YesWayJose
@yeswayjose.bsky.social
I’m a father, husband and engineer living in Seattle. I write software for AWS.
https://josevillalta.github.io/
https://josevillalta.github.io/
Excellent article about the limitations of AI
This piece from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social starts with a bang and just gets better and better. Gift link.
Opinion | The Tech Fantasy That Powers A.I. Is Running on Fumes (Gift Article)
A.I. is just what we need in the post-fact era: less research and more predicting what we want to hear.
www.nytimes.com
March 30, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Excellent article about the limitations of AI
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The culture of a high performing SRE team is antithetical to fascism.
"Who can we blame!" vs "Blameless post-mortems"
"What code did you write today!" vs "OK maybe lets write less code. Delete some even."
"Supreme Leader is always right!" vs "Facts and data are immune to your title and level."
"Who can we blame!" vs "Blameless post-mortems"
"What code did you write today!" vs "OK maybe lets write less code. Delete some even."
"Supreme Leader is always right!" vs "Facts and data are immune to your title and level."
March 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The culture of a high performing SRE team is antithetical to fascism.
"Who can we blame!" vs "Blameless post-mortems"
"What code did you write today!" vs "OK maybe lets write less code. Delete some even."
"Supreme Leader is always right!" vs "Facts and data are immune to your title and level."
"Who can we blame!" vs "Blameless post-mortems"
"What code did you write today!" vs "OK maybe lets write less code. Delete some even."
"Supreme Leader is always right!" vs "Facts and data are immune to your title and level."
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If you can understand the difference in competence between "A five-star Airforce general with 20 years of service," and "Someone that used to work on Fox news and can't pass a security clearance or meet basic qualifications"
Then you understand the difference in competence between USDS and DOGE.
Then you understand the difference in competence between USDS and DOGE.
March 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
If you can understand the difference in competence between "A five-star Airforce general with 20 years of service," and "Someone that used to work on Fox news and can't pass a security clearance or meet basic qualifications"
Then you understand the difference in competence between USDS and DOGE.
Then you understand the difference in competence between USDS and DOGE.
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Americans are rediscovering: In a country that loves money this much, the real election is cast at the cash register. The dollar ballot is the only one that counts.
Billionaires are like gods powered by myth and belief. They only have power if you pray to them. And by pray, I mean pay to them.
Billionaires are like gods powered by myth and belief. They only have power if you pray to them. And by pray, I mean pay to them.
January 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Americans are rediscovering: In a country that loves money this much, the real election is cast at the cash register. The dollar ballot is the only one that counts.
Billionaires are like gods powered by myth and belief. They only have power if you pray to them. And by pray, I mean pay to them.
Billionaires are like gods powered by myth and belief. They only have power if you pray to them. And by pray, I mean pay to them.
New blog post: Learning Go
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Learning Go
I have been an official Go programmer for three years now. Unlike many people in my team, I remember the day Google announced go. I don’t remember if it was in Hacker News or /programming reddit, but ...
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August 27, 2024 at 4:33 PM
New blog post: Learning Go
josevillalta.github.io/posts/learni...
josevillalta.github.io/posts/learni...
Why reading whitepapers take your career to the next level read.highgrowthengineer.com/p/why-readin...
Why reading whitepapers takes your career to the next level (and how to do it)
Guest post by L6 Staff Engineer & Tech Lead at Google
read.highgrowthengineer.com
April 29, 2024 at 2:55 AM
Why reading whitepapers take your career to the next level read.highgrowthengineer.com/p/why-readin...
April 25, 2024 at 3:09 AM
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"I have ADHD so I just started doing random things." - Ryan García about how he defeated a world champion
April 21, 2024 at 5:14 AM
"I have ADHD so I just started doing random things." - Ryan García about how he defeated a world champion
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Boston, a city of 650,000 people, has had TWO homicides this year.
