Noah Abrahams
@nabrahams.bsky.social
New Englander in Netherlands 🇳🇱! Can be summoned by saying "non code" 3 times. I sincerely want you to get ahead. Love to cook. Dad.
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Noah Abrahams
@nabrahams.bsky.social
· Jan 9
Remember: In life, everyone is entitled to wear a silly hat.
I started writing some thoughts about #Kubecon and the Job Market, and unsurprisingly, it got way too long for a normal LinkedIn post. www.linkedin.com/pulse/though...
Thoughts on Kubecon and the Job Market
(Once again, I started writing and this got too long for a normal post. That happens when I write.
www.linkedin.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I started writing some thoughts about #Kubecon and the Job Market, and unsurprisingly, it got way too long for a normal LinkedIn post. www.linkedin.com/pulse/though...
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This is what I've been saying. The financials are gutting the job market, but it's not being replaced. There's just... less work getting done.
There isn’t much evidence that layoffs are being caused by AI taking people’s jobs.
For big tech, such as Amazon’s recent layoffs, the reason seems to be a combination of cutting headcount to balance increased spending on AI infrastructure and anticipation of (not realized) AI productivity gains.
For big tech, such as Amazon’s recent layoffs, the reason seems to be a combination of cutting headcount to balance increased spending on AI infrastructure and anticipation of (not realized) AI productivity gains.
AI isn't replacing jobs. AI spending is
Big spending on artificial intelligence puts pressure on jobs, as gloomy narratives about the future of work are ironically making new graduates less employable.
www.fastcompany.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
This is what I've been saying. The financials are gutting the job market, but it's not being replaced. There's just... less work getting done.
While everyone else is on their way to #kubecon, I spent all day working on my home cluster. It'll keep me distracted from all the FOMO.
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
While everyone else is on their way to #kubecon, I spent all day working on my home cluster. It'll keep me distracted from all the FOMO.
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One of the reasons Marie Kondo's advice made everyone mad in 2018-19 (Apart from Racism™️) was that for many, getting to a point where they can even feel joy takes +5 years of therapy and access to the good drugs.
Of course, Marie addresses this...🧵
Of course, Marie addresses this...🧵
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
One of the reasons Marie Kondo's advice made everyone mad in 2018-19 (Apart from Racism™️) was that for many, getting to a point where they can even feel joy takes +5 years of therapy and access to the good drugs.
Of course, Marie addresses this...🧵
Of course, Marie addresses this...🧵
I may have reached the stage in my life where I should become an old guy doing Tai Chi with a group in the park.
November 8, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I may have reached the stage in my life where I should become an old guy doing Tai Chi with a group in the park.
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saw a post suggesting that "ai does 70% of the work for you" but all i can think about is the study that found "using ai makes you 19% slower"
arxiv.org/abs/2507.09089
so if you handwave the math: ai does 70% of the work and makes the remaining 30% about four times as hard as a result, qed
arxiv.org/abs/2507.09089
so if you handwave the math: ai does 70% of the work and makes the remaining 30% about four times as hard as a result, qed
November 8, 2025 at 6:28 AM
saw a post suggesting that "ai does 70% of the work for you" but all i can think about is the study that found "using ai makes you 19% slower"
arxiv.org/abs/2507.09089
so if you handwave the math: ai does 70% of the work and makes the remaining 30% about four times as hard as a result, qed
arxiv.org/abs/2507.09089
so if you handwave the math: ai does 70% of the work and makes the remaining 30% about four times as hard as a result, qed
Post you from a different era
The only thing that could make this picture more 90s would be jean shorts.
The only thing that could make this picture more 90s would be jean shorts.
November 8, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Post you from a different era
The only thing that could make this picture more 90s would be jean shorts.
The only thing that could make this picture more 90s would be jean shorts.
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This perfectly encapsulates how I feel living in the US. The republican party is an insane death cult, the democratic party is 3 corporations in a trench coat, and the "socialists" are just the completely normal left-wing capitalists you'd find in any of 2 dozen European nations.
