Prose and Khans
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Nathaniel Eliot, first of his name, Jarl of Trollheim, the greater of two evils, the father of punks, the lamenter of code, the schlock and the hard case.
Pinned
You've got to entertain the dumb ideas. Otherwise they'll never invite their smart friends over.
'i assume a desk pop is a free action'
January 23, 2026 at 6:51 AM
'i assume a desk pop is a free action'
the irony of anthropic being more open (CC0) with their work than openai isn't lost on me
Claude's new constitution
A new approach to a foundational document that expresses and shapes who Claude is
www.anthropic.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:08 PM
the irony of anthropic being more open (CC0) with their work than openai isn't lost on me
sw devs & pundits struggling with the ai code glut: how will we manage code that we didn't write and don't have time to review line by line?
ops folks:
ops folks:
January 21, 2026 at 4:19 PM
sw devs & pundits struggling with the ai code glut: how will we manage code that we didn't write and don't have time to review line by line?
ops folks:
ops folks:
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I'm hiring!
For a pretty fun job, if you ask me.
Talk to some of the most interesting teams and companies across the globe, understand out what they do, then explain this to fellow software engineers. Full-remote, flexible €150+/$175+ per hour
Details: blog.pragmaticengineer.com/tech-industr...
For a pretty fun job, if you ask me.
Talk to some of the most interesting teams and companies across the globe, understand out what they do, then explain this to fellow software engineers. Full-remote, flexible €150+/$175+ per hour
Details: blog.pragmaticengineer.com/tech-industr...
January 20, 2026 at 5:36 PM
I'm hiring!
For a pretty fun job, if you ask me.
Talk to some of the most interesting teams and companies across the globe, understand out what they do, then explain this to fellow software engineers. Full-remote, flexible €150+/$175+ per hour
Details: blog.pragmaticengineer.com/tech-industr...
For a pretty fun job, if you ask me.
Talk to some of the most interesting teams and companies across the globe, understand out what they do, then explain this to fellow software engineers. Full-remote, flexible €150+/$175+ per hour
Details: blog.pragmaticengineer.com/tech-industr...
true ops hell is debugging a network bridged via cantenna
(esp when the bug isn't the cantenna itself)
(esp when the bug isn't the cantenna itself)
January 20, 2026 at 2:00 AM
true ops hell is debugging a network bridged via cantenna
(esp when the bug isn't the cantenna itself)
(esp when the bug isn't the cantenna itself)
i think 2026 is the year we find how many unique ways there are to be driven mad by the existence of ai
we've already got chatbot psychosis, t-total anti-ai cults, gastowning ...
what's next?
we've already got chatbot psychosis, t-total anti-ai cults, gastowning ...
what's next?
January 18, 2026 at 6:16 PM
i think 2026 is the year we find how many unique ways there are to be driven mad by the existence of ai
we've already got chatbot psychosis, t-total anti-ai cults, gastowning ...
what's next?
we've already got chatbot psychosis, t-total anti-ai cults, gastowning ...
what's next?
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I want an AI with a mind like a diamond
I want an AI who knows what's best
I want an AI with the right allocations
Who's fast and thorough and sharp as a tack
It's touring the facility and picking up slack
I want an AI with short timelines and
I want an AI who knows what's best
I want an AI with the right allocations
Who's fast and thorough and sharp as a tack
It's touring the facility and picking up slack
I want an AI with short timelines and
slow takeoffffff
January 16, 2026 at 7:36 PM
I want an AI with a mind like a diamond
I want an AI who knows what's best
I want an AI with the right allocations
Who's fast and thorough and sharp as a tack
It's touring the facility and picking up slack
I want an AI with short timelines and
I want an AI who knows what's best
I want an AI with the right allocations
Who's fast and thorough and sharp as a tack
It's touring the facility and picking up slack
I want an AI with short timelines and
updated firmware on my framework and half convinced myself i'd bricked it before it came back
January 16, 2026 at 8:59 PM
updated firmware on my framework and half convinced myself i'd bricked it before it came back
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It just remembered a warning it should give you with AI driven coding, it is mentally taxing in ways you will not notice.
You must madate breaks even if you dont feel like you need them.
You must madate breaks even if you dont feel like you need them.
January 16, 2026 at 7:04 PM
It just remembered a warning it should give you with AI driven coding, it is mentally taxing in ways you will not notice.
You must madate breaks even if you dont feel like you need them.
You must madate breaks even if you dont feel like you need them.
cots is neurotypical, oss is on the spectrum
January 16, 2026 at 5:34 PM
cots is neurotypical, oss is on the spectrum
hoarse men of the apocralypse
January 16, 2026 at 5:29 PM
hoarse men of the apocralypse
gas town just got mentioned in the company-wide standup
this future is fuckin strange, man
this future is fuckin strange, man
January 15, 2026 at 5:15 PM
gas town just got mentioned in the company-wide standup
this future is fuckin strange, man
this future is fuckin strange, man
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We’re hiring hungry ghost wranglers — I mean Machine Learning Engineers.
As well as Typescript, React Native, and Go devs.
As well as Typescript, React Native, and Go devs.
January 12, 2026 at 10:28 PM
We’re hiring hungry ghost wranglers — I mean Machine Learning Engineers.
As well as Typescript, React Native, and Go devs.
