David Kobia
@kobia.dev
Startups, Open source, Tech, 🇺🇸🇰🇪
Building the Family Operating System at Trustworthy https://trustworthy.com
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Building the Family Operating System at Trustworthy https://trustworthy.com
#startups, #tech, #atlanta,
#kenya, #africa, #housemusic
Software developers are conflicted about ceding control of software development to LLMs. There's a good middle ground where the LLMs help us solve problems faster, optimizing for outcomes because many of us lose sight of the actual goal when we get distracted by implementation details.
June 8, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Software developers are conflicted about ceding control of software development to LLMs. There's a good middle ground where the LLMs help us solve problems faster, optimizing for outcomes because many of us lose sight of the actual goal when we get distracted by implementation details.
Very cool project supported by the French and German governments. Such efforts save tax payers money in the long run and benefit everyone.
github.com/suitenumeriq...
github.com/suitenumeriq...
GitHub - suitenumerique/docs: A collaborative note taking, wiki and documentation platform that scales. Built with Django and React. Opensource alternative to Notion or Outline.
A collaborative note taking, wiki and documentation platform that scales. Built with Django and React. Opensource alternative to Notion or Outline. - suitenumerique/docs
github.com
March 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Very cool project supported by the French and German governments. Such efforts save tax payers money in the long run and benefit everyone.
github.com/suitenumeriq...
github.com/suitenumeriq...
If you've ridden an e-bike then you understand how cool something like this is:
www.theverge.com/report/62435...
www.theverge.com/report/62435...
I wore a one-horsepower exoskeleton to the world’s biggest tech show
It felt like an extra energy tank in a Metroid game.
www.theverge.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
If you've ridden an e-bike then you understand how cool something like this is:
www.theverge.com/report/62435...
www.theverge.com/report/62435...
Vibe coding with Cursor is phenomenal. However, I can’t think of a time when unit tests were more important. I’ve noted occasional inconsistencies in large codebases where the context is pushed to the limit. It is not infallible.
March 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Vibe coding with Cursor is phenomenal. However, I can’t think of a time when unit tests were more important. I’ve noted occasional inconsistencies in large codebases where the context is pushed to the limit. It is not infallible.
I felt like such a boomer telling our Cursor devs that I'm still on Jetbrains products. I use ProxyAI and Copilot in the IDEs which brings it up to about the same level. Mostly I just like that Jetbrains is opinionated to the specific language and packaged with everything out of the box.
March 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I felt like such a boomer telling our Cursor devs that I'm still on Jetbrains products. I use ProxyAI and Copilot in the IDEs which brings it up to about the same level. Mostly I just like that Jetbrains is opinionated to the specific language and packaged with everything out of the box.
The advent of AI has a negative impact on the companies you'd expect - Stack Overflow, Quora, G2 etc.
The very pleasant outcome is the rise of user generated content on Reddit and Substack.
www.elenaverna.com/p/ai-is-kill...
The very pleasant outcome is the rise of user generated content on Reddit and Substack.
www.elenaverna.com/p/ai-is-kill...
AI is killing some companies, yet others are thriving - let's look at the data
Traffic trends from WebMD, Quora, Stack Overflow, Chegg, G2, CNET, Reddit, Wikipedia, and Substack!
www.elenaverna.com
March 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The advent of AI has a negative impact on the companies you'd expect - Stack Overflow, Quora, G2 etc.
The very pleasant outcome is the rise of user generated content on Reddit and Substack.
www.elenaverna.com/p/ai-is-kill...
The very pleasant outcome is the rise of user generated content on Reddit and Substack.
www.elenaverna.com/p/ai-is-kill...
Run DeepSeek R1 on AWS for ~$70k/month or run it on local with 2x H100 80GB… wild
aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/de...
unsloth.ai/blog/deepsee...
aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/de...
unsloth.ai/blog/deepsee...
DeepSeek-R1 models now available on AWS | Amazon Web Services
DeepSeek-R1, a powerful large language model featuring reinforcement learning and chain-of-thought capabilities, is now available for deployment via Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMaker AI, enabling us...
aws.amazon.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Run DeepSeek R1 on AWS for ~$70k/month or run it on local with 2x H100 80GB… wild
aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/de...
unsloth.ai/blog/deepsee...
aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/de...
unsloth.ai/blog/deepsee...
