Jay Gruber
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Jay Gruber
@jay.myatproto.social
Bainbridge Island, WA. Software engineer.

He/him

Like cooking, reading, soccer, dogs, brewing beer
Somehow the placement of this speech bubble is entirely unsurprising
January 23, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Very interesting...
January 22, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Interesting...
January 22, 2026 at 10:21 PM
It's like looking at the big bang
January 14, 2026 at 5:25 AM
"[...] decisions about future resourcing and deprecation of
associated capabilities will principally be made on the basis of these metrics."

Other important, successful projects and orgs will either get starved for resources or will pivot their attention to stop working on their important thing.
January 13, 2026 at 8:24 AM
"Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and social ideology have no place in
the DoW"

... Just say you've already bought the Grok licenses, we get it
January 13, 2026 at 8:17 AM
January 10, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Bluesky, seeing the cultural pendulum ready to reverse swing:

You Should Care About Other People!
November 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
October 29, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I hope they have all watched the Antifa training materials
October 10, 2025 at 4:51 AM
What do you have to do to win this challenge coin, wrong answers only.

... Win a staring contest with Kash Patel
October 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The Doug really is a fantastic flag
August 23, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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May 29, 2025 at 8:20 PM
May 29, 2025 at 8:20 PM
May 29, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I think I have visited all the big wooden trolls that are nearby now. I guess I must travel to Portland, OR for the next nearest one. Why not, here's some more trolls from past excursions:
May 29, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Big wooden trolls are fun. Visited another one over the weekend
May 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
My thoughts about genAI from working with it every day are that I have not yet found any productivity gain from it that outweighs the effect of "you cannot trust anything" it produces.

Anyways, here's a dog baking in a sunbeam
May 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Dogs in hats
May 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Like most days, today is a good day to sit outside and work
May 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
> You study how prior generations of Americans survived their own dark times. You pay tribute to their sacrifice

Alright I'll get to reading and not skeeting at some point but this is my mailbox today too real
April 6, 2025 at 6:38 AM
I have 2 dogs but last week I was watching my brother's dog as well. So here you go, bonus dog included
March 29, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I tried making kimchi for the first time recently and this was a good idea
March 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM