Ólafur Páll Geirsson
@geirsson.com
Building Agents at Sourcegraph. Posts about coding, AI, and family (3 kids). @olafurpg elsewhere. Based in Oslo, Norway.
https://geirsson.com
https://geirsson.com
Move to a place where neighbors randomly invite you to enjoy freshly baked cinnamon buns on a Thursday morning
May 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Move to a place where neighbors randomly invite you to enjoy freshly baked cinnamon buns on a Thursday morning
Highly recommend this tea infuser from Drosselmeyer if you’re using tea bags or loose tea with more classic infusers.
I gave this as a gift to my wife and she loves it. The best part is you can easily take it out of the cup without spilling. I’m a coffee person myself.
I gave this as a gift to my wife and she loves it. The best part is you can easily take it out of the cup without spilling. I’m a coffee person myself.
April 5, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Highly recommend this tea infuser from Drosselmeyer if you’re using tea bags or loose tea with more classic infusers.
I gave this as a gift to my wife and she loves it. The best part is you can easily take it out of the cup without spilling. I’m a coffee person myself.
I gave this as a gift to my wife and she loves it. The best part is you can easily take it out of the cup without spilling. I’m a coffee person myself.
One test I like to try with new models is to ask for a joke about the nuance of related words in Icelandic/Norwegian that have confusingly different meaning.Gemini 2.5 is the best model I've seen at this task
April 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
One test I like to try with new models is to ask for a joke about the nuance of related words in Icelandic/Norwegian that have confusingly different meaning.Gemini 2.5 is the best model I've seen at this task
Our boy turns 3yo today and, thus, we are officially over done with kids under 3yo.
We had three under 2yo for a brief period and it was almost easier then compared to now haha
We had three under 2yo for a brief period and it was almost easier then compared to now haha
March 26, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Our boy turns 3yo today and, thus, we are officially over done with kids under 3yo.
We had three under 2yo for a brief period and it was almost easier then compared to now haha
We had three under 2yo for a brief period and it was almost easier then compared to now haha
It's so random that macOS registers two global shortcuts (Cmd-Shift-M and Cmd-Shift-A) to open man pages in Terminal
March 19, 2025 at 10:21 AM
It's so random that macOS registers two global shortcuts (Cmd-Shift-M and Cmd-Shift-A) to open man pages in Terminal
Something something veblen goods
March 6, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Something something veblen goods
A real time saver for busy parents, fry food on a pan with parchment paper. Keeps the pan clean after use AND the paper somehow makes the grease spill less outside the pan
February 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A real time saver for busy parents, fry food on a pan with parchment paper. Keeps the pan clean after use AND the paper somehow makes the grease spill less outside the pan
Claude Sonnet lying
February 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Claude Sonnet lying
It would really help if diff stats on GitHub Pull Requests didn't include files that are marked as linguist-generated=true in .gitattributes.
Almost every PR I open at work has +1k lines with >50% auto-generated code. These files are auto-collapsed anyways, they shouldn't count for the diff stats.
Almost every PR I open at work has +1k lines with >50% auto-generated code. These files are auto-collapsed anyways, they shouldn't count for the diff stats.
February 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
It would really help if diff stats on GitHub Pull Requests didn't include files that are marked as linguist-generated=true in .gitattributes.
Almost every PR I open at work has +1k lines with >50% auto-generated code. These files are auto-collapsed anyways, they shouldn't count for the diff stats.
Almost every PR I open at work has +1k lines with >50% auto-generated code. These files are auto-collapsed anyways, they shouldn't count for the diff stats.
Writing Go, and there are no safe guards for nil dereferences
January 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Writing Go, and there are no safe guards for nil dereferences
Heading to grandparents for some hot chocolate after multiple rounds of racing up and down the golf slopes
January 5, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Heading to grandparents for some hot chocolate after multiple rounds of racing up and down the golf slopes
Norway must be unique in how its tax PAYE system optimizes for a large «tax free» salary in June (for vacation) and «half tax» in December (for Christmas). This comes at the price of paying more taxes the remaining ten months.
December 13, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Norway must be unique in how its tax PAYE system optimizes for a large «tax free» salary in June (for vacation) and «half tax» in December (for Christmas). This comes at the price of paying more taxes the remaining ten months.
The new AirPods Pro can accurately measure the hearing loss in my right ear, which has affected me for the last ~15 years. I have professional hearing aids (only right ear) but don't use them because I don't like hearing amplified sound in my bad ear. Curious to find out if the AirPods work better.
December 13, 2024 at 8:11 AM
The new AirPods Pro can accurately measure the hearing loss in my right ear, which has affected me for the last ~15 years. I have professional hearing aids (only right ear) but don't use them because I don't like hearing amplified sound in my bad ear. Curious to find out if the AirPods work better.
Good morning. First nap starts at 8:20am as the sun rises, after five diaper changes (four dirty), porridge, playing on the floor for a good hour, and a bottle each.
November 21, 2024 at 9:25 AM
Good morning. First nap starts at 8:20am as the sun rises, after five diaper changes (four dirty), porridge, playing on the floor for a good hour, and a bottle each.
Happy Friday from the home office (on pat leave)
November 15, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Happy Friday from the home office (on pat leave)
This paragraph stands out for me: Europeans will be forced to choose what values to nurture. We can’t have it all at the current trend.
November 6, 2024 at 8:15 AM
This paragraph stands out for me: Europeans will be forced to choose what values to nurture. We can’t have it all at the current trend.
Presented today at my alma mater, Reykjavik University, about the pros and cons of AI coding, remote work and doing a career in devtools.
November 5, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Presented today at my alma mater, Reykjavik University, about the pros and cons of AI coding, remote work and doing a career in devtools.
Pro tip for traveling with twins. Buy two individual strollers and connect them with cheap plastic connectors. Working great so far.
November 1, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Pro tip for traveling with twins. Buy two individual strollers and connect them with cheap plastic connectors. Working great so far.
Logging out from work until January to take care of our 8mo identical twin girls.
October 30, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Logging out from work until January to take care of our 8mo identical twin girls.