Nathan Clement
@njclement.com
Fintech Staff Engineer. AI & Philosophy. Follower of Christ. Be 100% of who you ought to be!
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Nathan Clement
@njclement.com
· May 24
You can just ask for things...
How will GenAI change data pipeline engineering?
#tech #developer #software #data #ai
How will GenAI change data pipeline engineering?
#tech #developer #software #data #ai
My wife left medical to become a vibe coder. Once in a while I review her code, and am regularly in awe of her velocity and work quality.
Her secret? She knows exactly what she wants, has incredible attention to detail, and asks her AI assistant to explain its choices.
Her secret? She knows exactly what she wants, has incredible attention to detail, and asks her AI assistant to explain its choices.
October 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
My wife left medical to become a vibe coder. Once in a while I review her code, and am regularly in awe of her velocity and work quality.
Her secret? She knows exactly what she wants, has incredible attention to detail, and asks her AI assistant to explain its choices.
Her secret? She knows exactly what she wants, has incredible attention to detail, and asks her AI assistant to explain its choices.
Everyone’s watching the AI breakthroughs.
The actual war? It’s the silent backroom talent deals, culture curation, contracts, counteroffers, people sliding between teams, while everyone else argues about code.
The actual war? It’s the silent backroom talent deals, culture curation, contracts, counteroffers, people sliding between teams, while everyone else argues about code.
August 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Everyone’s watching the AI breakthroughs.
The actual war? It’s the silent backroom talent deals, culture curation, contracts, counteroffers, people sliding between teams, while everyone else argues about code.
The actual war? It’s the silent backroom talent deals, culture curation, contracts, counteroffers, people sliding between teams, while everyone else argues about code.
Trying to supercharge Claude agent workflows.
Manual "@" calls are a pain, making real orchestration feel out of reach. Has anyone cracked agent delegation, maybe with clever hooks?
Craving thoughts from folks in the trenches. Share for visibility if you feel the same way!
Manual "@" calls are a pain, making real orchestration feel out of reach. Has anyone cracked agent delegation, maybe with clever hooks?
Craving thoughts from folks in the trenches. Share for visibility if you feel the same way!
August 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Trying to supercharge Claude agent workflows.
Manual "@" calls are a pain, making real orchestration feel out of reach. Has anyone cracked agent delegation, maybe with clever hooks?
Craving thoughts from folks in the trenches. Share for visibility if you feel the same way!
Manual "@" calls are a pain, making real orchestration feel out of reach. Has anyone cracked agent delegation, maybe with clever hooks?
Craving thoughts from folks in the trenches. Share for visibility if you feel the same way!
June 27, 2025 at 4:14 AM
New article out: Engineering the Biz Side (Renewal emails)
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June 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
New article out: Engineering the Biz Side (Renewal emails)
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You can just ask for things...
How will GenAI change data pipeline engineering?
#tech #developer #software #data #ai
How will GenAI change data pipeline engineering?
#tech #developer #software #data #ai
May 24, 2025 at 4:16 AM
You can just ask for things...
How will GenAI change data pipeline engineering?
#tech #developer #software #data #ai
How will GenAI change data pipeline engineering?
#tech #developer #software #data #ai
The video is too long for Bluesky, but if you're worried about AI making Engineers dumber, check this out!
Worried about Cursor and Windsurf rotting your brain?
In this video I… | Nathan Clement
Worried about Cursor and Windsurf rotting your brain?
In this video I discuss why I believe AI will have a different effect on the cognitive ability of engineers, depending on how they approach AI dr...
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April 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
The video is too long for Bluesky, but if you're worried about AI making Engineers dumber, check this out!
The next wave of great software engineers will be philosophers and lawyers
April 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The next wave of great software engineers will be philosophers and lawyers
Do LLMs think in a language of their own?
Do LLMs plan ahead beyond the next token?
Why do models hallucinate?
Incredible research by Anthropic just dropped: www.anthropic.com/research/tra...
Do LLMs plan ahead beyond the next token?
Why do models hallucinate?
Incredible research by Anthropic just dropped: www.anthropic.com/research/tra...
Tracing the thoughts of a large language model
Anthropic's latest interpretability research: a new microscope to understand Claude's internal mechanisms
www.anthropic.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Do LLMs think in a language of their own?
Do LLMs plan ahead beyond the next token?
Why do models hallucinate?
Incredible research by Anthropic just dropped: www.anthropic.com/research/tra...
Do LLMs plan ahead beyond the next token?
Why do models hallucinate?
Incredible research by Anthropic just dropped: www.anthropic.com/research/tra...
Starting April 1, Visa is deprecating old Fraud/Dispute management systems in favor of a new, enhanced program called VAMP
> Strong incentives for pre-auth prevention
> Changes to fee structure
> New tools/resources
Details below: merchantfraudjournal.com/visa-acquire...
