R "Nearest" Nabors
@nearestnabors.com
I used to make comics. Now I fuck around and find out in AI.
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Possible house buying.
Heavy breathing ensues.
Heavy breathing ensues.
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Possible house buying.
Heavy breathing ensues.
Heavy breathing ensues.
Finally attending a local Ink and Switch event!
November 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Finally attending a local Ink and Switch event!
Just shipped what I've been working on with Google! 🎉
Foundation models are overkill for most uscases; bad for users, the environment, and your bottom line. Use focused, efficient models that run locally!
🔗 web.dev/articles/rig...
🔗 web.dev/articles/ai-...
TLDR? Prototype big. Ship small.
Foundation models are overkill for most uscases; bad for users, the environment, and your bottom line. Use focused, efficient models that run locally!
🔗 web.dev/articles/rig...
🔗 web.dev/articles/ai-...
TLDR? Prototype big. Ship small.
web.dev
Guidance to build modern web experiences that work in every browser.
web.dev
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Just shipped what I've been working on with Google! 🎉
Foundation models are overkill for most uscases; bad for users, the environment, and your bottom line. Use focused, efficient models that run locally!
🔗 web.dev/articles/rig...
🔗 web.dev/articles/ai-...
TLDR? Prototype big. Ship small.
Foundation models are overkill for most uscases; bad for users, the environment, and your bottom line. Use focused, efficient models that run locally!
🔗 web.dev/articles/rig...
🔗 web.dev/articles/ai-...
TLDR? Prototype big. Ship small.
I'm rigging up Raycast properly this Sunday. What's your favorite feature/customization?
November 9, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I'm rigging up Raycast properly this Sunday. What's your favorite feature/customization?
My fave new girl band, ALT BLK ERA 🖤 #ALTBLKERA
November 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
My fave new girl band, ALT BLK ERA 🖤 #ALTBLKERA
It's funny, but when I'm wearing my Product hat, my confidence feels unshakeable. I come off stage/out of podcasts like "nailed it, you're welcome."
When I'm in the weeds engineering, I come out like "OH GAWD DID I RAMBLE ABOUT SOMETHING IN RESPONSE TO AN OFFHAND COMMENT AGAIN"
When I'm in the weeds engineering, I come out like "OH GAWD DID I RAMBLE ABOUT SOMETHING IN RESPONSE TO AN OFFHAND COMMENT AGAIN"
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
It's funny, but when I'm wearing my Product hat, my confidence feels unshakeable. I come off stage/out of podcasts like "nailed it, you're welcome."
When I'm in the weeds engineering, I come out like "OH GAWD DID I RAMBLE ABOUT SOMETHING IN RESPONSE TO AN OFFHAND COMMENT AGAIN"
When I'm in the weeds engineering, I come out like "OH GAWD DID I RAMBLE ABOUT SOMETHING IN RESPONSE TO AN OFFHAND COMMENT AGAIN"
Back from the gym and enjoying something delightful I brought back from Portugal's copious comics scene
November 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Back from the gym and enjoying something delightful I brought back from Portugal's copious comics scene
I am so excited to see this exhibit at the Lisbon Aquarium!
November 5, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I am so excited to see this exhibit at the Lisbon Aquarium!
This could change the course of personal agent development. It also feels like a dumb move from Amazon. Shopify is leaning into the curve. Amazon could end up scrambling to catch up to AgentCommerce like Walmart did after eCommerce took off.
www.reuters.com/business/ret...
www.reuters.com/business/ret...
www.reuters.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:32 AM
This could change the course of personal agent development. It also feels like a dumb move from Amazon. Shopify is leaning into the curve. Amazon could end up scrambling to catch up to AgentCommerce like Walmart did after eCommerce took off.
www.reuters.com/business/ret...
www.reuters.com/business/ret...
My slides on sustainable AI with smaller models from #LisbonAI: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/6k9zi...
Please reach out if you are using SLMs in production!
Please reach out if you are using SLMs in production!
November 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
My slides on sustainable AI with smaller models from #LisbonAI: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/6k9zi...
Please reach out if you are using SLMs in production!
Please reach out if you are using SLMs in production!
Facts
First talk at this conference to address the sustainability aspects of AI. @nearestnabors.com telling us we should rethink and resize and use smaller models where we can. prototype big, deploy small.
November 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Facts
Been playing around with Chrome's Prompt API. It allows you to utilize the browser's local LLM (Gemma Flash in Chrome) to analyze and construct texts. I wanted to show how to use it to make people be decent in the comments! www.loom.com/share/b162ed...
Exploring the Chrome Prompt API: Enhancing Commenting Experience
In this video, I demonstrate how the Chrome Prompt API works, which is currently available for use. I show how it can analyze comments and suggest more constructive alternatives, steering clear of…
www.loom.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Been playing around with Chrome's Prompt API. It allows you to utilize the browser's local LLM (Gemma Flash in Chrome) to analyze and construct texts. I wanted to show how to use it to make people be decent in the comments! www.loom.com/share/b162ed...
November 3, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Sometimes, I talk with people in charge of venture funds, and I wonder who is trusting them with money. I don't mean "venture capital bad"—I mean "venture capital should be invested by people who understand how monopolies, debt, and MLMs work"
November 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Sometimes, I talk with people in charge of venture funds, and I wonder who is trusting them with money. I don't mean "venture capital bad"—I mean "venture capital should be invested by people who understand how monopolies, debt, and MLMs work"
I'm in Lisbon and in need of protein snacks! What is good??
November 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I'm in Lisbon and in need of protein snacks! What is good??
Is there an SLM Arena? LMArena's models are all too big for what I'm testing lol
November 1, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Is there an SLM Arena? LMArena's models are all too big for what I'm testing lol
Happy Day of the Dead! Hope you get some rest after Halloween 🎃
November 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Happy Day of the Dead! Hope you get some rest after Halloween 🎃
Happy Halloween from me, @lawyerfox.bsky.social and a stray @nikkitaftw.wtf ♥️🎃
November 1, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Happy Halloween from me, @lawyerfox.bsky.social and a stray @nikkitaftw.wtf ♥️🎃
Remember the ".1/1/10 seconds" guidelines from Nielsen's "Usability Engineering"? Well, researchers found that after 4 seconds of waiting for LLMs to reply in VR chat, user experience degrades, even with mitigations: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Mitigating Response Delays in Free-Form Conversations with LLM-powered Intelligent Virtual Agents | Proceedings of the 7th ACM Conference on Conversational User Interfaces
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October 31, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Remember the ".1/1/10 seconds" guidelines from Nielsen's "Usability Engineering"? Well, researchers found that after 4 seconds of waiting for LLMs to reply in VR chat, user experience degrades, even with mitigations: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Having had enough of awkward and inefficient shared to-do apps, I have finally begun migrating my partner to Linear
October 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Having had enough of awkward and inefficient shared to-do apps, I have finally begun migrating my partner to Linear