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· Mar 12
An essay on vibe coding
An essay on vibe coding
michielberk.com
I wrote an essay on vibe coding.
"We are on the verge of abstracting away the layer that makes us really understand our applications at a programmatic level."
You can read the rest of it here: michielberk.com/blog/an-essa...
"We are on the verge of abstracting away the layer that makes us really understand our applications at a programmatic level."
You can read the rest of it here: michielberk.com/blog/an-essa...
Ok not gonna lie: Perplexity's Discover feed featuring news articles generated from aggregated sources is quite cool.
In fact: this might be exactly what the world needs in this era of misinformation and ai slop.
In fact: this might be exactly what the world needs in this era of misinformation and ai slop.
November 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Ok not gonna lie: Perplexity's Discover feed featuring news articles generated from aggregated sources is quite cool.
In fact: this might be exactly what the world needs in this era of misinformation and ai slop.
In fact: this might be exactly what the world needs in this era of misinformation and ai slop.
Im feeling super fancy right now 🦋
November 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Im feeling super fancy right now 🦋
Dear YouTube,
Kindly fuck off with your forced audio translations.
Ty
Kindly fuck off with your forced audio translations.
Ty
November 7, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Dear YouTube,
Kindly fuck off with your forced audio translations.
Ty
Kindly fuck off with your forced audio translations.
Ty
I accidentally made them HUGE
October 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I accidentally made them HUGE
Im a blue switch person too, but its quite obnoxious in the train.
October 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Im a blue switch person too, but its quite obnoxious in the train.
TIL: Docker doesnt like random symbols in environment secrets.
Note to self: don't include random symbols in environment secrets.
Note to self: don't include random symbols in environment secrets.
October 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
TIL: Docker doesnt like random symbols in environment secrets.
Note to self: don't include random symbols in environment secrets.
Note to self: don't include random symbols in environment secrets.
My biggest gripe with Perplexity is that ctrl+N does not start a new chat.
October 22, 2025 at 9:29 AM
My biggest gripe with Perplexity is that ctrl+N does not start a new chat.
This is neat
Need for speed?
Astro’s docs framework Starlight is fastest in its class according to real-world user data 🚀
Check out the full @httparchive.org report: httparchive.org/reports/tech...
And give Starlight a try: starlight.astro.build
Astro’s docs framework Starlight is fastest in its class according to real-world user data 🚀
Check out the full @httparchive.org report: httparchive.org/reports/tech...
And give Starlight a try: starlight.astro.build
October 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This is neat
Anyone recommend me a password manager?
October 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Anyone recommend me a password manager?
Wait, you guys have payouts?
indiehackers!
what do you have:
A) daily payouts
B) weekly payouts
C) monthly payouts
what do you have:
A) daily payouts
B) weekly payouts
C) monthly payouts
October 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Wait, you guys have payouts?
Anyone else here watching Ozark like a fucking bitch wolf?
October 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Anyone else here watching Ozark like a fucking bitch wolf?
Claude: "Next steps: Review plan and get approval"
Me as a solo dev & entrepreneur:
Me as a solo dev & entrepreneur:
a man in a suit and tie is holding a cup of coffee and saying scuff .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is holding a cup of coffee and saying scuff .
media.tenor.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Claude: "Next steps: Review plan and get approval"
Me as a solo dev & entrepreneur:
Me as a solo dev & entrepreneur:
Not a fan of the Langchain youtube-channel per se, but this explanation on agentic design patterns is a solid watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHCD...
Building Effective Agents with LangGraph
YouTube video by LangChain
www.youtube.com
October 13, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Not a fan of the Langchain youtube-channel per se, but this explanation on agentic design patterns is a solid watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHCD...
Reposted by Michiel Berk
TIL Claude's new code interpreter mode has a /mnt/skills/public/ folder full of prompt instructions and Python utilities for creating and manipulating pdf, docx, pptx, xlsx files - and you can ask Claude for a copy and learn a TON about working with those formats […]
Original post on fedi.simonwillison.net
fedi.simonwillison.net
October 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
TIL Claude's new code interpreter mode has a /mnt/skills/public/ folder full of prompt instructions and Python utilities for creating and manipulating pdf, docx, pptx, xlsx files - and you can ask Claude for a copy and learn a TON about working with those formats […]
October 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
How the fuck do i turn off autodubbing on YT mobile?!
October 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
How the fuck do i turn off autodubbing on YT mobile?!
What if I dont write in en-US?
October 10, 2025 at 10:41 AM
What if I dont write in en-US?
I really like Claude 4.5 for coding so far.
October 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I really like Claude 4.5 for coding so far.
Yo, anyone knows good text2sql libraries / resources? 🙏
October 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Yo, anyone knows good text2sql libraries / resources? 🙏
An F-35A Lightning ll with the Royal Netherlands Air Force’s 313th “Tiger” Squadron, was spotted recently sporting its first ever drone “kill mark”.
Likely from the interception of a Russian drone in the defense of NATO Airspace over Poland on September 9.
Likely from the interception of a Russian drone in the defense of NATO Airspace over Poland on September 9.
October 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
An F-35A Lightning ll with the Royal Netherlands Air Force’s 313th “Tiger” Squadron, was spotted recently sporting its first ever drone “kill mark”.
Likely from the interception of a Russian drone in the defense of NATO Airspace over Poland on September 9.
Likely from the interception of a Russian drone in the defense of NATO Airspace over Poland on September 9.
Currently experimenting on the bleeding edge of whats possible in agentic systems and knowledge graphs.
Anyone else working on knowledge graphs + llm's right now?
Anyone else working on knowledge graphs + llm's right now?
September 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Currently experimenting on the bleeding edge of whats possible in agentic systems and knowledge graphs.
Anyone else working on knowledge graphs + llm's right now?
Anyone else working on knowledge graphs + llm's right now?
Why is there no outrage about OpenAI demanding biometric ID info for api access to gpt 5???
Fuck. That. Shit.
Fuck. That. Shit.
September 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Why is there no outrage about OpenAI demanding biometric ID info for api access to gpt 5???
Fuck. That. Shit.
Fuck. That. Shit.
I feel like there's a new product category emerging: an AI orchestration layer that plugs into existing systems businesses are already using. This is happening across multiple verticals.
August 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I feel like there's a new product category emerging: an AI orchestration layer that plugs into existing systems businesses are already using. This is happening across multiple verticals.