Chris K Wensel
@chris.wensel.net
Co-Organizer of https://lu.ma/sf-distsys
Developer of https://github.com/ClusterlessHQ, https://cascading.wensel.net, and other data related projects.
Developer of https://github.com/ClusterlessHQ, https://cascading.wensel.net, and other data related projects.
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Chris K Wensel
@chris.wensel.net
· Dec 31
Recommendation Decisioning Records | Chris K Wensel
Introducing RDRs - specification documents that evolve during planning to prevent purpose drift and wasted implementation effort.
chris.wensel.net
I've been refining a specification first model of LLM development.
I introduce it here
- chris.wensel.net/post/recomme...
working out the kinks here
- github.com/cwensel/rdr
I introduce it here
- chris.wensel.net/post/recomme...
working out the kinks here
- github.com/cwensel/rdr
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This is blackout poetry to me
February 14, 2026 at 2:26 PM
This is blackout poetry to me
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Read “AI For Good” from @abeba.bsky.social: When people say “AI for Good” - who is this AI really good for? And who gets hurt in the process?
ainowinstitute.org/publications...
ainowinstitute.org/publications...
AI for Good
The 2026 AI Impact Summit in India is the latest iteration of an event that has become a bellwether for global discourse around the AI industry, especially the question of whether, and how, it can be ...
ainowinstitute.org
February 10, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Read “AI For Good” from @abeba.bsky.social: When people say “AI for Good” - who is this AI really good for? And who gets hurt in the process?
ainowinstitute.org/publications...
ainowinstitute.org/publications...
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JFC
You do not, under any circumstances, for any reason whatsoever, in any possible scenario, bring American food TO Milan.
Not only did they bring a small private army, but among the waste of taxpayer money was BRINGING A FULL PLANE OF FOOD.
To *Italy*.
To *Italy*.
February 7, 2026 at 10:10 PM
JFC
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a movie that looks the way depression and insomnia feel
February 7, 2026 at 4:33 AM
a movie that looks the way depression and insomnia feel
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One thing I'm excited about with The Consensus is giving you a hub to find interesting 1) jobs and 2) events going on in systems programming.
February 3, 2026 at 12:18 AM
One thing I'm excited about with The Consensus is giving you a hub to find interesting 1) jobs and 2) events going on in systems programming.
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If you've run seaweedfs, versity, juicefs, beegfs, or rustfs—permissively-licensed s3-compatible storage systems— and are open to chatting about your experience, I'd like to chat with you for The Consensus.
February 4, 2026 at 12:14 AM
If you've run seaweedfs, versity, juicefs, beegfs, or rustfs—permissively-licensed s3-compatible storage systems— and are open to chatting about your experience, I'd like to chat with you for The Consensus.
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The Utah Historical Society just produced a new, excellent map of "The Peoples of North America in 1776." Great resource for anyone teaching, writing, presenting about Native peoples as part of their 250th work. america250.utah.gov/power-of-pla...
February 3, 2026 at 1:49 PM
The Utah Historical Society just produced a new, excellent map of "The Peoples of North America in 1776." Great resource for anyone teaching, writing, presenting about Native peoples as part of their 250th work. america250.utah.gov/power-of-pla...
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I wrote a short article about the major companies behind the most recent release of Postgres. Also mentioned interesting commits by smaller contributors, including a first-time contributor who fixed a bug involving ctid scans that might have dated back to 1999.
theconsensus.dev/p/2026/02/02...
theconsensus.dev/p/2026/02/02...
February 2, 2026 at 3:02 PM
I wrote a short article about the major companies behind the most recent release of Postgres. Also mentioned interesting commits by smaller contributors, including a first-time contributor who fixed a bug involving ctid scans that might have dated back to 1999.
theconsensus.dev/p/2026/02/02...
theconsensus.dev/p/2026/02/02...
You can find us in the B.
January 31, 2026 at 7:47 PM
You can find us in the B.
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The OP found manually approving Claude Code’s actions to be a hassle, so he built a physical approval stamp to authorize commands in a traditional East Asian style.
January 31, 2026 at 1:34 AM
The OP found manually approving Claude Code’s actions to be a hassle, so he built a physical approval stamp to authorize commands in a traditional East Asian style.
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The kind of thing that makes me wish I came up with it
The OP found manually approving Claude Code’s actions to be a hassle, so he built a physical approval stamp to authorize commands in a traditional East Asian style.
January 31, 2026 at 5:08 AM
The kind of thing that makes me wish I came up with it
Middle schooler’s band singing Imagine before the walkout
January 30, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Middle schooler’s band singing Imagine before the walkout
Current status.
Trying to convince folk that using an agent to interpret anything where the data is the adversary is ill advised.
Trying to convince folk that using an agent to interpret anything where the data is the adversary is ill advised.
January 30, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Current status.
Trying to convince folk that using an agent to interpret anything where the data is the adversary is ill advised.
Trying to convince folk that using an agent to interpret anything where the data is the adversary is ill advised.
