Ted
@tedmasterweb.bsky.social
AI enabler. I help people use AI to the fullest.
English/Spanish speaker living in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
CTO https://secret-source.eu
Founder of #GofiGeeks https://gofigeeks.org
Schedule time w/ me: https://calendar.app.google/RuyCXSJQWcNP6Jad8
English/Spanish speaker living in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
CTO https://secret-source.eu
Founder of #GofiGeeks https://gofigeeks.org
Schedule time w/ me: https://calendar.app.google/RuyCXSJQWcNP6Jad8
17 year-old CEO looking for Head of Engineering on LinkedIn… Olé for him! www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
Orga AI hiring Head of Engineering (C-Level) - Conversational AI in Spain | LinkedIn
Posted 7:40:26 AM. 🧠 Head of Engineering (C-Level) — Orga AI🌍 Location: Remote (Europe/ USA)💼 Type: Full-time
🌍…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
17 year-old CEO looking for Head of Engineering on LinkedIn… Olé for him! www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
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OpenAI released initial estimates about the share of users who may be experiencing symptoms like delusional thinking, mania, or suicidal ideation, and says it has tweaked GPT-5 to respond more effectively.
OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week
OpenAI says hundreds of thousands of ChatGPT users may show signs of manic or psychotic crisis every week.
wrd.cm
November 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
OpenAI released initial estimates about the share of users who may be experiencing symptoms like delusional thinking, mania, or suicidal ideation, and says it has tweaked GPT-5 to respond more effectively.
I'm working on a personal project that requires the creation of hundreds of selfies. I compared 20 models and produced samples for each using the same prompt.
You can see the report here: www.chicagoitsystems.com/ai-model-sam...
I would love your feedback!
You can see the report here: www.chicagoitsystems.com/ai-model-sam...
I would love your feedback!
AI Model Image Gallery
www.chicagoitsystems.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I'm working on a personal project that requires the creation of hundreds of selfies. I compared 20 models and produced samples for each using the same prompt.
You can see the report here: www.chicagoitsystems.com/ai-model-sam...
I would love your feedback!
You can see the report here: www.chicagoitsystems.com/ai-model-sam...
I would love your feedback!
I'm doing a LOT of vibe engineering lately. Yesterday I wrote some instructions that I thought were particularly exemplary of the kind of prompt Claude, Codex et al normally respond well to and I thought I'd share it here. This is me responding to Claude…
October 16, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I'm doing a LOT of vibe engineering lately. Yesterday I wrote some instructions that I thought were particularly exemplary of the kind of prompt Claude, Codex et al normally respond well to and I thought I'd share it here. This is me responding to Claude…
Are any of my followers using Claude Code? Have you had any issues with it complaining with "Unable to connect to API due to poor internet connection"? If so, do you know a solution for this (because I can clearly connect and Anthropic's status pages says all systems go)
October 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Are any of my followers using Claude Code? Have you had any issues with it complaining with "Unable to connect to API due to poor internet connection"? If so, do you know a solution for this (because I can clearly connect and Anthropic's status pages says all systems go)
When I was a child, I had many bad teachers with good intentions. What about you?
September 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
When I was a child, I had many bad teachers with good intentions. What about you?
I've been reading lots of Engineering Manager job descriptions lately and almost always, without fail, they are actually tech lead positions with virtually no mention of actual management responsibilities. Sad state of affairs when proper management is devalued in this way.
September 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I've been reading lots of Engineering Manager job descriptions lately and almost always, without fail, they are actually tech lead positions with virtually no mention of actual management responsibilities. Sad state of affairs when proper management is devalued in this way.
Not too bad for a family of four over the course of 7 or 8 years, some devices even older. I do wish there was a better way to recycle this stuff though.
September 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Not too bad for a family of four over the course of 7 or 8 years, some devices even older. I do wish there was a better way to recycle this stuff though.
I'm still here! Lately we've been doing a deep dive on semantic search and how it compares to traditional search methodologies. We also looked at Supabase "orchestration" (sadly, a way to hobble together stored and Edge functions, cron jobs and queues to do more complex tasks).
September 9, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I'm still here! Lately we've been doing a deep dive on semantic search and how it compares to traditional search methodologies. We also looked at Supabase "orchestration" (sadly, a way to hobble together stored and Edge functions, cron jobs and queues to do more complex tasks).
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Tech people have laptop stickers of laughing pizza slices and upside down smileys and inside is like the most gnarled async code holding up a distributed system for 10 million users
June 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Tech people have laptop stickers of laughing pizza slices and upside down smileys and inside is like the most gnarled async code holding up a distributed system for 10 million users
Massive effort has been put into making code maintainable. Maintainable code has low complexity, follows predefined patterns, is terse, etc. AI tools enable us to "fill the gaps" where coding ecosystems fall short. They allow us to shove square pegs into round holes thus increasing complexity.
April 25, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Massive effort has been put into making code maintainable. Maintainable code has low complexity, follows predefined patterns, is terse, etc. AI tools enable us to "fill the gaps" where coding ecosystems fall short. They allow us to shove square pegs into round holes thus increasing complexity.
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1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
LLMs hallucinating nonexistent software packages with plausible names leads to a new malware vulnerability: "slopsquatting."
