tripsnek
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Software architect. Primarily Node/Angular/TypeScript. AI R&D since 2005.
Things I like: Static typing, genetic algorithms, Rick Steves, liberal democracy
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Software architect. Primarily Node/Angular/TypeScript. AI R&D since 2005.
Things I like: Static typing, genetic algorithms, Rick Steves, liberal democracy
📍Atlanta
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tripsnek
@tripsnek.com
· Sep 2
This weekend I released something I've wanted to open source for a while - a lightweight port of EMF (Eclipse Modeling Framework) for TypeScript. It lets you do model-driven dev in TypeScript, and even has its own VS Code extension (TMF Ecore Editor).
github.com/tripsnek/tmf
npm i @tripsnek/tmf
github.com/tripsnek/tmf
npm i @tripsnek/tmf
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Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.
December 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.
Pretty darn good for a family that has never once produced a single thing of value.
💰Trump’s wealth increased by about $2.5B since his reelection, to $6.9B
💰 Eric’s increased 10x, to $400M.
💰 Don Jr.’s 6x, to $300M.
💰 Barron, a college sophomore, is worth $150M.
💰 Eric’s increased 10x, to $400M.
💰 Don Jr.’s 6x, to $300M.
💰 Barron, a college sophomore, is worth $150M.
His policies are picking winners and losers — and blurring the lines between business and government. n.pr/48P2QSb
December 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Pretty darn good for a family that has never once produced a single thing of value.
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They say imitation crab is the sincerest form of crab
December 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
They say imitation crab is the sincerest form of crab
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Not many days left for the AJC print edition and I was lucky enough to get a spot on A1 today www.ajc.com/politics/202...
December 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Not many days left for the AJC print edition and I was lucky enough to get a spot on A1 today www.ajc.com/politics/202...
"And, sometimes, sure, a second strike might be required to finish the job, because you just don't know if the deer with the glowing nose is signaling to other bad santas to continue the mission"
Trump: We track Santa. We want to make sure that Santa is being good. We want to make sure that he's not infiltrated, that we're not infiltrating into our country a bad Santa. Santa loves Oklahoma like I do. You know, Oklahoma was very good to me in the election
December 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
"And, sometimes, sure, a second strike might be required to finish the job, because you just don't know if the deer with the glowing nose is signaling to other bad santas to continue the mission"
The ability to casually refer to really any week of Trump's second term as a "slow news week" really tells you everything you need to know about how Bari Weiss views the world.
Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
December 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The ability to casually refer to really any week of Trump's second term as a "slow news week" really tells you everything you need to know about how Bari Weiss views the world.
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This is totally underreported. Trump is not just going after "illegals." He's going after people who were here legally, by changing their status.
These are people who entered the US the right way, and never broke a law. Now they are subject to Trump's whim, his ICE goons, and inhuman detention.
These are people who entered the US the right way, and never broke a law. Now they are subject to Trump's whim, his ICE goons, and inhuman detention.
Trump has revoked legal status for at least 1.6 million immigrants over the past year by cancelling programs like TPS and student visas.
Remember: these are people who entered the country legally.
Trump never cared about “legal immigration" — just inflicting cruelty.
Remember: these are people who entered the country legally.
Trump never cared about “legal immigration" — just inflicting cruelty.
December 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This is totally underreported. Trump is not just going after "illegals." He's going after people who were here legally, by changing their status.
These are people who entered the US the right way, and never broke a law. Now they are subject to Trump's whim, his ICE goons, and inhuman detention.
These are people who entered the US the right way, and never broke a law. Now they are subject to Trump's whim, his ICE goons, and inhuman detention.
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It’s interesting that the administration wants you to know that Bari Weiss is in league with them.
December 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It’s interesting that the administration wants you to know that Bari Weiss is in league with them.
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if bari weiss had tried to do 9/11 there'd be three towers now
December 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
if bari weiss had tried to do 9/11 there'd be three towers now
Honestly finding that immersion in Bluesky's intense hostility to LLMs is helpful to designing actually useful software around them.
Defaulting to skepticism strips away all sorts of "maybe this will work" time sinks - focus on the basic NLP magic while others try to make these stupid things think.
Defaulting to skepticism strips away all sorts of "maybe this will work" time sinks - focus on the basic NLP magic while others try to make these stupid things think.
December 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Honestly finding that immersion in Bluesky's intense hostility to LLMs is helpful to designing actually useful software around them.
Defaulting to skepticism strips away all sorts of "maybe this will work" time sinks - focus on the basic NLP magic while others try to make these stupid things think.
Defaulting to skepticism strips away all sorts of "maybe this will work" time sinks - focus on the basic NLP magic while others try to make these stupid things think.
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We continue to stand in solidarity with Denmark and Greenland.
Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark. Any changes to that status are for Greenlanders and Danes alone to decide. (1/2)
Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark. Any changes to that status are for Greenlanders and Danes alone to decide. (1/2)
December 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
We continue to stand in solidarity with Denmark and Greenland.
Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark. Any changes to that status are for Greenlanders and Danes alone to decide. (1/2)
Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark. Any changes to that status are for Greenlanders and Danes alone to decide. (1/2)
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while i can tolerate Dispatch writers, this is why the Bulwark is anyday preferable to the Dispatch: to see what is in front of your eyes is a constant struggle, and Jonah doesn't seem capable of it
December 22, 2025 at 3:17 AM
while i can tolerate Dispatch writers, this is why the Bulwark is anyday preferable to the Dispatch: to see what is in front of your eyes is a constant struggle, and Jonah doesn't seem capable of it
Even in a prepared question, she doesn't understand the idiom she is trying to use - "spirit" and "intent" are the same thing, so Massie has to reinterpret it as "letter" since that would have been the non-gibberish version.
BRENNAN: This isn't everything you asked for just yet, but would you acknowledge that they are complying with the spirit if not the intent of your law?
MASSIE: No. They're flouting the spirit and the letter of the law. It's very troubling the posture that they've taken.
MASSIE: No. They're flouting the spirit and the letter of the law. It's very troubling the posture that they've taken.
December 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Even in a prepared question, she doesn't understand the idiom she is trying to use - "spirit" and "intent" are the same thing, so Massie has to reinterpret it as "letter" since that would have been the non-gibberish version.
Serious Question: Is it reasonable to expect there is a growing set of civil servants just waiting to be called to give matter-of-fact, horrifying testimony?
Because we got a good bit of that from J6 and they seem to be *way* more reckless these days.
Because we got a good bit of that from J6 and they seem to be *way* more reckless these days.
December 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Serious Question: Is it reasonable to expect there is a growing set of civil servants just waiting to be called to give matter-of-fact, horrifying testimony?
Because we got a good bit of that from J6 and they seem to be *way* more reckless these days.
Because we got a good bit of that from J6 and they seem to be *way* more reckless these days.
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The contrast between ordinary citizens courageously confronting Trumpist bullying, and billionaires and CEOs obsequiously bending the knee– this spectacle in its clear simplicity provides a lesson we should not forget.
December 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The contrast between ordinary citizens courageously confronting Trumpist bullying, and billionaires and CEOs obsequiously bending the knee– this spectacle in its clear simplicity provides a lesson we should not forget.
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bari weiss going to see the epstein files and ask bill clinton to do a town hall about what love means to him
December 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
bari weiss going to see the epstein files and ask bill clinton to do a town hall about what love means to him
If you were trying to make sure this issue never went away, what would you do differently?
December 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM
If you were trying to make sure this issue never went away, what would you do differently?
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Pam, darling, you missed a spot.
December 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Pam, darling, you missed a spot.
If the rule is they can only add and not remove anything, to really make it Trump's they need to put quotation marks around an arbitrary word like "Center"
December 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
If the rule is they can only add and not remove anything, to really make it Trump's they need to put quotation marks around an arbitrary word like "Center"
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For no particular reason...
Reminding everyone for no particular reason that Section 230 is one of the last things standing between free speech online and Trump having control over everything you see and say on the internet
December 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
For no particular reason...
There are legitimate pro-social uses of generative AI.
Ken Paxton has launched a snitch line to gather reports of supposed violations of Texas' transphobic bathroom policing law. Please do not abuse this snitch line. Please do not fill it with faff and nonsense. Please do not attach huge, unwieldy and irrelevant documentation to any reports.
Texas Women’s Privacy Act Complaint Form (SB 8) | Office of the Attorney General
The Texas Women’s Privacy Act requires a political subdivision or state agency, including public schools, open enrollment charter schools, and state institutions of higher education, to designate each...
www.texasattorneygeneral.gov
December 18, 2025 at 6:19 AM
There are legitimate pro-social uses of generative AI.
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A story that should shock our collective conscience: After Trump Cuts to Kenya Food Aid, Children Died of Starvation
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
A story that should shock our collective conscience: After Trump Cuts to Kenya Food Aid, Children Died of Starvation
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this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
December 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
At least once a week he says something that - if he were a D - would be a thermonuclear news story. It would consume the news cycle through impeachment and conviction, become the primary event by which their presidency was known, and a full paragraph in their obituary.
If the New York Times was waiting for a news hook to write a long-overdue story about how Trump is mentally unfit to be president, Trump has provided one today with his post saying Rob Reiner got murdered because he was mean to Trump.
Write it, NYT. End the normalization. @nytimes.com
Write it, NYT. End the normalization. @nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
At least once a week he says something that - if he were a D - would be a thermonuclear news story. It would consume the news cycle through impeachment and conviction, become the primary event by which their presidency was known, and a full paragraph in their obituary.