Libby (she/they)
@libbyberrie.bsky.social
Testimonial: "I've never met someone whose simultaneously so organised, yet never has their shit together."
Full stack -> Senior Frontend dev. Neurospicy. Likes to make cool art, videogame, and repair objects.
Opinions my own.
Ask me about my cats.
Full stack -> Senior Frontend dev. Neurospicy. Likes to make cool art, videogame, and repair objects.
Opinions my own.
Ask me about my cats.
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It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
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This remains the funniest way to hear about an internet outage, though.
October 20, 2025 at 8:41 AM
This remains the funniest way to hear about an internet outage, though.
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Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage
October 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage
Oh. AWS' outage is affecting jira?
Damn. If only that happened while I was working.
Damn. If only that happened while I was working.
October 20, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Oh. AWS' outage is affecting jira?
Damn. If only that happened while I was working.
Damn. If only that happened while I was working.
Just realised I haven’t, in fact, grown as a person by withholding any obnoxious messaging/posting in ways that I used to; I’ve simply replaced my FLAGRANT ALL CAPS with _italics for emphasis_ instead.
October 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Just realised I haven’t, in fact, grown as a person by withholding any obnoxious messaging/posting in ways that I used to; I’ve simply replaced my FLAGRANT ALL CAPS with _italics for emphasis_ instead.
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Want to post about other people’s art but don’t know how?
I find just yelling out the first cool thing you notice works well. (Skull!)
You can refine your thoughts later if you want, but just doing that usually thrills the artist and makes other people look.
#artthoughts
I find just yelling out the first cool thing you notice works well. (Skull!)
You can refine your thoughts later if you want, but just doing that usually thrills the artist and makes other people look.
#artthoughts
September 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Want to post about other people’s art but don’t know how?
I find just yelling out the first cool thing you notice works well. (Skull!)
You can refine your thoughts later if you want, but just doing that usually thrills the artist and makes other people look.
#artthoughts
I find just yelling out the first cool thing you notice works well. (Skull!)
You can refine your thoughts later if you want, but just doing that usually thrills the artist and makes other people look.
#artthoughts
Likening my relationship with social media to opening an empty fridge for the fourteenth time in case a tasty snack has magicked itself in there somehow.
October 16, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Likening my relationship with social media to opening an empty fridge for the fourteenth time in case a tasty snack has magicked itself in there somehow.
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“Well-meaning” people are using machine translation to write Wikipedia articles in languages that they don’t speak themselves, accelerating the degeneration in quality of the web corpus for several languages with relatively few native speakers.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/25/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/25/1...
How AI and Wikipedia have sent vulnerable languages into a doom spiral
Machine translators have made it easier than ever to create error-plagued Wikipedia articles in obscure languages. What happens when AI models get trained on junk pages?
www.technologyreview.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:14 AM
“Well-meaning” people are using machine translation to write Wikipedia articles in languages that they don’t speak themselves, accelerating the degeneration in quality of the web corpus for several languages with relatively few native speakers.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/25/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/25/1...
Look, i see the irony in completing a 14(!!) page questionnaire in advance of seeing a new psych with regards to dysregulated ADHD. I really do. It was like pulling _teeth_.
...but it did help with direction.
Hate that a little.
...but it did help with direction.
Hate that a little.
October 15, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Look, i see the irony in completing a 14(!!) page questionnaire in advance of seeing a new psych with regards to dysregulated ADHD. I really do. It was like pulling _teeth_.
...but it did help with direction.
Hate that a little.
...but it did help with direction.
Hate that a little.
"If i won the lottery, I wouldn't tell anyone but there would be signs..."
-smash cut to me awkwardly clanking into the room with a full suit of plate armour-
-smash cut to me awkwardly clanking into the room with a full suit of plate armour-
September 20, 2025 at 6:26 AM
"If i won the lottery, I wouldn't tell anyone but there would be signs..."
-smash cut to me awkwardly clanking into the room with a full suit of plate armour-
-smash cut to me awkwardly clanking into the room with a full suit of plate armour-
To whoever needs to hear this:
If you think you can get through job interviews and technical assessments through vibe coding and consulting chat GPT alone without anyone noticing it,
Oh, you can’t.
We know.
Stop wasting your time.
If you think you can get through job interviews and technical assessments through vibe coding and consulting chat GPT alone without anyone noticing it,
Oh, you can’t.
We know.
Stop wasting your time.
June 20, 2025 at 6:53 AM
To whoever needs to hear this:
If you think you can get through job interviews and technical assessments through vibe coding and consulting chat GPT alone without anyone noticing it,
Oh, you can’t.
We know.
Stop wasting your time.
If you think you can get through job interviews and technical assessments through vibe coding and consulting chat GPT alone without anyone noticing it,
Oh, you can’t.
We know.
Stop wasting your time.
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This is absurdly great, but I haven't read a single news article about it. A fully open source, offline-first alternative to Notion that's a collab between the French and German governments because they want to host docs securely and on their own terms. THIS is what Europe should be doing.
Docs
Docs: Your new companion to collaborate on documents efficiently, intuitively, and securely.
docs.numerique.gouv.fr
March 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM
This is absurdly great, but I haven't read a single news article about it. A fully open source, offline-first alternative to Notion that's a collab between the French and German governments because they want to host docs securely and on their own terms. THIS is what Europe should be doing.
