Jarren Rocks
@jarren.rocks
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I'm hiring a founding engineer, and a candidate was using AI during the intro interview.
When I realized my heart sank.
It was dishonest, but it was more sad that they felt desperate enough that they couldn't do it on their own (despite their impressive CV).
When I realized my heart sank.
It was dishonest, but it was more sad that they felt desperate enough that they couldn't do it on their own (despite their impressive CV).
September 18, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I'm hiring a founding engineer, and a candidate was using AI during the intro interview.
When I realized my heart sank.
It was dishonest, but it was more sad that they felt desperate enough that they couldn't do it on their own (despite their impressive CV).
When I realized my heart sank.
It was dishonest, but it was more sad that they felt desperate enough that they couldn't do it on their own (despite their impressive CV).
The current Google Fonts preview text is from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
August 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
The current Google Fonts preview text is from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
Turns out the Apple design team copied my jailbroken iPhone from 2010
June 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Turns out the Apple design team copied my jailbroken iPhone from 2010
Recently refreshed my website, check it out for some fun reads and interactivity.
May 21, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Recently refreshed my website, check it out for some fun reads and interactivity.
Apple, it's not a want. It's a need.
May 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Apple, it's not a want. It's a need.
Okay apple, here's what you need to do next.
Hint: this is not what these responses should actually look like.
Hint: this is not what these responses should actually look like.
May 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Okay apple, here's what you need to do next.
Hint: this is not what these responses should actually look like.
Hint: this is not what these responses should actually look like.
You know what? Google actually cooked with this new homepage.
May 16, 2025 at 1:06 AM
You know what? Google actually cooked with this new homepage.
You know, it's actually crazy that Apple neglected the primary thing that Siri needs.
Chat history, search history, some sort of home for Siri.
Chat history, search history, some sort of home for Siri.
May 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
You know, it's actually crazy that Apple neglected the primary thing that Siri needs.
Chat history, search history, some sort of home for Siri.
Chat history, search history, some sort of home for Siri.
You know how airpods automatically hijack your microphone input on Mac?
I have a repeating shell command running inside Better Touch Tool that checks every few seconds to see if my airpods are connected. If so it forces microphone input from my AirPods to my lapel microphone.
I have a repeating shell command running inside Better Touch Tool that checks every few seconds to see if my airpods are connected. If so it forces microphone input from my AirPods to my lapel microphone.
April 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
You know how airpods automatically hijack your microphone input on Mac?
I have a repeating shell command running inside Better Touch Tool that checks every few seconds to see if my airpods are connected. If so it forces microphone input from my AirPods to my lapel microphone.
I have a repeating shell command running inside Better Touch Tool that checks every few seconds to see if my airpods are connected. If so it forces microphone input from my AirPods to my lapel microphone.
I'd bet all the people building Loom clones are only doing it now because @thewebprodigies dropped a 16 hour tutorial in October.
April 15, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I'd bet all the people building Loom clones are only doing it now because @thewebprodigies dropped a 16 hour tutorial in October.
I've seen the team at OpenAI talk about how they know they're bad at naming conventions, so I'd assumed it was a problem they were working on solving...
but I can't believe that they truly just went from 4.5 to 4.1.
Guys, it's not hard. Just increment the number.
but I can't believe that they truly just went from 4.5 to 4.1.
Guys, it's not hard. Just increment the number.
April 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I've seen the team at OpenAI talk about how they know they're bad at naming conventions, so I'd assumed it was a problem they were working on solving...
but I can't believe that they truly just went from 4.5 to 4.1.
Guys, it's not hard. Just increment the number.
but I can't believe that they truly just went from 4.5 to 4.1.
Guys, it's not hard. Just increment the number.
It seems like Claude really wants me to use Gemini 2.5 pro.
April 14, 2025 at 10:35 PM
It seems like Claude really wants me to use Gemini 2.5 pro.
I'm actually surprised how little I use AI image generators.
They're fine for conceptualizing something that already exists, or putting a spin on something, but they're very bad at being very specific.
They're fine for conceptualizing something that already exists, or putting a spin on something, but they're very bad at being very specific.
April 12, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I'm actually surprised how little I use AI image generators.
They're fine for conceptualizing something that already exists, or putting a spin on something, but they're very bad at being very specific.
They're fine for conceptualizing something that already exists, or putting a spin on something, but they're very bad at being very specific.
This is the moment in which I celebrate that the domain name for my website is my full name. jarren.rocks
April 2, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This is the moment in which I celebrate that the domain name for my website is my full name. jarren.rocks
As a designer and artist (who now is building a startup). I don't personally feel threatened by many AI tools (largely because my income is not dependent on a slow craft, but rather quick delivery and scale).
April 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
As a designer and artist (who now is building a startup). I don't personally feel threatened by many AI tools (largely because my income is not dependent on a slow craft, but rather quick delivery and scale).
Writing startup names from pitch events is like playing chess with iOS autocorrect
March 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Writing startup names from pitch events is like playing chess with iOS autocorrect
The year is 2030.
A wave of billionaires get incredibly sick because their robot assistants didn't wash their hands.
A wave of billionaires get incredibly sick because their robot assistants didn't wash their hands.
March 21, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The year is 2030.
A wave of billionaires get incredibly sick because their robot assistants didn't wash their hands.
A wave of billionaires get incredibly sick because their robot assistants didn't wash their hands.
Me when someone starts a complement with “you’re a little crazy, but…”
March 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Me when someone starts a complement with “you’re a little crazy, but…”
In May of 2020, one month before GPT-3 was released, I released a video about the Universal Library in which I described a more connected internet.
I'm glad to see that in retrospect conversational language models with tooling were right around the corner.
I'm glad to see that in retrospect conversational language models with tooling were right around the corner.
March 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
In May of 2020, one month before GPT-3 was released, I released a video about the Universal Library in which I described a more connected internet.
I'm glad to see that in retrospect conversational language models with tooling were right around the corner.
I'm glad to see that in retrospect conversational language models with tooling were right around the corner.
Round 2 let’s go! @pebble
March 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Round 2 let’s go! @pebble
The full prompt that I used:
March 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The full prompt that I used:
Claude 3.7 Extended can one-shot a Minecraft clone in less than one megabyte.
March 16, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Claude 3.7 Extended can one-shot a Minecraft clone in less than one megabyte.
whew they did Pleakley dirty
March 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
whew they did Pleakley dirty