@htormey.bsky.social
htormey on twitter. Software engineer, ex Facebook/Apple/Coinbase. Currently CTO stepchange.work using AI to save you money on your datadog bill while making your application more reliable.
People were giving google a hard time about Geminis APIs being annoying to setup relative to antropic/openai. Amazons Nova requires a 17 step process... ndurner.github.io/amazon-nova
Amazon Nova foundation model release
Since there’s community interest in how to set up AWS to use the new Amazon Nova models, here’s a step-by-step guide to get everyone started:
ndurner.github.io
December 5, 2024 at 5:40 PM
People were giving google a hard time about Geminis APIs being annoying to setup relative to antropic/openai. Amazons Nova requires a 17 step process... ndurner.github.io/amazon-nova
This is why I think managers are often better at using LLMs than coders. They’re used to working with people who don’t do things exactly the way they want, but still get the job done within acceptable tolerances. Much like piloting an Eva,the skill of the operator is just as important as the machine
November 29, 2024 at 6:00 AM
This is why I think managers are often better at using LLMs than coders. They’re used to working with people who don’t do things exactly the way they want, but still get the job done within acceptable tolerances. Much like piloting an Eva,the skill of the operator is just as important as the machine
Happy thanksgiving, my favorite American holiday.
November 28, 2024 at 10:57 AM
Happy thanksgiving, my favorite American holiday.
This looks pretty cool. I want to see more stuff built on top of Bluesky.
I made a Chrome Extension to bring Bluesky comments to any URL :)
Get it here: github.com/joneslloyd/b...
Credits to:
- @emilyliu.me
- @coryzue.com
- @louee.bsky.social
Any feedback and/or PRs are welcome.
I threw this together in 1.5 errors, so expect bugs etc.
Get it here: github.com/joneslloyd/b...
Credits to:
- @emilyliu.me
- @coryzue.com
- @louee.bsky.social
Any feedback and/or PRs are welcome.
I threw this together in 1.5 errors, so expect bugs etc.
GitHub - joneslloyd/bluesky-comments-chrome
Contribute to joneslloyd/bluesky-comments-chrome development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 26, 2024 at 2:23 AM
This looks pretty cool. I want to see more stuff built on top of Bluesky.
Credibility is a mispriced asset. In a crowded dev tools world, open source is a great way to gain attention. But who do you trust to recommend it? With VC-backed projects using usage-based models, how do you know they won’t change the price or license, wasting months of effort?
November 25, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Credibility is a mispriced asset. In a crowded dev tools world, open source is a great way to gain attention. But who do you trust to recommend it? With VC-backed projects using usage-based models, how do you know they won’t change the price or license, wasting months of effort?
This is a cool ‘hello world’ demo for hosting a site with Bluesky’s AT Protocol. It covers hosting on a PDS and key concepts like: records (structured data like posts) and blobs (media like images), where blobs are stored on a PDS and referenced in records.
danielmangum.com/posts/this-w...
danielmangum.com/posts/this-w...
This Website is Hosted on Bluesky
Well, not this one. But this one is! How? Let’s take a closer look at Bluesky and the AT Protocol that underpins it.
Note: I communicated with the Bluesky team prior to the publishing of this post. Wh...
danielmangum.com
November 25, 2024 at 7:00 AM
This is a cool ‘hello world’ demo for hosting a site with Bluesky’s AT Protocol. It covers hosting on a PDS and key concepts like: records (structured data like posts) and blobs (media like images), where blobs are stored on a PDS and referenced in records.
danielmangum.com/posts/this-w...
danielmangum.com/posts/this-w...
One thing I like about Farcaster is theirs a very active community of people and companies building on top of it. What are some examples of this on Bluesky? I enjoyed seeing some of the examples from @emilyliu.me recent write up. Anyone got more examples like this?
November 25, 2024 at 4:20 AM
One thing I like about Farcaster is theirs a very active community of people and companies building on top of it. What are some examples of this on Bluesky? I enjoyed seeing some of the examples from @emilyliu.me recent write up. Anyone got more examples like this?
We’re in a value extraction phase of the internet: Twitter blocking competitor links, MongoDB changing licenses, WordPress trademark drama. It’s never been more important to choose tools carefully, as VC-backed startups and public companies ramp up rent-seeking for revenue.
