Salvatore Denaro
@salvatore.denaro.nyc
A drummer among rockstar developers
Also @sdenaro@mastodon.social and @sdenaro on the bird site
Also @sdenaro@mastodon.social and @sdenaro on the bird site
Spinal Tap did to rock and roll documentaries what Blazing Saddles did to Westerns. It dismantled all the stale tropes and forced every film maker after to up their game or look like self parody. #robreiner
December 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Spinal Tap did to rock and roll documentaries what Blazing Saddles did to Westerns. It dismantled all the stale tropes and forced every film maker after to up their game or look like self parody. #robreiner
One of the few bits of native forest left in the New York area.
#ProspectPark
#ProspectPark
Prospect Park receives $10M endowment to support Brooklyn’s only forest • Brooklyn Paper
Prospect Park, home to Brooklyn's last remaining forest and only lake, is an oasis for New Yorkers.
www.brooklynpaper.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
One of the few bits of native forest left in the New York area.
#ProspectPark
#ProspectPark
I'm ok with vinyl and film being called "retro" but not DVDs. They were new when I already old enough to vote. #retrotech
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Gen Z are going retro, with studies showing a resurgence in people buying tech in the modern age that can be dated back decades.
www.bbc.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I'm ok with vinyl and film being called "retro" but not DVDs. They were new when I already old enough to vote. #retrotech
"all of the ingredients of RNA are known to be in primitive asteroids" #astronomy #science
Asteroid Bennu carries all the ingredients for life as we know it
We knew from prior analyses that a distant asteroid sampled in 2020 carried all but one of the molecules needed to kick-start life, and researchers have just found the missing ingredient: sugar
www.newscientist.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"all of the ingredients of RNA are known to be in primitive asteroids" #astronomy #science
They remade the Holga camera and made it look more like the Diana. #photography
www.diyphotography.net
November 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM
They remade the Holga camera and made it look more like the Diana. #photography
JPEG XL sounds like it makes images bigger rather than smaller. #webdev
Google Revisits JPEG XL in Chromium After Earlier Removal
Google has resumed work on JPEG XL support in Chromium after removing it three years ago. A developer says the current version is feature complete and under review.
windowsreport.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:05 AM
JPEG XL sounds like it makes images bigger rather than smaller. #webdev
Are most AI startups are just wrappers? This is worth reading. #ai
pub.towardsai.net
November 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Are most AI startups are just wrappers? This is worth reading. #ai
It's 2025 and everyone uses smartphones. If you are making people download a PDF to look at your menu you are annoying your customers. Pretty sure I've been complaining about this for over a decade at this point.
November 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
It's 2025 and everyone uses smartphones. If you are making people download a PDF to look at your menu you are annoying your customers. Pretty sure I've been complaining about this for over a decade at this point.
November 7, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Dodgers Jays felt like a 27 game series #WorldSeries
November 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Dodgers Jays felt like a 27 game series #WorldSeries
Last night's dodgers/blue jays game went 18 innings so it should count as two wins for the dodgers. #worldseries #dodgers
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Last night's dodgers/blue jays game went 18 innings so it should count as two wins for the dodgers. #worldseries #dodgers
TLDR; LLMs work well enough for small changes, like adding a small feature but fail spectacularly for large problems. They create hard to maintain output. You can't refactor a pig from sausage. Once you have the sausage, you're stuck with it. #llm #ai #…
Remember Vibe Coders? Yeah… They’re Gone
Turns out it was the first AI bubble to burst
medium.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The Oatmeal on AI art.
This is the best take on why AI Slop is so clear to identify as Slop. #ai #art
This is the best take on why AI Slop is so clear to identify as Slop. #ai #art
A cartoonist's review of AI art
This is a comic about AI art.
theoatmeal.com
October 9, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Renewable energy growth in the EU is impressive. #greenenergy
Solar leads EU electricity generation as renewables hit 54%
In Q2 2025, renewables powered 54% of EU electricity, with solar leading the mix and topping all sources in June for the first time.
electrek.co
October 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Renewable energy growth in the EU is impressive. #greenenergy
SciAm usually does a good job explaining things but this is just so exceptionally well done I feel a need to boost it. #SciAm #fusionpower #greenenergy
How Three Fusion Reactor Designs Could Power Tomorrow
Inertial confinement reactors, stellarators and tokamaks each have pros and cons
www.scientificamerican.com
September 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
SciAm usually does a good job explaining things but this is just so exceptionally well done I feel a need to boost it. #SciAm #fusionpower #greenenergy
Stack Overflow has an LLM powered search tool. So far, it looks to be as good as Google Search at returning code snippets. #llm #stackoverflow #ai
stackoverflow.ai - AI-powered search and discovery
stackoverflow.ai is an AI-powered search and discovery tool designed to modernize the Stack Overflow experience by helping developers get answers instantly, learn along the way and provide a path into...
stackoverflow.ai
September 17, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Stack Overflow has an LLM powered search tool. So far, it looks to be as good as Google Search at returning code snippets. #llm #stackoverflow #ai
September 14, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Gemini custom command to rename files based on contents. This is great for PDF files with cryptic names. #Gemini
gemini custom command to suggest a new file name based on contents. Install under $HOME/.gemini/commands
gemini custom command to suggest a new file name based on contents. Install under $HOME/.gemini/commands - suggest-new-name.toml
gist.github.com
September 11, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Gemini custom command to rename files based on contents. This is great for PDF files with cryptic names. #Gemini
If you've been disappointed by LLM assisted coding, you might find this conversation with my old boss from the NY Fed interesting. We discuss context engineering as a way to improve the experience. #llm #ai #contextengineering
Context Engineering and Spec/Vibe Coding: Setting Up AI Dev Tools for Better Code Quality - Part 1
Context Engineering and Spec Coding: A Guide to Better AI-Assisted DevelopmentIntroductionAs AI-powered development tools become increasingly prevalent, the ...
www.youtube.com
September 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
If you've been disappointed by LLM assisted coding, you might find this conversation with my old boss from the NY Fed interesting. We discuss context engineering as a way to improve the experience. #llm #ai #contextengineering
