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Tech Zine Issue 1: LLM System Eval https://forestfriends.tech
Local-first/Reactive Programming ⁙ LLM system evals ⁙ Startup lessons ⁙ Game design quips.
Longform: https://interjectedfuture.com
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Local-first/Reactive Programming ⁙ LLM system evals ⁙ Startup lessons ⁙ Game design quips.
Longform: https://interjectedfuture.com
Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@techniumpod
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iamwil
@interjectedfuture.com
· Mar 22
One mental muscle I've noticed atrophying through AI use is the muscle for generating options. Intellectually, I know it's rare for AI to give you out-of-band options. In the moment, it's easy to be mentally lazy in this regard.
November 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
One mental muscle I've noticed atrophying through AI use is the muscle for generating options. Intellectually, I know it's rare for AI to give you out-of-band options. In the moment, it's easy to be mentally lazy in this regard.
I currently don't see a bigger unlock than a designer who can get mainstream internet users to get used to owning and managing cryptographic keys.
November 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I currently don't see a bigger unlock than a designer who can get mainstream internet users to get used to owning and managing cryptographic keys.
When making stuff for others, you have to wear two hats: someone behind the interface, and someone in front of the interface. It's hard but necessary to remember to be the latter.
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I'll echo the sentiment for DC metro's ticket machines.
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I'll echo the sentiment for DC metro's ticket machines.
November 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
When making stuff for others, you have to wear two hats: someone behind the interface, and someone in front of the interface. It's hard but necessary to remember to be the latter.
x.com/unconed/sta...
I'll echo the sentiment for DC metro's ticket machines.
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I'll echo the sentiment for DC metro's ticket machines.
Surprised there aren't more "chain-mail" type of poast for engagement farming, where people propose you ask GPT to tell you something magazine quiz-like, based on everything it knows about you. Like:"Based on everything you know about me, what do you think my porn name would be?"
November 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Surprised there aren't more "chain-mail" type of poast for engagement farming, where people propose you ask GPT to tell you something magazine quiz-like, based on everything it knows about you. Like:"Based on everything you know about me, what do you think my porn name would be?"
I've started blocking accounts that consistently post obviously dumb opinions who aren't young people. If I find I have the urge to correct the tweet not from a place of sharing, but from a place of anger, it's probably engagement bait. Don't feed the trolls.
October 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I've started blocking accounts that consistently post obviously dumb opinions who aren't young people. If I find I have the urge to correct the tweet not from a place of sharing, but from a place of anger, it's probably engagement bait. Don't feed the trolls.
A new Sarah Paine episode arrived! Dr. Sarah Paine, more than any one else, was my gateway drug into the topic of geopolitics. Can't say I really cared about the topic before, but her lectures are riveting. I recommend them over random short-form videos.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH_...
Sarah Paine — How Russia sabotaged China's rise
In this lecture, military historian Sarah Paine explains how Russia—and specifically Stalin—completely derailed China’s rise, slowing them down for over a ce...
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October 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A new Sarah Paine episode arrived! Dr. Sarah Paine, more than any one else, was my gateway drug into the topic of geopolitics. Can't say I really cared about the topic before, but her lectures are riveting. I recommend them over random short-form videos.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH_...
Would this be considered the enshittification of ginseng? The economic shape for cultivation doesn't allow ginseng to fully express its wild self. The taste we commonly get is an expression of the unit economics, not the ecology.
www.perplexity.ai/search/what...
www.perplexity.ai/search/what...
October 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Would this be considered the enshittification of ginseng? The economic shape for cultivation doesn't allow ginseng to fully express its wild self. The taste we commonly get is an expression of the unit economics, not the ecology.
www.perplexity.ai/search/what...
www.perplexity.ai/search/what...
I hate that it's the prevailing narrative, as it's a betrayal of craft. But this is the market dynamics when making new market categories. Only in mature markets that become infra does the downstream effects of code quality seem to matter to customers.
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October 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I hate that it's the prevailing narrative, as it's a betrayal of craft. But this is the market dynamics when making new market categories. Only in mature markets that become infra does the downstream effects of code quality seem to matter to customers.
x.com/lennysan/st...
