Stefan Hodges-Kluck
@stefanhodgeskluck.com
Dad, cyclist, software engineer, recovering academic.
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What it's like to work with AI: a 🧵
What it's like to work with AI: a 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 4:54 PM
What it's like to work with AI: a 🧵
It's going to be below my normal threshold, and possibly snowing (but hopefully not...we don't need more snow). But I'm planning on bundling up and getting out for this.
The @bikepackingcom.bsky.social folks put together a map of all the Alex Pretti memorial rides happening this weekend. Find one near you!
@bikesky.social
@bikesky.social
This Weekend, We Ride in Remembrance of Alex Pretti (+ Event Map)
Bike shops and groups across the United States are hosting memorial rides this weekend for slain bikepacker Alex Pretti...
bikepacking.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:39 AM
It's going to be below my normal threshold, and possibly snowing (but hopefully not...we don't need more snow). But I'm planning on bundling up and getting out for this.
So I didn't need another reason to hate Sam Altman, but here's one all the same.
Sent this to a friend. He immediately canceled his ChatGPT account and convinced another to do so as well.
January 29, 2026 at 2:33 AM
So I didn't need another reason to hate Sam Altman, but here's one all the same.
@thisweekinrust.bsky.social , I just wrote a blog post detailing my impressions after working through Luca Palmieri's Zero to Production in Rust.
www.stefanhodgeskluck.com/blogs/lesson...
www.stefanhodgeskluck.com/blogs/lesson...
Lessons Learned from Building a Server In Rust
What working on my Rust project has taught me about being a programmer.
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January 27, 2026 at 9:26 PM
@thisweekinrust.bsky.social , I just wrote a blog post detailing my impressions after working through Luca Palmieri's Zero to Production in Rust.
www.stefanhodgeskluck.com/blogs/lesson...
www.stefanhodgeskluck.com/blogs/lesson...
This kid is just about Ian's age.
I don't have the words to say how vile these monsters are.
I don't have the words to say how vile these monsters are.
January 22, 2026 at 1:51 AM
This kid is just about Ian's age.
I don't have the words to say how vile these monsters are.
I don't have the words to say how vile these monsters are.
You can now sign up for email updates on my new blog posts!
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New Blog Feature: Email Newsletter!
I’m excited to say that you can now get my blog posts delivered directly to your inbox!
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January 19, 2026 at 2:23 PM
You can now sign up for email updates on my new blog posts!
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Well, normally when you win the turnover margin by +4 the game isn't that close, but...at least the @denver-broncos.bsky.social wonN
January 18, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Well, normally when you win the turnover margin by +4 the game isn't that close, but...at least the @denver-broncos.bsky.social wonN
Reposted by Stefan Hodges-Kluck
200 ICE agents arrived in Richmond to celebrate our Democrat Gov's inauguration.
They were going door to door in Church Hill yesterday. Familiarize yourself now with the DOs and DONTs
immigrantjustice.org/for-immigran...
They were going door to door in Church Hill yesterday. Familiarize yourself now with the DOs and DONTs
immigrantjustice.org/for-immigran...
Know Your Rights: If You Encounter ICE - National Immigrant Justice Center
All individuals in the United States have rights, regardless of immigration status. The following information can help you protect yourself and your
immigrantjustice.org
January 17, 2026 at 11:44 AM
200 ICE agents arrived in Richmond to celebrate our Democrat Gov's inauguration.
They were going door to door in Church Hill yesterday. Familiarize yourself now with the DOs and DONTs
immigrantjustice.org/for-immigran...
They were going door to door in Church Hill yesterday. Familiarize yourself now with the DOs and DONTs
immigrantjustice.org/for-immigran...
I still can't believe Sarah is gone. She was such an amazing professor, organizer, mother, and friend. This is a great cause if you have a little bit to give in her honor.
Looking for something good to do today? Consider a donation (& share this post) to help create an endowed graduate student scholarship at the Univ. of Tennessee in memory of my dear friend Sarah Eldridge, who died of cancer on January 2.
Details in link.
docs.google.com/document/u/0...
Details in link.
docs.google.com/document/u/0...
Sarah Eldridge Memorial Fund
Sarah Vandegrift Eldridge Memorial Fund The family and friends of Sarah Vandegrift Eldridge would like to invite you to give to a memorial fund that will be used to create a scholarship in the memory...
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January 10, 2026 at 1:12 AM
I still can't believe Sarah is gone. She was such an amazing professor, organizer, mother, and friend. This is a great cause if you have a little bit to give in her honor.
Not sure I've ever experienced anything less in all the calls this past year. Glad there's a Dem running against him this fall.
Called my rep, John McGuire today, and spoke to a remarkably disinterested and condescending staffer. I'll keep calling.
January 8, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Not sure I've ever experienced anything less in all the calls this past year. Glad there's a Dem running against him this fall.
New year, new post!
Nerding out on #tolkien while discussing #genAI here. 🤓
www.stefanhodgeskluck.com/blogs/is-gen...
Nerding out on #tolkien while discussing #genAI here. 🤓
www.stefanhodgeskluck.com/blogs/is-gen...
Is Generative AI Really the One Ring?
And if it is, can we resist its power?
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January 2, 2026 at 2:11 PM
New year, new post!
Nerding out on #tolkien while discussing #genAI here. 🤓
www.stefanhodgeskluck.com/blogs/is-gen...
