Infra eng leader, SF Bay Area. Helped launch and scale Bluesky. Prev: Nuro, Docker, Google, and founder. Obsessed with history, computers, and open systems. Unconditional love for all conscious creatures. Email: jake@jacob.gold Web: https://jacob.goldhttps://bsky.app/profile/jacob.goldhttps://bsky.app/profile/jacob.gold/post/3mj6fa2u3o22rOH: "I don't know if was my watch, one of my agents, or my computer was hacked"10 Apr 2026 22:38 +0000at://did:plc:tpg43qhh4lw4ksiffs4nbda3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj6fa2u3o22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jacob.gold/post/3mhvqc7ixik2sThis a very exciting idea! It's a huge personal goal of mine to launch one of my Cool Atmosphere Ideas for the next #atmosphereconf and I'd love to it every year until we Fix The Internet. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Mar 2026 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:tpg43qhh4lw4ksiffs4nbda3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhvqc7ixik2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jacob.gold/post/3mgxtq35k3k2n@justinmezzell.bsky.social you tried building a new Digg without the compelling differentiator of being an open social app. Now try building on the AT network! You have to give up control over users' identity+data but you can build a great app and make money at scale: https://bsky.app/profile/jacob.gold/post/3lr5j6o7emk2t GL! [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Mar 2026 21:19 +0000at://did:plc:tpg43qhh4lw4ksiffs4nbda3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgxtq35k3k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jacob.gold/post/3mgqc5rorxk2vI want "actually, just give me a prompt" on a t-shirt10 Mar 2026 21:16 +0000at://did:plc:tpg43qhh4lw4ksiffs4nbda3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgqc5rorxk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jacob.gold/post/3mgnlwmolus23@jay.bsky.team deserves a ton of credit for making Bluesky an independent company and hiring the founding team. @toni.bsky.team seems to have a sense for how much Bluesky has captured lightning in a bottle and how precious that is. Let's all hope the right person is found for the permanent role! [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Mar 2026 19:33 +0000at://did:plc:tpg43qhh4lw4ksiffs4nbda3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgnlwmolus23https://bsky.app/profile/jacob.gold/post/3mggelrbtv22eSome of us early users on Twitter (initially Twttr) learned about it in 2006 on the Odeo web site, which was a podcast directory created by Evan Williams (the creator of Blogger). It's more than likely that I was looking for a new episode of @dancarlin.bsky.social's Hardcore History.06 Mar 2026 22:33 +0000at://did:plc:tpg43qhh4lw4ksiffs4nbda3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mggelrbtv22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jacob.gold/post/3mgg47hs6uk2eAnyone who wants to write me a $13 million, equity-free check to create an open protocol and then talk a little shit or ghost me is free to do so as many times as they deem necessary. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Mar 2026 20:03 +0000at://did:plc:tpg43qhh4lw4ksiffs4nbda3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgg47hs6uk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jacob.gold/post/3mgdmr6436k27Yay. This is great to see. Welcome to the network @doctorow.pluralistic.net! Using did:web for your identity and your own PDS for data makes you highly resistant to ENSHITTIFICATION. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Mar 2026 20:21 +0000at://did:plc:tpg43qhh4lw4ksiffs4nbda3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgdmr6436k27https://bsky.app/profile/jacob.gold/post/3mgd7rayzj22vAI agents may very well end up giving some form of cryptocurrency a large, legitimate, and genuinely useful purpose. But anyone who claims they predicted this (without proof) will have to serve a little time in a hot closet full of ASICs mining still-useless shitcoins.05 Mar 2026 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:tpg43qhh4lw4ksiffs4nbda3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgd7rayzj22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jacob.gold/post/3mgaxyg4vx226Normalize rejecting PRs from authors that are incapable of properly designing, testing, and reviewing their own code. It's not "gatekeeping" or a "bet against AI" to uphold standards that we know to be critical to creating high quality production software. Pray your competitors do the opposite! [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Mar 2026 19:04 +0000at://did:plc:tpg43qhh4lw4ksiffs4nbda3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgaxyg4vx226https://bsky.app/profile/jacob.gold/post/3mfu5hujx2k2gBuckets could do more but I'm most excited about subcommunities! 