Jason Moiron
@jmoiron.bsky.social
nyc, software eng, early datadoghq.com, turntable.fm et al, he/him, read my blog at jmoiron.net
Guess it was obvious this would come up again.
Obviously we should not be doing this and I wish to register in the strongest possible terms my reaction of "fuck this."
Extremely minor silver lining is the utter beclownment of Infantino and FIFA.
www.bbc.com/news/live/c5...
Obviously we should not be doing this and I wish to register in the strongest possible terms my reaction of "fuck this."
Extremely minor silver lining is the utter beclownment of Infantino and FIFA.
www.bbc.com/news/live/c5...
January 3, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Guess it was obvious this would come up again.
Obviously we should not be doing this and I wish to register in the strongest possible terms my reaction of "fuck this."
Extremely minor silver lining is the utter beclownment of Infantino and FIFA.
www.bbc.com/news/live/c5...
Obviously we should not be doing this and I wish to register in the strongest possible terms my reaction of "fuck this."
Extremely minor silver lining is the utter beclownment of Infantino and FIFA.
www.bbc.com/news/live/c5...
Happy New Year, let's hope for some good news in 2026.
December 31, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Happy New Year, let's hope for some good news in 2026.
I'm moderately convinced this argument is wrong, and that llm tools are different in kind to the other ones mentioned.
The inputs are different and there is no determinism to build upon. Using eg. Codex to write a program doesn't feel like programming.
The inputs are different and there is no determinism to build upon. Using eg. Codex to write a program doesn't feel like programming.
We've used tools like linters, vetting, and even to my dismay, do not edit code generation. Where were all these voices when we started using that tooling? Why is this tooling any different? It's not.
December 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I'm moderately convinced this argument is wrong, and that llm tools are different in kind to the other ones mentioned.
The inputs are different and there is no determinism to build upon. Using eg. Codex to write a program doesn't feel like programming.
The inputs are different and there is no determinism to build upon. Using eg. Codex to write a program doesn't feel like programming.
In many ways, traveling in Asia is landing in a city you've never heard of and finding out it's bigger than Chicago.
December 25, 2025 at 4:27 AM
In many ways, traveling in Asia is landing in a city you've never heard of and finding out it's bigger than Chicago.
I hope local inference becomes cost effective someday, but that day isn't today. Most hobbyists who want to use AI can easily run with a $20/mo plan and there's simply no competing against that until the bubble bursts and that rug gets pulled.
www.aiforswes.com/p/you-dont-n...
www.aiforswes.com/p/you-dont-n...
[Revised] You Don’t Need to Spend $100/mo on Claude Code: Your Guide to Local Coding Models
What you need to know about local model tooling and the steps for setting one up yourself
www.aiforswes.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I hope local inference becomes cost effective someday, but that day isn't today. Most hobbyists who want to use AI can easily run with a $20/mo plan and there's simply no competing against that until the bubble bursts and that rug gets pulled.
www.aiforswes.com/p/you-dont-n...
www.aiforswes.com/p/you-dont-n...
I went digging regarding what we currently know about AI's environmental impact, and while the picture is not entirely unproblematic, it's not nearly as dire as often depicted: jmoiron.net/blog/on-ai-e...
On AI: Environmental Impact
Some musings on the ethical concerns with LLM AI, and a detailed overview of available research on its environmental impact.
jmoiron.net
December 20, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I went digging regarding what we currently know about AI's environmental impact, and while the picture is not entirely unproblematic, it's not nearly as dire as often depicted: jmoiron.net/blog/on-ai-e...
I was very vocal in my opposition to the Iraq war before it started, and if this is where things are going, I'm strongly against the extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean and any escalation into war with Venezuela.
December 17, 2025 at 7:39 AM
I was very vocal in my opposition to the Iraq war before it started, and if this is where things are going, I'm strongly against the extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean and any escalation into war with Venezuela.
These claims were always transparently hypocritical projection and an excuse for thought policing, and if you reported them as anything else then you're a mark and should not be in journalism.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/15/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/15/p...
Trump’s ugly Rob Reiner post undercuts the GOP’s post-Charlie Kirk claims to civility | CNN Politics
One of the downsides of serving in President Donald Trump’s movement is that the moral high ground is extremely unsteady terrain.
www.cnn.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
These claims were always transparently hypocritical projection and an excuse for thought policing, and if you reported them as anything else then you're a mark and should not be in journalism.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/15/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/15/p...
There's definitely a class of people who recognized their own dark frustrations and prejudices in MAGA's xenophobic rhetoric, relishing the thrill of validation, but seeing the horrific consequences of the followthrough laid bare they are nonetheless disgusted.
there are pundits who will say that immigration is trump's strongest issue and that picking fights around immigration helps him on the margins. but i think this misunderstands the way public opinion works, as evidenced by trump's declining fortunes on his handling of immigration.
