Niraj Patel
@nirajp.bsky.social
Colour in this silhouette, let us all try to forget
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Trying to measure coding productivity is, and always will be, a fool's errand.
Why? Because I can go for a walk then take a shower and have an idea, then write a single line of code that fixes everything I was working on.
Immense productivity, but by most metrics I didn't do anything at all.
Why? Because I can go for a walk then take a shower and have an idea, then write a single line of code that fixes everything I was working on.
Immense productivity, but by most metrics I didn't do anything at all.
November 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Trying to measure coding productivity is, and always will be, a fool's errand.
Why? Because I can go for a walk then take a shower and have an idea, then write a single line of code that fixes everything I was working on.
Immense productivity, but by most metrics I didn't do anything at all.
Why? Because I can go for a walk then take a shower and have an idea, then write a single line of code that fixes everything I was working on.
Immense productivity, but by most metrics I didn't do anything at all.
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please watch movies and read books and play games and look at art, please view it with your own eyes through a lens you made yourself and not just through video essayists and ending explained videos please im begging you
October 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
please watch movies and read books and play games and look at art, please view it with your own eyes through a lens you made yourself and not just through video essayists and ending explained videos please im begging you
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"it isn't just X—it's Y" is by far the most annoying ChatGPTism
October 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"it isn't just X—it's Y" is by far the most annoying ChatGPTism
Write the damn code
You are a software engineer. Don't become a prompt refiner.
antonz.org
September 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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We need everyone back in the office because we want the serendipitous magic that only happens when you let humans get creative together and also we're replacing all of you with an AI machine that can only do things that it's seen done before
August 22, 2025 at 2:55 AM
We need everyone back in the office because we want the serendipitous magic that only happens when you let humans get creative together and also we're replacing all of you with an AI machine that can only do things that it's seen done before
I'm speechless, this is so unhinged and unexpected. #AEW is really for the sickos.
#ForbiddenDoor
LIVE on PPV, 1PM ET/ 10am PT
Sunday, 8/24
Lights Out Steel Cage
Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Gabe Kidd + The Young Bucks
vs
Darby Allin, Will Ospreay, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kenny Omega + Kota Ibushi
ANYTHING GOES inside the Steel Cage!
Watch LIVE on PPV NEXT SUNDAY!
LIVE on PPV, 1PM ET/ 10am PT
Sunday, 8/24
Lights Out Steel Cage
Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Gabe Kidd + The Young Bucks
vs
Darby Allin, Will Ospreay, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kenny Omega + Kota Ibushi
ANYTHING GOES inside the Steel Cage!
Watch LIVE on PPV NEXT SUNDAY!
August 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I'm speechless, this is so unhinged and unexpected. #AEW is really for the sickos.
I hate that dynamic pricing punishes those who buy tickets early. Feels cheeky but right thing to do is wait until the last minute to buy tickets. I'm hyped for next week though #AEW #WrestleSky.
August 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I hate that dynamic pricing punishes those who buy tickets early. Feels cheeky but right thing to do is wait until the last minute to buy tickets. I'm hyped for next week though #AEW #WrestleSky.
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This is a repost, I can just post longer vids now instead of a YouTube link:
This was my dream edit, 16 year old me would’ve flipped out.
Bryan Danielson has meant everything to all of us so I knew the bar would be set incredibly high. This is why I’m proud to work at AEW.
#AEW #Greenday
This was my dream edit, 16 year old me would’ve flipped out.
Bryan Danielson has meant everything to all of us so I knew the bar would be set incredibly high. This is why I’m proud to work at AEW.
#AEW #Greenday
May 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Boy, was this a hard secret to keep.
Yes, I am now the lead singer in Cardiacs.
I don’t have the words to properly do justice to what all this means.
But if you know anything about me, then you know what an honour this is.
First single ‘Woodeneye’ is out now.
Yes, I am now the lead singer in Cardiacs.
I don’t have the words to properly do justice to what all this means.
But if you know anything about me, then you know what an honour this is.
First single ‘Woodeneye’ is out now.
August 1, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Boy, was this a hard secret to keep.
Yes, I am now the lead singer in Cardiacs.
I don’t have the words to properly do justice to what all this means.
But if you know anything about me, then you know what an honour this is.
First single ‘Woodeneye’ is out now.
Yes, I am now the lead singer in Cardiacs.
I don’t have the words to properly do justice to what all this means.
But if you know anything about me, then you know what an honour this is.
First single ‘Woodeneye’ is out now.
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Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
February 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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thank you for everything. i dont have the words to do the feeling justice because i havent slept in four days but ill try to find them by wednesday
July 14, 2025 at 2:57 AM
thank you for everything. i dont have the words to do the feeling justice because i havent slept in four days but ill try to find them by wednesday
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This is the best explanation I've seen yet for _why_ language models prefer em-dashes (—). In brief: The tokenization scheme mean em-dashes result in a smaller loss than other, equivalent punctuation options.
msukhareva.substack.com/p/the-myster...
msukhareva.substack.com/p/the-myster...
