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I bought my first bag of fancy coffee - one processed with anerobic washed & thermal shock - and I had no idea coffee could taste like this.
December 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I bought my first bag of fancy coffee - one processed with anerobic washed & thermal shock - and I had no idea coffee could taste like this.
One thing about AI that I also don't see enough people talk about is how goddamn inefficient it is as a coding aid. Why would I ever have AI help me debug something when a traditional debugger gets me more information faster. Just learn to use your tools.
December 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
One thing about AI that I also don't see enough people talk about is how goddamn inefficient it is as a coding aid. Why would I ever have AI help me debug something when a traditional debugger gets me more information faster. Just learn to use your tools.
"[AI Assistants] are here, and they aren't going away"
Why. Why aren't they going away. Why is that always taken as a given, as though these tools are destined to persist. We can always stop using useless tools.
Why. Why aren't they going away. Why is that always taken as a given, as though these tools are destined to persist. We can always stop using useless tools.
December 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
"[AI Assistants] are here, and they aren't going away"
Why. Why aren't they going away. Why is that always taken as a given, as though these tools are destined to persist. We can always stop using useless tools.
Why. Why aren't they going away. Why is that always taken as a given, as though these tools are destined to persist. We can always stop using useless tools.
Tom’s Crossing was a great book, I know it will be roaming around my mind for years to come
December 2, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Tom’s Crossing was a great book, I know it will be roaming around my mind for years to come
There are a lot of reasons to be Anti-LLM, but I wish more people focused on the simple fact that it does not work. It does not sufficiently do any of the things it promises. People will talk like "oh it's worth the cost" but it doesn't do anything. I feel like I'm going insane
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
There are a lot of reasons to be Anti-LLM, but I wish more people focused on the simple fact that it does not work. It does not sufficiently do any of the things it promises. People will talk like "oh it's worth the cost" but it doesn't do anything. I feel like I'm going insane
Skrlik's decision in the 9th end, while ill-fated, is entirely understandable. It's scary to give your opponent the opportunity, when you could take the hammer and likely draw for a win. It's a hard thought to break out of.
An unfortunate game, but I'm excited to watch this team going forwards.
An unfortunate game, but I'm excited to watch this team going forwards.
November 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Skrlik's decision in the 9th end, while ill-fated, is entirely understandable. It's scary to give your opponent the opportunity, when you could take the hammer and likely draw for a win. It's a hard thought to break out of.
An unfortunate game, but I'm excited to watch this team going forwards.
An unfortunate game, but I'm excited to watch this team going forwards.
I’m just starting Danielewski’s new novel, _Tom’s Crossing_, but I think the physical book itself is pulling a magic trick on me.
November 1, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I’m just starting Danielewski’s new novel, _Tom’s Crossing_, but I think the physical book itself is pulling a magic trick on me.
It's not enough for my coworkers to just use AI themselves - now they've been enabled to shove copilot into my PRs and force me to answer it's inane commentary. "Please address the AIs comments" no, please give me human comments on my code. I do not need to answer every no-context garbage AI comment
October 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
It's not enough for my coworkers to just use AI themselves - now they've been enabled to shove copilot into my PRs and force me to answer it's inane commentary. "Please address the AIs comments" no, please give me human comments on my code. I do not need to answer every no-context garbage AI comment
Listen - if I get booted out of the software world for refusing to generate code slop then I’ll be happy to leave. The day AI becomes as universal and required as react is the day I stop using new software and I’m not joking.
October 2, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Listen - if I get booted out of the software world for refusing to generate code slop then I’ll be happy to leave. The day AI becomes as universal and required as react is the day I stop using new software and I’m not joking.
The problem with saying that AI is useful as a rubber duck is that the whole benefit of the rubber duck exercise comes from explaining the problem to something with _no_ understanding of programming. A machine that gives you convincing sounding explanations is actively detrimental to that goal.
August 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The problem with saying that AI is useful as a rubber duck is that the whole benefit of the rubber duck exercise comes from explaining the problem to something with _no_ understanding of programming. A machine that gives you convincing sounding explanations is actively detrimental to that goal.
I’ve heard the Chris Pine theory, personal theory is that Chuck Tingle is secretly Joaquin Phoenix.
