Thomas Lockney
@tlockney.net
https://tlockney.net
Platform-oriented Product Engineering Leader. Instigator. Tinkerer. Loads of interests.
May occasionally post about: #systemthinking, architecture, #serverless, #typescript, #rust, #python, #wasm, books, music, & dogs
Platform-oriented Product Engineering Leader. Instigator. Tinkerer. Loads of interests.
May occasionally post about: #systemthinking, architecture, #serverless, #typescript, #rust, #python, #wasm, books, music, & dogs
Latest rabbit hole I've gone down: having Claude Code help me clean up and fine tune my Home Assistant configuration. Got through the basics and now it's moved into the "let's see what we can come up with next!" phase.
October 26, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Latest rabbit hole I've gone down: having Claude Code help me clean up and fine tune my Home Assistant configuration. Got through the basics and now it's moved into the "let's see what we can come up with next!" phase.
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Things that not every product needs:
- push notifications
- chat
- a perky AI assistant
Jus’ sayin
- push notifications
- chat
- a perky AI assistant
Jus’ sayin
October 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Things that not every product needs:
- push notifications
- chat
- a perky AI assistant
Jus’ sayin
- push notifications
- chat
- a perky AI assistant
Jus’ sayin
This is a must buy. I've been reading the material @lethain.com has shared leading up to this and it's been enormously helpful in refining my own thinking about engineering strategy.
Digital edition of my fourth book, Crafting Engineering Strategy, is up for purchase! (Print copy should start shipping in next 2-3 weeks.) Tried to apply "Staff Engineer" formula to eng strategy topic, with a lot more editing 😂
www.amazon.com/Crafting-Eng...
www.amazon.com/Crafting-Eng...
Crafting Engineering Strategy: How Thoughtful Decisions Solve Complex Problems
Crafting Engineering Strategy: How Thoughtful Decisions Solve Complex Problems - Kindle edition by Larson, Will. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Crafting Engineering Strategy: How Thoughtful Decisions Solve Complex Problems.
www.amazon.com
October 26, 2025 at 5:53 AM
This is a must buy. I've been reading the material @lethain.com has shared leading up to this and it's been enormously helpful in refining my own thinking about engineering strategy.
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When you ask ChatGPT a question, you're in control of the information you're sharing, EFF’s Lena Cohen told @USAToday.com, but “when you're using the Atlas browser for day-to-day tasks, it's easier to forget that all of your activity could be sent to OpenAI."
www.usatoday.com/story/tech/...
www.usatoday.com/story/tech/...
OpenAI launches ChatGPT-powered web browser. What to know before downloading.
ChatGPT Atlas is a free internet browser that can regurgitate browser history, provide writing help and complete basic ordered tasks.
www.usatoday.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:27 AM
When you ask ChatGPT a question, you're in control of the information you're sharing, EFF’s Lena Cohen told @USAToday.com, but “when you're using the Atlas browser for day-to-day tasks, it's easier to forget that all of your activity could be sent to OpenAI."
www.usatoday.com/story/tech/...
www.usatoday.com/story/tech/...
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We're so screwed.
Some doctoral programmes in the US are admitting no students at all amid uncertainty about federal science funding
go.nature.com/4o63boK
go.nature.com/4o63boK
US PhD admissions shrink as fears over Trump’s cuts take hold
Some doctoral programmes are admitting no students at all amid uncertainty about federal science funding.
go.nature.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:27 AM
We're so screwed.
Still wondering why my brain decided waking up yesterday with the names of all four members of the classic line up of Mötley Crüe as its first conscious thought was actually worth the energy.
October 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Still wondering why my brain decided waking up yesterday with the names of all four members of the classic line up of Mötley Crüe as its first conscious thought was actually worth the energy.
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Claude Skills are awesome, maybe a bigger deal than MCP
simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/16/...
simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/16/...
Claude Skills are awesome, maybe a bigger deal than MCP
Anthropic this morning introduced Claude Skills, a new pattern for making new abilities available to their models: Claude can now use Skills to improve how it performs specific tasks. Skills …
simonwillison.net
October 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Claude Skills are awesome, maybe a bigger deal than MCP
simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/16/...
simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/16/...
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The best introduction to a new musical artist is via Tiny Desk.
October 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The best introduction to a new musical artist is via Tiny Desk.