LLMs can't stop making up software dependencies and sabotaging everything
: Hallucinated package names fuel 'slopsquatting'
www.theregister.com
April 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
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In 2025 top 3 uses of GenAI are: therapy/companionship, organising life, and finding purpose. I think something has gone pretty badly wrong here.
hbr.org/2025/04/how-...
hbr.org/2025/04/how-...
How People Are Really Using Gen AI in 2025
Last year, HBR published a piece on how people are using gen AI. Much has happened over the past 12 months. We now have Custom GPTs—AI tailored for narrower sets of requirements. New kids are on the b...
hbr.org
April 11, 2025 at 6:40 AM
In 2025 top 3 uses of GenAI are: therapy/companionship, organising life, and finding purpose. I think something has gone pretty badly wrong here.
hbr.org/2025/04/how-...
hbr.org/2025/04/how-...
For the past year a colleague and I have been developing a tool for helping bid writers write bids for public tenders. We have not actively promoted it but the few who've tried it, love it. If you are interested in a demo, schedule me here calendar.app.google/Ec9gCP5rNMZG...
bidwin.ai
bidwin.ai
Appointments
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April 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
For the past year a colleague and I have been developing a tool for helping bid writers write bids for public tenders. We have not actively promoted it but the few who've tried it, love it. If you are interested in a demo, schedule me here calendar.app.google/Ec9gCP5rNMZG...
bidwin.ai
bidwin.ai
I'm on Spain's IRS (Agencia Tributaria) web site. I don't know if this is just a really bad translation or someone being facetious but apparently they have a "deprive you area". This is not a joke or fake. This is real!
March 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I'm on Spain's IRS (Agencia Tributaria) web site. I don't know if this is just a really bad translation or someone being facetious but apparently they have a "deprive you area". This is not a joke or fake. This is real!
The problem with climbing mountains is they never seen as big from the top as they did from the bottom.
March 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The problem with climbing mountains is they never seen as big from the top as they did from the bottom.
I hope this is good news. Seems like it should be.
Thomson Reuters has won the first major AI copyright case in the US. The decision has big implications for the battle between generative AI companies and rightsholders.
Thomson Reuters Wins First Major AI Copyright Case in the US
The Thomson Reuters decision has big implications for the battle between generative AI companies and rightsholders.
wrd.cm
February 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I hope this is good news. Seems like it should be.
Me (go)too
Laughs in TRS-80
Proud to be an Elder Geek. 👵🏻 ❤️❤️❤️ @microsoft.com
February 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Me (go)too
Giraffes are still a thing in modern AI. In the attached transcript, I was trying to get ChatGPT to remind me of the word gobsmacked. I gave up after giraffe. @janelleshane.com
January 23, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Giraffes are still a thing in modern AI. In the attached transcript, I was trying to get ChatGPT to remind me of the word gobsmacked. I gave up after giraffe. @janelleshane.com
At work I want to be more valued for my presence than for my absence. In other words, I prefer that people value me being in their meeting rather than lamenting my absence… I know they sound like the same thing but they aren't!
January 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
At work I want to be more valued for my presence than for my absence. In other words, I prefer that people value me being in their meeting rather than lamenting my absence… I know they sound like the same thing but they aren't!
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American teens are flocking to a new video app
January 15, 2025 at 10:36 PM
American teens are flocking to a new video app
At my son's high school, students are not allowed to miss even a single day without a doctor's note. Doctors, however, tell us not to bring our children in unless they've had a fever for 3 days. Meanwhile, the kids attend class, spreading their virus and suffering.
January 16, 2025 at 11:32 AM
At my son's high school, students are not allowed to miss even a single day without a doctor's note. Doctors, however, tell us not to bring our children in unless they've had a fever for 3 days. Meanwhile, the kids attend class, spreading their virus and suffering.
I decided to sign up for a job helping to train an AI using RLHF. So far the experience has been… interesting!
January 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I decided to sign up for a job helping to train an AI using RLHF. So far the experience has been… interesting!
I tell everyone I know: transitions are always the hardest part (as evidenced by this video - watch to the end)
December 27, 2024 at 12:53 AM
I tell everyone I know: transitions are always the hardest part (as evidenced by this video - watch to the end)
GitHub Spark is super interesting but it's not what I imagine the future of programming to look like. In the article below, the author quotes some stats on how well new models can code, but how will we know of the code is truly right and not doing something unintended?
Excellent post about the recent OpenAI o3 results on ARC (& other benchmarks). I don't know how @natolambert.bsky.social manages to write these so quickly! I highly recommend his newsletter.
www.interconnects.ai/p/openais-o3...
I am (more slowly) writing my own take on all this, coming soon.
www.interconnects.ai/p/openais-o3...
I am (more slowly) writing my own take on all this, coming soon.
o3: The grand finale of AI in 2024
A step change as influential as the release of GPT-4. Reasoning language models are the current big thing.
www.interconnects.ai
December 21, 2024 at 8:30 PM
GitHub Spark is super interesting but it's not what I imagine the future of programming to look like. In the article below, the author quotes some stats on how well new models can code, but how will we know of the code is truly right and not doing something unintended?