Writer & Software Builder. Producer & Host on Fallthrough.https://bsky.app/profile/skriptble.mehttps://bsky.app/profile/skriptble.me/post/3mvogq334dk2bEvery time I watch or read something that says how much we need to tackle wealth inequality because the last time we did things were so much better, I’m reminded that this is essentially romanticizing Jim Crow America and some of the worst segregation this country has ever done. That feels weird.17 Sep 2026 00:50 +0000at://did:plc:u4nahvr54wpscnnmsg2bu633/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvogq334dk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/skriptble.me/post/3mvjjcmyldc2sPart of me wonders if, historically, the things that people scream about are the things we should actually fear? I get the feeling that the case is that the things worth being fearful of haven’t been the things that people have actually screamed about.15 Sep 2026 01:53 +0000at://did:plc:u4nahvr54wpscnnmsg2bu633/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvjjcmyldc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/skriptble.me/post/3mvim3hril22tThe extreme focus in micro-correctness by agents is one of those problems I’m still figuring out how to tackle. This isn’t much different from human engineers, who can often get lost looking at individual trees instead of the whole forest. I assume solving the problem with require similar effort.14 Sep 2026 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:u4nahvr54wpscnnmsg2bu633/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvim3hril22thttps://bsky.app/profile/skriptble.me/post/3mvhbp2htbk2kApparently we are fearmaxxing now.14 Sep 2026 04:31 +0000at://did:plc:u4nahvr54wpscnnmsg2bu633/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvhbp2htbk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/skriptble.me/post/3mvdpygthi22vClaude is being insufferably stupid today. Multiple sessions doing random stuff, making things up to do, and spewing nonsense even when they’ve already read code that directly contradicts what they say. These aren’t even old sessions, they’re fresh ones! Today is a day I do not like LLMs or agents.12 Sep 2026 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:u4nahvr54wpscnnmsg2bu633/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvdpygthi22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/skriptble.me/post/3mvbvnwonis2hIf you say “let’s not reinvent the wheel” you should feel bad for saying something that’s both hallow (a cliche) and profoundly stupid (we’ve reinvented the wheel countless times). Be more precise with your criticisms. Stop being boring and bland.12 Sep 2026 01:13 +0000at://did:plc:u4nahvr54wpscnnmsg2bu633/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbvnwonis2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/skriptble.me/post/3mv6k4rumcs2aEvery time I think I’ve finally finished this latest redesign round, there’s another small thing that’s not quite right. But we’re so close to being able to ship and I’m super excited.10 Sep 2026 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:u4nahvr54wpscnnmsg2bu633/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6k4rumcs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/skriptble.me/post/3mv4sbtrbpc26I’m going to be extremely annoyed if I go to an Apple Store and wind up liking this phone. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Sep 2026 00:29 +0000at://did:plc:u4nahvr54wpscnnmsg2bu633/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4sbtrbpc26https://bsky.app/profile/skriptble.me/post/3mv4acu2c6k2vSpending $3,200 on a phone seems sort of insane. Although it being ~$130 per month makes that number feel less ridiculous. But still, that’s a lot of money.09 Sep 2026 19:07 +0000at://did:plc:u4nahvr54wpscnnmsg2bu633/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4acu2c6k2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/skriptble.me/post/3mv2k23u4p22kI seriously think people need to add more nuance to their definitions of “worst”. Or perhaps just open a couple more history books. Not like the long ago history, just to like the 80s and 90s.09 Sep 2026 02:56 +0000at://did:plc:u4nahvr54wpscnnmsg2bu633/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv2k23u4p22khttps://bsky.app/profile/skriptble.me/post/3mv26jwzfis2vWe seem to make the same mistake of believing the marketing hype of AI labs instead of just sitting down and figuring out what these models are good at and what they aren’t. Our imaginations outrun reality in precisely the wrong ways. Unfortunately, we also lack imagination in the right ways.08 Sep 2026 23:30 +0000at://did:plc:u4nahvr54wpscnnmsg2bu633/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv26jwzfis2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/skriptble.me/post/3muzw6rnxj22vThere are things about frontend design that I didn’t understand previously and now I’m rapidly learning. For example, I didn’t quite understand why Storybook was a useful thing, but now that I’m building design systems it makes a ton of sense why you’d want to use it.08 Sep 2026 21:01 +0000at://did:plc:u4nahvr54wpscnnmsg2bu633/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzw6rnxj22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/skriptble.me/post/3muztgnhqm22pThere is truly no shortcut through the sucky figure-out-how-to-use-new-tools growing pains that communities and industries go through. I really want to skip to the point where agents and LLMs don’t constantly oscillate between “super useful” and “dumber than raw sand” every few hours.08 Sep 2026 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:u4nahvr54wpscnnmsg2bu633/app.bsky.feed.post/3muztgnhqm22phttps://bsky.app/profile/skriptble.me/post/3muucj4f3y22vPart of what makes LLM generated text so jarring is the missing antecedents and the non-sequiturs. The first chunk of writings is coherent, but then a subsequent paragraph will use the second part of an analog that wasn’t introduced previously. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Sep 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:u4nahvr54wpscnnmsg2bu633/app.bsky.feed.post/3muucj4f3y22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/skriptble.me/post/3mul5vyfgtk2xThere are far too many people screaming on the internet about how they used to “own” video games and are big mad that they’re being told they never did. Purchasing a license to use a thing does not, in fact, grant ownership. Physical media had the benefit of being essentially irrevocable.03 Sep 2026 00:09 +0000at://did:plc:u4nahvr54wpscnnmsg2bu633/app.bsky.feed.post/3mul5vyfgtk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/skriptble.me/post/3muhrjtngqs2mLLMs are cliche factories: they manufacture cliches by shoving the same phrases into their output until it becomes an identifiable meme. The use of “genuinely” is one such cliche, but there are so many more. Especially when the LLM writes in a technical domain. There are extra words all over.01 Sep 2026 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:u4nahvr54wpscnnmsg2bu633/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhrjtngqs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/skriptble.me/post/3mudz27ctrc2wBut seriously, how do people doom scroll on LinkedIn? I’ll get quite a ways into a decently written post and then they’ve stuck an LLM-ism in the middle of it. Like come on. [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Aug 2026 03:53 +0000at://did:plc:u4nahvr54wpscnnmsg2bu633/app.bsky.feed.post/3mudz27ctrc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/skriptble.me/post/3mudqe54ms224I could be convinced that many of the people posting on LinkedIn learned how to write from those overly structured essays we had to do in school. It’s like a jumble of juxtapositions, quips, and catchy phrases. It’s like watching people try to operate tools they know nothing about.31 Aug 2026 01:18 +0000at://did:plc:u4nahvr54wpscnnmsg2bu633/app.bsky.feed.post/3mudqe54ms224https://bsky.app/profile/skriptble.me/post/3muartbkgok2sWatching people collectively learn that truth is stranger than fiction is fascinating and incredibly stupid at the same time. Have fewer boring sci-fi-but-maybe-true predictions and more that’s-too-chaotic-to-ever-happen ones.29 Aug 2026 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:u4nahvr54wpscnnmsg2bu633/app.bsky.feed.post/3muartbkgok2shttps://bsky.app/profile/skriptble.me/post/3mtx73dz2sk2jIn the late 2010s we made a lot of progress toward understanding that impact mattered more than intent. In the 2020s we seem to have completely unwound that work and we are all the worse for it.26 Aug 2026 01:37 +0000at://did:plc:u4nahvr54wpscnnmsg2bu633/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtx73dz2sk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/skriptble.me/post/3mtwoazgyu22jBeing mad at data centers is weird, even as a proxy. Like, people can just be mad at people in power doing bad things. But you can’t simultaneously wish to destroy people and expect them to also come to the table to work with you. So I guess hating data centers is all they have.25 Aug 2026 20:36 +0000at://did:plc:u4nahvr54wpscnnmsg2bu633/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwoazgyu22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/skriptble.me/post/3mtuga73upc2kNuanced shitposts aren’t oxymoronic, they’re the obvious next evolution of shitposting. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Aug 2026 23:07 +0000at://did:plc:u4nahvr54wpscnnmsg2bu633/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtuga73upc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/skriptble.me/post/3mtug5vv5vs2kHow have we would up in a place where people simultaneously claim they are the stewards of critical thinking and then spew hot takes with no seasoning? Like, sprinkle just a little nuance on your shitposts please.24 Aug 2026 23:06 +0000at://did:plc:u4nahvr54wpscnnmsg2bu633/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtug5vv5vs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/skriptble.me/post/3msn35n5i4k2rWhat’s unfortunate is that none of this is challenging to do. I avoid asking people to stay in their lanes, but far too many people in communities I care about are using the expertise in one area to launder their credibility in another area. People doing this should face the harshest criticism. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Aug 2026 07:35 +0000at://did:plc:u4nahvr54wpscnnmsg2bu633/app.bsky.feed.post/3msn35n5i4k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/skriptble.me/post/3msmtvkinik2qPeople often lament that design by committee doesn’t work. They say we need small groups of people, sometimes a single decider to make progress. But we know this to be false. Good decisions are made from a diversity of input, which cannot be achieved with small groups.09 Aug 2026 05:25 +0000at://did:plc:u4nahvr54wpscnnmsg2bu633/app.bsky.feed.post/3msmtvkinik2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/skriptble.me/post/3msmojsplu22qI find it fascinating how often people in positions of power believe that an autocratic or oligarchic model is appropriate for groups of people where there is no imposed hierarchy or ability to force performance.09 Aug 2026 03:49 +0000at://did:plc:u4nahvr54wpscnnmsg2bu633/app.bsky.feed.post/3msmojsplu22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/skriptble.me/post/3ms4zquoo7k2dIt’s fascinating that the consequences of a Fair Use court ruling means that AI companies are required to destroy the books they digitize. It means that being upset that they’re destroying the books is being upset with Fair Use and book ownership.02 Aug 2026 22:27 +0000at://did:plc:u4nahvr54wpscnnmsg2bu633/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms4zquoo7k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/skriptble.me/post/3ms365vpbyc2gI find it odd how people cling to boring assessments of technologies so they can make themselves comfortable. Saying LLMs hallucinate doesn’t feel right, because even going on the newly synthesized definition of it saying something that seems plausible but is inaccurate presupposes what accuracy is.02 Aug 2026 04:41 +0000at://did:plc:u4nahvr54wpscnnmsg2bu633/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms365vpbyc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/skriptble.me/post/3mrw3t6tkr22fLooking at my Claude usage for a single session, it now doesn’t seem that wild to me that someone could spend tens of billions of tokens or more in a month. This huge context windows mean a single session with 500k+ tokens incurs millions of tokens of cost in a couple turns.31 Jul 2026 04:16 +0000at://did:plc:u4nahvr54wpscnnmsg2bu633/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrw3t6tkr22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/skriptble.me/post/3mrvfrrgrms2vAs an industry we’ve mostly focused on the big shiny components: CPUs, RAM, graphics cards, etc… but we almost never pay attention to the most important part: the motherboard. The more that I use agent harnesses, the more they feel like motherboards.30 Jul 2026 21:41 +0000at://did:plc:u4nahvr54wpscnnmsg2bu633/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrvfrrgrms2v