I look forward to the many Fox News segments asking "Have Massachusetts liberals solved crime?"
www.nbcboston.com/news/local/b...
I look forward to the many Fox News segments asking "Have Massachusetts liberals solved crime?"
www.nbcboston.com/news/local/b...
Boston homicides down 80% from this time last year, but more work to combat violence remains
Nearly three months into the new year, homicides in Boston are down. This time last year, there were 10 homicides in the city, including eight fatal shootings. There have been two homicides so far thi...
www.nbcboston.com
March 23, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Boston, a city of 650,000 people, has had TWO homicides this year.
I look forward to the many Fox News segments asking "Have Massachusetts liberals solved crime?"
www.nbcboston.com/news/local/b...
I look forward to the many Fox News segments asking "Have Massachusetts liberals solved crime?"
www.nbcboston.com/news/local/b...
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"The only color that matters is green." 🙄 (Not anything this guy said, just an excuse I hear all the time for why creating inclusively is somehow unnecessary. It's always been bullshit.)
black panther both printed money and was one of the most critically successful MCU movies, which is to say that the people who complain about diverse casts don’t do so because they are concerned with making a better product, they do so out of an aesthetic (and ideological) objection to diversity
March 23, 2024 at 11:12 PM
"The only color that matters is green." 🙄 (Not anything this guy said, just an excuse I hear all the time for why creating inclusively is somehow unnecessary. It's always been bullshit.)
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AI does what we teach it to do. Once you accept that, it becomes substantially easier to avoid doomsday scenarios.
The Tech Apocalypse Panic is Driven by AI Boosters, Military
There has been a tremendous amount of hand wringing and nervousness about how so-called artificial intelligence might end up destroying the world. The fretting has only gotten worse as a result of a
www.eff.org
March 20, 2024 at 3:17 PM
AI does what we teach it to do. Once you accept that, it becomes substantially easier to avoid doomsday scenarios.
Article: 40 years of programming. A look at lessons learned
liw.fi/40/
liw.fi/40/
40 years of programming
liw.fi
March 18, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Article: 40 years of programming. A look at lessons learned
liw.fi/40/
liw.fi/40/
Book Review: "My Heart is a Chainsaw" by Stephen Graham Jones
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My review of "My Heart Is a Chainsaw" by Stephen Graham Jones on Goodreads
My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is an excellent book. I gave it four instead of five stars be...
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March 18, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Book Review: "My Heart is a Chainsaw" by Stephen Graham Jones
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joseavillalta.blogspot.com/2024/03/my-r...
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"when you saw only one set of frogprints, it was then that i carried you"
just found this image. i dont have a funny caption for it i just think its a good image
March 17, 2024 at 2:34 PM
"when you saw only one set of frogprints, it was then that i carried you"
Blog post: 10 years in Seattle
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March 11, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Blog post: 10 years in Seattle
joseavillalta.blogspot.com/2024/03/ten-...
joseavillalta.blogspot.com/2024/03/ten-...
I've been at my current company more than 5 years and I have yet to get "per my last email" message
March 1, 2024 at 4:24 PM
I've been at my current company more than 5 years and I have yet to get "per my last email" message
Two days ago I uninstalled the App formerly known as Twitter and I forgot I did that. Not going back.
February 24, 2024 at 12:34 AM
Two days ago I uninstalled the App formerly known as Twitter and I forgot I did that. Not going back.
Haven't seen a good commercial yet.
February 12, 2024 at 12:40 AM
Haven't seen a good commercial yet.
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Taylor Swift boyfriend caught roughing up old man
February 12, 2024 at 12:33 AM
Taylor Swift boyfriend caught roughing up old man
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Ooooh. This is good.
holy shit: "Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid In the Omelas Hole," by Isabel J. Kim. (the title is the content warning)
clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_02_24/
clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_02_24/
Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasy
Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid In the Omelas Hole by Isabel J. Kim
clarkesworldmagazine.com
February 5, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Ooooh. This is good.