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I am tired of having to justify “Why Elixir?” so I decided to compile all the reasons in one place.

"#0181: Why Elixir? A Rebuttal to Common Misconceptions
Why Elixir is not just a good platform for modern development, but a great one!"
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A stylised image of a vile of magic purple elixir. I am sick and tired of having to justify “Why Elixir?” so I decided to write down all of the reasons why in one spot! #0181: Why Elixir? A Rebuttal to Common Misconceptions Why Elixir is not just a good platform for modern development, but a great one!
July 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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#til A “higgs-bugson” is a bug that is predicted to exist, but is very hard to find. Thanks, Wikipedia. Well played.
July 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Today's #braingasm post explains how to make Emacs appear in macOS Finder’s “Open With” menu for .md files by manually associating file types using duti.

#0180: Making Emacs Appear in macOS Finder's Open With Menu for Markdown Files
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An AI-generated example screenshot of an Emacs-like editor editing a Markdown file. Today's #braingasm post explains how to make Emacs appear in macOS Finder’s “Open With” menu for .md files by manually associating file types using duti.
June 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Who do you call when the weather is stuck on 20°? 🤔
May 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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We don't have a smartphone problem. We have a software problem. The real threat isn't screen time. It's algorithm time. Discover how we can protect our children—and perhaps democracy itself—from algorithmic manipulation:

#0179: Kids and Smartphones
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A plain poster on a tiled wall that reads "Less Social Media." We don't have a smartphone problem. We have a software problem. The real threat isn't screen time. It's algorithm time. Discover how we can protect our children—and perhaps democracy itself—from algorithmic manipulation: #0179: Kids and Smartphones https://matthewsinclair.com/blog/0179-kids-and-smartphones
April 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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📚 QUANTUM FAX MACHINE: MARCH 2025 READING LIST! 🚀
⚠️ Irresponsible AI

When AI goes wrong - practical tips for avoiding "garbage" output from AI assistants, Apple's "$10B+ Siri AI Disaster," and the provocative question: "Is GenAI Digital Cocaine?"

👉 quantumfaxmachine.com/blog/qfm060-...
Scrabble pieces laid out to say "LEARN FROM FAILURE" on a plan background. 📚 QUANTUM FAX MACHINE: MARCH 2025 READING LIST! 🚀 ⚠️ Irresponsible AI When AI goes wrong - practical tips for avoiding "garbage" output from AI assistants, Apple's "$10B+ Siri AI Disaster," and the provocative question: "Is GenAI Digital Cocaine?" 👉 https://quantumfaxmachine.com/blog/qfm060-irresponsible-ai-reading-list-march-2025
April 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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📚 QUANTUM FAX MACHINE: MARCH 2025 READING LIST! 🚀
🚀 Engineering Leadership

Challenging conventional wisdom by dismantling the '10x engineer' myth and exploring what it means to be a tech leader in 2025.

👉 quantumfaxmachine.com/blog/qfm059-...
People climbing a grey, rocky mountain looking upwards towards the sky. 📚 QUANTUM FAX MACHINE: MARCH 2025 READING LIST! 🚀 🚀 Engineering Leadership Challenging conventional wisdom with pieces dismantling the '10x engineer' myth, exploring what it really means to be a tech leader in 2025, and examining the identity crisis facing software engineers in an AI-augmented world. 👉 https://quantumfaxmachine.com/blog/qfm059-engineering-leadership-reading-list-march-202
April 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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📚 QUANTUM FAX MACHINE: MARCH 2025 READING LIST! 🚀
⚡ Elixir

Deep dive into the evolving Elixir ecosystem with highlights on Women in BEAM, new UI libraries for Phoenix LiveView, and Sean Moriarity's keynote on designing LLM-native systems with Elixir.

👉 quantumfaxmachine.com/blog/qfm058-...
Shot of programmers computer over the top of a keyboard looking at two monitors in a darkened office/desk. 📚 QUANTUM FAX MACHINE: MARCH 2025 READING LIST! 🚀 ⚡ Elixir Deep dive into the evolving Elixir ecosystem with highlights on Women in BEAM, new UI libraries for Phoenix LiveView, and Sean Moriarity's keynote on designing LLM-native systems with Elixir. 👉 https://quantumfaxmachine.com/blog/qfm058-elixir-reading-list-march-2025
April 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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📚 QUANTUM FAX MACHINE: MARCH 2025 READING LIST! 🚀
🤖 Machine Intelligence

Exploring philosophical foundations of AI, economic implications, and practical applications. Featuring "gradual disempowerment" and Mayo Clinic's approach to combating hallucinations.

👉 quantumfaxmachine.com/blog/qfm057-...
Closeup of a women's left eye. 📚 QUANTUM FAX MACHINE: MARCH 2025 READING LIST! 🚀 ## 🤖 Machine Intelligence Exploring the philosophical foundations of AI, economic implications, and practical applications. Featuring discussions on "gradual disempowerment" and Mayo Clinic's innovative approach to combating hallucinations. 👉 https://quantumfaxmachine.com/blog/qfm057-machine-intelligence-reading-list-march-2025
April 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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📚 QUANTUM FAX MACHINE: MARCH 2025 READING LISTS ARE LIVE! 🚀

Fresh content alert! My March 2025 curated reading lists are now available covering four tech domains:

🤖 Machine Intelligence
⚡ Elixir
🚀 Engineering Leadership
⚠️ Irresponsible AI

👉 quantumfaxmachine.com
Close-up for a woman's left eye. 📚 QUANTUM FAX MACHINE: MARCH 2025 READING LISTS ARE LIVE! 🚀 Fresh content alert! My March 2025 curated reading lists are now available covering four tech domains: 🤖 Machine Intelligence ⚡ Elixir 🚀 Engineering Leadership ⚠️ Irresponsible AI 👉 https://quantumfaxmachine.com/
April 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Just read "What If We Made Advertising Illegal?" (simone.org/advertising). It argues ads are corrosive, manipulative & harmful—fueling attention hijacking & distorting reality.