The Deepseek chain of thought is wonderful to see. I didn't realize how much I'd enjoy watching someone (something) really smart think through a problem.
January 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The Deepseek chain of thought is wonderful to see. I didn't realize how much I'd enjoy watching someone (something) really smart think through a problem.
Jim Farley does a great job explaining why legacy companies have such a hard time with software. TLDR: There's a multitude of modules in the car from suppliers each with their own software systems that don't talk to each other.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IhS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IhS...
The Man Behind The Best-Selling Truck In 50 Years - Ford CEO Jim Farley | The Fully Charged Podcast
YouTube video by Everything Electric Show
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January 7, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Jim Farley does a great job explaining why legacy companies have such a hard time with software. TLDR: There's a multitude of modules in the car from suppliers each with their own software systems that don't talk to each other.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IhS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IhS...
Rails/Ruby are experiencing quite the renaissance. Solid Queue and Solid Cache are fantastic. Also applauding the effort to reduce software and infrastructure dependencies.
January 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Rails/Ruby are experiencing quite the renaissance. Solid Queue and Solid Cache are fantastic. Also applauding the effort to reduce software and infrastructure dependencies.
How am I just now finding out that apple magsafe chargers get firmware updates? The updates are automatically downloaded when the charger is connected to the iPhone and can take up to a week. What an intriguing simple device.
Settings > General > About > Apple MagSafe Charger
Settings > General > About > Apple MagSafe Charger
December 21, 2024 at 12:34 PM
How am I just now finding out that apple magsafe chargers get firmware updates? The updates are automatically downloaded when the charger is connected to the iPhone and can take up to a week. What an intriguing simple device.
Settings > General > About > Apple MagSafe Charger
Settings > General > About > Apple MagSafe Charger
Stytch (stytch.com) has such an interesting business model -- Target unhappy Auth0 customers. I suspect they'll do very well.
Stytch – The most powerful identity platform built for developers
APIs and SDKs to integrate authentication and security into your app.
stytch.com
December 18, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Stytch (stytch.com) has such an interesting business model -- Target unhappy Auth0 customers. I suspect they'll do very well.
I discovered this gem of a website today. A chronological history map powered by wikipedia.
www.oldmapsonline.org/en/history/r...
www.oldmapsonline.org/en/history/r...
TimeMap.org - World History Atlas
The easy-to-use getaway to historical maps in libraries around the world.
www.oldmapsonline.org
December 13, 2024 at 5:53 PM
I discovered this gem of a website today. A chronological history map powered by wikipedia.
www.oldmapsonline.org/en/history/r...
www.oldmapsonline.org/en/history/r...
Astounding numbers. "Character.ai" users spend ~93 minutes daily with AI chatbots, 18 minutes longer than TikTok. As scary as this is, it is probably a bellwether of what's coming for the rest of us. Cue AI religion.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
December 8, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Astounding numbers. "Character.ai" users spend ~93 minutes daily with AI chatbots, 18 minutes longer than TikTok. As scary as this is, it is probably a bellwether of what's coming for the rest of us. Cue AI religion.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
I haven't been to Portland in years, but I'd go just to check out the beautiful wood construction of their new airport: design-milk.com/portland-air...
Portland Airport Grows With Expansive Mass Timber Roof Canopy
Architecture firm ZGF has revamped Portland Airport (PDX) with locally + sustainably sourced mass timber for a brand-new, all wood roof.
design-milk.com
December 6, 2024 at 3:27 PM
I haven't been to Portland in years, but I'd go just to check out the beautiful wood construction of their new airport: design-milk.com/portland-air...
A pretty impressive new open source AI model from Google for accurate 15 day weather forecasting. Includes code, weights, and forecasts.
deepmind.google/discover/blo...
deepmind.google/discover/blo...
GenCast predicts weather and the risks of extreme conditions with state-of-the-art accuracy
New AI model advances the prediction of weather uncertainties and risks, delivering faster, more accurate forecasts up to 15 days ahead
deepmind.google
December 5, 2024 at 5:58 PM
A pretty impressive new open source AI model from Google for accurate 15 day weather forecasting. Includes code, weights, and forecasts.
deepmind.google/discover/blo...
deepmind.google/discover/blo...
Many people are wondering why Siri is not yet LLM enabled. This is why. Besides inference costs, hallucinations present a major liability concern for Apple. www.theverge.com/2024/6/11/24...