November 25, 2024 at 3:48 AM
We’re in a value extraction phase of the internet: Twitter blocking competitor links, MongoDB changing licenses, WordPress trademark drama. It’s never been more important to choose tools carefully, as VC-backed startups and public companies ramp up rent-seeking for revenue.
Important to note: Bluesky DMs are fully centralized, meaning the same issues as Twitter (e.g., blocking links to offsite profiles) could happen here. Not a dealbreaker, but a key trade-off to consider when investing time in the platform. It’s not the same as having @bacon.bsky.social email address.
November 25, 2024 at 3:00 AM
Important to note: Bluesky DMs are fully centralized, meaning the same issues as Twitter (e.g., blocking links to offsite profiles) could happen here. Not a dealbreaker, but a key trade-off to consider when investing time in the platform. It’s not the same as having @bacon.bsky.social email address.
I don’t use Bluesky for its decentralization. I use it because many developers I respect have moved there. Unlike a self-hosted blog or email server, it’s less about control and more about community. This subtle distinction matters when deciding where to invest my time and money.
November 25, 2024 at 2:07 AM
I don’t use Bluesky for its decentralization. I use it because many developers I respect have moved there. Unlike a self-hosted blog or email server, it’s less about control and more about community. This subtle distinction matters when deciding where to invest my time and money.
This is a great write up for non technical people of why decentralized social applications matter. A good counterpoint of why Bluesky falls short of this today for engineers is @dustyweb.bsky.social ‘s How decentralized is Bluesky really?
While Bluesky looks like other social apps on the surface, it’s actually quite different. It’s an open network.
I blogged about it here:
I blogged about it here:
Benefits of an open network
emilyliu.me
November 25, 2024 at 1:49 AM
This is a great write up for non technical people of why decentralized social applications matter. A good counterpoint of why Bluesky falls short of this today for engineers is @dustyweb.bsky.social ‘s How decentralized is Bluesky really?
As someone who is a native mobile engineer who came to react naive I relate to this analogy
i bitch about it a lot but React Native is awesome. if you’re a native engineer you might feel skeptical, but it isn’t a lowest common denominator crossplatform abstraction. rather, i like to think of it as a scripting orchestration layer for platform views (which you can still write). like in games
November 25, 2024 at 1:41 AM
As someone who is a native mobile engineer who came to react naive I relate to this analogy
Interesting numbers on Bluesky vs. Threads: TL;DR Bluesky is gaining traction. As X morphs into a Fox News/4chan hybrid, developers are shifting away. I’m using X less too, I just want to talk to devs and builders, not get sucked into clickbait politics.
on.ft.com/4eFJXAF
on.ft.com/4eFJXAF
Meta loses ground to Bluesky as users abandon Elon Musk’s X
Social media giant’s Threads app makes changes as smaller competitor to X surges
on.ft.com
November 24, 2024 at 6:20 AM
Interesting numbers on Bluesky vs. Threads: TL;DR Bluesky is gaining traction. As X morphs into a Fox News/4chan hybrid, developers are shifting away. I’m using X less too, I just want to talk to devs and builders, not get sucked into clickbait politics.
on.ft.com/4eFJXAF
on.ft.com/4eFJXAF
How decentralized is Bluesky really? -- Dustycloud Brainstorms
dustycloud.org
November 22, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Me trying to land some bug fixes and new features before I fly to India for a friends wedding.
November 22, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Me trying to land some bug fixes and new features before I fly to India for a friends wedding.
Now more than ever, don’t outsource your opinions, especially about the tools you use for work. The open-source and tooling space is crowded, hype is rampant (especially with paid services), and VC money has poured in. It’s harder to trust what’s said online. Test, build something and decide.
November 22, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Now more than ever, don’t outsource your opinions, especially about the tools you use for work. The open-source and tooling space is crowded, hype is rampant (especially with paid services), and VC money has poured in. It’s harder to trust what’s said online. Test, build something and decide.
Reading for my flight to India tomorrow. Icelandic folk tales are very similar to Irish ones, especially the emphasis on things like fairy bushes.