December 12, 2025 at 10:32 PM
There's definitely a class of people who recognized their own dark frustrations and prejudices in MAGA's xenophobic rhetoric, relishing the thrill of validation, but seeing the horrific consequences of the followthrough laid bare they are nonetheless disgusted.
I wrote about housing preferences, suburban sprawl, and the way that centrist liberalism on the topic of housing serves to reinforce a conservative worldview tied to all sorts of problematic historical baggage.
jmoiron.net/blog/sublurb/
jmoiron.net/blog/sublurb/
Sublurb
A reaction and examination of claims by several people on the center left that Americans prefer suburban environments and that this means we have to cater to this preference
jmoiron.net
December 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I wrote about housing preferences, suburban sprawl, and the way that centrist liberalism on the topic of housing serves to reinforce a conservative worldview tied to all sorts of problematic historical baggage.
jmoiron.net/blog/sublurb/
jmoiron.net/blog/sublurb/
I've searched far and wide for a "Valencia Latte" outside of Japan and have been disappointed, so it's great to be back in Ebisu at the café where I had my first one.
December 10, 2025 at 8:52 AM
I've searched far and wide for a "Valencia Latte" outside of Japan and have been disappointed, so it's great to be back in Ebisu at the café where I had my first one.
My year-end shing mun river walk from Tai Wai out to the harbor is going to feel bittersweet this year.
The fire in Tai Po has now claimed 159 lives, more than twice as many live as the Grenfell Tower Fire, and it's made thousands homeless. Devastating. 💔
The fire in Tai Po has now claimed 159 lives, more than twice as many live as the Grenfell Tower Fire, and it's made thousands homeless. Devastating. 💔
December 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
My year-end shing mun river walk from Tai Wai out to the harbor is going to feel bittersweet this year.
The fire in Tai Po has now claimed 159 lives, more than twice as many live as the Grenfell Tower Fire, and it's made thousands homeless. Devastating. 💔
The fire in Tai Po has now claimed 159 lives, more than twice as many live as the Grenfell Tower Fire, and it's made thousands homeless. Devastating. 💔
I have a theory that if we had cars that would not function if your abv was over the legal limit then the desirability of car centric suburbs would plummet overnight.
I think the debate over what people "want" is a distraction given two basic facts:
1) America vastly over-provides suburbs and under-provides dense walkability;
2) Suburbs are hideously bad for the environment and harmful to numerous markers of well-being.
That's enough! We should do more density!
1) America vastly over-provides suburbs and under-provides dense walkability;
2) Suburbs are hideously bad for the environment and harmful to numerous markers of well-being.
That's enough! We should do more density!
as will notes, people tend to *say* they want suburban living. they want a big house and a big yard and etc. this is not however what is suggested by their actual purchasing practices, which invariably result in something like this:
raincitymaps.com/maps/inspect...
raincitymaps.com/maps/inspect...
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I have a theory that if we had cars that would not function if your abv was over the legal limit then the desirability of car centric suburbs would plummet overnight.
I went to Portugal a lot in the 90s to visit family, and it's still shocking to me when I go that it's basically a Nordic country now in terms of English proficiency.
November 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I went to Portugal a lot in the 90s to visit family, and it's still shocking to me when I go that it's basically a Nordic country now in terms of English proficiency.
Due to the distorted framing of US politics, centrists think they are straddling some enlightened middle, but they are actually just ordinary conservatives. You can tell this is true because there is no electoral result for which their answer is not "Democrats should move to the right."
this is just a wild thing to tweet a week after democrats won a statewide in Georgia by 20 points. completely divorced from the current electoral environment
November 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Due to the distorted framing of US politics, centrists think they are straddling some enlightened middle, but they are actually just ordinary conservatives. You can tell this is true because there is no electoral result for which their answer is not "Democrats should move to the right."
TIL that the words dale (meaning valley) and dollar ($) are related.
The late medieval silver coins minted in the mining town Joachimstal ended up being called "taler/thaler", from which we get the word dollar. The "tal" in Joachimstal is the German form of dale.
The late medieval silver coins minted in the mining town Joachimstal ended up being called "taler/thaler", from which we get the word dollar. The "tal" in Joachimstal is the German form of dale.
November 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
TIL that the words dale (meaning valley) and dollar ($) are related.
The late medieval silver coins minted in the mining town Joachimstal ended up being called "taler/thaler", from which we get the word dollar. The "tal" in Joachimstal is the German form of dale.
The late medieval silver coins minted in the mining town Joachimstal ended up being called "taler/thaler", from which we get the word dollar. The "tal" in Joachimstal is the German form of dale.
I know he is more famous for the late Kurosawa films he did, but I always liked Tatsuya Nakadai's performance in Dai-bosatsu Toge (called "Sword of Doom" in the west).
