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The dark flows and Loss Disguised as a Win felt quite relatable. I've had 3 days in a row at work where I've vibe coded heavily with Opus 4.5 and was flowing and felt super product…

In this interview from last year he talks about using uemacs still and how it doesn't have syntax highlighting: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BHmyxsIdOHQ

If it did then I’m very impressed because the demanding more snacks thing was fantastic

That doesn't sound like how I understand over-fitting, but I'm intrigued! How do you mean?

But more importantly, he is not one of those people he writes about. He sets up an ideal that he doesn’t live up to. He’s an author and journalist, not a doer of any kind as far as…

I had NotebookLM make a 15 min podcast about it and listened to it while walking the dogs. It was a very interesting way of trying to understand a research paper! You need a google…

Thanks, just placed a hold on that book at my library!

541 views, on an 8 years old video. How many of those are you responsible for? Anyway I put it on my watch later list, thanks!

I found this refreshing after catching myself overthinking stuff lately. I want to reclaim the joy of coding in 2025.

‘it’ is a welcome addition!

”In my experience, the stronger programmers don't use an IDE and also have no problem producing code at the same speed as IDE users. I also find that the code produced with an IDE …

Shopify, but yes!

The whole not being dependent on Apple or AWS etc plays into the idea of Technofeudalism and how to counter that to keep a more open society alive. I highly recommend the Philosoph…

Mates, I’m fired up. I don’t know if DHH has evangelised me for so long or if it’s because we’re fairly aligned in our stances, but it feels like this ticks all my boxes. No more c…

The Tailwind reference was so quick, what made you think it was useful? I mean I think I like Tailwind, just asking because I’m curious.

I’m so excited about all of this. I was about to start creating an Expo mobile app but maybe I’ll just go with Rails 8 and Hotwire Native for now. I know Rails way better and I enj…

Oh wow, I'm only 5 minutes in and he's already said so much cool stuff that resonates with me around neomania, timelessness/the lindy effect etc (I've read too much Taleb recently)…

tab-bar is what I've wanted for so long without knowing it!

I spent one day doing this a few months ago and I’m so happy now.

Oh wow thanks for this. Just deleted a bunch of config and packages.

Underrated comment!

Wow! I was involved in creating an app for the mosquito people in the field and the researchers for this project many years ago. So happy it's finally showing awesome results!

The entire Incerto book series by Taleb (which includes Fooled by Randomness and The Black Swan) are awesome and they are talking about big catastrophic events like the current one…