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“Melania” is truly the worst experience I’ve had in a theater”
-Abraham Lincoln
-Abraham Lincoln
January 29, 2026 at 2:24 AM
“Melania” is truly the worst experience I’ve had in a theater”
-Abraham Lincoln
-Abraham Lincoln
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You can’t tell me we have a functioning economic system when the richest man in human history is one of the most profoundly stupid people in human history
January 27, 2026 at 2:11 AM
You can’t tell me we have a functioning economic system when the richest man in human history is one of the most profoundly stupid people in human history
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Today is a great day to remember Wilhoit's law: “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”
January 26, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Today is a great day to remember Wilhoit's law: “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”
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Thinking we need a ./THIS.md file in our git repos that allow LLMs to quickly discover the right library, CLI, MCP server, or framework for a task.
It would declare the purpose of the project, declare how to install, and reference example and documentation pages.
#llm #claude
It would declare the purpose of the project, declare how to install, and reference example and documentation pages.
#llm #claude
January 24, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Thinking we need a ./THIS.md file in our git repos that allow LLMs to quickly discover the right library, CLI, MCP server, or framework for a task.
It would declare the purpose of the project, declare how to install, and reference example and documentation pages.
#llm #claude
It would declare the purpose of the project, declare how to install, and reference example and documentation pages.
#llm #claude
January 24, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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My new book — Clearing the Air — comes out in the US on February 19th 📚
Goodreads is running a giveaway, in case you want to enter and have a chance of getting a free copy!
@mitpress.bsky.social
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
Goodreads is running a giveaway, in case you want to enter and have a chance of getting a free copy!
@mitpress.bsky.social
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
Book giveaway for Clearing the Air: A Hopeful Guide to Solving Climate Change in 50 Questions and Answers by Hannah Ritchie Jan 23-Feb 06, 2026
Enter to win one of 5 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Jan 23-Feb 06, 2026. We can’t afford to delay climate action, but with all the shouting ...
www.goodreads.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:34 PM
My new book — Clearing the Air — comes out in the US on February 19th 📚
Goodreads is running a giveaway, in case you want to enter and have a chance of getting a free copy!
@mitpress.bsky.social
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
Goodreads is running a giveaway, in case you want to enter and have a chance of getting a free copy!
@mitpress.bsky.social
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
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Fascinating pic from @cip.org. People show surprisingly high levels of trust in AI systems. Low trust in AI companies. Full report here static1.squarespace.com/static/631d0...
January 22, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Fascinating pic from @cip.org. People show surprisingly high levels of trust in AI systems. Low trust in AI companies. Full report here static1.squarespace.com/static/631d0...
Added quite a few updates to Arcaneum to maintain consistency between the semantic and full-text indexes, esp if they were created independently.
github.com/cwensel/arca...
github.com/cwensel/arca...
GitHub - cwensel/arcaneum
Contribute to cwensel/arcaneum development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Added quite a few updates to Arcaneum to maintain consistency between the semantic and full-text indexes, esp if they were created independently.
github.com/cwensel/arca...
github.com/cwensel/arca...
Created a branch in Arcaneum supporting full text search in tandem with semantic search.
Give it a spin
github.com/cwensel/arca...
Arcaneum is for giving your LLM full fidelity access to your project support files and dependencies via RAG. It will index PDFs (including OCR), git repos, and .md
Give it a spin
github.com/cwensel/arca...
Arcaneum is for giving your LLM full fidelity access to your project support files and dependencies via RAG. It will index PDFs (including OCR), git repos, and .md
GitHub - cwensel/arcaneum at main-ft-search
Contribute to cwensel/arcaneum development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
January 18, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Created a branch in Arcaneum supporting full text search in tandem with semantic search.
Give it a spin
github.com/cwensel/arca...
Arcaneum is for giving your LLM full fidelity access to your project support files and dependencies via RAG. It will index PDFs (including OCR), git repos, and .md
Give it a spin
github.com/cwensel/arca...
Arcaneum is for giving your LLM full fidelity access to your project support files and dependencies via RAG. It will index PDFs (including OCR), git repos, and .md
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My wife just told me that for her 60th birthday she wants a pool party and wants to hire GWAR to play. 😳
GWAR covering Pink Pony Club is possibly to blame.
youtu.be/I5XR48KLE8I?...
GWAR covering Pink Pony Club is possibly to blame.
youtu.be/I5XR48KLE8I?...
GWAR cover “Pink Pony Club” by Chappell Roan
YouTube video by The A.V. Club
youtu.be
January 15, 2026 at 11:54 PM
My wife just told me that for her 60th birthday she wants a pool party and wants to hire GWAR to play. 😳
GWAR covering Pink Pony Club is possibly to blame.
youtu.be/I5XR48KLE8I?...
GWAR covering Pink Pony Club is possibly to blame.
youtu.be/I5XR48KLE8I?...
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The OSTEP book club reading is starting in a week! A few updates.
1) Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau is in the book club! May not be super active because he's got a lot going on but he'll be there.
1) Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau is in the book club! May not be super active because he's got a lot going on but he'll be there.
January 17, 2026 at 2:58 PM
The OSTEP book club reading is starting in a week! A few updates.
1) Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau is in the book club! May not be super active because he's got a lot going on but he'll be there.
1) Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau is in the book club! May not be super active because he's got a lot going on but he'll be there.