Holly Jones
@hollyjones1.bsky.social
Incredible interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziqs...
Surge CEO & Co-Founder, Edwin Chen: Scaling to $1BN+ in Revenue with NO Funding
YouTube video by 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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August 31, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Incredible interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziqs...
Reposted by Holly Jones
3 Seductive Traps in Agent Building by Ara Khan
In building AI agents at Cline, they've discovered that the most dangerous ideas aren't the obviously bad ones, they're the seductive ones that sound brilliant in theory but fail in practice.
cline.bot/blog/3-seduc...
In building AI agents at Cline, they've discovered that the most dangerous ideas aren't the obviously bad ones, they're the seductive ones that sound brilliant in theory but fail in practice.
cline.bot/blog/3-seduc...
3 Seductive Traps in Agent Building - Cline Blog
In building AI agents at Cline, we've discovered that the most dangerous ideas aren't the obviously bad ones, they're the seductive ones that sound brilliant in theory but fail in practice.
cline.bot
August 27, 2025 at 2:01 AM
3 Seductive Traps in Agent Building by Ara Khan
In building AI agents at Cline, they've discovered that the most dangerous ideas aren't the obviously bad ones, they're the seductive ones that sound brilliant in theory but fail in practice.
cline.bot/blog/3-seduc...
In building AI agents at Cline, they've discovered that the most dangerous ideas aren't the obviously bad ones, they're the seductive ones that sound brilliant in theory but fail in practice.
cline.bot/blog/3-seduc...
Reposted by Holly Jones
Microsoft made a useful LLM copilot tool that could summarize text in spreadsheets. They provided clear instructions about how to use it and not to use it. In response, journalists are now mocking them for doing exactly the right thing and showing how to use and not use the tools.
August 21, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Microsoft made a useful LLM copilot tool that could summarize text in spreadsheets. They provided clear instructions about how to use it and not to use it. In response, journalists are now mocking them for doing exactly the right thing and showing how to use and not use the tools.
Reposted by Holly Jones
The positive thing about AI tooling going mainstream and setting expectations high (e.g. "anyone can build software with AI") is that a large group will learn what us devs know already:
Creating good software is hard and it's hard to explain to outsiders in a way they understand
Creating good software is hard and it's hard to explain to outsiders in a way they understand
August 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The positive thing about AI tooling going mainstream and setting expectations high (e.g. "anyone can build software with AI") is that a large group will learn what us devs know already:
Creating good software is hard and it's hard to explain to outsiders in a way they understand
Creating good software is hard and it's hard to explain to outsiders in a way they understand
Reposted by Holly Jones
All AI-powered code editors, maybe except Github Copilot.
August 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
All AI-powered code editors, maybe except Github Copilot.
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A lot of content is made by extremely online people, who observe the behavior of other extremely online people and assume that's how everyone is.
It's very easy to let your worldview be shaped by a small number of people who are very good at getting attention on phones
It's very easy to let your worldview be shaped by a small number of people who are very good at getting attention on phones
July 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A lot of content is made by extremely online people, who observe the behavior of other extremely online people and assume that's how everyone is.
It's very easy to let your worldview be shaped by a small number of people who are very good at getting attention on phones
It's very easy to let your worldview be shaped by a small number of people who are very good at getting attention on phones
Reposted by Holly Jones
Video version of my blog from yesterday: A taxonomy for next-generation reasoning models.
Skills, calibration, abstraction, strategy (last two are "planning").
Presenting an improved version later today at AI Engineer World's Fair
Watch here: buff.ly/b4cvyFw
Skills, calibration, abstraction, strategy (last two are "planning").
Presenting an improved version later today at AI Engineer World's Fair
Watch here: buff.ly/b4cvyFw
Traits of next generation reasoning models
Current AI models are extremely skilled, which was seen as the step change in evaluation scores across the industry in the first half of 2025, but often fail...
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June 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Video version of my blog from yesterday: A taxonomy for next-generation reasoning models.
Skills, calibration, abstraction, strategy (last two are "planning").
Presenting an improved version later today at AI Engineer World's Fair
Watch here: buff.ly/b4cvyFw
Skills, calibration, abstraction, strategy (last two are "planning").
Presenting an improved version later today at AI Engineer World's Fair
Watch here: buff.ly/b4cvyFw
Reposted by Holly Jones
what if you could model a problem in a spreadsheet, and then instantly start applying powerful *filters* to explore your space of options?
that's the idea @alexwarth.bsky.social and I have been exploring recently at @inkandswitch.com ... 1/
that's the idea @alexwarth.bsky.social and I have been exploring recently at @inkandswitch.com ... 1/
April 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
what if you could model a problem in a spreadsheet, and then instantly start applying powerful *filters* to explore your space of options?
that's the idea @alexwarth.bsky.social and I have been exploring recently at @inkandswitch.com ... 1/
that's the idea @alexwarth.bsky.social and I have been exploring recently at @inkandswitch.com ... 1/
Reposted by Holly Jones
Last week was autism awareness day. I planned on publishing this article then, but I'm still recovering from a burnout. I finished it today and hit the publish button. If you're interested, it's a deeply personal reflection on the year following my diagnosis.
