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Android Engineer at Reddit. I take photos sometimes. Georgian Bay, ON. https://adambennett.dev/

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Man, the AI bubble is going to pop so fucking hard thanks to... err... the Iran war?

Not what I had on my bingo card but I'll take it

09.03.2026 00:04 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Two Pillars of (Engineering) Management A former colleague once described their view of management as a role measured by two* pillars. As an IC, I really like this framing of it and it's helped me a ton of times in knowing how to best work ...

Two Pillars of (Engineering) Management

www.zacsweers.dev/two-pillars-...

03.03.2026 16:05 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

I wrote a long rant about "AI" today in which I described Jack as an "insepid Rasputin-drawn-from-memory and serial company-destroyer", but I'm not sure posting it on my blog is a good idea in this environment.

Couldn't waste that burn, though.

28.02.2026 00:00 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Truly incredible the amount of damage Elon and Jack have done to the tech industry in a few short years.

27.02.2026 15:04 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This whole thread has made me quite sad. This industry is not what it was sh.reddit.com/r/Experience...

19.02.2026 01:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Today would have been a beautiful day for skiing but my skis are in the shop noooooooooooooooooooooooo

12.02.2026 14:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was just talking about this with my manager and skip today. There's definitely a bit of a glass ceiling in these sorts of roles.

11.02.2026 02:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Not sure if unscrupulous business or North Korean espionage ops

09.02.2026 13:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

New Epstein files = war in Iran after market close

30.01.2026 20:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's incredible beautiful outside but far too cold for my cameras :(

29.01.2026 22:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
I can’t speak for everyone, but my mind tends to treat writing an article, making a video, writing a song, cooking a meal, drawing an image, and, apparently, designing software the same way. It’s not a matter of just β€œgenerating” something perfect from my head, but exploring the tension that exists between what I’m imagining and the limitations of my stupid meat body. That’s actually the exciting part. It also lets me figure out if something has turned out wrong or just resulted in a happy accident. Vibe coding, like every new trend coming out of Silicon Valley, turns this process β€” the entire act of creativity, itself β€” into a slot machine. One more pull on the AI and maybe it will figure it out for you. You won’t understand how any of it works, of course, or feel particularly proud of what you’ve done, but maybe you’ll have something. Just a few more dollars for some more tokens. C’mon, just pay a bit more.

I can’t speak for everyone, but my mind tends to treat writing an article, making a video, writing a song, cooking a meal, drawing an image, and, apparently, designing software the same way. It’s not a matter of just β€œgenerating” something perfect from my head, but exploring the tension that exists between what I’m imagining and the limitations of my stupid meat body. That’s actually the exciting part. It also lets me figure out if something has turned out wrong or just resulted in a happy accident. Vibe coding, like every new trend coming out of Silicon Valley, turns this process β€” the entire act of creativity, itself β€” into a slot machine. One more pull on the AI and maybe it will figure it out for you. You won’t understand how any of it works, of course, or feel particularly proud of what you’ve done, but maybe you’ll have something. Just a few more dollars for some more tokens. C’mon, just pay a bit more.

www.garbageday.email/p/am-i-too-s...

19.01.2026 21:55 πŸ‘ 3935 πŸ” 846 πŸ’¬ 66 πŸ“Œ 86

That is fine. I don't have any issues using it as an editorial tool.

16.01.2026 12:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I *despise* people using AI to write announcements at work. If you can't be bothered to write it, why should I bother reading it?

15.01.2026 14:46 πŸ‘ 76 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

Please don't give your healthcare data to ChatGPT.

08.01.2026 12:29 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not when some exec gets wind of the technology...

04.01.2026 17:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Application Development - Swift for Android SwifDroid documentation (Android framework for Swift).

Watch product orgs that couldn't give a shit about KMP suddenly decide that cross-platform is the future docs.swifdroid.com/app/

04.01.2026 02:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Of course the real casualty in all of this is the integrity of the FIFA Peace Prize

03.01.2026 11:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh no I think I want a Leica Monochrom

31.12.2025 21:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

And so begins my annual Christmas tradition of reading about Haskell, only to forget it all within a week of Jan 1st

23.12.2025 18:43 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Pro-res zoom is quite impressive right up until it creates Eldritch horrors

07.12.2025 21:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Remarkable that Spotify can't get something as table stakes as syncing changes in playlists between two devices right

06.12.2025 19:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm building a PoC for work and finding that yeahhh... this very much seems to be the case. Still, exciting stuff for the future.

03.12.2025 21:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Jesus this is a game changer, I had no idea this was being worked on. Thanks for the deep-dive, @skydoves.bsky.social!

29.11.2025 14:18 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trillions Spent and Big Software Projects Are Still Failing Why do software failures persist despite soaring IT budgets? Dive into the complexities that keep success elusive.

"Few IT projects are displays of rational decision-making from which AI can or should learn. As software practitioners know, IT projects suffer from enough management hallucinations and delusions without AI adding to them." spectrum.ieee.org/it-managemen...

26.11.2025 10:53 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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No these were all on the X100VI! I only just got the GFX up and running today

21.11.2025 21:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Some snaps from Japan in XPan format

21.11.2025 19:10 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Another victim of Google's shitty trade-in process. Box arrived empty, despite me sending them a video of me sealing it in the box + proof of postage. $0 and no recourse - can't even do a credit card chargeback as they'll delete your account.

So that's nice.

20.11.2025 09:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Last day in Japan. Acquired a Fujifilm GFX 50R and a Mitakon Speedmaster 65mm f1.4. Pumped.

19.11.2025 00:17 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have major FOMO about Droidcon London but I'm going to Japan next week so I can't be toooo salty

30.10.2025 17:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Onsite complete and cold acquired - I can't wait to go home and do nothing for the long weekend

10.10.2025 13:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0