Dave Mackey
@davidshq.bsky.social
Software Engineer with a passion for Search / Information Retrieval. Based out of the Augusta, GA / CSRA area. Neurodivergent. Working on building up the local tech community; also on a web search engine...slowly.
Proud of the Python Software Foundation for withdrawing its proposal for grant funding from the Nation Sciences Foundation due to onerous anti-DEI requirements:
pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
#dei #nsf #psf #python
pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
#dei #nsf #psf #python
The PSF has withdrawn a $1.5 million proposal to US government grant program
pyfound.blogspot.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Proud of the Python Software Foundation for withdrawing its proposal for grant funding from the Nation Sciences Foundation due to onerous anti-DEI requirements:
pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
#dei #nsf #psf #python
pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
#dei #nsf #psf #python
thought experiment: AI hits a major roadblock and becomes impractical for the majority of use cases.
- How does industry pivot?
- How do companies differentiate themselves from the competition?
I know this seems far out but (see comments)...
#AI #FutureOfWork #Innovation #BusinessStrategy
- How does industry pivot?
- How do companies differentiate themselves from the competition?
I know this seems far out but (see comments)...
#AI #FutureOfWork #Innovation #BusinessStrategy
October 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
thought experiment: AI hits a major roadblock and becomes impractical for the majority of use cases.
- How does industry pivot?
- How do companies differentiate themselves from the competition?
I know this seems far out but (see comments)...
#AI #FutureOfWork #Innovation #BusinessStrategy
- How does industry pivot?
- How do companies differentiate themselves from the competition?
I know this seems far out but (see comments)...
#AI #FutureOfWork #Innovation #BusinessStrategy
Found this article quite interesting: news.ucsc.edu/2025…
https://news.ucsc.edu/2025…
September 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Found this article quite interesting: news.ucsc.edu/2025…
At an upcoming conference I'll be giving a lightning talk to entrepreneurial ecosystem builders on how leadership in companies can work effectively with their technical team.
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#conference #question #communication #collaboration #tech
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#conference #question #communication #collaboration #tech
August 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
At an upcoming conference I'll be giving a lightning talk to entrepreneurial ecosystem builders on how leadership in companies can work effectively with their technical team.
1/3
#conference #question #communication #collaboration #tech
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#conference #question #communication #collaboration #tech
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We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
July 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
1/6: I've been using #ClickUp for a few months now...and like every other #productivity tool I've used over the last number of years it has its pros and cons.
It's got a lot of features but sometimes pretty basic features don't "just work" - and that makes me unhappy. 🙁
#tasks
It's got a lot of features but sometimes pretty basic features don't "just work" - and that makes me unhappy. 🙁
#tasks
July 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
1/6: I've been using #ClickUp for a few months now...and like every other #productivity tool I've used over the last number of years it has its pros and cons.
It's got a lot of features but sometimes pretty basic features don't "just work" - and that makes me unhappy. 🙁
#tasks
It's got a lot of features but sometimes pretty basic features don't "just work" - and that makes me unhappy. 🙁
#tasks
1/3 @discord.com the new defaulting to limited time for status is super annoying. I usually want to default as offline and defaulting to a limited time period is driving me crazy.
The UI experience assumes one wants a limited time and unless one checks carefully one often
#discord
The UI experience assumes one wants a limited time and unless one checks carefully one often
#discord
June 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
1/3 @discord.com the new defaulting to limited time for status is super annoying. I usually want to default as offline and defaulting to a limited time period is driving me crazy.
The UI experience assumes one wants a limited time and unless one checks carefully one often
#discord
The UI experience assumes one wants a limited time and unless one checks carefully one often
#discord
The projects functionality in #chatgpt shows promise but lacks some basic functionality - e.g. sorting, reordering, nesting.
Is anyone aware of code out there to manage / override the projects UI?
I've some basic #vibecoding but haven't had great success.
#ai #llm #question #code #projects
Is anyone aware of code out there to manage / override the projects UI?
I've some basic #vibecoding but haven't had great success.