1. Someone creates a bucket for a topic like `r/raspberrypi` 2. Other users publish posts in their own repos with a reference to that bucket 3. Apps merge those posts into subcommunity feeds Some complexity but very workable. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Feb 2026 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:tpg43qhh4lw4ksiffs4nbda3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfu5hujx2k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jacob.gold/post/3mfsifj6hqk2nMixture-of-Experts (MoE) harnessed by a Mess-of-Files (MoF)27 Feb 2026 00:48 +0000at://did:plc:tpg43qhh4lw4ksiffs4nbda3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfsifj6hqk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jacob.gold/post/3mfpghegzwk2jGetting high on your own supply is risky. The amount of AI slop jankiness in Anthropic products might end up being their undoing. They're gambling on speed over quality. But we've already run this experiment. We know running up tech debt is faster/jankier at first and then quickly jankier/slower. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4714845425 Feb 2026 19:35 +0000at://did:plc:tpg43qhh4lw4ksiffs4nbda3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfpghegzwk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/jacob.gold/post/3mfpfk4hydk2zSomeone brought a grip strength thingie to the office and I got a pretty good score for a non-weight lifter. Beware anyone trying to open a jar near me for the next few days.It’s going to come up.25 Feb 2026 19:18 +0000at://did:plc:tpg43qhh4lw4ksiffs4nbda3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfpfk4hydk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jacob.gold/post/3mfpcqdubqk26Perfect Decentralization is the enemy of Practical Decentralization. The internet, DNS, email, and the web are examples of Practical Decentralization. Nothing beats this track record. What AT needs to get to the next level is *many thousands* more independent+funded teams building on the network. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Feb 2026 18:28 +0000at://did:plc:tpg43qhh4lw4ksiffs4nbda3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfpcqdubqk26https://bsky.app/profile/jacob.gold/post/3mfhq56pums2a"Hardware is really just software crystallized early." -- Alan Kay (of course)22 Feb 2026 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:tpg43qhh4lw4ksiffs4nbda3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfhq56pums2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jacob.gold/post/3mfct2472ec22Silicon Valley is at its best when founders are: 1. World-class experts in a role relevant to their company's work 2. Sincerely care about creating products they want their friends and family to use Earlier generations of founders met this criteria *more* often than the current one and it shows.20 Feb 2026 19:15 +0000at://did:plc:tpg43qhh4lw4ksiffs4nbda3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfct2472ec22https://bsky.app/profile/jacob.gold/post/3mfb3sjoaxs2cOne way Bluesky might avoid being eaten alive by AI bots is leaning very heavily on domain names. Imperfect but they're: - Cheap but have a real $$ cost - Globally unique - Externally verifiable - Sufficiently decentralized Every human that wants one should have a domain name under their control.20 Feb 2026 02:47 +0000at://did:plc:tpg43qhh4lw4ksiffs4nbda3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfb3sjoaxs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jacob.gold/post/3mf5vopgah22b`#!/usr/bin/env node` Considered Painfully Slow18 Feb 2026 20:19 +0000at://did:plc:tpg43qhh4lw4ksiffs4nbda3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf5vopgah22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jacob.gold/post/3meyts6seok2oMe: "Code is free now." Also me: "I agree, let's pay for this expensive SaaS product with an API to save ourselves a bunch of upfront and maintenance work." Non-trivial code + infra will be valuable for a long time.16 Feb 2026 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:tpg43qhh4lw4ksiffs4nbda3/app.bsky.feed.post/3meyts6seok2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jacob.gold/post/3merqan5pq22hI figured out the core of why OpenClaw got so much hype recently! OpenClaw represents an early version of an "Agent OS" in the spirit of what I'm predicting all smartphone OS will become. Because it's not from a big company, it has the ability to be wildly powerful, useful, and dangerous. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Feb 2026 00:10 +0000at://did:plc:tpg43qhh4lw4ksiffs4nbda3/app.bsky.feed.post/3merqan5pq22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jacob.gold/post/3mernkslv4k25Good way to get ground truth on AI coding is to look at the actual software that the coding model/agent companies ship. Their output shows no evidence of any kind of exceptional ability to ship amazing software at high speed. e.g. Anthropic's own (fairly trivial) SDKs ship in only two languages.13 Feb 2026 23:22 +0000at://did:plc:tpg43qhh4lw4ksiffs4nbda3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mernkslv4k25https://bsky.app/profile/jacob.gold/post/3merlv44z4c26As usual, @swtch.com is demonstrating excellent judgment and communication skills in his evaluation of coding with agents. https://groups.google.com/g/golang-dev/c/4Li4Ovd_ehE/m/8L9s_jq4BAAJ13 Feb 2026 22:52 +0000at://did:plc:tpg43qhh4lw4ksiffs4nbda3/app.bsky.feed.post/3merlv44z4c26https://bsky.app/profile/jacob.gold/post/3merd6qcros2mIf you want to prank a friend or visit revenge on an enemy, set: export CLAUDE_AUTOCOMPACT_PCT_OVERRIDE="0.5" (It's supposed to be an integer value 🫠)13 Feb 2026 20:16 +0000at://did:plc:tpg43qhh4lw4ksiffs4nbda3/app.bsky.feed.post/3merd6qcros2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jacob.gold/post/3meoochwwpc2dOH: "Maybe try it again with ALL CAPS and a 'please' at the end?"12 Feb 2026 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:tpg43qhh4lw4ksiffs4nbda3/app.bsky.feed.post/3meoochwwpc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jacob.gold/post/3memi2mni7s2mTook me a while but I'm now running Valorant at 600+ FPS on a 600 Hz monitor! We're at 10 x 60 Hz! Only 1080p but ideal for my games. Will probably take 1 KHz before I'll concede that refresh rates are a solved problem. Then I'll want 1 KHz @ 32K resolution. https://zowie.benq.com/en-us/monitor/xl2586x-plus.html [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Feb 2026 22:00 +0000at://did:plc:tpg43qhh4lw4ksiffs4nbda3/app.bsky.feed.post/3memi2mni7s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jacob.gold/post/3mekb6vsoss2uIt's often so much faster to one-shot a little webapp in order to explain something than to type a long explanation on Slack. Just a little throwaway example: https://compare-cloud-bandwidth-cost.vibecode.run/11 Feb 2026 00:52 +0000at://did:plc:tpg43qhh4lw4ksiffs4nbda3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mekb6vsoss2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jacob.gold/post/3mek7fz5ig22hReassuring to see that the current Go team seems capable of maintaining the spirit of discipline/simplicity that has made Go so remarkable. I was a little worried that without the old guard they'd start to fall into the trap of copying shiny objects like most language teams do. Thanks #go team! [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Feb 2026 00:20 +0000at://did:plc:tpg43qhh4lw4ksiffs4nbda3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mek7fz5ig22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jacob.gold/post/3mejlfna2tc2uNow that we have LLM coding agents: * The value of simple code is ~$0. * The value of high quality and necessarily-complex code is higher than ever. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Feb 2026 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:tpg43qhh4lw4ksiffs4nbda3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mejlfna2tc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jacob.gold/post/3mehga2v4mk22OpenAI's self-deception and rationalization about injecting ads into ChatGPT is something to behold. Ads are corrupting and the proof is traditional media, social media, and Google. Fortunately OpenAI has serious competition so users won't have to live with ads for very long. https://openai.com/index/testing-ads-in-chatgpt/09 Feb 2026 21:44 +0000at://did:plc:tpg43qhh4lw4ksiffs4nbda3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mehga2v4mk22