August 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I’ve heard the Chris Pine theory, personal theory is that Chuck Tingle is secretly Joaquin Phoenix.
I’ve noticed in my work an interesting relationship. Of my coworkers, the ones who use and approve of AI coding assistance the most are also the ones I already didn’t trust to code anything non-trivial. The ones who know how to code all are far more skeptical.
July 30, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I’ve noticed in my work an interesting relationship. Of my coworkers, the ones who use and approve of AI coding assistance the most are also the ones I already didn’t trust to code anything non-trivial. The ones who know how to code all are far more skeptical.
I wonder if AI is just a way to finally figure out how to make these dang developers buy into a subscription model for their creative work.
We would never pay a subscription for a text editor, so make the subscription for an extension and tell us we need it.
We would never pay a subscription for a text editor, so make the subscription for an extension and tell us we need it.
July 30, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I wonder if AI is just a way to finally figure out how to make these dang developers buy into a subscription model for their creative work.
We would never pay a subscription for a text editor, so make the subscription for an extension and tell us we need it.
We would never pay a subscription for a text editor, so make the subscription for an extension and tell us we need it.
I find the rhetoric of "AI isn't going anywhere, so you have no choice but to learn to use it" weird. Like, a tool existing does not (and has never) forced people to use it. It only "isn't going anywhere" because you're all forcing us to use it. It's not just nebulously *here*.
July 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I find the rhetoric of "AI isn't going anywhere, so you have no choice but to learn to use it" weird. Like, a tool existing does not (and has never) forced people to use it. It only "isn't going anywhere" because you're all forcing us to use it. It's not just nebulously *here*.
I think companies mandating RTO are looking to the past instead of the future. If there’s a collaboration or fast-feedback problem, RTO doesn’t solve it. There are tons of viable remote strategies to enable the same kind of casual collaboration and feedback they want out of RTO.
June 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I think companies mandating RTO are looking to the past instead of the future. If there’s a collaboration or fast-feedback problem, RTO doesn’t solve it. There are tons of viable remote strategies to enable the same kind of casual collaboration and feedback they want out of RTO.
I genuinely think the move away from formal methods in QA testing to vibes-based testing is harming software quality across the board.
June 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I genuinely think the move away from formal methods in QA testing to vibes-based testing is harming software quality across the board.
I usually don't have a problem using text editors without vim modes - but man. I wish every text editor just had `diw` and `ciw` equivalents.
June 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I usually don't have a problem using text editors without vim modes - but man. I wish every text editor just had `diw` and `ciw` equivalents.
Overall this has been my experience with typescript
May 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Overall this has been my experience with typescript
I think Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 might be the best rpg I’ve ever played. Holy shit dude. It’s so well executed and delicious.
May 8, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I think Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 might be the best rpg I’ve ever played. Holy shit dude. It’s so well executed and delicious.
Seeing LMS software so passionately and firmly adopting AI into their idea of pedagogy is fucking bleak, man.
April 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Seeing LMS software so passionately and firmly adopting AI into their idea of pedagogy is fucking bleak, man.
I’m excited to watch Stewart die as Professor X for the fifth time through a camera rip from the theatre and then hopefully never learn anything else about that film.
March 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I’m excited to watch Stewart die as Professor X for the fifth time through a camera rip from the theatre and then hopefully never learn anything else about that film.
I’m reading my first non-canon Star Trek Book, and I didn’t realize how much fun these books were able to have by virtue of having an audience of people who already have deep knowledge of the characters.
March 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I’m reading my first non-canon Star Trek Book, and I didn’t realize how much fun these books were able to have by virtue of having an audience of people who already have deep knowledge of the characters.
I think the reason Deep Space 9 is my favourite Star Trek show is that it’s the only one to confront that Starfleet is still a military.
March 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I think the reason Deep Space 9 is my favourite Star Trek show is that it’s the only one to confront that Starfleet is still a military.
Stomp is, I think, what theatre kids envision sex as being.
March 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Stomp is, I think, what theatre kids envision sex as being.
Having a board game and comic store within the range of my stupid mental health walks is dangerous
March 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Having a board game and comic store within the range of my stupid mental health walks is dangerous