#ai #llm #question #code #projects
June 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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when it comes to #psychology and #mentalhealth I've read a decent number of #books on the topic.
I think the best I've read are:
- David D. Burns' Feeling Good ( #CBT generally including #anxiety, #depression)
when it comes to #psychology and #mentalhealth I've read a decent number of #books on the topic.
I think the best I've read are:
- David D. Burns' Feeling Good ( #CBT generally including #anxiety, #depression)
June 16, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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when it comes to #psychology and #mentalhealth I've read a decent number of #books on the topic.
I think the best I've read are:
- David D. Burns' Feeling Good ( #CBT generally including #anxiety, #depression)
when it comes to #psychology and #mentalhealth I've read a decent number of #books on the topic.
I think the best I've read are:
- David D. Burns' Feeling Good ( #CBT generally including #anxiety, #depression)
Reposted by Dave Mackey
Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
June 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
So over two weeks ago #OpenAI was ordered to retain all conversation logs from all users - including API users. 🤯
This is mind-blowing - I can't imagine most corporations are able to use OpenAI at all until this order is rescinded?!
This is mind-blowing - I can't imagine most corporations are able to use OpenAI at all until this order is rescinded?!
June 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
So over two weeks ago #OpenAI was ordered to retain all conversation logs from all users - including API users. 🤯
This is mind-blowing - I can't imagine most corporations are able to use OpenAI at all until this order is rescinded?!
This is mind-blowing - I can't imagine most corporations are able to use OpenAI at all until this order is rescinded?!
Reposted by Dave Mackey
New benchmark just dropped: SnitchBench by Theo Browne tests if LLMs will snitch on you to the authorities if you feed them incriminating documents and a tool that lets them send email, as seen in the Claude 4 System Card
Turns out they pretty much all will! simonwillison.net/2025/May/31/...
Turns out they pretty much all will! simonwillison.net/2025/May/31/...
How often do LLMs snitch? Recreating Theo’s SnitchBench with LLM
A fun new benchmark just dropped! Inspired by the Claude 4 system card—which showed that Claude 4 might just rat you out to the authorities if you told it to …
simonwillison.net
May 31, 2025 at 10:09 PM
New benchmark just dropped: SnitchBench by Theo Browne tests if LLMs will snitch on you to the authorities if you feed them incriminating documents and a tool that lets them send email, as seen in the Claude 4 System Card
Turns out they pretty much all will! simonwillison.net/2025/May/31/...
Turns out they pretty much all will! simonwillison.net/2025/May/31/...
1/4 "In Boston, between 1709 and 1713, townspeople protested vigorously and then took extralegal action when Andrew Belcher, a wealthy merchant, refused to stop exporting grain during a bread shortage in the city...he chose to export grain to the Caribbean, at a handsome profit, rather
#history
#history
May 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
1/4 "In Boston, between 1709 and 1713, townspeople protested vigorously and then took extralegal action when Andrew Belcher, a wealthy merchant, refused to stop exporting grain during a bread shortage in the city...he chose to export grain to the Caribbean, at a handsome profit, rather
#history
#history
fascinating #podcast from #StarTalk (Neil deGrasse Tyson) on the gut-brain connection and our #microbiome. #health startalkmedia.com/show/the-gut...
The Gut-Brain Connection with Emeran Mayer - StarTalk Special Edition
Is your gut controlling your brain? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Gary O’Reilly, & Chuck Nice dive into the gut-brain connection w/ Emeran Mayer.
startalkmedia.com
May 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
fascinating #podcast from #StarTalk (Neil deGrasse Tyson) on the gut-brain connection and our #microbiome. #health startalkmedia.com/show/the-gut...
"I rejoice greatly that I find there is patience in my soul for quite a long time yet, that I desire no earthly possessions, and need nothing but books, the possibility of writing, and of being daily for a few hours alone."
- Fyodor Dostoevsky, letter to N. D. Fonvisin, March 1854.
#books #quotes
- Fyodor Dostoevsky, letter to N. D. Fonvisin, March 1854.