Nerding out on #tolkien while discussing #genAI here. 🤓
www.stefanhodgeskluck.com/blogs/is-gen...
Newest post. I wish the subject matter was better, but happy to be writing again.
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Is This What a Mid-life Crisis Looks Like?
Itâs been a while since Iâve posted. The truth is, this hasnât been the easiest fall for me.
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November 29, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Newest post. I wish the subject matter was better, but happy to be writing again.
www.stefanhodgeskluck.com/blogs/is-thi...
www.stefanhodgeskluck.com/blogs/is-thi...
@klhkhistorian.bsky.social and I are watching the Sean Bean Robin Hood.
It's 2025 and there is still not a single decent Robin Hood adaptation that doesn't have either talking foxes or Mel Brooks.
It's 2025 and there is still not a single decent Robin Hood adaptation that doesn't have either talking foxes or Mel Brooks.
November 3, 2025 at 1:54 AM
@klhkhistorian.bsky.social and I are watching the Sean Bean Robin Hood.
It's 2025 and there is still not a single decent Robin Hood adaptation that doesn't have either talking foxes or Mel Brooks.
It's 2025 and there is still not a single decent Robin Hood adaptation that doesn't have either talking foxes or Mel Brooks.
Very disappointed in UVA today.
The U.S. Justice Department announced an agreement with the University of Virginia to pause Trump administration civil rights investigations.
University of Virginia strikes deal to pause Trump administration investigations
The U.S. Justice Department has announced an agreement with the University of Virginia to pause civil rights investigations.
bit.ly
October 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Very disappointed in UVA today.
Wow, did not expect that comeback from @denver-broncos.bsky.social!
October 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Wow, did not expect that comeback from @denver-broncos.bsky.social!
Out sick today for @indivisiblecville.bsky.social No Kings 😥. Solidarity to all showing up ✊
October 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Out sick today for @indivisiblecville.bsky.social No Kings 😥. Solidarity to all showing up ✊
"History is different from commemoration. History is about what happened in the past, while commemoration is about the present. We put up statues and celebrate holidays to honor figures from the past who embody some quality we admire."
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
October 12, 2025
On October 9, President Donald J.
open.substack.com
October 13, 2025 at 11:03 AM
"History is different from commemoration. History is about what happened in the past, while commemoration is about the present. We put up statues and celebrate holidays to honor figures from the past who embody some quality we admire."
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Definitely not the exact same attachment to artistic creativity in what I do, but I think a lot of what @theoatmeal.bsky.social says here about how AI makes fields worse by eroding practice and process really does apply to software.
theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal
This is a comic about AI art.
theoatmeal.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Definitely not the exact same attachment to artistic creativity in what I do, but I think a lot of what @theoatmeal.bsky.social says here about how AI makes fields worse by eroding practice and process really does apply to software.
theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
"When you see everything as an outcome — an outcome you may or may not understand, and definitely don’t understand the process behind, let alone care about — you kind of already see your workers as LLMs."
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
The Case Against Generative AI
Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - First It Giveth
Before we go any further: This is, for the third time this year, the longest newsletter I've ever written, weighing in somewhere around 18,500 wo...
www.wheresyoured.at
October 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
"When you see everything as an outcome — an outcome you may or may not understand, and definitely don’t understand the process behind, let alone care about — you kind of already see your workers as LLMs."
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
Reposted by Stefan Hodges-Kluck
Reposted by Stefan Hodges-Kluck
Give a man a fish, he'll have food for a day.
Give a man an LLM, he'll brag about his fishing skills and claim that fishing as we know it is obsolete.
Meanwhile, he won't know what to do when his fishing pole pulls up a piece of garbage.
Give a man an LLM, he'll brag about his fishing skills and claim that fishing as we know it is obsolete.
Meanwhile, he won't know what to do when his fishing pole pulls up a piece of garbage.
September 28, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Give a man a fish, he'll have food for a day.
Give a man an LLM, he'll brag about his fishing skills and claim that fishing as we know it is obsolete.
Meanwhile, he won't know what to do when his fishing pole pulls up a piece of garbage.
Give a man an LLM, he'll brag about his fishing skills and claim that fishing as we know it is obsolete.
Meanwhile, he won't know what to do when his fishing pole pulls up a piece of garbage.
This would be amazing to do, if it weren't virtually unviable for those of us who live in Southwood and have to drop their kids at schools off Avon.
Take my kid in my bike through the 5th Street Station shit show at rush hour? Yeah, no thanks.
Let's get that bridge to Biscuit Run!!
Take my kid in my bike through the 5th Street Station shit show at rush hour? Yeah, no thanks.
Let's get that bridge to Biscuit Run!!
Have you signed up for #weekwithoutdriving #cville yet? Only a few more days until it kicks off.
Even if, like me, you already know it's not viable to go 7 days in a row without driving, you can sign up for tips on this learning experience
Even if, like me, you already know it's not viable to go 7 days in a row without driving, you can sign up for tips on this learning experience
September 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
This would be amazing to do, if it weren't virtually unviable for those of us who live in Southwood and have to drop their kids at schools off Avon.
Take my kid in my bike through the 5th Street Station shit show at rush hour? Yeah, no thanks.
Let's get that bridge to Biscuit Run!!
Take my kid in my bike through the 5th Street Station shit show at rush hour? Yeah, no thanks.
Let's get that bridge to Biscuit Run!!