Married 💍 Father of two wee bairns. 2 cats & 1 dog. Principal Engineer @ Mews. Texan living & working in Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. he/him. Blogging over on https://sean.thenewells.ushttps://bsky.app/profile/sean.thenewells.ushttps://bsky.app/profile/sean.thenewells.us/post/3mledmge7nk2eI know it's not quite over yet, but so so glad Scotland knows how to say "FUCK OFF" to shite england+wales could learn a thing or to, wtf happened yo?08 May 2026 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:ofijr7gwipttef6qwjhcsv4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mledmge7nk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/sean.thenewells.us/post/3mkux2s75sk2pThe robots (specifically Deborah Bot 5000) in Mitchels vs the Machines are conscious. Nothing artificial on the planet earth is conscious. I will not elaborate further. 🫠🤖 https://media.tenor.com/T28hAcBn0gcAAAAC/robot-walk-the-mitchells-vs-the-machines.gif?hh=280&ww=49802 May 2026 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:ofijr7gwipttef6qwjhcsv4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkux2s75sk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/sean.thenewells.us/post/3mjwwpjx6dk27Has anyone found a good use for apfel? Struggling to see where it could fit and what tier / scale of task it can reliably so. Seems apple intelligence isn't well suited to compose. On a MBP M3.20 Apr 2026 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:ofijr7gwipttef6qwjhcsv4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwwpjx6dk27https://bsky.app/profile/sean.thenewells.us/post/3misvevpsvk2rSWE rn be like "don't blink don't think just go" https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=LIfgMI8qLBk&si=RAN9RZnvxRl52jzB06 Apr 2026 08:55 +0000at://did:plc:ofijr7gwipttef6qwjhcsv4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3misvevpsvk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/sean.thenewells.us/post/3mirigo5qzc2jin b4 post-capitalism feudal era style feifdom wars (referencing ~37:00 in latest gary's video) https://youtu.be/Oi265I48MdI?si=sMiEZ_agPKYaXakk05 Apr 2026 19:31 +0000at://did:plc:ofijr7gwipttef6qwjhcsv4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mirigo5qzc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/sean.thenewells.us/post/3mi6xmpbses2kBeen thinking about getting "dirty" with local compute in the agentic era. Infinite tokens! Might be slower, might be less powerful. But could be right sized for many tasks. https://sean.offprint.app/a/3mi6trhkaz523-local-first-compute29 Mar 2026 10:42 +0000at://did:plc:ofijr7gwipttef6qwjhcsv4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi6xmpbses2k