December 4, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Many people are wondering why Siri is not yet LLM enabled. This is why. Besides inference costs, hallucinations present a major liability concern for Apple. www.theverge.com/2024/6/11/24...
Nice work @simonwillison.net! Excellent use of an LLM. I spend quite a bit of time in SQLite and this is a nifty tool for analysis and query building.
New plugin for sqlite-utils that lets you ask questions of a SQLite database (or a even against one or more CSV/TSV/JSON files) in human language and have an LLM write a SQL query for you to get the answer. simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/25/...
Ask questions of SQLite databases and CSV/JSON files in your terminal
I built a new plugin for my sqlite-utils CLI tool that lets you ask human-language questions directly of SQLite databases and CSV/JSON files on your computer. It’s called sqlite-utils-ask. Here’s …
simonwillison.net
December 3, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Nice work @simonwillison.net! Excellent use of an LLM. I spend quite a bit of time in SQLite and this is a nifty tool for analysis and query building.
@hankgreen.bsky.social's rant on Twitter/Threads is a great analysis of why those platforms suck for creators and why Bluesky is such a boon for news sites.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4gh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4gh...
Twitter (and Threads) Have Made a HUGE Mistake
YouTube video by hankschannel
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2024 at 1:35 PM
@hankgreen.bsky.social's rant on Twitter/Threads is a great analysis of why those platforms suck for creators and why Bluesky is such a boon for news sites.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4gh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4gh...
As Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman says, anything on the open web is fair use for AI training. Yes the firehose makes it easier but it’d happen anyway.
Bluesky’s open API means anyone can scrape your data for AI training
Bluesky’s open API means anyone can scrape your data for AI training
Bluesky might not be training AI systems on user content as other social networks are doing, but there’s little stopping third-parties from doing so. Per a report by 404 Media, a machine learning librarian at AI firm Hugging Face pulled 1 million public…
tcrn.ch
November 27, 2024 at 12:08 PM
As Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman says, anything on the open web is fair use for AI training. Yes the firehose makes it easier but it’d happen anyway.
Recently discovered AWS Fargate Spot instances. So far they're proving really useful for non-critical background tasks with a potential 70% savings. Worth noting that a task can run a mix of regular and spot instances.
aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aw...
aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aw...
AWS Fargate Spot Now Generally Available | Amazon Web Services
Today at AWS re:Invent 2019 we announced AWS Fargate Spot. Fargate Spot is a new capability on AWS Fargate that can run interruption tolerant Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) Tasks at up ...
aws.amazon.com
November 26, 2024 at 11:15 AM
Recently discovered AWS Fargate Spot instances. So far they're proving really useful for non-critical background tasks with a potential 70% savings. Worth noting that a task can run a mix of regular and spot instances.
aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aw...
aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aw...
@aptshadow.bsky.social "Alien Clay" is both horrifying and phenomenal. Extra-terrestrial life patiently figuring how to bond with you on a molecular level makes for a deliciously unsettling take on first contact.
November 24, 2024 at 5:42 PM
@aptshadow.bsky.social "Alien Clay" is both horrifying and phenomenal. Extra-terrestrial life patiently figuring how to bond with you on a molecular level makes for a deliciously unsettling take on first contact.
@bsky.app I’m sure it’s in the works but how will disinformation, misinformation and malinformation be handled once the honeymoon period is over? Community Notes feature?
November 22, 2024 at 11:36 AM
@bsky.app I’m sure it’s in the works but how will disinformation, misinformation and malinformation be handled once the honeymoon period is over? Community Notes feature?
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💚 @jay.bsky.team Thank you to you and your team. Kentaro Toyama reminded us that Technology amplifies human intent. If we choose to evolve and embody progressive and constructive intent for our society, may it be reflected in our choice of platforms & our engagement with each other on Bluesky
Jay: I think social media should be basically common infrastructure that society gets to use and evolve it as society evolves, building a more democratic form of social media to reflect a democratic society.
November 20, 2024 at 5:38 AM
💚 @jay.bsky.team Thank you to you and your team. Kentaro Toyama reminded us that Technology amplifies human intent. If we choose to evolve and embody progressive and constructive intent for our society, may it be reflected in our choice of platforms & our engagement with each other on Bluesky