jamie
@jamie.ideasasylum.com
Previously, @ideasasylum on Twitter but not active there any more.
Also found on Mastodon: https://ruby.social/@jamie.
Blog: https://jamie.ideasasylum.com
Links: https://www.jamielawrence.me
CTO @ Podia. Swimmer. Ruby developer.
Also found on Mastodon: https://ruby.social/@jamie.
Blog: https://jamie.ideasasylum.com
Links: https://www.jamielawrence.me
CTO @ Podia. Swimmer. Ruby developer.
I can't say I'm particularly proud of this perspective—or perhaps I'm just in admiration for those who believe they can have an impact on larger movements
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What I can change
My swimmer/stoic reaction to the emergence of AI: Stop screaming into the storm and start learning how to swim in it.
jamie.ideasasylum.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I can't say I'm particularly proud of this perspective—or perhaps I'm just in admiration for those who believe they can have an impact on larger movements
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Me looking at another cloudy night forecast
November 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Me looking at another cloudy night forecast
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Ben Thompson argues that while AI is obviously in a bubble, it will create long term benefits in the form of investments in chip fabs in the U.S. and power plants.
This is similar to how we got dark fiber and train tracks as infrastructure out of the internet and railway bubbles.
This is similar to how we got dark fiber and train tracks as infrastructure out of the internet and railway bubbles.
The Benefits of Bubbles
We are in an AI Bubble: the big question is if this bubble will be worth it for the physical infrastructure and coordinated innovation that result?
stratechery.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Ben Thompson argues that while AI is obviously in a bubble, it will create long term benefits in the form of investments in chip fabs in the U.S. and power plants.
This is similar to how we got dark fiber and train tracks as infrastructure out of the internet and railway bubbles.
This is similar to how we got dark fiber and train tracks as infrastructure out of the internet and railway bubbles.
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Really REALLY important that everyone who enjoys #SpéirGhorm goes through these settings and toggles the switch to enable 'rude' posts. Tis a rare one of us who doesn't have a colourful tongue.
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Really REALLY important that everyone who enjoys #SpéirGhorm goes through these settings and toggles the switch to enable 'rude' posts. Tis a rare one of us who doesn't have a colourful tongue.
I love me some data, especially when most of it is green, but still got work to do on that pull through
November 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I love me some data, especially when most of it is green, but still got work to do on that pull through
Some of us GenX-ers never fell for the AWS trap.
(but it’s fun to read others rant about it)
www.theregister.com/2025/11/04/a...
(but it’s fun to read others rant about it)
www.theregister.com/2025/11/04/a...
How AWS is losing the younger generation with complexity
: They have no need to prove their bonafides
www.theregister.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Some of us GenX-ers never fell for the AWS trap.
(but it’s fun to read others rant about it)
www.theregister.com/2025/11/04/a...
(but it’s fun to read others rant about it)
www.theregister.com/2025/11/04/a...
AI generating a photo realistic image
vs
AI generating a line drawing of the same thing
🤣
(I’m sorry planet Earth but the LOLs were worth it)
vs
AI generating a line drawing of the same thing
🤣
(I’m sorry planet Earth but the LOLs were worth it)
November 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
AI generating a photo realistic image
vs
AI generating a line drawing of the same thing
🤣
(I’m sorry planet Earth but the LOLs were worth it)
vs
AI generating a line drawing of the same thing
🤣
(I’m sorry planet Earth but the LOLs were worth it)
Got my little app deployed last night. If you think Kamal + Hetzner is a replacement for Heroku then you really *really* have never understood the value of Heroku.
Deploys are quite fast now but setting up Kamal is like "so you start with an already drawn owl, now…".
Deploys are quite fast now but setting up Kamal is like "so you start with an already drawn owl, now…".
November 5, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Got my little app deployed last night. If you think Kamal + Hetzner is a replacement for Heroku then you really *really* have never understood the value of Heroku.
Deploys are quite fast now but setting up Kamal is like "so you start with an already drawn owl, now…".
Deploys are quite fast now but setting up Kamal is like "so you start with an already drawn owl, now…".
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Give it a read:
telebugs.com/blog/modern-...
telebugs.com/blog/modern-...
Modern Toasts Using the Native Popover API
Learn how to implement toasts using the Popover API: no JavaScript dependencies required.
telebugs.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Give it a read:
telebugs.com/blog/modern-...
telebugs.com/blog/modern-...
There is more value from AI in software development when it's helping us _understand_ the code, not just generating MOAR of it.
Glad to see things like Codemaps: cognition.ai/blog/codemaps
Glad to see things like Codemaps: cognition.ai/blog/codemaps
Cognition | Codemaps: Understand Code, Before You Vibe It
Codemaps is meant to offer a shared understanding of a system between humans and AI, enabling your AI to teach you about the code you are looking at quickly and elegantly. A codemap can be generated ...
cognition.ai
November 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
There is more value from AI in software development when it's helping us _understand_ the code, not just generating MOAR of it.
Glad to see things like Codemaps: cognition.ai/blog/codemaps
Glad to see things like Codemaps: cognition.ai/blog/codemaps
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You think everything with an em-dash is the result of AI? Who do you think trained it to write that way?
November 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
You think everything with an em-dash is the result of AI? Who do you think trained it to write that way?
You think everything with an em-dash is the result of AI? Who do you think trained it to write that way?