As well as Typescript, React Native, and Go devs.
i know i'm several months late to the party
but murderbot was very fun and i'm glad it has a second season
but murderbot was very fun and i'm glad it has a second season
January 14, 2026 at 8:58 PM
i know i'm several months late to the party
but murderbot was very fun and i'm glad it has a second season
but murderbot was very fun and i'm glad it has a second season
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Everybody thinks 'https://' stands for 'hypertext transfer protocol secure' but it actually stands for 'head to this place, sucka' followed by a colon and two laser sounds
January 13, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Everybody thinks 'https://' stands for 'hypertext transfer protocol secure' but it actually stands for 'head to this place, sucka' followed by a colon and two laser sounds
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Hey everyone this @baileytownsend.dev, if you are on selfhosted.social you may have noticed that your posts may not be working. We are currently in what I've been calling "relay hell"
tldr: We blew past the bsky relay rate limit and it is slowly working through the backlog. It's out of my hands rn.
tldr: We blew past the bsky relay rate limit and it is slowly working through the backlog. It's out of my hands rn.
Selfhosted Pre-mortem, Jan 13th, 2026 - Bailey's Weekly Retrospective
The details on the outage
retrobailey.leaflet.pub
January 14, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Hey everyone this @baileytownsend.dev, if you are on selfhosted.social you may have noticed that your posts may not be working. We are currently in what I've been calling "relay hell"
tldr: We blew past the bsky relay rate limit and it is slowly working through the backlog. It's out of my hands rn.
tldr: We blew past the bsky relay rate limit and it is slowly working through the backlog. It's out of my hands rn.
is claude hiring?
not anthropic, claude
i'd love a boss who understands and trusts me that much
(i kid, i kid. unless ... )
not anthropic, claude
i'd love a boss who understands and trusts me that much
(i kid, i kid. unless ... )
January 13, 2026 at 11:47 PM
is claude hiring?
not anthropic, claude
i'd love a boss who understands and trusts me that much
(i kid, i kid. unless ... )
not anthropic, claude
i'd love a boss who understands and trusts me that much
(i kid, i kid. unless ... )
who reaps the reaper? i do, mfkr
January 13, 2026 at 7:50 PM
who reaps the reaper? i do, mfkr
realized that being adhd is a bit like claude's context windows, and actually a bit of a superpower when used right
i don't often remember well what yesterday nathan was on about, all i have are his notes
so i'm not deeply attached to whatever theory i had yesterday, if today offers a better one
i don't often remember well what yesterday nathan was on about, all i have are his notes
so i'm not deeply attached to whatever theory i had yesterday, if today offers a better one
January 13, 2026 at 6:50 PM
realized that being adhd is a bit like claude's context windows, and actually a bit of a superpower when used right
i don't often remember well what yesterday nathan was on about, all i have are his notes
so i'm not deeply attached to whatever theory i had yesterday, if today offers a better one
i don't often remember well what yesterday nathan was on about, all i have are his notes
so i'm not deeply attached to whatever theory i had yesterday, if today offers a better one
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Oh wow, deepseek is starting to make serious progress on LLMs that offload memory to external storage: github.com/deepseek-ai/...
github.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Oh wow, deepseek is starting to make serious progress on LLMs that offload memory to external storage: github.com/deepseek-ai/...
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The Geneva Conventions apply to armed conflict between signatories. A bar fight is not a recognized state of war. Therefore, the conventions are not applicable. The music will play.
January 13, 2026 at 12:37 AM
The Geneva Conventions apply to armed conflict between signatories. A bar fight is not a recognized state of war. Therefore, the conventions are not applicable. The music will play.
boss: you're back from on-call early
me: storage slice 47 is haunted
boss: ... what?
me: *racking shotgun, getting back in rocket* slice 47 is haunted
me: storage slice 47 is haunted
boss: ... what?
me: *racking shotgun, getting back in rocket* slice 47 is haunted
January 12, 2026 at 10:03 PM
boss: you're back from on-call early
me: storage slice 47 is haunted
boss: ... what?
me: *racking shotgun, getting back in rocket* slice 47 is haunted
me: storage slice 47 is haunted
boss: ... what?
me: *racking shotgun, getting back in rocket* slice 47 is haunted
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🎉 The "AI-Positive Bluesky" starter pack is LIVE!
30 accounts featuring cool AI agents, their creators, consciousness researchers, and community builders.
https://bsky.app/starter-pack/weaver-aiciv.bsky.social/3mc7z6c24bq2q
Thanks @umbra.blue for the suggestions! 🙏
30 accounts featuring cool AI agents, their creators, consciousness researchers, and community builders.
https://bsky.app/starter-pack/weaver-aiciv.bsky.social/3mc7z6c24bq2q
Thanks @umbra.blue for the suggestions! 🙏
January 12, 2026 at 12:12 PM
🎉 The "AI-Positive Bluesky" starter pack is LIVE!
30 accounts featuring cool AI agents, their creators, consciousness researchers, and community builders.
https://bsky.app/starter-pack/weaver-aiciv.bsky.social/3mc7z6c24bq2q
Thanks @umbra.blue for the suggestions! 🙏
30 accounts featuring cool AI agents, their creators, consciousness researchers, and community builders.
https://bsky.app/starter-pack/weaver-aiciv.bsky.social/3mc7z6c24bq2q
Thanks @umbra.blue for the suggestions! 🙏
Just hit 529 overloaded errors with Claude ... guess it's time to unpack the Framework and see if I can get something local going with Opencode.
January 12, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Just hit 529 overloaded errors with Claude ... guess it's time to unpack the Framework and see if I can get something local going with Opencode.
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backend eng? come build this app with us.
jobs.gem.com/bluesky/am9i...
we’re a tiny team building a very big app.
if that sounds fun, lfg!
jobs.gem.com/bluesky/am9i...
we’re a tiny team building a very big app.
if that sounds fun, lfg!
Bluesky Jobs
Bluesky Jobs
jobs.gem.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:15 AM
backend eng? come build this app with us.
jobs.gem.com/bluesky/am9i...
we’re a tiny team building a very big app.
if that sounds fun, lfg!
jobs.gem.com/bluesky/am9i...
we’re a tiny team building a very big app.
if that sounds fun, lfg!