November 22, 2024 at 5:36 AM
Reading for my flight to India tomorrow. Icelandic folk tales are very similar to Irish ones, especially the emphasis on things like fairy bushes.
What’s really cool that BlueSky is its react native AND open source (repo below). Dan Abrimov works at the blue butterfly company so If I was building a new RN app today I’d be studying this repo for patterns/ideas. Very well built app. github.com/bluesky-soci...
GitHub - bluesky-social/social-app: The Bluesky Social application for Web, iOS, and Android
The Bluesky Social application for Web, iOS, and Android - bluesky-social/social-app
github.com
November 21, 2024 at 7:19 PM
What’s really cool that BlueSky is its react native AND open source (repo below). Dan Abrimov works at the blue butterfly company so If I was building a new RN app today I’d be studying this repo for patterns/ideas. Very well built app. github.com/bluesky-soci...
Current reading. The history of Hyundai (South Korean economic history) and Oracle.
November 20, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Current reading. The history of Hyundai (South Korean economic history) and Oracle.
Building on a tight timeline, hiring engineers while customers bang down your door, is a reminder: AI won’t replace talented software engineers anytime soon. Technical products are like icebergs, what ships is just the tip, with a massive backlog hidden beneath. Thank goodness for Claude/ChatGPT.
November 20, 2024 at 12:19 AM
Building on a tight timeline, hiring engineers while customers bang down your door, is a reminder: AI won’t replace talented software engineers anytime soon. Technical products are like icebergs, what ships is just the tip, with a massive backlog hidden beneath. Thank goodness for Claude/ChatGPT.
We may be living in the age of AGI but the rules of hooks always seems to trip up both Claude and ChatGPT.
November 19, 2024 at 9:38 PM
We may be living in the age of AGI but the rules of hooks always seems to trip up both Claude and ChatGPT.
Are you a full-stack engineer skilled in Python and TypeScript? Excited to work at the cutting edge of AI and performance engineering? If so, DM me! This fully remote position is open to candidates in the USA and nearby time zones (e.g., Brazil, Argentina)
stepchange.work/careers
stepchange.work/careers
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stepchange.work
November 18, 2024 at 11:08 PM
Are you a full-stack engineer skilled in Python and TypeScript? Excited to work at the cutting edge of AI and performance engineering? If so, DM me! This fully remote position is open to candidates in the USA and nearby time zones (e.g., Brazil, Argentina)
stepchange.work/careers
stepchange.work/careers
Funny how working with Claude/ChatGPT often beats pairing with another software engineer. Sure, LLMs hallucinate but so do humans. Perfect reasoning isn’t needed for this to have a massive impact. Feels like we’re at the cutting edge of realizing that.
November 18, 2024 at 10:49 PM
Funny how working with Claude/ChatGPT often beats pairing with another software engineer. Sure, LLMs hallucinate but so do humans. Perfect reasoning isn’t needed for this to have a massive impact. Feels like we’re at the cutting edge of realizing that.
This aligns with my experience, even though we don’t do takehomes. I encourage seed-stage companies to let candidates use LLMs in interviews. Candidates reasoning skills, quality bar, & editorial taste will still shine through. Tools can’t replace the need for critical thinking.
"How do LLMs being widespread impact tech interviews?"
Going through responses on this. An interesting observation from a seed-stage CTO:
"Not much change. We allow candidates to use LLMs, but there's no difference in takehome completion, or onsite interviews. Our rejection rate remains 90%+."
Going through responses on this. An interesting observation from a seed-stage CTO:
"Not much change. We allow candidates to use LLMs, but there's no difference in takehome completion, or onsite interviews. Our rejection rate remains 90%+."
November 18, 2024 at 5:13 PM
This aligns with my experience, even though we don’t do takehomes. I encourage seed-stage companies to let candidates use LLMs in interviews. Candidates reasoning skills, quality bar, & editorial taste will still shine through. Tools can’t replace the need for critical thinking.
What better way to spend a Saturday than pair programming with my good friend Claude, fixing Datadog bills and sorting out database performance issues.
November 16, 2024 at 9:10 PM
What better way to spend a Saturday than pair programming with my good friend Claude, fixing Datadog bills and sorting out database performance issues.