
January 14, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Worcestershire rice: fry rice with a bit of olive oil, then 7 or 8 times add a few shakes of the sauce, and fold over the rice to coat it, and reduce the sauce. Very tasty.
I'm a little irrationally gleeful to find a vide of Bill Bruford playing a level snare drum with brushes in matched grip. Naturally, since he's a crazily skilled player, it sounds great.
This closes an argument I had on USENET in the mid 90's.
A tiny win for the day.
#music #drumming
This closes an argument I had on USENET in the mid 90's.
A tiny win for the day.
#music #drumming
December 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I keep seeing Newton's cradles (The thing with five shiny balls hanging in a line) and they're all really poorly made.
The first one I saw was at home, my brother had gotten it as a gift. The balls were exactly touching each other, which is extremely important to the beauty of the movement.
The first one I saw was at home, my brother had gotten it as a gift. The balls were exactly touching each other, which is extremely important to the beauty of the movement.
December 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I keep seeing Newton's cradles (The thing with five shiny balls hanging in a line) and they're all really poorly made.
The first one I saw was at home, my brother had gotten it as a gift. The balls were exactly touching each other, which is extremely important to the beauty of the movement.
The first one I saw was at home, my brother had gotten it as a gift. The balls were exactly touching each other, which is extremely important to the beauty of the movement.
Herdez Salsa is some of the best I have ever had. This is not a paid endorsement.
December 13, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Herdez Salsa is some of the best I have ever had. This is not a paid endorsement.
Hank Rant, FTW: www.youtube.com/shorts/8WHNW...
JUICE IS JUST FLAT SODA
YouTube video by Hank Green
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Hank Rant, FTW: www.youtube.com/shorts/8WHNW...
When did guilt tripping become the go -to marketing tactic for indie bands?
December 10, 2025 at 4:07 AM
When did guilt tripping become the go -to marketing tactic for indie bands?
I wonder if Douglas Adams would be amused or dismayed by the popularity of digital watches now.
October 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I wonder if Douglas Adams would be amused or dismayed by the popularity of digital watches now.
Me: OH search engine, in the very narrow context of this field, find me mentions of x.
Search engine: Okay, I'll search the entire internet for mentions of x, OR mentions of the field OR mentions of narrowness OR context.
Search engine: Okay, I'll search the entire internet for mentions of x, OR mentions of the field OR mentions of narrowness OR context.
October 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Me: OH search engine, in the very narrow context of this field, find me mentions of x.
Search engine: Okay, I'll search the entire internet for mentions of x, OR mentions of the field OR mentions of narrowness OR context.
Search engine: Okay, I'll search the entire internet for mentions of x, OR mentions of the field OR mentions of narrowness OR context.
When a lawyer submits a filing that is full of false citations and errors, one wonders how much they cheated in law school.
I also wonder how many lawyers are happily using #AI to generate filings, and "getting away with it" because they're actually reviewing them and correcting mistakes.
I also wonder how many lawyers are happily using #AI to generate filings, and "getting away with it" because they're actually reviewing them and correcting mistakes.
October 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
When a lawyer submits a filing that is full of false citations and errors, one wonders how much they cheated in law school.
I also wonder how many lawyers are happily using #AI to generate filings, and "getting away with it" because they're actually reviewing them and correcting mistakes.
I also wonder how many lawyers are happily using #AI to generate filings, and "getting away with it" because they're actually reviewing them and correcting mistakes.
Huh. Apparently Rush is gonna do a tour.
October 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Huh. Apparently Rush is gonna do a tour.
Reading a Jenny Lawson book in bed next to my sleeping sweetie might kill me from trying to suppress laughter.
#letspretend...
#letspretend...
October 2, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Reading a Jenny Lawson book in bed next to my sleeping sweetie might kill me from trying to suppress laughter.
#letspretend...
#letspretend...
"I'm swabbing some of what looks like mascara which was running down the face of the deceased, so we can check... it's crawling onto my swab..."
#twoSentenceHorror
#twoSentenceHorror
September 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
"I'm swabbing some of what looks like mascara which was running down the face of the deceased, so we can check... it's crawling onto my swab..."
#twoSentenceHorror
#twoSentenceHorror
Gotta love a story where the utterance "You literally used to be a grain combine" is the straight man line. #questonableContent
September 16, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Gotta love a story where the utterance "You literally used to be a grain combine" is the straight man line. #questonableContent
Watching a youtube vid with lots of section markers. Someone went to a lot of trouble to annotate the natural breaks in this video.
Naturally #youtube drops commercials right in the middle of the section, thus breaking the flow of what happens to be a scholarly history video.
Naturally #youtube drops commercials right in the middle of the section, thus breaking the flow of what happens to be a scholarly history video.
September 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Watching a youtube vid with lots of section markers. Someone went to a lot of trouble to annotate the natural breaks in this video.
Naturally #youtube drops commercials right in the middle of the section, thus breaking the flow of what happens to be a scholarly history video.
Naturally #youtube drops commercials right in the middle of the section, thus breaking the flow of what happens to be a scholarly history video.
New experiences come at all ages. For instance, here in my 60th I finally got to experience being stung by a number of yellow jackets. Three or four reached flesh, I brushed off a number of others.
Yay?
I don’t seem to be allergic, so I have that going for me.
Yay?
I don’t seem to be allergic, so I have that going for me.
August 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
New experiences come at all ages. For instance, here in my 60th I finally got to experience being stung by a number of yellow jackets. Three or four reached flesh, I brushed off a number of others.
Yay?
I don’t seem to be allergic, so I have that going for me.
Yay?
I don’t seem to be allergic, so I have that going for me.
If you can’t be bothered to read the whole bug report, do not offer fixes. #techsupport
August 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you can’t be bothered to read the whole bug report, do not offer fixes. #techsupport
Gosh, linked-in, you think I ought to read this post of a friend so much that you sent me a suggestion several days after I read it the first time?
Was that really a good use of that energy?
Was that really a good use of that energy?
August 11, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Gosh, linked-in, you think I ought to read this post of a friend so much that you sent me a suggestion several days after I read it the first time?
Was that really a good use of that energy?
Was that really a good use of that energy?
Why would anyone consider Sirius/XM to be comparable to Alphabet and Meta. “They deliver media” is very tenuous. Maybe I’m missing some part of the picture. #investing
August 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Why would anyone consider Sirius/XM to be comparable to Alphabet and Meta. “They deliver media” is very tenuous. Maybe I’m missing some part of the picture. #investing
Bittersweet: thinking of a joke a dead friend would have loved.
August 2, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Bittersweet: thinking of a joke a dead friend would have loved.
Dear advertisers: Using the popular songs from my youth, with your product pitch instead of the original lyrics, is not the marketing vehicle you think it is.
July 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Dear advertisers: Using the popular songs from my youth, with your product pitch instead of the original lyrics, is not the marketing vehicle you think it is.