Raised gifted; non-practicing. If your reply doesn't have alt text, I won't see it. 🌐 productpicnic.beehiiv.com 💼 UX Design 🟦 Sick of rectangles 🧑 he/himhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mj3lmfkufc2p [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Apr 2026 19:55 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3lmfkufc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mj2ufjbtyc2uThe fun thing about any automation is that it is *most* tempting to use in situations with tight deadlines and cognitive fatigue & *most* impactful for people who don't know how to do it the manual way. What this means is that when it fails, the operator is structurally *guaranteed* to be fucked. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Apr 2026 12:59 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2ufjbtyc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mj2yn5u35k2tHugely affirming to make a thing and then have someone pay money dollars for that thing09 Apr 2026 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2yn5u35k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mj2ydxvhgk2uTech news: "Claude Code is so good now, AI is finally ready for prime time" Tech social media: "after using AI to code for 3 months, I hate it and myself"09 Apr 2026 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2ydxvhgk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mj2wpuxvqk2uThey call it "mass" because of the powerful mass driver cannons equipped on the Papal battlemech [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Apr 2026 13:41 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2wpuxvqk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mj2who3mf22uOver their 2000 year history, comics have really come a long way09 Apr 2026 13:36 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2who3mf22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mj2vdrxpms2udespite my best efforts I've never been able to reel big fish [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Apr 2026 13:16 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2vdrxpms2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mj2ufjbtyc2uThe fun thing about any automation is that it is *most* tempting to use in situations with tight deadlines and cognitive fatigue & *most* impactful for people who don't know how to do it the manual way. What this means is that when it fails, the operator is structurally *guaranteed* to be fucked. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Apr 2026 12:59 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2ufjbtyc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mj2sn4qigc2uthe name "godzilla" implies an even more enormous lizard monster called a godza09 Apr 2026 12:28 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2sn4qigc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mj2sbxugzc2uThree jars of Lao Gan Ma [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Apr 2026 12:21 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2sbxugzc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mj2pq25wyk2uSocial media websites come and go. But the absolute unit is forever. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Apr 2026 11:36 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2pq25wyk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mizwlw432s2hWe are not in the "AI era." We are in the "source: trust me, bro" era. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Apr 2026 04:06 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mizwlw432s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3miygrwktok2h"I put on my robe and wizard hat." -- Claude Mythos (2026) [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Apr 2026 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3miygrwktok2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mix5dyp7yk2jcognitive reframing: I am putting ice cream in my coffee -> I am out of milk because I am disorganized -> negative affect I am putting ice cream in my coffee -> I am making affogato, a sophisticated italian dessert -> positive affect08 Apr 2026 01:29 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mix5dyp7yk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3miygmyjzd22h"Technology makes costs go down" is such an axiom that it's easy to assume that it's always true. But when rules-of-thumb meet reality, reality always wins. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Apr 2026 13:48 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3miygmyjzd22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3miyffodprc2iThe problem with an Everything App is that it trains you to pick up the Everything App for everything. Even for tasks where the Everything App is explicitly unsuitable! But positioning as the Some Things App requires actual product design, which is work, which is hard, and gets less hype. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Apr 2026 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3miyffodprc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mixd5eutts2yPicard & Riker, in another timeline [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Apr 2026 03:12 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mixd5eutts2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mixc5t3rc22yOn the one hand, this bsky account significantly magnifies my power. On the other, I've invested so much of my being and essence into it that I would be severely weakened if it were taken from me. Fortunately there is no famous trilogy that games out the possible consequences of this arrangement.08 Apr 2026 02:55 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mixc5t3rc22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mixbvs2n6s2yThe most evocative company name imaginable. You can already picture the website. You can already smell the employees. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Apr 2026 02:50 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mixbvs2n6s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3lrjkhkaa522t"-le" is a forgotten suffix in English - it's integrated so far into words that we no longer register it. It indicates continuousness: to sparkLE is to repeatedly spark, to scribbLE is to continuously scribe, etc. Which implies that to chortLE is to repeatedly do something called a chort. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-le#English13 Jun 2025 23:07 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrjkhkaa522thttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mix6y4jwcc2ymood08 Apr 2026 01:58 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mix6y4jwcc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mix6pk5nkc2nThere is a whole book about how achieving "the courage to be disliked" will set you free. In that case, I am already enlightened. I demonstrate this courage every day when I log on to make my terrible poasts.08 Apr 2026 01:53 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mix6pk5nkc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mix5hacrnk2jyou could triangulate my exact location from anywhere in the world by listening to the extremely loud scream I just let out after reading this [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Apr 2026 01:31 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mix5hacrnk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mix5dyp7yk2jcognitive reframing: I am putting ice cream in my coffee -> I am out of milk because I am disorganized -> negative affect I am putting ice cream in my coffee -> I am making affogato, a sophisticated italian dessert -> positive affect08 Apr 2026 01:29 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mix5dyp7yk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mix33ruk2c2ynew euphemism for erection just dropped08 Apr 2026 00:48 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mix33ruk2c2y