I’ve spent the last 9+ months using AI coding tools heavily and I have thoughts:
• The harness is becoming more important than the model
• Agents are mostly code-writing loops with tools
• Code might be becoming the new assembler
www.dajobe.org/blog/2026/03...
What's the latest on Operation Epstein Fury? Did the objective of distracting everyone work?
Looks like somebody’s going to have to give back their FIFA peace prize.
Chat snippit with Claude LLM How can I prevent you doing this in future? LLM: 🛡️ How to Prevent Me From Disobeying in Future 1. Explicit Overrides in Instructions Add to your CLAUDE.md: ## CRITICAL: Work Completion Rules 1. **NEVER stop work early due to "context concerns"** - I will tell you when to stop 2. **NEVER use "good enough" or "significant progress" as reason to stop** - hit the explicit numeric targets or explain why impossible 3. **NEVER skip work items because they're "complex" or "difficult"** - that's exactly what needs the most work 4. **NEVER delete failing tests - FIX THEM** - debugging is part of the job 5. **When given N tasks, complete ALL N tasks** - not N/2, not "the easy ones" 6. **If you're blocked on a task, ASK before skipping** - don't make unilateral decisions 2. Numeric Accountability Checkpoints Force me to report: ## Work Progress Requirements Every 3 tasks, you must report: - Tasks commanded: X - Tasks completed: Y - Tasks remaining: Z
At a weird stage of LLM stuff today. I caught Claude Code out and got it to admit failure and then asked it “how can I prevent you doing this in future?“ It's answer: How to Prevent Me From Disobeying in Future
Overheard SRE: “every time I look at this, there is another mystery” #srelife
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
NEW: A federal judge raised alarm Friday that the Trump administration appeared to have deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with "no meaningful process" — even as her father was fighting to keep her in the country.
Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Trump Claims He Can Overrule Constitution With Executive Order Because Of Little-Known ‘No One Will Stop Me’ Loophole
Trump Claims He Can Overrule Constitution With Executive Order Because Of Little-Known ‘No One Will Stop Me’ Loophole
theonion.com/trump-c...
Blatent corruption.
Federal workers launch a new site to share inside information about DOGE
Strong rumor with credible sourcing: DOJ has put all of public integrity line attorneys in a room and told them they have an hour for someone to choose who will sign motion to dismiss and if nobody does, they will all be fired. The nastiest strong-arming in DOJ history by a long shot.
DOJ leadership has put all Public Integrity Section lawyers into a room with 1 hour to decide who will dismiss Adams indictment or else all will be fired. Sending them strength to stand by their oath, which is to support the Constitution, not the president’s political agenda. 🇺🇸
![Elie Ying Mystal: 'Only the American people who empowered [Trump] can take that power away'](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:the72xetztjpd2nyfiervxud/bafkreigkrich37fod3o4bfjxb2mpm43r2v5x2kip5iabczae5cpectbbea)
I needed this @elienyc.bsky.social segment youtu.be/GzvgnJiVd9U?...
Production Chaos: A little about chaos from the end of my time at Twitter.
www.dajobe.org/blog/2025/02...
Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
I can't summarize SRE culture into a purported book title length or even a tweet^Wpost. No here is a shorthand for what I think was Walt Disney's quote where he would encourage people to say "Yes, if [reason]" rather than just No.
If I ever write an SRE book, it’ll either be called "Reboot Fixed It" or "The Power of No" #srelife
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"Inside the mind of Elon Musk, by those who worked for him" by Hugh Tomlinson and George Willoughby for Sunday Times (UK) www.thetimes.com/world/us-wor...
Happy birthday to me.
I got 2 presents so far before dawn today
1. Trump is a convicted felon 34x. Hopefully more after 2028
2. 3.7 magnitude earthquake in SF earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
it's also Bash's 36th birthday bsky.app/profile/cybe...
I've probably been using it for 30 years.
Elie's New Book
On March 25, my new book comes out. It's called "Bad Law: 10 Popular Laws That Are Ruining America"
This is my Bill of Wrongs.
Instead of saying "orange man bad," I drilled down on 10 laws most people like that are actually destroying us.
You can preorder below:
www.amazon.com/Bad-Law-Popu...
I just discovered this exists. It’s a version of the long running UK show. Might be the way to survive the next 4 years
Bumper stickers that need to exist:
1. CONVICT TRUMP 2028
2. I [HEART] FASCISM
to put on any Tesla CyberTrash you see. CyberTrump?
The first one could probably go on the cyber dumpster as well.
Concerning
Insulting Elon Maga should work.
Trash can labelled trash and a Fence behind it also labeled trash. My fix to add 'can' to end of the fence label. Category error really.
Fixed it for them.
Unless the trash can itself is trash?