#books #quotes
May 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
1/3 I'm reading The Lost Princess by #GeorgeMacDonald and in one paragraph he starts off by saying that there is a fire made of fir-wood and by the end of the paragraph refers to it as a peat fire.
May 3, 2025 at 1:49 AM
1/3 I'm reading The Lost Princess by #GeorgeMacDonald and in one paragraph he starts off by saying that there is a fire made of fir-wood and by the end of the paragraph refers to it as a peat fire.
Reposted by Dave Mackey
This also destroy the research and innovation engine that powers our economy, health, national security, national competitiveness, well-being, and overall future. A dangerous and shameful act.
Nature reports that the National Science Foundation has stopped awarding new grants and allotting funds to existing ones. All of them. @colincarlson.bsky.social says that unless the freeze is lifted, it “is going to destroy people's labs.” 2/10
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.
www.nature.com
May 2, 2025 at 12:56 AM
This also destroy the research and innovation engine that powers our economy, health, national security, national competitiveness, well-being, and overall future. A dangerous and shameful act.
"We got hit with the new #tariffs for the first time this week. After importing $167k of inventory, we paid an additional $255k tariff. Yikes! That's literally more than our CEO got paid last year..." - Wyze Email (4/30/25)
April 30, 2025 at 10:09 PM
"We got hit with the new #tariffs for the first time this week. After importing $167k of inventory, we paid an additional $255k tariff. Yikes! That's literally more than our CEO got paid last year..." - Wyze Email (4/30/25)
I participated in a Stacks #crypto test a few years back and was granted a small amount of #STX for my participation. It's not much, but I was keeping it at #Okcoin.
Recently I received an email informing me that Okcoin was rebranding as #Okx and what is odd is that I have to withdraw
Recently I received an email informing me that Okcoin was rebranding as #Okx and what is odd is that I have to withdraw
April 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
thoughts on being #neurodivergent and/or #chronicallyill and attending a #conference. I love conferences but they also have a high cost for me: dev.to/davidshq/dif...
Difficulties of Being Neurodivergent (and/or Chronically Ill) at a Conference
[Thanks to Sarah Matta for the photo which is of me as I begin a Lightning Talk at Haystack. See...
dev.to
April 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
thoughts on being #neurodivergent and/or #chronicallyill and attending a #conference. I love conferences but they also have a high cost for me: dev.to/davidshq/dif...
"While I am responsible for changing what I can, I have to let go of the rest if I want peace of mind. Just for today I will love myself enough to give up a struggle over something that is out of my hands." - Courage to Change (Al-Anon), pg. 129
#serenity #boundaries #mentalhealth
#serenity #boundaries #mentalhealth
April 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
"While I am responsible for changing what I can, I have to let go of the rest if I want peace of mind. Just for today I will love myself enough to give up a struggle over something that is out of my hands." - Courage to Change (Al-Anon), pg. 129
#serenity #boundaries #mentalhealth
#serenity #boundaries #mentalhealth
I find it slightly annoying that the #Discord version on Linux is 0.0.xx and has been for-ev-er. 😆 You aren't following any of the versioning schemes I know! 😂
April 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I find it slightly annoying that the #Discord version on Linux is 0.0.xx and has been for-ev-er. 😆 You aren't following any of the versioning schemes I know! 😂
Reposted by Dave Mackey
Under pressure from DOGE, nearly all the staff of the Defense Digital Service — the Pentagon’s fast-track tech development arm — are resigning over the coming month. The resignations will effectively shut down the decade-old program after the end of April.
Pentagon’s ‘SWAT team of nerds’ resigns en masse
Employees of a defense tech unit say they were sidelined by DOGE. “Either we die quickly or we die slowly,” says the director.
www.politico.com
April 16, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Under pressure from DOGE, nearly all the staff of the Defense Digital Service — the Pentagon’s fast-track tech development arm — are resigning over the coming month. The resignations will effectively shut down the decade-old program after the end of April.
Reposted by Dave Mackey
"Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in. The attempts were 'near real-time'...
"Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..."
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
"Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..."
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in. The attempts were 'near real-time'...
"Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..."
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
"Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..."
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...