Laurie Voss
@seldo.com
Head of Developer Relations at Arize. Previously: LlamaIndex, Netlify, co-founded npm, awe.sm, started lgbtq.technology. Married to @jovo.design. He/him. 🇹🇹🇬🇧🇺🇸🏳️🌈
It's very funny to me that it took Waymo 6 generations of self-driving cars to realize it needed windshield wipers. www.cnbc.com/2026/02/12/w...
February 13, 2026 at 2:39 AM
It's very funny to me that it took Waymo 6 generations of self-driving cars to realize it needed windshield wipers. www.cnbc.com/2026/02/12/w...
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Just like with Brazil arresting their insurrectionists rather than re-electing them, other countries are holding their Epstein-tied politicians accountable far better than we do. www.bbc.com/news/article...
February 12, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Just like with Brazil arresting their insurrectionists rather than re-electing them, other countries are holding their Epstein-tied politicians accountable far better than we do. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Ending this operation is not enough.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
February 12, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Ending this operation is not enough.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
Every day teaching people the difference between "i.e." and "e.g.", it's a battle that never ends.
February 12, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Every day teaching people the difference between "i.e." and "e.g.", it's a battle that never ends.
So anyway if you want to hire some xAI people they are currently all looking for the exits
February 12, 2026 at 12:15 AM
So anyway if you want to hire some xAI people they are currently all looking for the exits
Sometimes LLMs unlock amazing things that computers couldn't do before. And then sometimes there's this:
February 11, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Sometimes LLMs unlock amazing things that computers couldn't do before. And then sometimes there's this:
What's a word that means "clockwise" for a kid who's never seen an analog clock?
February 11, 2026 at 4:13 PM
What's a word that means "clockwise" for a kid who's never seen an analog clock?
Somebody is going to show up claiming to be Jesus in order to win a huge bet.
February 10, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Somebody is going to show up claiming to be Jesus in order to win a huge bet.
Tailwind is the Markdown of CSS (derogatory).
February 10, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Tailwind is the Markdown of CSS (derogatory).
Short accounting firms.
Sources: KPMG negotiated lower fees from auditor Grant Thornton by arguing that AI will make it cheaper to do the work, and threatened to find a new auditor (Stephen Foley/Financial Times)
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February 10, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Short accounting firms.
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I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.
February 10, 2026 at 4:35 PM
I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.
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U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
February 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
One of my hobbies is asking Chinese AI models what happened in Tiananmen Square and watching them panic.
February 9, 2026 at 2:21 AM
One of my hobbies is asking Chinese AI models what happened in Tiananmen Square and watching them panic.
It was foggy but she doesn't care as long as she gets to run.
February 9, 2026 at 12:17 AM
It was foggy but she doesn't care as long as she gets to run.
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Triple day! Sunrise ticked back 1 minute to 7.09 while sunset ticked forward 2 minutes to 5.41pm. You got 2 minutes and 5 seconds of extra daylight today. You're already a quarter through February!
February 8, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Triple day! Sunrise ticked back 1 minute to 7.09 while sunset ticked forward 2 minutes to 5.41pm. You got 2 minutes and 5 seconds of extra daylight today. You're already a quarter through February!
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part of me still can't believe the East Wing was completely destroyed and there have been no negative consequences or reports on whether items inside were properly archived or not
February 7, 2026 at 6:22 PM
part of me still can't believe the East Wing was completely destroyed and there have been no negative consequences or reports on whether items inside were properly archived or not
I continue to think Starfleet Academy is good but I'm beginning to wonder if I'm an objective source.
February 7, 2026 at 3:07 AM
I continue to think Starfleet Academy is good but I'm beginning to wonder if I'm an objective source.
It's officially bun season again
February 7, 2026 at 1:11 AM
It's officially bun season again
Was there somebody expecting him to say "no, this is a bubble. We are actually playing a financial shell game where everybody is investing in everybody else in order to afford to buy each other's products at wildly inflated prices"?
Nvidia stock closes up 7.87% after Jensen Huang said the tech industry's surging capex for AI infrastructure is justified, appropriate, and sustainable (Kif Leswing/CNBC)
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February 7, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Was there somebody expecting him to say "no, this is a bubble. We are actually playing a financial shell game where everybody is investing in everybody else in order to afford to buy each other's products at wildly inflated prices"?
I apologize everyone; a staffer erroneously posted everything I have ever posted.
February 6, 2026 at 10:10 PM
I apologize everyone; a staffer erroneously posted everything I have ever posted.
The challenge I'm having with Claude Code is now "not thinking big enough". I ask it to make small changes when I should be asking it to chug through making the entire app without sweating the details.
February 6, 2026 at 7:13 PM
The challenge I'm having with Claude Code is now "not thinking big enough". I ask it to make small changes when I should be asking it to chug through making the entire app without sweating the details.
Hard to see how this doesn't make every social media app illegal.
The EU Commission has preliminarily found TikTok in breach of the Digital Services Act over its addictive design — infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications & hyper-personalized recommendations. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Commission preliminarily finds TikTok\'s addictive design in breach of the Digital Services Act
Today, the European Commission preliminarily found TikTok in breach of the Digital Services Act for its addictive design.
ec.europa.eu
February 6, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Hard to see how this doesn't make every social media app illegal.
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hallo, I am hiring again! - SF Digital Services is looking for a new Engineering Director careers.sf.gov/role/?id=374...
This reports directly to me, & I’m looking for a practical & flexible technical expert with excellent communication & coaching skills, who is excited to do both. More below...
This reports directly to me, & I’m looking for a practical & flexible technical expert with excellent communication & coaching skills, who is excited to do both. More below...
Engineering Director - Digital Services (0932)
The Office of the City Administrator and its 25+ divisions and departments operate core internal and public-facing services in San Francisco. The Office of the City Administrator’s Mission and Visio...
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February 4, 2026 at 4:31 PM
hallo, I am hiring again! - SF Digital Services is looking for a new Engineering Director careers.sf.gov/role/?id=374...
This reports directly to me, & I’m looking for a practical & flexible technical expert with excellent communication & coaching skills, who is excited to do both. More below...
This reports directly to me, & I’m looking for a practical & flexible technical expert with excellent communication & coaching skills, who is excited to do both. More below...