Suraj Karakulath
@surajkarak.bsky.social
#datascience #AI surajkarak.github.io
Ex-marketer, Ex-Google, Ex-parrot, Ex-etc. etc.
Also #filmgeek #doglover #catwhisperer
Ex-marketer, Ex-Google, Ex-parrot, Ex-etc. etc.
Also #filmgeek #doglover #catwhisperer
Day 4 of #walking (missed a day in between but that's alright, back at it again today). Doing it after sunset more and more, just to get used to it. Cleared my head. Released endorphins. Feeling good. #positivity #mentalhealth #walkingmeditation
October 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Day 4 of #walking (missed a day in between but that's alright, back at it again today). Doing it after sunset more and more, just to get used to it. Cleared my head. Released endorphins. Feeling good. #positivity #mentalhealth #walkingmeditation
Day 3 of success with dragging my body (and mind) out for a walk, from an obsessive spiral into some work related tasks and some admin stuff. Day 3 of feeling better immediately after the walk. Day 3 of realising how much this helps.
October 29, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Day 3 of success with dragging my body (and mind) out for a walk, from an obsessive spiral into some work related tasks and some admin stuff. Day 3 of feeling better immediately after the walk. Day 3 of realising how much this helps.
I know it's common knowledge but walking is incredibly useful for the mind and body. Especially if you have spent the whole day absorbed in some mentally taxing work. Sadly, being trapped in that mental state makes it hard to remember that exercise/movement, even a very short walk can work wonders.
October 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I know it's common knowledge but walking is incredibly useful for the mind and body. Especially if you have spent the whole day absorbed in some mentally taxing work. Sadly, being trapped in that mental state makes it hard to remember that exercise/movement, even a very short walk can work wonders.
Interesting paper this. Nice clickbaity title too. The study tested the effect of “junk data“ in the pre-training of an #LLM and found a "brain rot" effect in its capabilities.
llm-brain-rot.github.io
llm-brain-rot.github.io
October 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Interesting paper this. Nice clickbaity title too. The study tested the effect of “junk data“ in the pre-training of an #LLM and found a "brain rot" effect in its capabilities.
llm-brain-rot.github.io
llm-brain-rot.github.io
Strange. I could have sworn Bluesky was BlueSky (CamelCase - like HubSpot, YouTube, WhatsApp). I have always used it that way until I realised it was wrong.
October 22, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Strange. I could have sworn Bluesky was BlueSky (CamelCase - like HubSpot, YouTube, WhatsApp). I have always used it that way until I realised it was wrong.
I like Rick Beato's channel a lot. He has done some amazing videos analysing what makes certain classic rock songs great. This video, despite having a very clickbaity title, needs to be seen, for those interested in #creativity and the use of #AI in #art.
I Fried ChatGPT With ONE Simple Question
In this episode I test the limitations of AI to see how much "expertise" it really has.
Vsauce's Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObiqJzfyACM&t=956s
The Scale Matrix (All 25+ Scales) →…
www.youtube.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I like Rick Beato's channel a lot. He has done some amazing videos analysing what makes certain classic rock songs great. This video, despite having a very clickbaity title, needs to be seen, for those interested in #creativity and the use of #AI in #art.
Normal human beings when joining a work video call: "Sorry just a sec, my bluetooth earphone is not working"
Me (in completely unnecessary panic): "Sorry just a sec, my eartooth is not working".
Sigh...🤦♂️
Me (in completely unnecessary panic): "Sorry just a sec, my eartooth is not working".
Sigh...🤦♂️
October 8, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Normal human beings when joining a work video call: "Sorry just a sec, my bluetooth earphone is not working"
Me (in completely unnecessary panic): "Sorry just a sec, my eartooth is not working".
Sigh...🤦♂️
Me (in completely unnecessary panic): "Sorry just a sec, my eartooth is not working".
Sigh...🤦♂️
Several things to agree in this article, especially on the degradation of #writing skills and our ability to tough it out in cracking problems. I wonder though if #chatgpt has resulted in #reading and comprehension improving (I mean responses are much longer compared to tweets, generally speaking)
“You have 18 months”
The real deadline isn’t when AI outsmarts us — it’s when we stop using our own minds.
www.theargumentmag.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I have noticed that coders tend to have strong feelings about using #GenerativeAI in #coding. For me personally, it's not about the actual code but the habit of writing #prompts. It's been a good way to structure my own thinking - like when I'm rubber ducking a problem.
October 5, 2025 at 7:08 AM
I have noticed that coders tend to have strong feelings about using #GenerativeAI in #coding. For me personally, it's not about the actual code but the habit of writing #prompts. It's been a good way to structure my own thinking - like when I'm rubber ducking a problem.
"It’s still hard to explain what can be so fascinating about beating your head against the wall for three days, not knowing how to solve something the better way, the beautiful way. But once you find that way, it’s the greatest feeling in the world". #programming
The Beauty of Programming
By Linus Torvalds (creator of Linux)
www.brynmawr.edu
October 4, 2025 at 6:48 AM
"It’s still hard to explain what can be so fascinating about beating your head against the wall for three days, not knowing how to solve something the better way, the beautiful way. But once you find that way, it’s the greatest feeling in the world". #programming
This is something I have been trying more often lately. Leaving things incomplete was always hard for me but doing a quick recap + plan for tomorrow has helped me completely switch off and forget everything before sleep.