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:18 AM
This perfectly encapsulates how I feel living in the US. The republican party is an insane death cult, the democratic party is 3 corporations in a trench coat, and the "socialists" are just the completely normal left-wing capitalists you'd find in any of 2 dozen European nations.
While they're wasting 90k per second, the rest of the industry is having trouble finding a job, so... where is all that money going?
(Thinking about it, that could, per day, basically employ the entire currently unemployed tech industry)
(Thinking about it, that could, per day, basically employ the entire currently unemployed tech industry)
And finally $91,575.09 a second.
Every second OpenAI loses over $90k. So yeah, not a real business.
According to Social Security, the national average wage in 2024 is $69,846.57
all the math is based on $12billion and 91 days (365/4= is actually 91.25 but whatever, you get the point)
Every second OpenAI loses over $90k. So yeah, not a real business.
According to Social Security, the national average wage in 2024 is $69,846.57
all the math is based on $12billion and 91 days (365/4= is actually 91.25 but whatever, you get the point)
November 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
While they're wasting 90k per second, the rest of the industry is having trouble finding a job, so... where is all that money going?
(Thinking about it, that could, per day, basically employ the entire currently unemployed tech industry)
(Thinking about it, that could, per day, basically employ the entire currently unemployed tech industry)
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And finally $91,575.09 a second.
Every second OpenAI loses over $90k. So yeah, not a real business.
According to Social Security, the national average wage in 2024 is $69,846.57
all the math is based on $12billion and 91 days (365/4= is actually 91.25 but whatever, you get the point)
Every second OpenAI loses over $90k. So yeah, not a real business.
According to Social Security, the national average wage in 2024 is $69,846.57
all the math is based on $12billion and 91 days (365/4= is actually 91.25 but whatever, you get the point)
November 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
And finally $91,575.09 a second.
Every second OpenAI loses over $90k. So yeah, not a real business.
According to Social Security, the national average wage in 2024 is $69,846.57
all the math is based on $12billion and 91 days (365/4= is actually 91.25 but whatever, you get the point)
Every second OpenAI loses over $90k. So yeah, not a real business.
According to Social Security, the national average wage in 2024 is $69,846.57
all the math is based on $12billion and 91 days (365/4= is actually 91.25 but whatever, you get the point)
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Looks like unemployment is drying up AGAIN. I'm not hearing back from employers despite my efforts. I would like to avoid a disaster and just pay them so they don't start eviction while I look for legal help.
I need $2241.22 total (I have some but not all) 🖤🤎💕💸
VM/CA: Raantuva
paypal.me/Raantuva
I need $2241.22 total (I have some but not all) 🖤🤎💕💸
VM/CA: Raantuva
paypal.me/Raantuva
Pay Ariane Langenbroome using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/Raantuva and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
paypal.me
November 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Looks like unemployment is drying up AGAIN. I'm not hearing back from employers despite my efforts. I would like to avoid a disaster and just pay them so they don't start eviction while I look for legal help.
I need $2241.22 total (I have some but not all) 🖤🤎💕💸
VM/CA: Raantuva
paypal.me/Raantuva
I need $2241.22 total (I have some but not all) 🖤🤎💕💸
VM/CA: Raantuva
paypal.me/Raantuva
Shocked (not shocked) to learn that some arbitrary labelling just hides posts by default.
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 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Shocked (not shocked) to learn that some arbitrary labelling just hides posts by default.
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so... this is what I've been doing with my time :3
please check it out, we are still setting up web and socials, kickstarter launching soon etc.
please check it out, we are still setting up web and socials, kickstarter launching soon etc.
Hi there Bluesky! -- let's introduce ourselves :3
We're dotmeow, a queer-run community project to register the gTLD .meow. The profits of this gTLD will go to community causes, turning every domain into queer community support, especially focusing on trans projects and issues.