What do people think?
> Strong incentives for pre-auth prevention
> Changes to fee structure
> New tools/resources
Details below: merchantfraudjournal.com/visa-acquire...
What do people think?
Visa Acquirer Monitoring Program (VAMP) Changes 2024: New Rules and Compliance Tips
As part of Visa’s ongoing efforts to streamline and enhance its monitoring programs, effective as of March 31, 2025, Visa
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March 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Starting April 1, Visa is deprecating old Fraud/Dispute management systems in favor of a new, enhanced program called VAMP
> Strong incentives for pre-auth prevention
> Changes to fee structure
> New tools/resources
Details below: merchantfraudjournal.com/visa-acquire...
What do people think?
> Strong incentives for pre-auth prevention
> Changes to fee structure
> New tools/resources
Details below: merchantfraudjournal.com/visa-acquire...
What do people think?
Use case for LLM Agents: TDD for Integration Docs.
> Step 1: Create fresh application
> Step 2: Point Agent at Docs (maybe an llms.txt?)
> Step 3: Ask Agent to integrate with your product
✅ Pass = Integration works
Automating this process would be a cool product!
> Step 1: Create fresh application
> Step 2: Point Agent at Docs (maybe an llms.txt?)
> Step 3: Ask Agent to integrate with your product
✅ Pass = Integration works
Automating this process would be a cool product!
March 25, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Use case for LLM Agents: TDD for Integration Docs.
> Step 1: Create fresh application
> Step 2: Point Agent at Docs (maybe an llms.txt?)
> Step 3: Ask Agent to integrate with your product
✅ Pass = Integration works
Automating this process would be a cool product!
> Step 1: Create fresh application
> Step 2: Point Agent at Docs (maybe an llms.txt?)
> Step 3: Ask Agent to integrate with your product
✅ Pass = Integration works
Automating this process would be a cool product!
Last week I had a "Black Mirror" thought about a potential negative AI future, so I wrote a short story about it. Curious what folks think :)
#shortstory
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#shortstory
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March 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Last week I had a "Black Mirror" thought about a potential negative AI future, so I wrote a short story about it. Curious what folks think :)
#shortstory
articles.njclement.com/we-chose-the...
#shortstory
articles.njclement.com/we-chose-the...
Testing out our latest integration with the National Do Not Call Registry 📵
AI summary looking nice as well!
AI summary looking nice as well!
March 4, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Testing out our latest integration with the National Do Not Call Registry 📵
AI summary looking nice as well!
AI summary looking nice as well!
When you just built your first AI model and ask your senior why it won’t generalize…
February 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
When you just built your first AI model and ask your senior why it won’t generalize…
AI does not make simple mistakes, it makes complex ones.
February 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
AI does not make simple mistakes, it makes complex ones.
Keeping these pillars strong isn’t just a technical challenge: it’s a strategic imperative for protecting both your users and your bottom line.
Read the full article for explanations and stories!
dodgeball-engineering.medium.com/4-critical-f...
Read the full article for explanations and stories!
dodgeball-engineering.medium.com/4-critical-f...
4 Critical Features When Engineering Your Own Anti-Fraud System
Building an anti-fraud system is like constructing a fortress: it must be carefully designed to withstand both external attacks and…
dodgeball-engineering.medium.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Keeping these pillars strong isn’t just a technical challenge: it’s a strategic imperative for protecting both your users and your bottom line.
Read the full article for explanations and stories!
dodgeball-engineering.medium.com/4-critical-f...
Read the full article for explanations and stories!
dodgeball-engineering.medium.com/4-critical-f...
How can you protect a Shopify store from fraud using the Dodgeball App??
Video breakdown
0:00 Introduction
0:31 The Checkpoint Editor
0:42 A Simple Test for Emails
1:45 Email Analysis with AtData
2:52 Test Order on Shopify
3:18 Payment Protection with Sift
4:48 More Capabilities
5:27 Summary
Video breakdown
0:00 Introduction
0:31 The Checkpoint Editor
0:42 A Simple Test for Emails
1:45 Email Analysis with AtData
2:52 Test Order on Shopify
3:18 Payment Protection with Sift
4:48 More Capabilities
5:27 Summary
Protecting your Shopify Store with Dodgeball
YouTube video by Dodgeball
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January 31, 2025 at 9:44 PM
How can you protect a Shopify store from fraud using the Dodgeball App??