The Simple Habit That Saves My Evenings | alikhil | software engineering, kubernetes & self-hosting
As a software engineer, I often work on big tasks that require hours of continuous and focused work. However, we have plenty of meetings, colleagues asking us something in Slack, and lunch breaks.…
alikhil.dev
October 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This is something I have been trying more often lately. Leaving things incomplete was always hard for me but doing a quick recap + plan for tomorrow has helped me completely switch off and forget everything before sleep.
Does anyone feel like the level of #personalisation in #ChatGPT and other #LLM tools is sometimes too much? These tools can remember previous conversations. The idea is good - to keep responses relevant for you. But this may not alway be desirable.
October 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Does anyone feel like the level of #personalisation in #ChatGPT and other #LLM tools is sometimes too much? These tools can remember previous conversations. The idea is good - to keep responses relevant for you. But this may not alway be desirable.
This article hits so many of the points I have been thinking about. We are seeing a collective offloading of cognitive effort (#creativity, analytical thinking) to #GenAI tools. When everyone chooses the path of least resistance to outdo each other, things are not going to end well.
Friction is necessary for Growth - Jameel Ur Rahman
Why I think comfort leads to stagnation and overcoming friction leads to growth.
jameelur.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This article hits so many of the points I have been thinking about. We are seeing a collective offloading of cognitive effort (#creativity, analytical thinking) to #GenAI tools. When everyone chooses the path of least resistance to outdo each other, things are not going to end well.
One useful #promptengineering strategy that I have found useful in my work:
When a single chat thread for a task gets too long, ask the #GenAI tool to stop and recall the entire workflow. No need to ask the code, details etc. of each step - just the overall sequence will do.
When a single chat thread for a task gets too long, ask the #GenAI tool to stop and recall the entire workflow. No need to ask the code, details etc. of each step - just the overall sequence will do.
September 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
One useful #promptengineering strategy that I have found useful in my work:
When a single chat thread for a task gets too long, ask the #GenAI tool to stop and recall the entire workflow. No need to ask the code, details etc. of each step - just the overall sequence will do.
When a single chat thread for a task gets too long, ask the #GenAI tool to stop and recall the entire workflow. No need to ask the code, details etc. of each step - just the overall sequence will do.
This is a nice description of some of the problems with #vibecoding or just using #AI for #coding in general. I have found that thinking through the problem and making mental models first is important. This will make a big difference to how informative and rich in #context the #prompts are.
The AI coding trap | Chris Loy
If you ever watch someone “coding”, you might see them spending far more time staring into space than typing on their keyboard.
chrisloy.dev
September 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This is a nice description of some of the problems with #vibecoding or just using #AI for #coding in general. I have found that thinking through the problem and making mental models first is important. This will make a big difference to how informative and rich in #context the #prompts are.
This was a really good read. #opensocial #opensource
i wrote about atproto and why it matters
Open Social — overreacted
The protocol is the API.
overreacted.io
September 27, 2025 at 7:35 AM
This was a really good read. #opensocial #opensource
Nice #datavisualization ! I know the objects are not to scale but that is still a lot of junk.
Low Earth Orbit Visualization | LeoLabs
A visualization of satellites, debris, and other objects tracked by LeoLabs in low earth orbit
platform.leolabs.space
September 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Nice #datavisualization ! I know the objects are not to scale but that is still a lot of junk.
Reposted by Suraj Karakulath
📝 If antilibraries are the books we buy but never read, then I’ve got a whole lotta antitabs: the links I open but never read/watch/listen/etc.
blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/my-antis/
blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/my-antis/
Anti-*: The Things We Do But Not All The Way
Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web.
blog.jim-nielsen.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:13 AM
📝 If antilibraries are the books we buy but never read, then I’ve got a whole lotta antitabs: the links I open but never read/watch/listen/etc.
blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/my-antis/
blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/my-antis/
Wait, are you telling me that all these years people who coded did not feel the vibes? That coding was "sans vibes"?
#vibecoding
#vibecoding
May 5, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Wait, are you telling me that all these years people who coded did not feel the vibes? That coding was "sans vibes"?
#vibecoding
#vibecoding
Reposted by Suraj Karakulath
the ADHD urge to write a whole-ass dissertation instead of dealing with the dishes you left “to soak” in the sink
March 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
the ADHD urge to write a whole-ass dissertation instead of dealing with the dishes you left “to soak” in the sink
Reposted by Suraj Karakulath
never forget that you can block someone for simply being annoying
March 22, 2025 at 3:31 AM
never forget that you can block someone for simply being annoying
Reposted by Suraj Karakulath
girls only want one thing and it’s A SWORD WITH WHICH TO SLAY THE WITCH-KING OF ANGMAR
March 22, 2025 at 4:26 AM
girls only want one thing and it’s A SWORD WITH WHICH TO SLAY THE WITCH-KING OF ANGMAR