Michele Riva
@riva.wtf
“There is but one truly philosophical problem, and that is distributed systems” - Albert Camus
I missed this - back after two weeks in Italy
October 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I missed this - back after two weeks in Italy
Got an A even if I'll never understand APA formatting 🥲 graph theory ftw!
September 26, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Got an A even if I'll never understand APA formatting 🥲 graph theory ftw!
Yeah studying for a B.Sc. While working full-time is not as easy as I thought
September 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Yeah studying for a B.Sc. While working full-time is not as easy as I thought
I love San Francisco and I love living in Mission
September 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I love San Francisco and I love living in Mission
I'm looking for a strong front-end focused developer. Contractor for milestone-based project(s). React/TypeScript/Tailwind. Budget is ~$5-6k/month. Preferably in Italy, but open to all EU.
September 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I'm looking for a strong front-end focused developer. Contractor for milestone-based project(s). React/TypeScript/Tailwind. Budget is ~$5-6k/month. Preferably in Italy, but open to all EU.
MCP is such an ugly protocol
September 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
MCP is such an ugly protocol
Working in tech, AI is so fucking exhausting
September 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Working in tech, AI is so fucking exhausting
I'll never get used to kg<>lbs conversion. I tried ordering 200kg of salmon for lunch
August 14, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I'll never get used to kg<>lbs conversion. I tried ordering 200kg of salmon for lunch
Level of frustration being forced to write frontend code: doing LeetCode in Rust just to decompress
August 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Level of frustration being forced to write frontend code: doing LeetCode in Rust just to decompress
Reposted by Michele Riva
PSA.. the @nodejs.org TSC just had a leadership vote. @nodeland.dev is the new TSC chair. @ruyadorno.com and I will be serving as the Co-Vice Chairs.
August 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
PSA.. the @nodejs.org TSC just had a leadership vote. @nodeland.dev is the new TSC chair. @ruyadorno.com and I will be serving as the Co-Vice Chairs.
Did my first angel investment today 👀
August 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Did my first angel investment today 👀
I took an exam in statistics and guess what I want to major in now
July 31, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I took an exam in statistics and guess what I want to major in now
No way my B.Sc. tutor is called Haskell
What a badass name!
What a badass name!
July 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
No way my B.Sc. tutor is called Haskell
What a badass name!
What a badass name!
Ended up in a very nice tech dinner in San Francisco explaining the borrow checker at 10pm. This city is crazy! Love it
July 27, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Ended up in a very nice tech dinner in San Francisco explaining the borrow checker at 10pm. This city is crazy! Love it
I'm willing to pay a Philosophy student (major) or professor for one hour of chatting a week. I want to cover nihilism and existentialism/absurdism, and I need some guidance. If you know anyone who'd be interested, please connect the two of us! 🙏
July 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I'm willing to pay a Philosophy student (major) or professor for one hour of chatting a week. I want to cover nihilism and existentialism/absurdism, and I need some guidance. If you know anyone who'd be interested, please connect the two of us! 🙏
I gave Cursor a try for a month.
Sure, I shipped fast, but I also felt like I was getting dumber, lazier, and realized I knew way less about my own codebase than I thought.
Back to manual coding, at least for now.
Sure, I shipped fast, but I also felt like I was getting dumber, lazier, and realized I knew way less about my own codebase than I thought.
Back to manual coding, at least for now.
July 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I gave Cursor a try for a month.
Sure, I shipped fast, but I also felt like I was getting dumber, lazier, and realized I knew way less about my own codebase than I thought.
Back to manual coding, at least for now.
Sure, I shipped fast, but I also felt like I was getting dumber, lazier, and realized I knew way less about my own codebase than I thought.
Back to manual coding, at least for now.
I read “Metamorphosis” by Kafka twice: once at 15 for school and again now at 30.
How the hell is a 15yo supposed to understand this book??
How the hell is a 15yo supposed to understand this book??
July 20, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I read “Metamorphosis” by Kafka twice: once at 15 for school and again now at 30.
How the hell is a 15yo supposed to understand this book??
How the hell is a 15yo supposed to understand this book??
Born to write Rust
forced to write JS
forced to write JS
July 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Born to write Rust
forced to write JS
forced to write JS
My third patent has been published - waiting for a decision in about three months!
Performing vector search in content delivery networks. It’s a fun one!
Performing vector search in content delivery networks. It’s a fun one!
July 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
My third patent has been published - waiting for a decision in about three months!
Performing vector search in content delivery networks. It’s a fun one!
Performing vector search in content delivery networks. It’s a fun one!
I'm starting my B.Sc. at the end of this month, just got the full degree plan and I can't wait 🥹
July 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I'm starting my B.Sc. at the end of this month, just got the full degree plan and I can't wait 🥹
The crazy thing about vibe coding is that even tech influencers now can ship something
June 29, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The crazy thing about vibe coding is that even tech influencers now can ship something
It's a hard pill to swallow: there's no 10x engineer. We're all just too used to mediocre engineers we call "senior" because of their time spent at work rather than output quality.
When we finally meet a real senior engineer, we think they're a 10x eng.
They're "just" actual senior engineers.
When we finally meet a real senior engineer, we think they're a 10x eng.
They're "just" actual senior engineers.
June 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
It's a hard pill to swallow: there's no 10x engineer. We're all just too used to mediocre engineers we call "senior" because of their time spent at work rather than output quality.
When we finally meet a real senior engineer, we think they're a 10x eng.
They're "just" actual senior engineers.
When we finally meet a real senior engineer, we think they're a 10x eng.
They're "just" actual senior engineers.