The mystery of em‑dashes: part two with quantitative evidence
A couple of weeks ago I made an assumption: the rise of em‑dashes in AI‑generated text happened because model providers started scanning older, pre‑Kindle books.
msukhareva.substack.com
July 7, 2025 at 5:13 AM
This is the best explanation I've seen yet for _why_ language models prefer em-dashes (—). In brief: The tokenization scheme mean em-dashes result in a smaller loss than other, equivalent punctuation options.
msukhareva.substack.com/p/the-myster...
msukhareva.substack.com/p/the-myster...
I feel this deeply eev.ee/blog/2025/07...
The rise of Whatever
This was originally titled “I miss when computers were fun”. But in the course of writing it, I discovered that there is a reason computers became less fun, a dark thread woven through a number of eve...
eev.ee
July 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I feel this deeply eev.ee/blog/2025/07...
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NEW FROM ME -
Britain is abandoning international medical consensus on disability.
Every other developed nation recognizes cumulative impairment as genuine severity.
We're about to become an anomaly—and the logic of 4+ suggests it was deliberate.
tinyurl.com/mwwb5xv4
Britain is abandoning international medical consensus on disability.
Every other developed nation recognizes cumulative impairment as genuine severity.
We're about to become an anomaly—and the logic of 4+ suggests it was deliberate.
tinyurl.com/mwwb5xv4
Who Will Count as Disabled Tomorrow?
The dangerous redefinition of welfare disguised as Labour's compassionate reform.
tinyurl.com
June 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
NEW FROM ME -
Britain is abandoning international medical consensus on disability.
Every other developed nation recognizes cumulative impairment as genuine severity.
We're about to become an anomaly—and the logic of 4+ suggests it was deliberate.
tinyurl.com/mwwb5xv4
Britain is abandoning international medical consensus on disability.
Every other developed nation recognizes cumulative impairment as genuine severity.
We're about to become an anomaly—and the logic of 4+ suggests it was deliberate.
tinyurl.com/mwwb5xv4
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Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
June 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
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Just call me the Blue Prince because I, too, enter rooms and forget exactly what I was trying to do in them
May 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Just call me the Blue Prince because I, too, enter rooms and forget exactly what I was trying to do in them
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You shiver, and the city shivers with you.
May 15, 2025 at 10:19 AM
You shiver, and the city shivers with you.
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Whoever decided on the spelling of 'awkward' got it bang on, that is one fucking awkwardly-spelled word. 10/10.
April 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Whoever decided on the spelling of 'awkward' got it bang on, that is one fucking awkwardly-spelled word. 10/10.
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Been thinking about how well written and nuanced the characters are in Watchmen. I know some people look at Rorschach and see a hero to be emulated, but when I look at him I just see a vase of flowers
April 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Been thinking about how well written and nuanced the characters are in Watchmen. I know some people look at Rorschach and see a hero to be emulated, but when I look at him I just see a vase of flowers
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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
April 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
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People imagine picking up and finding *something better* is an easy solution. But how is that supposed to work, when all your time and energy goes to staying alive? You have almost nothing to set aside to actually fight your way out.
April 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
People imagine picking up and finding *something better* is an easy solution. But how is that supposed to work, when all your time and energy goes to staying alive? You have almost nothing to set aside to actually fight your way out.
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What does the Pathways to Work green paper actually mean, who might be affected, how much could they lose, what are the good and worrying bits of planned changes to support & assessments? A long 🧵 ...
March 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
What does the Pathways to Work green paper actually mean, who might be affected, how much could they lose, what are the good and worrying bits of planned changes to support & assessments? A long 🧵 ...
Every time I watch Boltin Oleg wrestle, I'm reminded how cool Kazakhstan's flag is #njpw #njcup #wrestlesky 🤼
a blue flag with a yellow sun and a bird on it
Alt: kazakhstan flag
media.tenor.com
March 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Every time I watch Boltin Oleg wrestle, I'm reminded how cool Kazakhstan's flag is #njpw #njcup #wrestlesky 🤼
Credit to the production team, the Countdown to #AEW #Revolution is the best they have ever done www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGR1... #wrestlesky 🤼
The Stars of AEW Shine in the City of Angels | Countdown to Revolution 2025, LIVE on PPV
YouTube video by All Elite Wrestling
www.youtube.com
March 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Credit to the production team, the Countdown to #AEW #Revolution is the best they have ever done www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGR1... #wrestlesky 🤼
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I'm a deeply flawed individual, but I bring joy to the world.
February 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I'm a deeply flawed individual, but I bring joy to the world.