(former) Senior Data Scientist at BuzzFeed in San Francisco // AI content generation ethics and R&D // plotter of pretty charts https://minimaxir.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/minimaxir.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/minimaxir.bsky.social/post/3mvv4aawhzc2nExtremely spicy blog post idea: "in the age of agents, why use JavaScript web frameworks and not just use raw HTML/CSS instead?"19 Sep 2026 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:oxaernim5mj2mmy3ytrvb42n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvv4aawhzc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/minimaxir.bsky.social/post/3mvtt3uxdrk2cGenerated a vector-style image of a pelican riding a bicycle for...reasons, and I don't think image generators understand how legs and bike pedals work.19 Sep 2026 04:15 +0000at://did:plc:oxaernim5mj2mmy3ytrvb42n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvtt3uxdrk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/minimaxir.bsky.social/post/3mvtbfvcgrc27actual lol [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Sep 2026 22:58 +0000at://did:plc:oxaernim5mj2mmy3ytrvb42n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvtbfvcgrc27https://bsky.app/profile/minimaxir.bsky.social/post/3mvt5cllwt22rthe mad lads, they did it18 Sep 2026 21:45 +0000at://did:plc:oxaernim5mj2mmy3ytrvb42n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvt5cllwt22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/minimaxir.bsky.social/post/3mvdrvpfhos2ffine, World of Warcraft: Forever looks good12 Sep 2026 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:oxaernim5mj2mmy3ytrvb42n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvdrvpfhos2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/minimaxir.bsky.social/post/3mvc4wp5kyk2efinally, good clickbait https://eddie.codes/posts/pandas-should-go-extinct/12 Sep 2026 03:23 +0000at://did:plc:oxaernim5mj2mmy3ytrvb42n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvc4wp5kyk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/minimaxir.bsky.social/post/3mvbhnfienk2bBefore then, all the best young software engineers were handtyping HTML for their Neopets shop page. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Sep 2026 21:02 +0000at://did:plc:oxaernim5mj2mmy3ytrvb42n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbhnfienk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/minimaxir.bsky.social/post/3mvbg4defz222🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔11 Sep 2026 20:34 +0000at://did:plc:oxaernim5mj2mmy3ytrvb42n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbg4defz222https://bsky.app/profile/minimaxir.bsky.social/post/3mvb4kconvs23BLOCKS TO THE MOON [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Sep 2026 17:43 +0000at://did:plc:oxaernim5mj2mmy3ytrvb42n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvb4kconvs23https://bsky.app/profile/minimaxir.bsky.social/post/3mv4fog6cu22tam I still allowed to use pie/donut charts for data viz09 Sep 2026 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:oxaernim5mj2mmy3ytrvb42n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4fog6cu22thttps://bsky.app/profile/minimaxir.bsky.social/post/3mv46uodclk2qWas forced to go onto X to investigate a Codex limit bug and somehow it's become even more toxic about anti-AI than Bluesky. tbh I'm baffled.09 Sep 2026 18:42 +0000at://did:plc:oxaernim5mj2mmy3ytrvb42n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv46uodclk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/minimaxir.bsky.social/post/3mv44by7jlk22"we're not just sticking two phones together, so we're calling it iPhone *Duo*"09 Sep 2026 17:55 +0000at://did:plc:oxaernim5mj2mmy3ytrvb42n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv44by7jlk22https://bsky.app/profile/minimaxir.bsky.social/post/3mv2vka4zlc2g👀 [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Sep 2026 06:22 +0000at://did:plc:oxaernim5mj2mmy3ytrvb42n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv2vka4zlc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/minimaxir.bsky.social/post/3muzzn3eoec2fenvironmental storytelling08 Sep 2026 22:03 +0000at://did:plc:oxaernim5mj2mmy3ytrvb42n/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzzn3eoec2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/minimaxir.bsky.social/post/3muzq6mcadk2nHappy I procrastinated on the ChatGPT Images 2.0 writeup because this seems more significant. https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-images-2-5/08 Sep 2026 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:oxaernim5mj2mmy3ytrvb42n/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzq6mcadk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/minimaxir.bsky.social/post/3muzjy6iutk24this needs a tl;dr https://openai.com/index/navier-stokes-solution/08 Sep 2026 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:oxaernim5mj2mmy3ytrvb42n/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzjy6iutk24https://bsky.app/profile/minimaxir.bsky.social/post/3muxq2haxns2bproductive 2 days08 Sep 2026 00:06 +0000at://did:plc:oxaernim5mj2mmy3ytrvb42n/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxq2haxns2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/minimaxir.bsky.social/post/3muwwfuyoms2tGPT-6 Astra verdict: for what I use it for I like it and will likely keep using it. However, it did need a few more AGENTS[.]md tricks to keep it on track.07 Sep 2026 16:27 +0000at://did:plc:oxaernim5mj2mmy3ytrvb42n/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwwfuyoms2thttps://bsky.app/profile/minimaxir.bsky.social/post/3muvbhu4xps2z😑 [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Sep 2026 00:39 +0000at://did:plc:oxaernim5mj2mmy3ytrvb42n/app.bsky.feed.post/3muvbhu4xps2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/minimaxir.bsky.social/post/3muunrqsxcc25One argument I see skeptics say often is "programming is a creative art too". Hot take: creativity in software engineering is a sign of something going wrong upstream, e.g. deadlines/hardware constraints/workarounds. It's better for typical, maintainable software engineering if it *isn't* creative. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Sep 2026 18:47 +0000at://did:plc:oxaernim5mj2mmy3ytrvb42n/app.bsky.feed.post/3muunrqsxcc25