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"I voluntarily gave up my rank as the president suggested...I have no regrets about my decision. I have given up the service I loved for the freedom to do the right thing, the freedom to speak my mind and the freedom to speak in defense of our country."
wapo.st/4ofqqfy
wapo.st/4ofqqfy
Opinion | I resigned from the military because of Trump
I could not swear to follow a commander in chief who seems so willing to disregard the Constitution.
wapo.st
October 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"I voluntarily gave up my rank as the president suggested...I have no regrets about my decision. I have given up the service I loved for the freedom to do the right thing, the freedom to speak my mind and the freedom to speak in defense of our country."
wapo.st/4ofqqfy
wapo.st/4ofqqfy
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You want to think that these ideas are dying out and yet…
POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 14, 2025 at 11:53 PM
You want to think that these ideas are dying out and yet…
This is very worthwhile if your schedule allows!
In a week! Still some seats on flash sale. Join us?
See 👇 sample sections.
See 👇 sample sections.
In two weeks:
System Design and Software Architecture Workshop:
Oct 20-22 and Oct 27-Oct 29, 2025 at 11 am - 3:30 pm Eastern Time (live remote)
Info/enroll: ti.to/bredemeyer/s...
Sample sections (think FREE pdf ebook):
www.ruthmalan.com/Bredemeyer/2...
System Design and Software Architecture Workshop:
Oct 20-22 and Oct 27-Oct 29, 2025 at 11 am - 3:30 pm Eastern Time (live remote)
Info/enroll: ti.to/bredemeyer/s...
Sample sections (think FREE pdf ebook):
www.ruthmalan.com/Bredemeyer/2...
October 13, 2025 at 3:29 AM
This is very worthwhile if your schedule allows!
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I don't think this is "the most solid indicator." We can do better than studies with 16 participants who were directly told the study was about AI speedup
I wrote about this study & why I don't think it's particularly strong evidence for this effect:
www.fightforthehuman.com/are-develope...
I wrote about this study & why I don't think it's particularly strong evidence for this effect:
www.fightforthehuman.com/are-develope...
October 12, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I don't think this is "the most solid indicator." We can do better than studies with 16 participants who were directly told the study was about AI speedup
I wrote about this study & why I don't think it's particularly strong evidence for this effect:
www.fightforthehuman.com/are-develope...
I wrote about this study & why I don't think it's particularly strong evidence for this effect:
www.fightforthehuman.com/are-develope...
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Would be a good time to shut down Dreamforce. If I have friends who are still speaking there, this is a good reason to cancel.
Marc Benioff went full Tom Cotton to @heatherknightsf.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Would be a good time to shut down Dreamforce. If I have friends who are still speaking there, this is a good reason to cancel.
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At the @rustfoundation.org we're hiring another Infrastructure Engineer to join my team. We'll work together to make #rustlang more scalable, sustainable and improve the developer experience of Rust contributors and Rust developers! 🌈
The Rust Foundation is hiring a Rust Infrastructure Engineer!
Help scale & secure the systems that power Rust & support its global community. 🌍
If you’re passionate about OSS & infrastructure, we’d love to hear from you.
Learn more and apply here by Oct 26: app.beapplied.com/apply/wus8sn...
Help scale & secure the systems that power Rust & support its global community. 🌍
If you’re passionate about OSS & infrastructure, we’d love to hear from you.
Learn more and apply here by Oct 26: app.beapplied.com/apply/wus8sn...
October 8, 2025 at 9:38 AM
At the @rustfoundation.org we're hiring another Infrastructure Engineer to join my team. We'll work together to make #rustlang more scalable, sustainable and improve the developer experience of Rust contributors and Rust developers! 🌈
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Qualcomm is acquiring Arduino, and they're launching a new SBC (Uno Q) combining a Dragonwing SoC with an Arduino microcontroller in the Uno form factor. What implications does this have for makers and education? Quick video covering the news: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfKX...
Qualcomm just bought Arduino, and they're making a tiny computer
YouTube video by Jeff Geerling
www.youtube.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Qualcomm is acquiring Arduino, and they're launching a new SBC (Uno Q) combining a Dragonwing SoC with an Arduino microcontroller in the Uno form factor. What implications does this have for makers and education? Quick video covering the news: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfKX...
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“Every model makes a choice about what is important, what categories we classify things in, what we see, what’s invisible, what’s valued, or even what’s valid.“
— @rebeccawb.bsky.social and @mathiasverraes.bsky.social
from the paper we’re discussing on Monday, Oct 6 👇
— @rebeccawb.bsky.social and @mathiasverraes.bsky.social
from the paper we’re discussing on Monday, Oct 6 👇
Next in the #PapersInSystems Discussion Series:
Critically Engaging with Models, by @rebeccawb.bsky.social
and @mathiasverraes.bsky.social
When: October 6th, 2025, 1–2pm Eastern Time (US/Canada)
Paper: wirfs-brock.com/rebecca/blog...
More info/Sign-up: ti.to/bredemeyer/p...
