Idk how to enunciate this but raw coding power alone isn't it anymore but LLMs aren't either.
Suspecting modern geniuses may not look like traditional hacker archetype but instead more like OSS project maintainers with great language skills who act as a firewall for change.
README before `.c`
Suspecting modern geniuses may not look like traditional hacker archetype but instead more like OSS project maintainers with great language skills who act as a firewall for change.
README before `.c`
An LLM is like having an overconfident intern with infinite capacity for work. The mistake is thinking you can replace experienced employees with it but it’s a force multiplier if well supervised.
AGI will be like an experienced coworker with infinite capacity. At that point, we will need new jobs.
AGI will be like an experienced coworker with infinite capacity. At that point, we will need new jobs.
January 11, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Idk how to enunciate this but raw coding power alone isn't it anymore but LLMs aren't either.
Suspecting modern geniuses may not look like traditional hacker archetype but instead more like OSS project maintainers with great language skills who act as a firewall for change.
README before `.c`
Suspecting modern geniuses may not look like traditional hacker archetype but instead more like OSS project maintainers with great language skills who act as a firewall for change.
README before `.c`
Oh yes copper bracelets used to help the old joints but now I just degauss instead.
January 9, 2026 at 6:38 AM
Oh yes copper bracelets used to help the old joints but now I just degauss instead.
Avoiding normalcy is a hallmark theme of the 90s and early 00s.
Every video I come across on YouTube these days is so obviously scripted. More and more creators are just fully reading ChatGPT generated scripts to the camera 24/7 and it's total garbage I hate it!
January 5, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Avoiding normalcy is a hallmark theme of the 90s and early 00s.
Someone get me a feinting chair this take on LLMs is nuanced.
I heard what everyone has been clamoring for is 6,000 words on what a simple question about the 1990s comedy My Cousin Vinny can teach us about the capabilities and surprising weaknesses of current LLMs. Well, I hate to disappoint people, so I went and wrote it. open.substack.com/pub/mikecaul...
What a simple question about My Cousin Vinny taught me about LLMs
If you want to see an LLM really malfunction, ask it to reconstruct a story from pieces. Also: Should this be a benchmark?
open.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Someone get me a feinting chair this take on LLMs is nuanced.
My god how is the z-shell source code still in SourceForge?
zsh
Download zsh for free. Customizable command shell for UNIX-like environments. zsh is a shell probably most similar to ksh, but with countless enhancements and differences.
sourceforge.net
January 3, 2026 at 5:58 PM
My god how is the z-shell source code still in SourceForge?
When you accidentally open a pull request instead of messaging the LLM on GitHub.
December 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
When you accidentally open a pull request instead of messaging the LLM on GitHub.
There were signs Vanilla Ice did rap.
Vanilla Ice | Ninja Rap | Official Music Video
YouTube video by Vanilla Ice
youtube.com
December 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
There were signs Vanilla Ice did rap.
My god it's so glorious. Add salt.
Roasted Delicata Squash
This delicata squash recipe is Chef John's scrumptious method for tender, sweet slices of squash seasoned with olive oil, salt, and cayenne.
www.allrecipes.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:02 AM
My god it's so glorious. Add salt.
"Did Santa spend money?"
December 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"Did Santa spend money?"
Is Charlie Brown just Bojack Horseman for kids?
December 24, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Is Charlie Brown just Bojack Horseman for kids?
Just one more chat-ops room will fix the company's infra.
December 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Just one more chat-ops room will fix the company's infra.
KID: What are those sounds?
DAD: I'M A CAR VROOM VROOM
KID: Oh like the old slow vehicles before batteries? That's cute dad.
DAD: I'M A CAR VROOM VROOM
KID: Oh like the old slow vehicles before batteries? That's cute dad.
December 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
KID: What are those sounds?
DAD: I'M A CAR VROOM VROOM
KID: Oh like the old slow vehicles before batteries? That's cute dad.
DAD: I'M A CAR VROOM VROOM
KID: Oh like the old slow vehicles before batteries? That's cute dad.
Getting a hella nice haircut is like
a man wearing sunglasses is driving a car on a country road
ALT: a man wearing sunglasses is driving a car on a country road
media.tenor.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Getting a hella nice haircut is like
🗣️🤖 is unicode for arguing with Rosie the Robot.
December 18, 2025 at 5:26 AM
🗣️🤖 is unicode for arguing with Rosie the Robot.
Geospatial queries are just a bunch of edge cases.
December 17, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Geospatial queries are just a bunch of edge cases.
Refilling the shell is the best part of a deviled avocado.
what else could we be deviling? pancakes? ham?? SOPAIPILLAS??
December 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Refilling the shell is the best part of a deviled avocado.
Parents receive free immune system stress tests from their kids.
Low grade cold doesn't exist anymore– you're either well enough to live or sick enough to die trying.
Low grade cold doesn't exist anymore– you're either well enough to live or sick enough to die trying.
Anybody else getting the low grade kind-of cold that seems to be going around? Our whole coworking space *and* some remote colleagues got it at the same time. Never worse than “oh no I think I’m getting sick.” Lil punk cold
December 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Parents receive free immune system stress tests from their kids.
Low grade cold doesn't exist anymore– you're either well enough to live or sick enough to die trying.
Low grade cold doesn't exist anymore– you're either well enough to live or sick enough to die trying.
Dat oversized X-box controller market is gonna go wild over the new Steam Remote with two sticks *and* two track pads.
December 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Dat oversized X-box controller market is gonna go wild over the new Steam Remote with two sticks *and* two track pads.
Within an alternate dimension exists a radio nerd named Freddy Mercury who cameoed in the blockbuster hit movie Hackers.
Queen - Radio Ga Ga (Official Video)
YouTube video by Queen Official
youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Within an alternate dimension exists a radio nerd named Freddy Mercury who cameoed in the blockbuster hit movie Hackers.
Turns out the dude next to you dropping every line at The Hold Steady concert was in fact The Pope.
I guess I heard about original sin
I heard the dudes blamed the chick
I heard the chick blamed the snake
And I heard they were naked when they got busted
I heard the dudes blamed the chick
I heard the chick blamed the snake
And I heard they were naked when they got busted
November 23, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Turns out the dude next to you dropping every line at The Hold Steady concert was in fact The Pope.
You awaken after one hundred years where a cure is finally found only to discover that no one alive understands the technology that brought you there.
"No problem" you think- "I've seen Blade Runner a hundred times" except Deckard never had to hit the books in a future with less technology.
"No problem" you think- "I've seen Blade Runner a hundred times" except Deckard never had to hit the books in a future with less technology.
~vdupras/collapseos-ti84 -
TI-84+ port of Collapse OS -
sourcehut git
git.sr.ht
November 22, 2025 at 12:57 AM
You awaken after one hundred years where a cure is finally found only to discover that no one alive understands the technology that brought you there.
"No problem" you think- "I've seen Blade Runner a hundred times" except Deckard never had to hit the books in a future with less technology.
"No problem" you think- "I've seen Blade Runner a hundred times" except Deckard never had to hit the books in a future with less technology.
Raise the first kid to find play dough cathartic and pull the old switcheroo with real dough and boom–
Infinite bread trick.
Infinite bread trick.
November 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Raise the first kid to find play dough cathartic and pull the old switcheroo with real dough and boom–
Infinite bread trick.
Infinite bread trick.