Rather than banning outright, what if we taxed it instead? matthewsinclair.com/blog/0177-what-if-we-taxed-advertising
This image shows a woman looking at a wall covered in tattered old advertising posters. The post says: I recently read “What If We Made Advertising Illegal?“ (https://simone.org/advertising/). It makes a bold case: advertising is corrosive, manipulative, and ultimately harmful to society. It fuels attention-hijacking, undermines truth, and distorts our shared reality. As with other once-tolerated hazards—lead in paint, indoor smoking—perhaps it’s time we called time on advertising altogether. But what if, rather than banning it outright, we taxed it instead? https://matthewsinclair.com/blog/0177-what-if-we-taxed-advertising
April 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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ØNTHR is the result of almost no pioneering research conducted at "The Institute for Nothing", Nullarbor Plain, Australia. FInd out more here: institutefornothing.org
April 1, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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Introducing ØNTHR: The World's First Perfect Stablecoin. ØNTHR guarantees absolute price stability at precisely $0.00—forever. Find out more here: netherzero.com

#Stablecoin #ZeroIsTheFuture #Web3 #Crypto #ProtocolLaunch #DeFi #Fintech #InstituteForNothing #Tokenomics
April 1, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Wondering what's next once you're a software engineer? Check my #podcast on career boundary conditions—4 episodes in, wanting your feedback. More at matthewsinclair.com/blog/0175-wh... #whatnext
A picture of a young boy at the bottom of a very large staircase that goes up and away out of sight. Wondering what's next once you're a software engineer? Check my #podcast on career boundary conditions—4 episodes in, wanting your feedback. More at https://matthewsinclair.com/blog/0175-whatnext-podcast-next-steps #whatnext
March 17, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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I just noticed in macOS 15.3.2 that holding down the Command Key (⌘) for a few seconds brings up a list of hotkeys. For example, doing so in Finder gives you this. Is this a new thing? Why have I never noticed this before? 🤔
Holding down the Command Key (⌘) for a few seconds in Finder on macOS shows a list of available hotkeys.
March 14, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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🎙️ New podcast alert! 🚀

“I’m a Software Engineer—What Next?” explores the career journeys of engineers, from IC to leadership & beyond. Ep 1 with Carlton Lane is live now!

Listen 🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/2P4B...
Feed 🌐: whatnext.dev/feed

#SoftwareEngineering #CareerPaths
I'm a software engineer ~ what next? S01E01 - Carlton Lane - Boundary Conditions
February 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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🚀 Can AI be creative? I tested ChatGPT, Claude & DeepSeek on the Divergent Association Task (DAT).

🔥 Claude: 98th %ile
🔥 ChatGPT: 92nd %ile
🔥 DeepSeek: 83rd %ile

Better than humans? Real creativity or just remixing? 🤔

Full results: matthewsinclair.com/blog/0174-ch...

#AI #Creativity #LLM
A human hand reaching up into the sky to grab a cloud.
January 31, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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I’m advising mylumii.com. They’ve launched a beta and need early users to shape the future of emotional health. It decodes and processes emotions using emotional science, gamification, and AI. See: mylumii.com?ref=MS for access.

Disclosure: No financial interest, just helping a fellow entrepreneur.
Using emotional science, gamification, storytelling, and AI, my lumii helps you process any difficult or meaningful moment in just five minutes—finding relief and closure similar to wrapping up a therapy session.
January 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Cleaned out some old tech today. #technologyarchaeology
January 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Here’s everything that I found interesting last month about the irresponsible use of machine intelligence:

#qfm #quantumfaxmachine #irresponsible #ai #machine #intelligence #december #2024

QFM048: Irresponsible AI Reading List December 2024
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January 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Here’s everything that I found interesting last month about Engineering Leadership:

#qfm #quantumfaxmachine #engineering #leadership #december #2024

QFM047: Engineering Leadership Reading List December 2024
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January 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Here’s everything that I found interesting last month about the Elixir programming ecosystem:

#qfm #quantumfaxmachine #elixir #programming #december #2024

QFM046: Elixir Reading List December 2024
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January 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Here's everything that I found interesting last month about machines behaving intelligently:

#qfm #quantumfaxmachine #machine #intelligence #reading #list #december #2024

QFM045: Machine Intelligence Reading List December 2024
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January 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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What am I missing here? Isn’t “baked cookie dough” just a cookie? Isn’t that what happens when you bake cookie dough? Next we’ll be having “baked bread” #getoffmylawn
January 12, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Every week, I try to read or learn something interesting—sometimes useful, sometimes whimsical, occasionally random. Here’s my ‘This Week I Learned’ list for 2024. Enjoy!

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#blog #braingasm #thisweekilearned #2024
Two folders on a computer disk, one for 2023 and one for 2024.
December 27, 2024 at 3:14 PM