Critically Engaging with Models, by @rebeccawb.bsky.social
and @mathiasverraes.bsky.social
When: October 6th, 2025, 1–2pm Eastern Time (US/Canada)
Paper: wirfs-brock.com/rebecca/blog...
More info/Sign-up: ti.to/bredemeyer/p...
Rebecca’s Web – Critically Engaging With Models
Rebecca Wirfs-Brock On the Web
wirfs-brock.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
“Every model makes a choice about what is important, what categories we classify things in, what we see, what’s invisible, what’s valued, or even what’s valid.“
— @rebeccawb.bsky.social and @mathiasverraes.bsky.social
from the paper we’re discussing on Monday, Oct 6 👇
— @rebeccawb.bsky.social and @mathiasverraes.bsky.social
from the paper we’re discussing on Monday, Oct 6 👇
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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The dictators are becoming less benevolent by the day. We are in crisis.
mkay folks, newsletter is away; something i have been thinking about how to articulate for a while, and current events have given me the opportunity:
buttondown.com/dorian/archi...
buttondown.com/dorian/archi...
Supply Chain Risks in Late 2025
What do you do when a piece of your stack goes bad?
buttondown.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The dictators are becoming less benevolent by the day. We are in crisis.
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"Complex systems have a history. Not only do they evolve through time, but their past is co-responsible for their present behaviour. Any analysis of a complex system that ignores the dimension of time is incomplete"
- Paul Cilliers, Complexity and Postmodernism: Understanding Complex Systems
- Paul Cilliers, Complexity and Postmodernism: Understanding Complex Systems
October 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"Complex systems have a history. Not only do they evolve through time, but their past is co-responsible for their present behaviour. Any analysis of a complex system that ignores the dimension of time is incomplete"
- Paul Cilliers, Complexity and Postmodernism: Understanding Complex Systems
- Paul Cilliers, Complexity and Postmodernism: Understanding Complex Systems
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Deno is hiring a systems engineer!
www.notion.so/denolandinc/...
www.notion.so/denolandinc/...
Software Engineer, Infrastructure | Notion
Deno is hiring a systems engineer!
www.notion.so
October 1, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Deno is hiring a systems engineer!
www.notion.so/denolandinc/...
www.notion.so/denolandinc/...
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Jesus Houdini Christ, this is great.
September 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Jesus Houdini Christ, this is great.
I'm more and more convinced that LLM coding assistants are the ultimate yak shaving enabler. I can't even remember the task I originally started out thinking I'd work on tonight, but at least I made some progress on a completely unrelated task that seemed important at the time.
September 25, 2025 at 7:14 AM
I'm more and more convinced that LLM coding assistants are the ultimate yak shaving enabler. I can't even remember the task I originally started out thinking I'd work on tonight, but at least I made some progress on a completely unrelated task that seemed important at the time.
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Health insurance costs are about to rise by a record amount.
This is happening after the seven largest publicly traded health insurance companies reported a combined $71 BILLION in profits in 2024.
Instead of addressing this, Trump is spreading misinformation about Tylenol.
This is happening after the seven largest publicly traded health insurance companies reported a combined $71 BILLION in profits in 2024.
Instead of addressing this, Trump is spreading misinformation about Tylenol.
September 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Health insurance costs are about to rise by a record amount.
This is happening after the seven largest publicly traded health insurance companies reported a combined $71 BILLION in profits in 2024.
Instead of addressing this, Trump is spreading misinformation about Tylenol.
This is happening after the seven largest publicly traded health insurance companies reported a combined $71 BILLION in profits in 2024.
Instead of addressing this, Trump is spreading misinformation about Tylenol.
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Yeah man the cause of autism is *closing my eyes and throwing a dart at a board*
I dunno, Tylenol or some shit.
I dunno, Tylenol or some shit.
September 23, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Yeah man the cause of autism is *closing my eyes and throwing a dart at a board*
I dunno, Tylenol or some shit.
I dunno, Tylenol or some shit.
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Eliana is a backend developer interested in data systems, looking for work based in NYC. She's a Recurse Center alumnus and has been an active member of NYC Systems and the Software Internals book club.
She's smart and thoughtful. Talk to Eliana.
RT for reach.
www.linkedin.com/in/eliana-ab...
She's smart and thoughtful. Talk to Eliana.
RT for reach.
www.linkedin.com/in/eliana-ab...
September 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Eliana is a backend developer interested in data systems, looking for work based in NYC. She's a Recurse Center alumnus and has been an active member of NYC Systems and the Software Internals book club.
She's smart and thoughtful. Talk to Eliana.
RT for reach.
www.linkedin.com/in/eliana-ab...
She's smart and thoughtful. Talk to Eliana.
RT for reach.
www.linkedin.com/in/eliana-ab...