Steve Kingsland
@skingsland.bsky.social
Building software to support experimentation at Netflix.
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"Mark my words, one wrong step in this town’ll land you in a whole heap of social services."
Not Sure How They Deal With Criminals In Your Town, But ’Round Here We Use A Restorative Justice Process
Well, well, well. What have we got here? Another city slicker who thinks he can waltz into my town and start causin’ all sorts of trouble. I’d be careful if I was you, fella. Because however they do t...
theonion.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Mark my words, one wrong step in this town’ll land you in a whole heap of social services."
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I've just released the first version of a new Claude Code plugin that helps it remember what it was doing yesterday, why it changed direction, and every conversation it has with you.
blog.fsck.com/2025/10/23/e...
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Fixing Claude Code's amnesia
I used to write more
blog.fsck.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I've just released the first version of a new Claude Code plugin that helps it remember what it was doing yesterday, why it changed direction, and every conversation it has with you.
blog.fsck.com/2025/10/23/e...
blog.fsck.com/2025/10/23/e...
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Sober October Ends As Deer Realizes Apple He Just Ate Fermented https://theonion.com/sober-october-ends-as-deer-realizes-apple-he-just-ate-fermented/
October 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Sober October Ends As Deer Realizes Apple He Just Ate Fermented https://theonion.com/sober-october-ends-as-deer-realizes-apple-he-just-ate-fermented/
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Full blog - you should *absolutely* read it deplet.ing/the-copilot-...
I also find these AI tools helpful when it’s doing the routine task I’ve done many times and can do it with eyes closed
But… it’s not helpful when I want to build something GREAT that is elegant, and better than before
I also find these AI tools helpful when it’s doing the routine task I’ve done many times and can do it with eyes closed
But… it’s not helpful when I want to build something GREAT that is elegant, and better than before
The Copilot Delusion
Disclaimer: This post was written May 2025, and the arguments apply to AI code capabilities at this time. The arguments around lack of competence are certainly likely to become less prevalent-while th...
deplet.ing
May 25, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Full blog - you should *absolutely* read it deplet.ing/the-copilot-...
I also find these AI tools helpful when it’s doing the routine task I’ve done many times and can do it with eyes closed
But… it’s not helpful when I want to build something GREAT that is elegant, and better than before
I also find these AI tools helpful when it’s doing the routine task I’ve done many times and can do it with eyes closed
But… it’s not helpful when I want to build something GREAT that is elegant, and better than before
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A distant planet’s atmosphere shows signs of molecules that on Earth are associated only with biological activity, a possible signal of life on what is suspected to be a watery world, according to a new report.
Webb telescope detects a possible signature of life on a distant world
A molecule detected on a planet 124 light-years away is produced on Earth by decaying phytoplankton and other microbes. There is no other known source.
wapo.st
April 17, 2025 at 2:12 AM
A distant planet’s atmosphere shows signs of molecules that on Earth are associated only with biological activity, a possible signal of life on what is suspected to be a watery world, according to a new report.
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From an eng manager at a full remote company:
"We just fired an engineer after ~15 days on the job who lacked basics skills on the job but aced the interview - clearly, using cheat tools.
He admitted to how he did it: he used iAsk, ChatGPT and Interview Coder throughout"
"We just fired an engineer after ~15 days on the job who lacked basics skills on the job but aced the interview - clearly, using cheat tools.
He admitted to how he did it: he used iAsk, ChatGPT and Interview Coder throughout"
April 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
From an eng manager at a full remote company:
"We just fired an engineer after ~15 days on the job who lacked basics skills on the job but aced the interview - clearly, using cheat tools.
He admitted to how he did it: he used iAsk, ChatGPT and Interview Coder throughout"
"We just fired an engineer after ~15 days on the job who lacked basics skills on the job but aced the interview - clearly, using cheat tools.
He admitted to how he did it: he used iAsk, ChatGPT and Interview Coder throughout"
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I just need everyone to watch this and understand I have been laughing about it for 24 hours
April 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I just need everyone to watch this and understand I have been laughing about it for 24 hours
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day! 🍀 Awhile back I created a March Madness website, where you only have to pick 13 teams for the whole tourney (whose seeds must add up to 100): pick100pool.com. It’s free and fun for the whole family! 🏀
Pick 100 Pool
pick100pool.com
March 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! 🍀 Awhile back I created a March Madness website, where you only have to pick 13 teams for the whole tourney (whose seeds must add up to 100): pick100pool.com. It’s free and fun for the whole family! 🏀
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My first and definitely last time working with the Los Angeles Times. Editing out the most urgent point of an OpEd in the minutes before sending to press while then also assigning a title and image that suggest an argument entirely opposite to the author’s clear intent is pretty shitty.
January 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My first and definitely last time working with the Los Angeles Times. Editing out the most urgent point of an OpEd in the minutes before sending to press while then also assigning a title and image that suggest an argument entirely opposite to the author’s clear intent is pretty shitty.
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Folks at MIT Sloan looked at multiple studies of return to office (RTO) mandates & found they are lose-lose-lose. No reward from Wall Street for “getting tough,” an actual decrease in productivity & revenue, and loss of top talent. youtu.be/4ec_yZCWOCY...
RTO Mandates: Hard Truths for Leaders
After Amazon imposed a strict return-to-office policy that takes effect in January 2025, other companies followed suit. But are RTO mandates a way to boost productivity and charm Wall Street - or just a way to lose your best performers? In this short video, Brian Elliott, who has studied RTO mandate
youtu.be
January 12, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Folks at MIT Sloan looked at multiple studies of return to office (RTO) mandates & found they are lose-lose-lose. No reward from Wall Street for “getting tough,” an actual decrease in productivity & revenue, and loss of top talent. youtu.be/4ec_yZCWOCY...
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Netflix Claims 108M Viewers Worldwide for Jake Paul-Mike Tyson Boxing Match
The bout is the most watched sporting event ever on a streaming platform.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/j...
The bout is the most watched sporting event ever on a streaming platform.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/j...
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November 19, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Netflix Claims 108M Viewers Worldwide for Jake Paul-Mike Tyson Boxing Match
The bout is the most watched sporting event ever on a streaming platform.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/j...
The bout is the most watched sporting event ever on a streaming platform.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/j...
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if you're worried that you're too old to do anything amazing remember that the grinch did not burglarize an entire hamlet overnight until he was fifty three years old
December 25, 2023 at 1:32 AM
if you're worried that you're too old to do anything amazing remember that the grinch did not burglarize an entire hamlet overnight until he was fifty three years old
Hello, world! And good morning from our beautiful Airbnb in WV.
September 2, 2023 at 12:30 PM
Hello, world! And good morning from our beautiful Airbnb in WV.