sophie alpert
@sophiebits.com
you have the ability to understand things
principal engineer, react person, super gay, still masking
principal engineer, react person, super gay, still masking
September 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
More blogging! I don't want AI agents controlling my laptop. Not because that's not useful, but because it's incredibly hard (impossible?) to do securely: sophiebits.com/2025/09/09/a...
I don’t want AI agents controlling my laptop
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September 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
More blogging! I don't want AI agents controlling my laptop. Not because that's not useful, but because it's incredibly hard (impossible?) to do securely: sophiebits.com/2025/09/09/a...
I keep getting into conversations with engineers where I talk about how desperately I want my database to support materialized views with incremental updates and too often I get a blank stare in response.
so I wrote a new post about why you should care! sophiebits.com/2025/08/22/m...
so I wrote a new post about why you should care! sophiebits.com/2025/08/22/m...
Materialized views are obviously useful
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August 23, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I keep getting into conversations with engineers where I talk about how desperately I want my database to support materialized views with incremental updates and too often I get a blank stare in response.
so I wrote a new post about why you should care! sophiebits.com/2025/08/22/m...
so I wrote a new post about why you should care! sophiebits.com/2025/08/22/m...
@estradiol.bsky.social your username goes hard
July 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
@estradiol.bsky.social your username goes hard
I wrote a blog post sophiebits.com/2025/07/21/t...
TODOs aren’t for doing
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July 22, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I wrote a blog post sophiebits.com/2025/07/21/t...
I have a confession to make. I've gone back and forth on whether to say anything, but I can't keep quiet any longer—not only does this look bad, it makes no sense. Please stop doing the cursor-smoothy effect that Screen Studio does. It's so bad. Not how hovering on things works!! Hello!
July 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I have a confession to make. I've gone back and forth on whether to say anything, but I can't keep quiet any longer—not only does this look bad, it makes no sense. Please stop doing the cursor-smoothy effect that Screen Studio does. It's so bad. Not how hovering on things works!! Hello!
you can always do the “5 whys” in your incident review but be careful about going past that because after like 8 whys it’s just “capitalism”
May 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
you can always do the “5 whys” in your incident review but be careful about going past that because after like 8 whys it’s just “capitalism”
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every time you think "maybe I should add a layer of caching in the application", take that energy and make the database faster instead
May 7, 2025 at 12:10 AM
every time you think "maybe I should add a layer of caching in the application", take that energy and make the database faster instead
shinigami eyes a bit concerning when it glitches out
April 22, 2025 at 8:12 AM
shinigami eyes a bit concerning when it glitches out
“Important information about disputing online: You cannot change your transgender or non-binary name here but it can be done via mail.”
uh, thanks TransUnion
uh, thanks TransUnion
February 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
“Important information about disputing online: You cannot change your transgender or non-binary name here but it can be done via mail.”
uh, thanks TransUnion
uh, thanks TransUnion
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Union square is full of people protesting for trans youth.
Over for 4000 in attendance
Over for 4000 in attendance
February 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Union square is full of people protesting for trans youth.
Over for 4000 in attendance
Over for 4000 in attendance
what are everyone's favorite tiny tools in the form of web pages?
for the sake of argument, specifically ones that (a) do something useful and (b) don't send your data anywhere
here's three that I always come back to:
for the sake of argument, specifically ones that (a) do something useful and (b) don't send your data anywhere
here's three that I always come back to:
January 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
what are everyone's favorite tiny tools in the form of web pages?
for the sake of argument, specifically ones that (a) do something useful and (b) don't send your data anywhere
here's three that I always come back to:
for the sake of argument, specifically ones that (a) do something useful and (b) don't send your data anywhere
here's three that I always come back to:
large language model the size of a small LLM
January 28, 2025 at 3:18 AM
large language model the size of a small LLM
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Other news contained in this document: Via an official "Slur Update," Meta has decided "'Tranny' is no longer a designated slur and is now non-violating." I have never seen the company (or any other platform) delist a slur before.
January 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Other news contained in this document: Via an official "Slur Update," Meta has decided "'Tranny' is no longer a designated slur and is now non-violating." I have never seen the company (or any other platform) delist a slur before.
weirdest review I’ve seen in a while
December 29, 2024 at 6:17 AM
weirdest review I’ve seen in a while
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kate I found it!!! give this a listen youtu.be/S3ucrGLTI9U
L is for the way you look at me O is for the way you look at me V is for the way you look at me E is
YouTube video by PROTODOME
youtu.be
December 27, 2024 at 8:01 PM
kate I found it!!! give this a listen youtu.be/S3ucrGLTI9U
if someone handed you a button that changes your gender instantly and kills a random person somewhere in the world, how many times would you press it?
December 23, 2024 at 8:33 PM
if someone handed you a button that changes your gender instantly and kills a random person somewhere in the world, how many times would you press it?
I wanna hear the untold stories of the huge architectural and data migrations that go into the “smallest” changes
like when Slack added the ability to add someone to a group DM and *move past messages* to the new conversation
or how Amazon no longer asks which Kindle to send your library book to
like when Slack added the ability to add someone to a group DM and *move past messages* to the new conversation
or how Amazon no longer asks which Kindle to send your library book to
December 22, 2024 at 3:08 AM
I wanna hear the untold stories of the huge architectural and data migrations that go into the “smallest” changes
like when Slack added the ability to add someone to a group DM and *move past messages* to the new conversation
or how Amazon no longer asks which Kindle to send your library book to
like when Slack added the ability to add someone to a group DM and *move past messages* to the new conversation
or how Amazon no longer asks which Kindle to send your library book to
mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the eepiest of them all?
December 13, 2024 at 4:30 PM
mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the eepiest of them all?
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it really is amazing how quickly someone arguing in favor of "think of the children" legislation makes it absolutely explicit they think children are property with zero legal rights or protections, all while claiming to be the ones who care about child safety
December 12, 2024 at 7:49 AM
it really is amazing how quickly someone arguing in favor of "think of the children" legislation makes it absolutely explicit they think children are property with zero legal rights or protections, all while claiming to be the ones who care about child safety
I prefer CDFs over histograms for empirical data. no sense in trying to differentiate a non-smooth function
December 12, 2024 at 7:06 AM
I prefer CDFs over histograms for empirical data. no sense in trying to differentiate a non-smooth function
@mileswgriffis.bsky.social curious, what do you wear on the front of your flo mask?
December 10, 2024 at 4:42 AM
@mileswgriffis.bsky.social curious, what do you wear on the front of your flo mask?
I unfortunately never liked Calibri so I’m ready for era 3
a real sicko thing about me is that i like it when microsoft office updates the default font. oh are we doin aptos (body) now. looks good, i'm down
December 6, 2024 at 4:29 PM
I unfortunately never liked Calibri so I’m ready for era 3
the devil works hard but the figma monetization team works harder
December 3, 2024 at 6:54 PM
the devil works hard but the figma monetization team works harder