One year later: I wasn’t broken, I was Autistic.
I was diagnosed autistic at 36. “Welcome to the club”, my psychologist said. She confirmed what I had loosely suspected for years. I’m…
medium.com
April 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Last week was autism awareness day. I planned on publishing this article then, but I'm still recovering from a burnout. I finished it today and hit the publish button. If you're interested, it's a deeply personal reflection on the year following my diagnosis.
Reposted by Holly Jones
In a system that rewards daily noise, we crave what survives our absence.
Heavy things take time. And here, time is taxed.
If you’re feeling the tension between speed and substance, this one's for you:
www.workingtheorys.com/p/make-somet...
Heavy things take time. And here, time is taxed.
If you’re feeling the tension between speed and substance, this one's for you:
www.workingtheorys.com/p/make-somet...
Make Something Heavy
You're creating more than ever, but it weighs nothing.
www.workingtheorys.com
April 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
In a system that rewards daily noise, we crave what survives our absence.
Heavy things take time. And here, time is taxed.
If you’re feeling the tension between speed and substance, this one's for you:
www.workingtheorys.com/p/make-somet...
Heavy things take time. And here, time is taxed.
If you’re feeling the tension between speed and substance, this one's for you:
www.workingtheorys.com/p/make-somet...
AI doesn’t just change what you build.
It changes how you must think about building.
When systems evolve dynamically, the winners won’t just ship faster.
They'll design environments that thrive under unpredictable conditions.
Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=04lv...
It changes how you must think about building.
When systems evolve dynamically, the winners won’t just ship faster.
They'll design environments that thrive under unpredictable conditions.
Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=04lv...
You Don’t Need More Money—Just A Better AI Strategy - Ep. 50 with Mike Maples
YouTube video by Every
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April 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
AI doesn’t just change what you build.
It changes how you must think about building.
When systems evolve dynamically, the winners won’t just ship faster.
They'll design environments that thrive under unpredictable conditions.
Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=04lv...
It changes how you must think about building.
When systems evolve dynamically, the winners won’t just ship faster.
They'll design environments that thrive under unpredictable conditions.
Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=04lv...
“We chronically overvalue technical solutions and undervalue psychological ones.”
Builders chase what’s easy to measure. But what moves people is often intangible: status, belonging, instincts we feel but rarely name.
If you optimized for perceived value, what would you build?
shorturl.at/COPZP
Builders chase what’s easy to measure. But what moves people is often intangible: status, belonging, instincts we feel but rarely name.
If you optimized for perceived value, what would you build?
shorturl.at/COPZP
Perspective is everything
The circumstances of our lives may matter less than how we see them, says Rory Sutherland. At TEDxAthens, he makes a compelling case for how reframing is the key to happiness.
www.ted.com
April 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
“We chronically overvalue technical solutions and undervalue psychological ones.”
Builders chase what’s easy to measure. But what moves people is often intangible: status, belonging, instincts we feel but rarely name.
If you optimized for perceived value, what would you build?
shorturl.at/COPZP
Builders chase what’s easy to measure. But what moves people is often intangible: status, belonging, instincts we feel but rarely name.
If you optimized for perceived value, what would you build?
shorturl.at/COPZP
“Teach people conceptual models that evolve over generations of builders”
This line from @davidhoang.com hit hard
He asks: What if we evolved how we conceptualize version control before defaulting to Git?
That shift could unlock new ways to build software: www.proofofconcept.pub/p/too-legit-...
This line from @davidhoang.com hit hard
He asks: What if we evolved how we conceptualize version control before defaulting to Git?
That shift could unlock new ways to build software: www.proofofconcept.pub/p/too-legit-...
Too legit to git
Issue 238: Why vibe coders won't commit
www.proofofconcept.pub
April 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
“Teach people conceptual models that evolve over generations of builders”
This line from @davidhoang.com hit hard
He asks: What if we evolved how we conceptualize version control before defaulting to Git?
That shift could unlock new ways to build software: www.proofofconcept.pub/p/too-legit-...
This line from @davidhoang.com hit hard
He asks: What if we evolved how we conceptualize version control before defaulting to Git?
That shift could unlock new ways to build software: www.proofofconcept.pub/p/too-legit-...
Reposted by Holly Jones
This is a really neat Python library providing decorator and docstring and type signature based syntactic sugar over my LLM package - I blogged about here: simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/3/s...
April 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This is a really neat Python library providing decorator and docstring and type signature based syntactic sugar over my LLM package - I blogged about here: simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/3/s...