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.
- Legislation or court rulings that place heavier burdens of understandability, harm restriction, and copyright licensing that push up costs for AI companies.
- An AI bubble bursts.
#AI
- An AI bubble bursts.
#AI
October 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
- Legislation or court rulings that place heavier burdens of understandability, harm restriction, and copyright licensing that push up costs for AI companies.
- An AI bubble bursts.
#AI
- An AI bubble bursts.
#AI
- An inability to scale energy resources to meet AI demand resulting in skyrocketing prices making many tasks currently handed to AI too costly.
- Consumption of AI slop results in deterioration of AI, valuable authorship disappears due to decreased opportunities for monetization.
#AI
- Consumption of AI slop results in deterioration of AI, valuable authorship disappears due to decreased opportunities for monetization.
#AI
October 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
- An inability to scale energy resources to meet AI demand resulting in skyrocketing prices making many tasks currently handed to AI too costly.
- Consumption of AI slop results in deterioration of AI, valuable authorship disappears due to decreased opportunities for monetization.
#AI
- Consumption of AI slop results in deterioration of AI, valuable authorship disappears due to decreased opportunities for monetization.
#AI
While I don't expect AI to "stop", I think it's interesting to contemplate what would happen if something ground things to a halt...
For example:
- Successful weaponization of major AIs by rogue actors that causes massive and apparently uncontrollable damage.
#AI
For example:
- Successful weaponization of major AIs by rogue actors that causes massive and apparently uncontrollable damage.
#AI
October 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
While I don't expect AI to "stop", I think it's interesting to contemplate what would happen if something ground things to a halt...
For example:
- Successful weaponization of major AIs by rogue actors that causes massive and apparently uncontrollable damage.
#AI
For example:
- Successful weaponization of major AIs by rogue actors that causes massive and apparently uncontrollable damage.
#AI
Technologies which seemed unstoppable have ground to a halt before...
nuclear power (due to Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, etc.)
user behavior tracking (due to Cambridge Analytica and policies such as GDPR, CCPA)
financial industry (2008 financial crisis and resulting legislation)
#AI
nuclear power (due to Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, etc.)
user behavior tracking (due to Cambridge Analytica and policies such as GDPR, CCPA)
financial industry (2008 financial crisis and resulting legislation)
#AI
October 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Technologies which seemed unstoppable have ground to a halt before...
nuclear power (due to Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, etc.)
user behavior tracking (due to Cambridge Analytica and policies such as GDPR, CCPA)
financial industry (2008 financial crisis and resulting legislation)
#AI
nuclear power (due to Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, etc.)
user behavior tracking (due to Cambridge Analytica and policies such as GDPR, CCPA)
financial industry (2008 financial crisis and resulting legislation)
#AI
It's interesting from an AI perspective because it uses a camera essentially embedded in a bandage to send rapidly collected images of a wound (continued over time) to an AI which evaluates the stage of the wound and how it is healing and which then has the device apply appropriate treatments.
#AI
#AI
September 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
It's interesting from an AI perspective because it uses a camera essentially embedded in a bandage to send rapidly collected images of a wound (continued over time) to an AI which evaluates the stage of the wound and how it is healing and which then has the device apply appropriate treatments.
#AI
#AI
Yeah, if it doesn't work reliably, then no matter how slick the UI and integrations it'll be too much trouble.
August 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Yeah, if it doesn't work reliably, then no matter how slick the UI and integrations it'll be too much trouble.
Yikes. Yeah, that is no good at all. Where you using one of the Supabase client libraries or directly interacting with the API?
August 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Yikes. Yeah, that is no good at all. Where you using one of the Supabase client libraries or directly interacting with the API?
Interesting. This happens in both pgAdmin4 and through the local web sql editor?
August 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Interesting. This happens in both pgAdmin4 and through the local web sql editor?
