André Thénot
@andre.thenot.org
Engineering Management, SRE, Chaos Taming, UX, Process Ergonomics.
Ex-founder, ex-Cisco, ex-Five9. Bi+
Atlanta - 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏳️🌈
Ex-founder, ex-Cisco, ex-Five9. Bi+
Atlanta - 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏳️🌈
Irony: SEOs enshittified the open web for the past two decades and are now crying about being displaced by AI and zero-click results.
September 2, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Irony: SEOs enshittified the open web for the past two decades and are now crying about being displaced by AI and zero-click results.
AI feels magical in that it makes easy tasks that were completely out of reach because their skill isn't in our wheelhouse.
On the flip side, that breeds disdain for the real experts because we get 80% of the result with zero effort.
As the saying goes, the last 20% takes the remaining 80%
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On the flip side, that breeds disdain for the real experts because we get 80% of the result with zero effort.
As the saying goes, the last 20% takes the remaining 80%
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July 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
AI feels magical in that it makes easy tasks that were completely out of reach because their skill isn't in our wheelhouse.
On the flip side, that breeds disdain for the real experts because we get 80% of the result with zero effort.
As the saying goes, the last 20% takes the remaining 80%
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On the flip side, that breeds disdain for the real experts because we get 80% of the result with zero effort.
As the saying goes, the last 20% takes the remaining 80%
(1/2)
Adversarial AI: using it like a Devil's Advocate to poke holes in my own logic. Since I liken AI to the "wisdom of the crowds", this mode of usage helps catch when I miss something that's totally obvious to everyone else.
July 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Adversarial AI: using it like a Devil's Advocate to poke holes in my own logic. Since I liken AI to the "wisdom of the crowds", this mode of usage helps catch when I miss something that's totally obvious to everyone else.
I'm still discovering new areas where I can trust AI-generated code; getting a good amount of success when I give a very specific task with little room for interpretation.
June 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I'm still discovering new areas where I can trust AI-generated code; getting a good amount of success when I give a very specific task with little room for interpretation.
AI already has some really practical benefits in areas that are massive pattern matching exercises.
At the same time, "AI-free" will become a selling point in certain areas. This has already occurred in commissioned art work but will surely extend to other domains.
At the same time, "AI-free" will become a selling point in certain areas. This has already occurred in commissioned art work but will surely extend to other domains.
June 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
AI already has some really practical benefits in areas that are massive pattern matching exercises.
At the same time, "AI-free" will become a selling point in certain areas. This has already occurred in commissioned art work but will surely extend to other domains.
At the same time, "AI-free" will become a selling point in certain areas. This has already occurred in commissioned art work but will surely extend to other domains.
When building products that tell a story, interface simplicity is key, to not overwhelm the user.
But power-tools benefit from high information density, to display more nuance onscreen. That begs the question: what's the signal to noise ratio on our day-to-day display? Usually poor. 😢
But power-tools benefit from high information density, to display more nuance onscreen. That begs the question: what's the signal to noise ratio on our day-to-day display? Usually poor. 😢
June 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
When building products that tell a story, interface simplicity is key, to not overwhelm the user.
But power-tools benefit from high information density, to display more nuance onscreen. That begs the question: what's the signal to noise ratio on our day-to-day display? Usually poor. 😢
But power-tools benefit from high information density, to display more nuance onscreen. That begs the question: what's the signal to noise ratio on our day-to-day display? Usually poor. 😢
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I'm trying to visualize the journey from LLM to agents and beyond. Does this match people's journey of learning ? Or is it more the industry talk of people experimenting ? Anyhow, would love to hear your feedback ! #aiengineer
February 6, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I'm trying to visualize the journey from LLM to agents and beyond. Does this match people's journey of learning ? Or is it more the industry talk of people experimenting ? Anyhow, would love to hear your feedback ! #aiengineer
Make humans do what humans are good at, and make machines do what machines are good at.
Machines are good at automation and systematizing. AI blurs the lines because it can automate a whole different class of problems, and more complexity = less predictability.
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Machines are good at automation and systematizing. AI blurs the lines because it can automate a whole different class of problems, and more complexity = less predictability.
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June 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Make humans do what humans are good at, and make machines do what machines are good at.
Machines are good at automation and systematizing. AI blurs the lines because it can automate a whole different class of problems, and more complexity = less predictability.
(1/3)
Machines are good at automation and systematizing. AI blurs the lines because it can automate a whole different class of problems, and more complexity = less predictability.
(1/3)
Hello Word! First post here even though I had this account for over a year. I don't expect this account to be super interesting, just writing about things I'm playing with—currently AI.
June 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Hello Word! First post here even though I had this account for over a year. I don't expect this account to be super interesting, just writing about things I'm playing with—currently AI.