Video breakdown
0:00 Introduction
0:31 The Checkpoint Editor
0:42 A Simple Test for Emails
1:45 Email Analysis with AtData
2:52 Test Order on Shopify
3:18 Payment Protection with Sift
4:48 More Capabilities
5:27 Summary
Video breakdown
0:00 Introduction
0:31 The Checkpoint Editor
0:42 A Simple Test for Emails
1:45 Email Analysis with AtData
2:52 Test Order on Shopify
3:18 Payment Protection with Sift
4:48 More Capabilities
5:27 Summary
Someone should build an app called Mt. Olympus, where top models debate as agents until they reach a mutually agreed solution to complex queries, and you can watch the "distributed" chain of thought live. Too many ideas and too little time to do it myself :P
January 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Someone should build an app called Mt. Olympus, where top models debate as agents until they reach a mutually agreed solution to complex queries, and you can watch the "distributed" chain of thought live. Too many ideas and too little time to do it myself :P
What should we take away from the DeepSeek drama over the last weekend?
1. Complacency loses
2. Historical success is not a guarantee of future outcomes
3. Rearguard actions (like limiting access to NVIDIA GPUs) are not solution
Innovate, don't entrench.
1. Complacency loses
2. Historical success is not a guarantee of future outcomes
3. Rearguard actions (like limiting access to NVIDIA GPUs) are not solution
Innovate, don't entrench.
“Every bubble is unique until it bursts”
When a new technology comes about, it's comfortable to think that existing money and hiring an entire MIT class will protect the IBMs of the day. Whereas the real lesson of innovation is that small groups of the smart/hungry/driven always dominate.
When a new technology comes about, it's comfortable to think that existing money and hiring an entire MIT class will protect the IBMs of the day. Whereas the real lesson of innovation is that small groups of the smart/hungry/driven always dominate.
January 28, 2025 at 1:23 AM
What should we take away from the DeepSeek drama over the last weekend?
1. Complacency loses
2. Historical success is not a guarantee of future outcomes
3. Rearguard actions (like limiting access to NVIDIA GPUs) are not solution
Innovate, don't entrench.
1. Complacency loses
2. Historical success is not a guarantee of future outcomes
3. Rearguard actions (like limiting access to NVIDIA GPUs) are not solution
Innovate, don't entrench.
I listen to audiobooks every morning. I get physical copies of my favorites.
One of these favorites is “Extreme Ownership” by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
This pictured section below struck me today.
“Simple”
One of these favorites is “Extreme Ownership” by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
This pictured section below struck me today.
“Simple”
January 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I listen to audiobooks every morning. I get physical copies of my favorites.
One of these favorites is “Extreme Ownership” by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
This pictured section below struck me today.
“Simple”
One of these favorites is “Extreme Ownership” by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
This pictured section below struck me today.
“Simple”
Curious about using Dodgeball from an Engineering Perspective?
Check out our first video tutorial, designed to show engineers everything they might need to know about working with Dodgeball!
#software #engineer #dev #fraud #fraudfighter
Check out our first video tutorial, designed to show engineers everything they might need to know about working with Dodgeball!
#software #engineer #dev #fraud #fraudfighter
Zero to Hero: Everything Engineers need to know about Configuring Dodgeball (Next.js Edition)
YouTube video by Dodgeball Engineering
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January 23, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Curious about using Dodgeball from an Engineering Perspective?
Check out our first video tutorial, designed to show engineers everything they might need to know about working with Dodgeball!
#software #engineer #dev #fraud #fraudfighter
Check out our first video tutorial, designed to show engineers everything they might need to know about working with Dodgeball!
#software #engineer #dev #fraud #fraudfighter
One example of a value-added use of LLMs:
At @dodgeball-eng.bsky.social - we are crafting Agentic AI Workflows to augment and normalize information, providing predictable inputs for decisions:
🧵(1/3)
At @dodgeball-eng.bsky.social - we are crafting Agentic AI Workflows to augment and normalize information, providing predictable inputs for decisions:
🧵(1/3)
It isn't AI if it just gets in the way, and using an LLM doesn’t make your software useful.
Clippy's just annoying: he doesn’t help, keeps popping up, and forces you to look at him.
The real challenge in AI isn't the algorithms: it's figuring out how to make it additive to a working system.
Clippy's just annoying: he doesn’t help, keeps popping up, and forces you to look at him.
The real challenge in AI isn't the algorithms: it's figuring out how to make it additive to a working system.
January 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
One example of a value-added use of LLMs:
At @dodgeball-eng.bsky.social - we are crafting Agentic AI Workflows to augment and normalize information, providing predictable inputs for decisions:
🧵(1/3)
At @dodgeball-eng.bsky.social - we are crafting Agentic AI Workflows to augment and normalize information, providing predictable inputs for decisions:
🧵(1/3)
Reposted by Nathan Clement
It's always a good day when one of your customers is willing to talk about using your software to save money:
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MRC | Merchant Risk Council on LinkedIn: #paymentsoptimization
In a rapidly growing subscription business, maintaining a proactive fraud posture is critical to optimizing both cost and effectiveness. Building a scalable…
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January 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It's always a good day when one of your customers is willing to talk about using your software to save money:
www.linkedin.com/posts/mercha...
www.linkedin.com/posts/mercha...