RIP to a real legend of Japanese cinema.
RIP to a real legend of Japanese cinema.
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I know he is more famous for the late Kurosawa films he did, but I always liked Tatsuya Nakadai's performance in Dai-bosatsu Toge (called "Sword of Doom" in the west).
RIP to a real legend of Japanese cinema.
RIP to a real legend of Japanese cinema.
AMOC shutdown is unfathomably catastrophic. You know how Toronto is the latitude of Marseille, but much colder? Imagine European latitudes with Canadian climates.
During the last AMOC shutdown, the winters in Paris were similar to Winnipeg, UK summers similar to Reykjavik.
During the last AMOC shutdown, the winters in Paris were similar to Winnipeg, UK summers similar to Reykjavik.
Whilst its easy to get used to scary graphs, this one made me pause! The 2025 State of the Cryosphere report published yesterday has this one overlaying observations of #AMOC slowdown against model predictions.
The report states that “AMOC shutdown appears all but inevitable”
The report states that “AMOC shutdown appears all but inevitable”
November 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
AMOC shutdown is unfathomably catastrophic. You know how Toronto is the latitude of Marseille, but much colder? Imagine European latitudes with Canadian climates.
During the last AMOC shutdown, the winters in Paris were similar to Winnipeg, UK summers similar to Reykjavik.
During the last AMOC shutdown, the winters in Paris were similar to Winnipeg, UK summers similar to Reykjavik.
When I wrote about Mamdani's primary victory, I focused a lot on how Islamophobia formed the unspoken core of the campaign to label him antisemitic.
Predictably, his opponents tried to turn this up to 11 during the election, and I'm glad it failed.
jmoiron.net/blog/zohran-... (Jun 2025)
Predictably, his opponents tried to turn this up to 11 during the election, and I'm glad it failed.
jmoiron.net/blog/zohran-... (Jun 2025)
Zohran Takes
Various reflections and learnings related to Zohran Mamdani's win in the NYC Mayoral Primary.
jmoiron.net
November 5, 2025 at 11:27 PM
When I wrote about Mamdani's primary victory, I focused a lot on how Islamophobia formed the unspoken core of the campaign to label him antisemitic.
Predictably, his opponents tried to turn this up to 11 during the election, and I'm glad it failed.
jmoiron.net/blog/zohran-... (Jun 2025)
Predictably, his opponents tried to turn this up to 11 during the election, and I'm glad it failed.
jmoiron.net/blog/zohran-... (Jun 2025)
Oh no the communism has spread to the upper atmosphere.
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Oh no the communism has spread to the upper atmosphere.
It's one of those nights.
November 5, 2025 at 5:16 AM
It's one of those nights.
New York in Autumn is not too bad. Let's hope we can pull out the old R L Stine quote later tonight.
November 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
New York in Autumn is not too bad. Let's hope we can pull out the old R L Stine quote later tonight.
Fewer than 10 users block me on bsky apparently, but among them is my favorite band, who:
1. last released an album in 2012
2. I saw live at least 20 times
3. follows me on twitter
Oh! turn to water, sublimate to steam,
then form a cloud and pour on me.
1. last released an album in 2012
2. I saw live at least 20 times
3. follows me on twitter
Oh! turn to water, sublimate to steam,
then form a cloud and pour on me.
November 4, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Fewer than 10 users block me on bsky apparently, but among them is my favorite band, who:
1. last released an album in 2012
2. I saw live at least 20 times
3. follows me on twitter
Oh! turn to water, sublimate to steam,
then form a cloud and pour on me.
1. last released an album in 2012
2. I saw live at least 20 times
3. follows me on twitter
Oh! turn to water, sublimate to steam,
then form a cloud and pour on me.
In this article:
> [Social Media] has affected the Democratic and Republican Parties in different ways. Let me start with the Democrats.
24 paragraphs on Democrats, 4 paragraphs on "The Right" and how yeah I guess they are nazis now but Americans like that so Democrats have to adapt.
> [Social Media] has affected the Democratic and Republican Parties in different ways. Let me start with the Democrats.
24 paragraphs on Democrats, 4 paragraphs on "The Right" and how yeah I guess they are nazis now but Americans like that so Democrats have to adapt.
November 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
In this article:
> [Social Media] has affected the Democratic and Republican Parties in different ways. Let me start with the Democrats.
24 paragraphs on Democrats, 4 paragraphs on "The Right" and how yeah I guess they are nazis now but Americans like that so Democrats have to adapt.
> [Social Media] has affected the Democratic and Republican Parties in different ways. Let me start with the Democrats.
24 paragraphs on Democrats, 4 paragraphs on "The Right" and how yeah I guess they are nazis now but Americans like that so Democrats have to adapt.