November 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
You think everything with an em-dash is the result of AI? Who do you think trained it to write that way?
Strong agree on many points here, especially this:
November 4, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Strong agree on many points here, especially this:
My current experiment: converting the colourful weirdly-default
AI styling into something closer to my vision.
First: design a prototype with the correct styling in Lovable
Next: Publish those pages
Then: Tell AgentOS to use the Chrome MCP to access the prototype and extract the styling
AI styling into something closer to my vision.
First: design a prototype with the correct styling in Lovable
Next: Publish those pages
Then: Tell AgentOS to use the Chrome MCP to access the prototype and extract the styling
November 4, 2025 at 9:36 AM
My current experiment: converting the colourful weirdly-default
AI styling into something closer to my vision.
First: design a prototype with the correct styling in Lovable
Next: Publish those pages
Then: Tell AgentOS to use the Chrome MCP to access the prototype and extract the styling
AI styling into something closer to my vision.
First: design a prototype with the correct styling in Lovable
Next: Publish those pages
Then: Tell AgentOS to use the Chrome MCP to access the prototype and extract the styling
Great book and the start of one of the best fantasy series I’ve read
I'm told THE SWORD DEFIANT is on discount in the US and Canada, in the you feel like starting a new trilogy with magic talking swords, aged heroes, and bringing down kings...
www.amazon.com/Sword-Defian...
www.amazon.com/Sword-Defian...
November 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Great book and the start of one of the best fantasy series I’ve read
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Dynamic avatars don't have to be boring initials on solid backgrounds. Learn how to generate beautiful deterministic mesh gradient avatars in Ruby using ChunkyPNG that give each user a unique, colorful avatar based on their data.
avohq.io/blog/mesh-gr...
avohq.io/blog/mesh-gr...
Mesh Gradient Avatars in Rails apps - Avo
Learn how to add mesh gradient avatars to Rails applications with the ChunkyPNG gem
avohq.io
November 3, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Dynamic avatars don't have to be boring initials on solid backgrounds. Learn how to generate beautiful deterministic mesh gradient avatars in Ruby using ChunkyPNG that give each user a unique, colorful avatar based on their data.
avohq.io/blog/mesh-gr...
avohq.io/blog/mesh-gr...
The dumbest thing about that humanoid robot filling the dishwasher is that DISHWASHERS ARE ALREADY ROBOTS.
If we wanted to improve the usability of dishwashers, we’d position them at a height old people can easily reach and make them self-loading.
If we wanted to improve the usability of dishwashers, we’d position them at a height old people can easily reach and make them self-loading.
November 2, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The dumbest thing about that humanoid robot filling the dishwasher is that DISHWASHERS ARE ALREADY ROBOTS.
If we wanted to improve the usability of dishwashers, we’d position them at a height old people can easily reach and make them self-loading.
If we wanted to improve the usability of dishwashers, we’d position them at a height old people can easily reach and make them self-loading.
Made Barmbrack this afternoon
November 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Made Barmbrack this afternoon
Rum choices for Christmas cake. The one on the right is more expensive and supposed to be better but the Mantuano is fruitier—it’s basically Christmas cake in a bottle
November 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Rum choices for Christmas cake. The one on the right is more expensive and supposed to be better but the Mantuano is fruitier—it’s basically Christmas cake in a bottle
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Reject modernity, embrace tradition
October 31, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Reject modernity, embrace tradition
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Happy Samhain 🔥
October 31, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Happy Samhain 🔥
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ladies and gentlemen...we got him
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
ladies and gentlemen...we got him
Last week I wrote up a post about why I think you, a software developer, need to adopt AI:
jamie.ideasasylum.com/2025/10/24/w...
I believe:
- AI is inevitable
- it's our job to be curious and understand new technologies
…
jamie.ideasasylum.com/2025/10/24/w...
I believe:
- AI is inevitable
- it's our job to be curious and understand new technologies
…
Why you need to adopt AI (as a software engineer)
I know you’re probably sick of hearing about AI but here’s why I think (some of it) is important to use
jamie.ideasasylum.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Last week I wrote up a post about why I think you, a software developer, need to adopt AI:
jamie.ideasasylum.com/2025/10/24/w...
I believe:
- AI is inevitable
- it's our job to be curious and understand new technologies
…
jamie.ideasasylum.com/2025/10/24/w...
I believe:
- AI is inevitable
- it's our job to be curious and understand new technologies
…
Pretty sure we just saw a SpaceX launch passing over Ireland about 30mins ago
October 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Pretty sure we just saw a SpaceX launch passing over Ireland about 30mins ago
I've been using @briancasel.com's AgentOS to build a little workout/fitness tracker (the mid-life todo list every one builds). The way it layers up from a high-level product vision to a roadmap to feature specs to tasks really seems to improve the quality of the code.
buildermethods.com/agent-os
buildermethods.com/agent-os
Agent OS | The system for spec-driven development with AI coding agents
Agent OS is a popular system spec-driven development with AI coding agents. It's a free open-source framework from Builder Methods, created by Brian Casel.
buildermethods.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I've been using @briancasel.com's AgentOS to build a little workout/fitness tracker (the mid-life todo list every one builds). The way it layers up from a high-level product vision to a roadmap to feature specs to tasks really seems to improve the quality of the code.
buildermethods.com/agent-os
buildermethods.com/agent-os