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Josh Tompkins
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Distinguished Engineer @ Charles Schwab. Recovering coder. Fried okra is my kryptonite. He/Him. Austin, TX.
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From the latest "Don't worry about the Vase". Something to remember.
A screenshot of a newsletter that says "ChatGPT is smarter than the average person but most things worth reading are produced by people significantly above average."
June 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Unfortunate Play button placement on this one.
A screenshot of Apple's "Liquid Glass" YouTube embed, with several letters covered by the Play button, making the cover image say "liquid ass"
June 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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That's... a lot of hail.
May 29, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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From my notes as I struggle to get a Python environment running so I can experiment with building an AI agent:
A screenshot from Obsidian. The text reads as follows: Python is a neat language with great libraries but the build/project/dependency ecosystem is completely broken and awful. ### Something maybe specific to AI/LLM but still this ecosystem sucks why is it so bad? A bunch of the LLM tools seem to have dependencies built on Rust. The python ecosystem wants to build those dependencies locally when you install them into your venv. There is absolutely no warning about this, but this means, *by implication*, that you must have a *working Rust build system locally*. The error messages are really, really unhelpful here. Here's how to do that: * Go to the [Rust homepage](https://www.rust-lang.org/learn/get-started) and follow the install instructions That's it, because Rust is a sane language with a build environment designed to make sense.
May 3, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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This was taken using a "Kurosawa Tribute" simulation I found on Reddit. The Nothing Phone 3a Pro is a neat device.
April 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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It's been a while since I was last walking regularly and now I'm trying to rebuild the habit and get some fitness back. I found this great path at the back of a tiny park this morning. The Nothing 3a Pro camera isn't bad, and the custom film simulations are pretty neat.
April 27, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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So yeah, today is going pretty good
March 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Swift has 97 keywords but namespace ain't one
February 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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I saw this gorgeous buck on the campus at work(!) today. Tried to get a better photo but he ran as soon as I slowed down
January 28, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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January 21, 2025 at 1:11 AM