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It's a missed opportunity by Anthropic where if you click the button, you can't continue the existing conversation someone shared. You might have other questions. Instead of comments on web pages, this might be more helpful.
October 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
It's a missed opportunity by Anthropic where if you click the button, you can't continue the existing conversation someone shared. You might have other questions. Instead of comments on web pages, this might be more helpful.
I suspect why devs have wildly different reports on the viability and experience in vibe coding, is because some of us do wildly different things from the mainstream. The more some specific details matter the less AI can help us out without a lot of scaffolding.
October 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I suspect why devs have wildly different reports on the viability and experience in vibe coding, is because some of us do wildly different things from the mainstream. The more some specific details matter the less AI can help us out without a lot of scaffolding.
tag functions are nice. I didn't even know this was a thing in javascript. Well applied to writing raw SQL. I think this can do more.
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October 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
tag functions are nice. I didn't even know this was a thing in javascript. Well applied to writing raw SQL. I think this can do more.
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Vibe coding is for experts. I think the Surgeon analogy is apt. Especially if you think software should be written only if you can't get it off-the-shelf.
Geoffrey Litt just proposed a new analogy for working with AI coding tools that I really like: you are the surgeon, staying in command and doing the most challenging work - the AI tools are your support team and surgical assistants simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/24/...
A quote from Geoffrey Litt
A lot of people say AI will make us all "managers" or "editors"...but I think this is a dangerously incomplete view! Personally, I'm trying to code like a surgeon. A …
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October 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Vibe coding is for experts. I think the Surgeon analogy is apt. Especially if you think software should be written only if you can't get it off-the-shelf.
October 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
patchedDependencies is such a nice feature. Even better that Claude found the bug and made the patch. This is the rare time when I feel like vibe coding saved me a lot of headache.
October 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
patchedDependencies is such a nice feature. Even better that Claude found the bug and made the patch. This is the rare time when I feel like vibe coding saved me a lot of headache.
"I was using local-first software in the 80's!" quips a greybeard on HN.
No you were not. A common misconception about local-first software is that it's just software that doesn't use the network. Local-first is inherently multi-device and collaborative with other users.
No you were not. A common misconception about local-first software is that it's just software that doesn't use the network. Local-first is inherently multi-device and collaborative with other users.
October 23, 2025 at 3:32 AM
"I was using local-first software in the 80's!" quips a greybeard on HN.
No you were not. A common misconception about local-first software is that it's just software that doesn't use the network. Local-first is inherently multi-device and collaborative with other users.
No you were not. A common misconception about local-first software is that it's just software that doesn't use the network. Local-first is inherently multi-device and collaborative with other users.
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i mean… jay literally tried to redefine it to mean something broader. still one of my favorite articles even though it didn’t catch on
Web3 is Self-Certifying
There’s been a lot of discussion lately about what Web3 is and isn’t. Here’s my definition: Web3 is user-generated authority, enabled by…
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October 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
i mean… jay literally tried to redefine it to mean something broader. still one of my favorite articles even though it didn’t catch on
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incidentally, this is how I learned everything in 3D
I had an image I wanted to make, and no idea how to get from A to Z, but you just start stumbling through stuff and learn a bit of B or C, or a bit of LMNOP and then back to E or F, and suddenly it starts resolving, solidifying out of the fog
I had an image I wanted to make, and no idea how to get from A to Z, but you just start stumbling through stuff and learn a bit of B or C, or a bit of LMNOP and then back to E or F, and suddenly it starts resolving, solidifying out of the fog
The old path: Learn Lean (6 weeks), study abstract algebra (8 weeks), understand group theory (4 weeks), finally attempt your proof.
The new path: Start with your exact problem. Generate a tutorial for it. Backfill concepts as you hit them.
The new path: Start with your exact problem. Generate a tutorial for it. Backfill concepts as you hit them.
October 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
incidentally, this is how I learned everything in 3D
I had an image I wanted to make, and no idea how to get from A to Z, but you just start stumbling through stuff and learn a bit of B or C, or a bit of LMNOP and then back to E or F, and suddenly it starts resolving, solidifying out of the fog
I had an image I wanted to make, and no idea how to get from A to Z, but you just start stumbling through stuff and learn a bit of B or C, or a bit of LMNOP and then back to E or F, and suddenly it starts resolving, solidifying out of the fog
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this is the way to learn with ai. you can start anywhere and backfill. you have to remain curious and careful and not just passively eat up plausible explanations. but if you put in the effort and the model is good, it’s powerful
The old path: Learn Lean (6 weeks), study abstract algebra (8 weeks), understand group theory (4 weeks), finally attempt your proof.
The new path: Start with your exact problem. Generate a tutorial for it. Backfill concepts as you hit them.
The new path: Start with your exact problem. Generate a tutorial for it. Backfill concepts as you hit them.
October 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
this is the way to learn with ai. you can start anywhere and backfill. you have to remain curious and careful and not just passively eat up plausible explanations. but if you put in the effort and the model is good, it’s powerful
New post: Most people think you need foundations before attempting hard things. Prerequisites as requirements.
But that's just an artifact of industrial-scale curriculum design. Prerequisites are activation energy, not gatekeepers. 🧵
But that's just an artifact of industrial-scale curriculum design. Prerequisites are activation energy, not gatekeepers. 🧵
October 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
New post: Most people think you need foundations before attempting hard things. Prerequisites as requirements.
But that's just an artifact of industrial-scale curriculum design. Prerequisites are activation energy, not gatekeepers. 🧵
But that's just an artifact of industrial-scale curriculum design. Prerequisites are activation energy, not gatekeepers. 🧵
Learned a new word: "chiaroscuro"
Good for image prompting, I guess. I have yet to find a use for "erinaceous".
Good for image prompting, I guess. I have yet to find a use for "erinaceous".
October 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Learned a new word: "chiaroscuro"
Good for image prompting, I guess. I have yet to find a use for "erinaceous".
Good for image prompting, I guess. I have yet to find a use for "erinaceous".
It's the same debate going on when I was in school. I agree then as I do now: it's better for the students to learn the theory in school. Glad my school didn't bow to the pressure to teach Java in the classes.
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October 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
It's the same debate going on when I was in school. I agree then as I do now: it's better for the students to learn the theory in school. Glad my school didn't bow to the pressure to teach Java in the classes.
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We are a dynamic economy that uses capitalism to allocate resources. There were other more enticing industries with better margins and growth. This is both good and bad. We captured more of the future, but let our foundations rot.
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October 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
We are a dynamic economy that uses capitalism to allocate resources. There were other more enticing industries with better margins and growth. This is both good and bad. We captured more of the future, but let our foundations rot.
x.com/Robotbeat/s...
x.com/Robotbeat/s...
Globally unique identifier rundown:
DNS: Centralized coordination (ICANN) but fast
ENS: Decentralized consensus (blockchain) but slow
Local-first: No coordination (UUIDs) but ugly
DNS: Centralized coordination (ICANN) but fast
ENS: Decentralized consensus (blockchain) but slow
Local-first: No coordination (UUIDs) but ugly
October 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Globally unique identifier rundown:
DNS: Centralized coordination (ICANN) but fast
ENS: Decentralized consensus (blockchain) but slow
Local-first: No coordination (UUIDs) but ugly
DNS: Centralized coordination (ICANN) but fast
ENS: Decentralized consensus (blockchain) but slow
Local-first: No coordination (UUIDs) but ugly
This is relatable, is from using vim and emacs, once I got into the habit of searching to navigate. However, that was only within the same document. Search across files was still painful without a plugin. One huge stream sounds like it's something easier to get used to.
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October 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This is relatable, is from using vim and emacs, once I got into the habit of searching to navigate. However, that was only within the same document. Search across files was still painful without a plugin. One huge stream sounds like it's something easier to get used to.
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x.com/alexobenaue...
The juxtaposition of the fantastic with the mundane has always fascinated us. This sort of effect is even more pronounced in VR.
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October 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The juxtaposition of the fantastic with the mundane has always fascinated us. This sort of effect is even more pronounced in VR.
x.com/XRarchitect...
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