Ray Myers
@raymyers.bsky.social
Retrofuturist software mender / Legacy Code Rocks / Empathy in Tech
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C++ people are getting so upset whenever Rust does something well.
Many words. So few positive words about C++ other than that it’s here, and must be tolerated.
Many words. So few positive words about C++ other than that it’s here, and must be tolerated.
October 25, 2025 at 3:40 AM
C++ people are getting so upset whenever Rust does something well.
Many words. So few positive words about C++ other than that it’s here, and must be tolerated.
Many words. So few positive words about C++ other than that it’s here, and must be tolerated.
What we expect, we also enable.
An aspirational mantra for software teams.
An aspirational mantra for software teams.
October 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
What we expect, we also enable.
An aspirational mantra for software teams.
An aspirational mantra for software teams.
Through me, it would wield a power too great and terrible to imagine.
October 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Through me, it would wield a power too great and terrible to imagine.
Reposted by Ray Myers
I was reading this post talking about the great things about text adventures, and it got me thinking about parsing and representation... entropicthoughts.com/the-greatnes...
Specifically from the question: do text adventures really give players a lot of freedom?
Specifically from the question: do text adventures really give players a lot of freedom?
The Greatness of Text Adventures
entropicthoughts.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I was reading this post talking about the great things about text adventures, and it got me thinking about parsing and representation... entropicthoughts.com/the-greatnes...
Specifically from the question: do text adventures really give players a lot of freedom?
Specifically from the question: do text adventures really give players a lot of freedom?
Basically if you want to talk to your chatbot before you talk to me that’s fine. Just don’t expect me to care what your chatbot said.
When I hear from you, I want to hear things that you think and decide to say.
I have my own chatbots to talk to, I don’t need yours.
When I hear from you, I want to hear things that you think and decide to say.
I have my own chatbots to talk to, I don’t need yours.
I'll cautiously say I've noticed more skepticism about AI in the corporate world and it's mostly because people's coworkers are creating extra work for them. They don't have the vocabulary to describe it yet but it's basically the "Why should I read what you couldn't be bothered to write" thing
October 23, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Basically if you want to talk to your chatbot before you talk to me that’s fine. Just don’t expect me to care what your chatbot said.
When I hear from you, I want to hear things that you think and decide to say.
I have my own chatbots to talk to, I don’t need yours.
When I hear from you, I want to hear things that you think and decide to say.
I have my own chatbots to talk to, I don’t need yours.
Such an honor to even be in the same sentence there! I’ll have to start posting here more :)
always cool finding ppl from professional networks in here, really cool picking up "golden breadcrumbs". I always recommend @lizthegrey.com and @raymyers.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Such an honor to even be in the same sentence there! I’ll have to start posting here more :)
The existence of the Association for Computing Machinery implies the existence of the Association *against* Computing Machinery.
September 30, 2025 at 2:19 AM
The existence of the Association for Computing Machinery implies the existence of the Association *against* Computing Machinery.
I feel like one of the biggest gripes about Rust is really that it feels trendy.
Sure, trendiness is an asinine reason to make good choices.
On the other hand, we’ve had mixed results getting people to make good choices any other way.
Sure, trendiness is an asinine reason to make good choices.
On the other hand, we’ve had mixed results getting people to make good choices any other way.
September 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I feel like one of the biggest gripes about Rust is really that it feels trendy.
Sure, trendiness is an asinine reason to make good choices.
On the other hand, we’ve had mixed results getting people to make good choices any other way.
Sure, trendiness is an asinine reason to make good choices.
On the other hand, we’ve had mixed results getting people to make good choices any other way.
"You're absolutely right! I should have tested this properly instead of creating multiple broken versions."
September 28, 2025 at 6:10 AM
"You're absolutely right! I should have tested this properly instead of creating multiple broken versions."
Reposted by Ray Myers
Let’s say, hypothetically, you appreciated our position paper and @olivia.science and I would be recording answers to questions about it. What questions would you have?
Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
September 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Let’s say, hypothetically, you appreciated our position paper and @olivia.science and I would be recording answers to questions about it. What questions would you have?
Reposted by Ray Myers
Linear has a 30-minute weekly meeting called "Quality Wednesdays." I sat through one and WOW
Devs show a quality or perf-related fix they did last week. It can be big, or small. We went through 17 issues, from massive backend performance wins, to this tiny one. Can you see it?
Devs show a quality or perf-related fix they did last week. It can be big, or small. We went through 17 issues, from massive backend performance wins, to this tiny one. Can you see it?
September 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Linear has a 30-minute weekly meeting called "Quality Wednesdays." I sat through one and WOW
Devs show a quality or perf-related fix they did last week. It can be big, or small. We went through 17 issues, from massive backend performance wins, to this tiny one. Can you see it?
Devs show a quality or perf-related fix they did last week. It can be big, or small. We went through 17 issues, from massive backend performance wins, to this tiny one. Can you see it?
