Nick Cairns
@niccai.bsky.social
Frontend engineering and UX leader. Stock trader, hockey player, husband, and father.
As an introvert, all of this chatting is exhausting.
November 14, 2025 at 2:35 AM
As an introvert, all of this chatting is exhausting.
I’m already loving the split tab feature in Chrome.
November 7, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I’m already loving the split tab feature in Chrome.
RIP Diane Keaton. One of the greats.
October 11, 2025 at 11:37 PM
RIP Diane Keaton. One of the greats.
I love books, and buying books. I used to be obsessed. I still hate the hardcover format for reading though. Give me a trade paperback any day.
October 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I love books, and buying books. I used to be obsessed. I still hate the hardcover format for reading though. Give me a trade paperback any day.
What’s with baseball teams celebrating in the dressing room after winning a wildcard series?
October 3, 2025 at 3:45 AM
What’s with baseball teams celebrating in the dressing room after winning a wildcard series?
Kind of wild, but in my current setup, the easiest way for me to make some quick image edits was a combination of ChatGPT and Squoosh.
June 30, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Kind of wild, but in my current setup, the easiest way for me to make some quick image edits was a combination of ChatGPT and Squoosh.
I hate it when my context window runs out. 🥲
June 24, 2025 at 5:31 AM
I hate it when my context window runs out. 🥲
The cat’s pajamas…
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June 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The cat’s pajamas…
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You want to go where people know
People are all the same
You want to go where everybody knows your name
RIP George Wendt
People are all the same
You want to go where everybody knows your name
RIP George Wendt
May 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
You want to go where people know
People are all the same
You want to go where everybody knows your name
RIP George Wendt
People are all the same
You want to go where everybody knows your name
RIP George Wendt
“And when the competition is in the realm of intelligence, that means preserving and advancing our own intelligence by holding at arms length seductive augmentations in order to avoid suffering the amputations that are their price.”
nealstephenson.substack.com/p/remarks-on...
nealstephenson.substack.com/p/remarks-on...
Remarks on AI from NZ
Last week I participated in a panel discussion on AI as part of a private event in New Zealand.
nealstephenson.substack.com
May 18, 2025 at 4:08 AM
“And when the competition is in the realm of intelligence, that means preserving and advancing our own intelligence by holding at arms length seductive augmentations in order to avoid suffering the amputations that are their price.”
nealstephenson.substack.com/p/remarks-on...
nealstephenson.substack.com/p/remarks-on...
Reposted by Nick Cairns
I miss when the biggest news of the day was a guy getting his monkey jpeg stolen
April 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I miss when the biggest news of the day was a guy getting his monkey jpeg stolen
Pretty crazy how Ovechkin beat Gretzky’s scoring record in the same number of games - and tied him in one less.
April 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Pretty crazy how Ovechkin beat Gretzky’s scoring record in the same number of games - and tied him in one less.
I feel like Mac Minis are going to be selling like crazy in the coming years. Local computers running agents with low energy use, and little noise are going to be a big thing for households.
March 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I feel like Mac Minis are going to be selling like crazy in the coming years. Local computers running agents with low energy use, and little noise are going to be a big thing for households.
Sing Sing deserved more praise. Touches your heart.
March 23, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Sing Sing deserved more praise. Touches your heart.
Apple Maps with the Apple Watch is surprisingly delightful.
March 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Apple Maps with the Apple Watch is surprisingly delightful.
Hitting the max context window in a really fruitful chat with Claude is a huge bummer.
March 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Hitting the max context window in a really fruitful chat with Claude is a huge bummer.
Binnington was absolutely phenomenal. The best goaltending by a Canadian in years.
February 21, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Binnington was absolutely phenomenal. The best goaltending by a Canadian in years.
I hear that The Imperial March is on the playlist at TD Garden tonight.
February 20, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I hear that The Imperial March is on the playlist at TD Garden tonight.
Unsure if it was weather that caused the crash, but it would be interesting to know if the snow, in the end, was a factor in the positive outcome of that airplane crash at Pearson.
February 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Unsure if it was weather that caused the crash, but it would be interesting to know if the snow, in the end, was a factor in the positive outcome of that airplane crash at Pearson.