We're dotmeow, a queer-run community project to register the gTLD .meow. The profits of this gTLD will go to community causes, turning every domain into queer community support, especially focusing on trans projects and issues.
November 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
so... this is what I've been doing with my time :3
please check it out, we are still setting up web and socials, kickstarter launching soon etc.
please check it out, we are still setting up web and socials, kickstarter launching soon etc.
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yes hahaha yes
November 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
yes hahaha yes
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November 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
It's that time again, for a reminder that there is a #Kubecon Bluesky feed. I expect to see lots of posts next week! bsky.app/profile/nabr...
November 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
It's that time again, for a reminder that there is a #Kubecon Bluesky feed. I expect to see lots of posts next week! bsky.app/profile/nabr...
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Remember to live your life such that people don't talk about the abject evils you did when you die.
So many people were detained extrajudicially, were tortured, or died because of Dick Cheney. You can't get to the danger we're in now without everything he did. The weapons he helped forge are ones we need to take away from U.S. presidents forever.
November 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Remember to live your life such that people don't talk about the abject evils you did when you die.
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It’s disheartening to see Teen Vogue dissolved into Vogue and its political team let go. For years, it was one of the few mainstream spaces that made room for honest, radical commentary on justice, inequality & the world we actually live in. I’m grateful it gave me a home for so many of my op-eds
November 4, 2025 at 4:55 AM
It’s disheartening to see Teen Vogue dissolved into Vogue and its political team let go. For years, it was one of the few mainstream spaces that made room for honest, radical commentary on justice, inequality & the world we actually live in. I’m grateful it gave me a home for so many of my op-eds
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This is what you really need to worry about this Halloween.
October 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This is what you really need to worry about this Halloween.
This is your regular reminder that #MutualAid is keeping people housed and alive, and you should help if you can.
Also, #FreeLink
Also, #FreeLink
The sheer number of #MutualAid posts out there is gut wrenching. A quick look should tell you how badly we are doing as society in general, in taking care of our fellow human beings.
If you're in a good situation, you should go through and help out where you can. It's bad out there.
If you're in a good situation, you should go through and help out where you can. It's bad out there.
November 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This is your regular reminder that #MutualAid is keeping people housed and alive, and you should help if you can.
Also, #FreeLink
Also, #FreeLink
If anyone was wonder how it's going for companies that are replacing people with AI workflows, I (with all my profiles set to English) am getting emails from Dutch Amazon in Spanish.
November 3, 2025 at 11:19 AM
If anyone was wonder how it's going for companies that are replacing people with AI workflows, I (with all my profiles set to English) am getting emails from Dutch Amazon in Spanish.
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Public transport often treats bikes as a luxury—or worse a competitor—but without them leaves revenue on the table.
For 25 years, the Dutch have extended the reach of their railways through investments in (300,000) parking spaces and (25,000) shared bikes. The result? A doubling of train ridership.
For 25 years, the Dutch have extended the reach of their railways through investments in (300,000) parking spaces and (25,000) shared bikes. The result? A doubling of train ridership.
November 3, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Public transport often treats bikes as a luxury—or worse a competitor—but without them leaves revenue on the table.
For 25 years, the Dutch have extended the reach of their railways through investments in (300,000) parking spaces and (25,000) shared bikes. The result? A doubling of train ridership.
For 25 years, the Dutch have extended the reach of their railways through investments in (300,000) parking spaces and (25,000) shared bikes. The result? A doubling of train ridership.
With soap in my eyes, trying to pull the shower head closer to me by pulling on the stream of water. That's pretty high up there.
What’s the stupidest thing you’ve ever done? I don’t mean “cheating on your partner” stupid, I mean stupid stupid. Like, once, I had this bubble bath which smelled absolutely delicious, so I took a big glug of it. That kind of stupid. (It did not taste delicious.)
November 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
With soap in my eyes, trying to pull the shower head closer to me by pulling on the stream of water. That's pretty high up there.