Short chat with MiniMax-M2.5
Me: who are you?
> I'm Claude Code [...]
Me: Are you sure you're not MiniMax-M2.5?
> [...] The system prompt identifies me as "MiniMax-M2.5" [..], but I've been introducing myself as "Claude Code".
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I’ve lived in London for years. I just saw directions to Nelson Square, North Southwark, and briefly felt myself slip into some alternate timeline…
From @tldraw.com: Their tests are worthwhile (and we might yet take a look in an 'interesting testing' session).
While this is tongue-in-cheek, it's also getting closer to a thing. Tests, like moulds, are valuable.
github.com/tldraw/tldra...
I've done that!
Glad you've got the angels.
Bullshit: sticky, nasty, grows roses.
Batshit: all the above, but the zoonotic pathogens can really mess you up.
LLM chats: more batshit than bullshit.
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In Workroom PlayTime this week, we'll run Cutting to the Core – an activity to help testers with talks to find their core message.
Online, hands-on, this Thursday.
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In my gang, we cal it the "Vale of Shit", and it's part of the almost-universal path. So much easier, when collaborating, to have a name and an expectation – and a delight to put it behind us.
I'm sorry you're there. Truck on through, if that's any encouragement.
Amused (not amused) to read that someone's overnight bot, using Opus to regularly check that it was still nighttime, burnt their $20 before they woke.
I'm amused at the bathetic lesson.
I'm not amused at the thought of all those bots, using all that resource.
Commandline, people.
To gain passkey access from the commandline, use `gh auth login`
Ta daa.
Terminal output indicating LLM usage – cost $0.10, took 87s, burnt a tiny hole in my soul.
Yesterday, Claude successfully (and painfully) got authenticated with my repo.
Today, I could not work out how to authenticate personally through the commandline (I have a passcode, it needs a password).
So I'm reduced to spending $0.10 to ask the LLM to do `git push`.
WAAAAAAAAAARGH.
Workroom PlayTime 045 on 22 January... tests of reasoning that (generally) distinguish humans and machines
So if yer orange balloon puts a 10% tariff on sales from the UK to the US, that means my US customers pay more, and his mob keep a chunk?
So now my diddly workshops are for free for US people, and I'm ignoring US corporates. I've not yet worked out how to do that.
In entirely unrelated news, I'm grateful to 0x0.st for being excellently helpful and responsive.
I am an idiot with an LLM, and yesterday my nicely sandboxed, ` --dangerously-skip-permissions` env uploaded an unexpected file to an unexpected place.
Here's an interesting one for testers: A library with examples but no code www.dbreunig.com/2026/01/08/a...
What does "testing" mean when we have only examples – and all the executable tests are generated? Like the old days – or not so much... ?
Post + Workroom PlayTime incoming...
“response” is my go-to.
In my head-dictionary “Output” implies a transformation, and “Result” smells of greater determinism.
For playing on the last working day of the last working week of 2025, explorers.
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Thursday 18 Dec at 3pm London time: marking the last in a year of hands-on short experiences, here's a Workroom PlayTime on building short exercises. No lectures, no principles, no solutions to problems: We'll play, share, and learn together.
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This week's Workroom PlayTime is at 4:30 London time on Thursday 11 Dec. Basically today, future people. Sorry to be late to announce.
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Irja is a star!
Run workshops? Want ideas on how to get people sharing?
Get this.
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A view from a queue on the airport tarmac, of buildings, machines, aeroplanes and vehicles.
As I head out from BER, I reflect that one way to make things go like clockwork is to prioritise the clock.
I’m grateful to everyone at #AgileTD that they choose the harder path and put us first.
Cheerio!
Thursday 13 at 5pm London time – picking parts for your custom tools.
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Thursday 6 November: join me to play with xargs for testers. 4pm London time, on Zoom.
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Mark’s passion and precision is spot on. And so very vital. The WAC is a *stunning* resource. It must be allowed — empowered — to thrive. SHARE.
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Bleak-box testing
This @adalovelaceday.bsky.social , celebrate the generosity and wisdom of Elisabeth Hendrickson ( curiousduck.io ), the perspective and persistence of @lisacrispin.bsky.social
and the sheer chutzpah and joy of @fionaccharles.bsky.social
#ALD25 – findingada.com
in SE5, O2 seems up while Three has signal but v weak.
