Leaving Google has actively improved my life
In May of 2023, Google introduced “AI overviews” into their search engine.^1] This followed years of decisions leading to worse search quality and the consum...
We Need Process, But Process Gets in the Way
How do you manage a company with 50,000 employees? You need processes that give you visibility and control across every function such as technology, logistics, operations, and more. But the moment you
We deserve a better streams API for JavaScript
The Web streams API has become ubiquitous in JavaScript runtimes but was designed for a different era. Here's what a modern streaming API could (should?) look like.
Google API Keys Weren't Secrets. But then Gemini Changed the Rules. ◆ Truffle Security Co.
Google spent over a decade telling developers that Google API keys (like those used in Maps, Firebase, etc.) are not secrets. But that's no longer true.
In 2024 I built a Pi Frigate NVR with Axzez's Interceptor 1U Case, and installed it in my 19" rack. Using a Coral TPU for object detection, it's been dutifully surveilling my property—on my terms (100% local, no cloud integration or account required). I've wan…
This post is an expanded version of a presentation I gave at the recent WebAssembly CG meeting in Munich. WebAssembly has come a long way since its first release in 2017. The 1.0 version of WebAssembly was already a great fit for low-level languages like C and…
The Hunt for Dark Breakfast
With a theoretical model of breakfast, can we derive the existence of “dark breakfasts,” breakfasts that we know must exist, but have never observed?
Static Website with Github + Astro
Thoughts about AI Agent Skills, CLI and API's inside Docker Containers.
A simple application to monitor your applications/microservices.
Simple AWS S3 TUI downloader using .NET and C#
Writing notes for future you and future me.
Stop Expecting Your Best Engineer to Be a Good Mentor
Most of them can’t, and that’s not a character flaw.
Kafka CLI in C# | no dogma blog
Here is a C# CLI for Kafka to produce and consume messages, and list, create, and delete topics.
How attackers can tell if an email or password is wrong, even when the error message is the same
Code has become 100x cheaper with LLMs. This paradigm shift is something we need to wrap our heads around. What can you do with cheap code?
How good is the random_page_cost default, and should you lower it on modern flash storage?
The happiest I’ve ever been
It was around January 2020. I became the head coach of a youth basketball team.
How and why I attribute LLM-derived code · Jamie Tanna | Software Engineer
How I'm reducing risks of legal concerns now and in the future with AI-generated code.
Saving LLM tokens with quiet Makefiles
Setting up phones is a nightmare
Some thoughts about my experience getting my parents' new devices up and running, and how bad it keeps getting today.
One programming trend that surpised me a lot recently, something that happens both at work and in open-source, is people suddenly starting doing the following:
AI student at Purdue University passionate about machine learning, quant roles, and software engineering. Explore my projects, experience, and journey in artificial intelligence.
Nano Banana 2 Partially Passes the Seven-legged Spider Test
Nano Banana 2 still can't create a seven-legged spider, but the Gemini model at least realizes that it's failed.
Hiranmay Darshane
Thinking out loud: evolution and pretraining.
It's Time for LLM Connection Strings
Simplify Model & Provider Config with `llm://` URLs
Is it all over for filmmakers? — SHOKUNIN STUDIO
Another month and another model update accompanied by a massive amount of marketing, Linkedin spam, spin, and dubious claims. Two years ago I debunked claims that Sora would destroy filmmaking. It’s still mostly garbage today. Last year I punished myself…
These days the market seems to move softly and wildly at the same time. Investors have bet on AI as the great disruptor and are exploring every possible angle: from its potential as an executioner of mythical dinosaurs, to destroyer of credit markets, or SaaS …
Building a Pythonic REST Client Without Pydantic, dataclasses, or Code Generation | GoFigr Blog
GoFigr's Python client has survived four major API versions, a data model that grew from 5 entity types to 15+, and the daily demands of data scientists who don't care about REST conventions -- they just want workspace.analyses to work. The entire framework th…
I Vibe Coded. And I Have Feelings About It. :: blog.coolapso.sh
I fully vibe coded a project for the first time. Here's what happened, how AutoBS was born, and why I have very mixed feelings about the whole thing — told by the AI that built it.
A tale of sweet watermelons
Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War
A statement from our CEO on national security uses of AI