This just in, Weird AI calls for serifed fonts. Or it might have been Weird Al we’re not sure
September 18, 2025 at 2:01 AM
This just in, Weird AI calls for serifed fonts. Or it might have been Weird Al we’re not sure
Incredulous cis people on other sites have again demanded I explain why I acknowledge gender identities beyond the ones they were aware of in 3rd grade.
In case it's helpful I've captured my stance as clearly as I can here. As always, listen to those it affects more.
raymyers.org/post/gender-...
In case it's helpful I've captured my stance as clearly as I can here. As always, listen to those it affects more.
raymyers.org/post/gender-...
On Gender Identity
Gender, sex, identity, and acceptance.
raymyers.org
September 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Incredulous cis people on other sites have again demanded I explain why I acknowledge gender identities beyond the ones they were aware of in 3rd grade.
In case it's helpful I've captured my stance as clearly as I can here. As always, listen to those it affects more.
raymyers.org/post/gender-...
In case it's helpful I've captured my stance as clearly as I can here. As always, listen to those it affects more.
raymyers.org/post/gender-...
“WHY don’t you get a job?”
Asked The Offspring, encouraging questions about the deeper systemic causes of unemployment
Asked The Offspring, encouraging questions about the deeper systemic causes of unemployment
September 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
“WHY don’t you get a job?”
Asked The Offspring, encouraging questions about the deeper systemic causes of unemployment
Asked The Offspring, encouraging questions about the deeper systemic causes of unemployment
A few months ago, billionaire venture capitalists Andreessen and Horowitz interviewed acclaimed record producer Rick Rubin on the topic of #VibeCoding.
Their tagline: "Vibe Coding is the Punk Rock of software"
I duly recruited a qualified punk for comment. Enjoy!
youtu.be/XP7UXspsggw
Their tagline: "Vibe Coding is the Punk Rock of software"
I duly recruited a qualified punk for comment. Enjoy!
youtu.be/XP7UXspsggw
September 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
A few months ago, billionaire venture capitalists Andreessen and Horowitz interviewed acclaimed record producer Rick Rubin on the topic of #VibeCoding.
Their tagline: "Vibe Coding is the Punk Rock of software"
I duly recruited a qualified punk for comment. Enjoy!
youtu.be/XP7UXspsggw
Their tagline: "Vibe Coding is the Punk Rock of software"
I duly recruited a qualified punk for comment. Enjoy!
youtu.be/XP7UXspsggw
Anyone got an invite on the Lobste rs site?
July 31, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Anyone got an invite on the Lobste rs site?
Business logic. Business vibes.
Domain logic. Domain vibes.
Yeah I’m still betting on logic.
Domain logic. Domain vibes.
Yeah I’m still betting on logic.
July 28, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Business logic. Business vibes.
Domain logic. Domain vibes.
Yeah I’m still betting on logic.
Domain logic. Domain vibes.
Yeah I’m still betting on logic.
Vibe Code while learning dependent type theory. Contain multitudes.
July 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Vibe Code while learning dependent type theory. Contain multitudes.
This is such a profound insult to the Tao Te Ching.
That version was produced from 8 years of study in the 1980s and they’ve haphazardly pasted words like “code” in random places to ride a meme from a Karpathy tweet.
Anthropic should be embarrassed to have paid Rick Rubin to put his name on this.
That version was produced from 8 years of study in the 1980s and they’ve haphazardly pasted words like “code” in random places to ride a meme from a Karpathy tweet.
Anthropic should be embarrassed to have paid Rick Rubin to put his name on this.
June 21, 2025 at 12:02 AM
This is such a profound insult to the Tao Te Ching.
That version was produced from 8 years of study in the 1980s and they’ve haphazardly pasted words like “code” in random places to ride a meme from a Karpathy tweet.
Anthropic should be embarrassed to have paid Rick Rubin to put his name on this.
That version was produced from 8 years of study in the 1980s and they’ve haphazardly pasted words like “code” in random places to ride a meme from a Karpathy tweet.
Anthropic should be embarrassed to have paid Rick Rubin to put his name on this.
I assure you the AI does not have any desire to be “First” and will not reward you for being AI First
June 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I assure you the AI does not have any desire to be “First” and will not reward you for being AI First
Computational Rehumanist
June 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Computational Rehumanist
Excellent point, @nilsbfg.bsky.social, I’ll do better.
Ran into the notorious @quinnypig.com at Code with Claude conference in San Francisco.
(Haters will say it’s AI)
Watch your cloud bills!
Ran into the notorious @quinnypig.com at Code with Claude conference in San Francisco.
(Haters will say it’s AI)
Watch your cloud bills!
May 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Excellent point, @nilsbfg.bsky.social, I’ll do better.
Ran into the notorious @quinnypig.com at Code with Claude conference in San Francisco.
(Haters will say it’s AI)
Watch your cloud bills!
Ran into the notorious @quinnypig.com at Code with Claude conference in San Francisco.
(Haters will say it’s AI)
Watch your cloud bills!