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what in tarnation is that thread

06.03.2026 18:32 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
You Got Tickets To AEW Presents
Double or Nothing

You Got Tickets To AEW Presents Double or Nothing

lfg

06.03.2026 14:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

claude struggle session

06.03.2026 05:04 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

> The user makes a great point.

thanks, claude, but i'm not the one who decided to write like 500 lines of js for an htmx site in the first place so maybe its time for some self-crit eh

06.03.2026 05:04 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

what a terrible day to be literate

06.03.2026 01:37 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Slay the Spire 2 is out which means I will no longer be reachable by any means for 3-4 years. Goodbye

05.03.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
the post from the new head of comms showing the 20+ blocks badge

the post from the new head of comms showing the 20+ blocks badge

can’t believe this labeler is free

05.03.2026 22:26 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

this probably feels so good for the codebase

05.03.2026 17:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

many such cases

05.03.2026 17:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@unthread.at any way we can get og embeds for unthreads

05.03.2026 14:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Continue reading on Unthread β€œsome thoughts on harness engineering and model capability seems pretty likely at least for the next year or so we'll...” Read the rest on https://unthread.at/@aparker.io/3mgd2kuapc323

β€œsome thoughts on harness engineering and model capability
seems pretty likely at least for the next year or so we'll...”
Read the rest on https://unthread.at/@aparker.io/3mgd2kuapc323

05.03.2026 14:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

oh for sure

05.03.2026 13:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i mean a slightly bigger problem here is that no amount of comms training is going to help when you have users that keep gangstalking your employees for perceived slights

05.03.2026 13:14 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

In the late 60s, IBM was forced to unbundle software from hardware. It's time to do the same for data and applications.

04.03.2026 21:08 πŸ‘ 58 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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GitHub - googleworkspace/cli: Google Workspace CLI β€” one command-line tool for Drive, Gmail, Calendar, Sheets, Docs, Chat, Admin, and more. Dynamically built from Google Discovery Service. Includes AI... Google Workspace CLI β€” one command-line tool for Drive, Gmail, Calendar, Sheets, Docs, Chat, Admin, and more. Dynamically built from Google Discovery Service. Includes AI agent skills. - googlework...

Wow @developers.google.com just released a Google Workspace CLI and MCP server for Gmail, Drive, Calendar, etc, etc

Love this

github.com/googleworksp...

05.03.2026 03:49 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2
A section of the OpenAI Symphony readme that says β€œtell your coding agent to build symphony in a programming language of your choice” with a link to a detailed spec

A section of the OpenAI Symphony readme that says β€œtell your coding agent to build symphony in a programming language of your choice” with a link to a detailed spec

We have reached a moment where instead of releasing software you simply release the detailed spec for software and tell people to prompt their agent to build it themselves

From the README of OpenAI’s new Symphony orchestrator: github.com/openai/symph...

05.03.2026 09:12 πŸ‘ 165 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 28

i used to be friends with a rat fancier

05.03.2026 04:37 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

well now I’m freed from the burden of reading ed be confidently wrong about things

05.03.2026 04:28 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The reason _why_ people do this is because for growth-stage companies, trailing 12 month revenue doesn’t tell you shit about what’s happening _now_, especially for places that don’t sign multi-year contracts!

05.03.2026 04:21 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Everyone uses the number that looks best for them but it’s either MRR times 12 or the last quarter times 4!

05.03.2026 04:21 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

breaking my usual omertΓ  from quoting ed but Jesus Christ you dumbass this is what annualized run rate is! You get paid by venture backed companies for PR and you don’t even know how they do math!

05.03.2026 04:19 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

this is an always sunny episode concept

05.03.2026 04:15 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

this leads to the obvious question, β€œdo LLMs have a ballmer peak”

05.03.2026 04:08 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

electrons have weight, ssds store data by changing the amount of electrons vs a spinny disk which changes the polarity of a segment, thus data has actual weight in an ssd which it does not on a spinny disk

05.03.2026 04:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i do not think most people thought about it tbqh

05.03.2026 04:04 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

419th goalpost mover brigade

04.03.2026 22:05 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

heated rivalry (2026)

04.03.2026 21:46 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Does Data Really Have Weight? Exploring SSD Insights Explore the quirky notion that data has weight, especially in SSDs, and learn the science behind this fun idea!

boy I kinda hate this but only because it will replace something actually useful from my brain

cubiclenate.com/2026/03/04/d...

04.03.2026 21:39 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I believe there would be some negative externalities though

04.03.2026 21:36 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh interesting, people who don’t know how to build software are getting mad at my post about building software. Cute.

Let me be clear, over the next year, the job of software engineer will shift dramatically to no longer have typing syntax into an editor as its primary time sink.

04.03.2026 16:45 πŸ‘ 432 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 11