I'm sorry to hear that! Can you tell me what some of the more major papercuts you encountered were? Would like to watch out for them myself
August 26, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I'm sorry to hear that! Can you tell me what some of the more major papercuts you encountered were? Would like to watch out for them myself
I'd also love to hear from non-techies the same. What are the biggest pain points and what successful methods have you found in working with your technical team?
(I have my own thoughts ;-) But I really value hearing from the wider community!)
3/3
#conference #question #communication #collaboration
(I have my own thoughts ;-) But I really value hearing from the wider community!)
3/3
#conference #question #communication #collaboration
August 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I'd also love to hear from non-techies the same. What are the biggest pain points and what successful methods have you found in working with your technical team?
(I have my own thoughts ;-) But I really value hearing from the wider community!)
3/3
#conference #question #communication #collaboration
(I have my own thoughts ;-) But I really value hearing from the wider community!)
3/3
#conference #question #communication #collaboration
For my fellow techies - I'd love to hear from you the biggest pain points and successful methods you've found for working with non-technical leadership.
2/3
#conference #question #communication #collaboration #tech
2/3
#conference #question #communication #collaboration #tech
August 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
For my fellow techies - I'd love to hear from you the biggest pain points and successful methods you've found for working with non-technical leadership.
2/3
#conference #question #communication #collaboration #tech
2/3
#conference #question #communication #collaboration #tech
"just do it" when the option for a faster, better way seems so close at hand.
July 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
"just do it" when the option for a faster, better way seems so close at hand.
I am a bit. I think a lot depends on how we use it. I find AI is quite good at certain limited scope activities but struggles with larger scope tasks...and I also find myself still trying to do larger scope tasks with AI (and wasting time). It's difficult to discipline oneself to
July 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I am a bit. I think a lot depends on how we use it. I find AI is quite good at certain limited scope activities but struggles with larger scope tasks...and I also find myself still trying to do larger scope tasks with AI (and wasting time). It's difficult to discipline oneself to
Since you are a former soldier I figured you don't believe them because you know from experience...so I was asking why they lie? But if there is a different answer to why you don't believe them, I'd be interested in that as well.
July 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Since you are a former soldier I figured you don't believe them because you know from experience...so I was asking why they lie? But if there is a different answer to why you don't believe them, I'd be interested in that as well.
6/6: of there is a direct record, please no. Or let me paste it in and do the lookup immediately.
I'm sticking with ClickUp at the moment, but one of these days when I magically get a large amount of free time, I'm going to write my own solution...I've only been saying that for a few years now. ;-)
I'm sticking with ClickUp at the moment, but one of these days when I magically get a large amount of free time, I'm going to write my own solution...I've only been saying that for a few years now. ;-)
July 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
6/6: of there is a direct record, please no. Or let me paste it in and do the lookup immediately.
I'm sticking with ClickUp at the moment, but one of these days when I magically get a large amount of free time, I'm going to write my own solution...I've only been saying that for a few years now. ;-)
I'm sticking with ClickUp at the moment, but one of these days when I magically get a large amount of free time, I'm going to write my own solution...I've only been saying that for a few years now. ;-)
5/6: Umm, no. I want to see an actual ticket please. I don't want to have to talk to a #chatbot to see it. Chatbots really are great for a lot of things (during the free trial of ClickUp I found the chatbot quite helpful in learning how to do things without searching through docs) but this sort
July 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
5/6: Umm, no. I want to see an actual ticket please. I don't want to have to talk to a #chatbot to see it. Chatbots really are great for a lot of things (during the free trial of ClickUp I found the chatbot quite helpful in learning how to do things without searching through docs) but this sort
4/6: been instructed to view the ticket status is by opening the chatbot, telling it I want information on my ticket (pasting in the ticket ID) and after doing all that I get this
#tasks #chatbot #productivity
#tasks #chatbot #productivity
July 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
4/6: been instructed to view the ticket status is by opening the chatbot, telling it I want information on my ticket (pasting in the ticket ID) and after doing all that I get this
#tasks #chatbot #productivity
#tasks #chatbot #productivity