An unstoppable force (my deadline anxiety) against an immovable object (somehow, also my deadline anxiety)
February 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
An unstoppable force (my deadline anxiety) against an immovable object (somehow, also my deadline anxiety)
It is so difficult for me to concentrate today. Not for lack of trying. my working memory is just -erratic slide whistle-
I would go into the office but I have a head cold that's minor enough to work through but serious enough to prevent passing on to coworkers.
I would go into the office but I have a head cold that's minor enough to work through but serious enough to prevent passing on to coworkers.
February 11, 2025 at 2:59 AM
It is so difficult for me to concentrate today. Not for lack of trying. my working memory is just -erratic slide whistle-
I would go into the office but I have a head cold that's minor enough to work through but serious enough to prevent passing on to coworkers.
I would go into the office but I have a head cold that's minor enough to work through but serious enough to prevent passing on to coworkers.
Wearing sunglasses at my desk because I am dealing with light sensitivity right now (and also I'm too cool.)
January 30, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Wearing sunglasses at my desk because I am dealing with light sensitivity right now (and also I'm too cool.)
I've dusted off my old rss reader and I am honestly kicking myself for not doing this sooner. If anyone has any good/informative/thoughtful/funny rss feeds pls let me know!
January 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I've dusted off my old rss reader and I am honestly kicking myself for not doing this sooner. If anyone has any good/informative/thoughtful/funny rss feeds pls let me know!
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Buckle up folks, we're about to be hit with more intense and more frequent barrages of misinformation, disinformation and bullshit than ever before. Why? Because the Coalition have hired deep-fake experts Topham Guerin to run their campaign. #auspol www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
January 15, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Buckle up folks, we're about to be hit with more intense and more frequent barrages of misinformation, disinformation and bullshit than ever before. Why? Because the Coalition have hired deep-fake experts Topham Guerin to run their campaign. #auspol www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
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what I need unsatisfied australians to do at our upcoming federal election: tell the big two to get fucked, preference independents and smaller parties first (remember, you can't waste a vote here)
what I'm afraid unsatisfied australians will do at our upcoming federal election: elect peter dutton
what I'm afraid unsatisfied australians will do at our upcoming federal election: elect peter dutton
January 22, 2025 at 5:06 AM
what I need unsatisfied australians to do at our upcoming federal election: tell the big two to get fucked, preference independents and smaller parties first (remember, you can't waste a vote here)
what I'm afraid unsatisfied australians will do at our upcoming federal election: elect peter dutton
what I'm afraid unsatisfied australians will do at our upcoming federal election: elect peter dutton
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>do not comply in advance
>no one can tell you who you are
>live your truth
listen cis people, i literally can't use airports in Utah or Florida due to how severe the penalties are for violating the law
these magic phrases are for you to feel better about the situation, not me
>no one can tell you who you are
>live your truth
listen cis people, i literally can't use airports in Utah or Florida due to how severe the penalties are for violating the law
these magic phrases are for you to feel better about the situation, not me
"they cant tell u who u are"
yea but they can take away medical care i need to survive. they can use government policy to out me to employers. they can destroy the chance of future legal protections. they can further escalate the torture of trans prisoners
yea but they can take away medical care i need to survive. they can use government policy to out me to employers. they can destroy the chance of future legal protections. they can further escalate the torture of trans prisoners
January 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
>do not comply in advance
>no one can tell you who you are
>live your truth
listen cis people, i literally can't use airports in Utah or Florida due to how severe the penalties are for violating the law
these magic phrases are for you to feel better about the situation, not me
>no one can tell you who you are
>live your truth
listen cis people, i literally can't use airports in Utah or Florida due to how severe the penalties are for violating the law
these magic phrases are for you to feel better about the situation, not me
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anytime someone says "the government wouldn't do that"
just remember,
Yes, they would
just remember,
Yes, they would
January 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
anytime someone says "the government wouldn't do that"
just remember,
Yes, they would
just remember,
Yes, they would
Oh no.
I remembered my old GaiaOnline password.
What a time capsule.
I remembered my old GaiaOnline password.
What a time capsule.
January 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Oh no.
I remembered my old GaiaOnline password.
What a time capsule.
I remembered my old GaiaOnline password.
What a time capsule.
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[takes long drag] what a year, huh
[camera zooms in on wall calendar: JANUARY]
[camera zooms in on wall calendar: JANUARY]
January 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
[takes long drag] what a year, huh
[camera zooms in on wall calendar: JANUARY]
[camera zooms in on wall calendar: JANUARY]
What I want, is 'PCpartpicker' but for garden beds. Just so i can see at a glance if plants have competing nutrition/sun requirements, what might compete too much, what isn't good for my zone, etc.
January 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
What I want, is 'PCpartpicker' but for garden beds. Just so i can see at a glance if plants have competing nutrition/sun requirements, what might compete too much, what isn't good for my zone, etc.
Inside of me are two wolves:
One doesn't want to be near screaming children.
The other REALLY wants to go to the DINOfest event that's on in canberra this weekend.
One doesn't want to be near screaming children.
The other REALLY wants to go to the DINOfest event that's on in canberra this weekend.
January 16, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Inside of me are two wolves:
One doesn't want to be near screaming children.
The other REALLY wants to go to the DINOfest event that's on in canberra this weekend.
One doesn't want to be near screaming children.
The other REALLY wants to go to the DINOfest event that's on in canberra this weekend.