AI enabler. I help people use AI to the fullest. English/Spanish speaker living in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria CTO https://secret-source.eu Founder of #GofiGeeks https://gofigeeks.org Schedule time w/ me: https://calendar.app.google/RuyCXSJQWcNP6Jad8https://bsky.app/profile/tedmasterweb.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/tedmasterweb.bsky.social/post/3micqjvtxks2iI've lived in Europe for more than 20 years. People here often ask me if I feel I fit in or miss the USA. I tell them I've never felt particularly American, primarily because of my disdain for cars and the US's dependency on them.30 Mar 2026 22:46 +0000at://did:plc:vtrxbjcaiba7lpayf6a43mpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3micqjvtxks2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/tedmasterweb.bsky.social/post/3mhytpfytnk2xOMG this is big, and so, so important… I love this. https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/era-impunity-over-next-big-094508010.html27 Mar 2026 00:16 +0000at://did:plc:vtrxbjcaiba7lpayf6a43mpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhytpfytnk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/tedmasterweb.bsky.social/post/3mhxf4rnqes2tAs I find myself in a similar quest and inspired to answer similar questions, I wrote this post: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7442876392263864320/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Mar 2026 10:23 +0000at://did:plc:vtrxbjcaiba7lpayf6a43mpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxf4rnqes2thttps://bsky.app/profile/tedmasterweb.bsky.social/post/3mfcqzrosas2uIf you are on Gran Canaria on March 8th, I strongly suggest you attend this event that celebrates women and programming! https://www.meetup.com/gofigeeks/events/313383463/20 Feb 2026 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:vtrxbjcaiba7lpayf6a43mpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfcqzrosas2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/tedmasterweb.bsky.social/post/3melohni3ls2gWhat will happen if I consistently like (or consistently dislike) every ad I see in ChatGPT, without fail? OpenAI claims there is no relation between ads and my chats but… https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/chatgpt-is-done-openai-is-rolling-out-ads-to-free-and-paying-users-and-not-everyone-is-happy This thought was based on this experiment: https://www.wired.com/2014/08/i-liked-everything-i-saw-on-facebook-for-two-days-heres-what-it-did-to-me/ (summary version)11 Feb 2026 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:vtrxbjcaiba7lpayf6a43mpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3melohni3ls2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/tedmasterweb.bsky.social/post/3m6txxajhg226Went for a hike yesterday, really beautiful place...30 Nov 2025 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:vtrxbjcaiba7lpayf6a43mpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6txxajhg226https://bsky.app/profile/tedmasterweb.bsky.social/post/3m5br37rbgk2m17 year-old CEO looking for Head of Engineering on LinkedIn… Olé for him! https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4337323590/10 Nov 2025 13:46 +0000at://did:plc:vtrxbjcaiba7lpayf6a43mpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5br37rbgk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/tedmasterweb.bsky.social/post/3m55phjoti22eI'm working on a personal project that requires the creation of hundreds of selfies. I compared 20 models and produced samples for each using the same prompt. You can see the report here: https://www.chicagoitsystems.com/ai-model-samples/ I would love your feedback!08 Nov 2025 23:06 +0000at://did:plc:vtrxbjcaiba7lpayf6a43mpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m55phjoti22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/tedmasterweb.bsky.social/post/3m3cjlamw2s2hI'm doing a LOT of vibe engineering lately. Yesterday I wrote some instructions that I thought were particularly exemplary of the kind of prompt Claude, Codex et al normally respond well to and I thought I'd share it here. This is me responding to Claude…16 Oct 2025 10:14 +0000at://did:plc:vtrxbjcaiba7lpayf6a43mpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3cjlamw2s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/tedmasterweb.bsky.social/post/3m2lv44tbk22zAre any of my followers using Claude Code? Have you had any issues with it complaining with "Unable to connect to API due to poor internet connection"? If so, do you know a solution for this (because I can clearly connect and Anthropic's status pages says all systems go)07 Oct 2025 10:09 +0000at://did:plc:vtrxbjcaiba7lpayf6a43mpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2lv44tbk22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/tedmasterweb.bsky.social/post/3lyvlxiohrc2wWhen I was a child, I had many bad teachers with good intentions. What about you?15 Sep 2025 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:vtrxbjcaiba7lpayf6a43mpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyvlxiohrc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/tedmasterweb.bsky.social/post/3lykr2u2uk223I've been reading lots of Engineering Manager job descriptions lately and almost always, without fail, they are actually tech lead positions with virtually no mention of actual management responsibilities. Sad state of affairs when proper management is devalued in this way.11 Sep 2025 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:vtrxbjcaiba7lpayf6a43mpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lykr2u2uk223https://bsky.app/profile/tedmasterweb.bsky.social/post/3lygp7d3ygk26Not too bad for a family of four over the course of 7 or 8 years, some devices even older. I do wish there was a better way to recycle this stuff though.09 Sep 2025 21:50 +0000at://did:plc:vtrxbjcaiba7lpayf6a43mpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lygp7d3ygk26https://bsky.app/profile/tedmasterweb.bsky.social/post/3lyfmgure2c25I'm still here! Lately we've been doing a deep dive on semantic search and how it compares to traditional search methodologies. We also looked at Supabase "orchestration" (sadly, a way to hobble together stored and Edge functions, cron jobs and queues to do more complex tasks).09 Sep 2025 11:28 +0000at://did:plc:vtrxbjcaiba7lpayf6a43mpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyfmgure2c25https://bsky.app/profile/tedmasterweb.bsky.social/post/3lnmqzsemgs2mMassive effort has been put into making code maintainable. Maintainable code has low complexity, follows predefined patterns, is terse, etc. AI tools enable us to "fill the gaps" where coding ecosystems fall short. They allow us to shove square pegs into round holes thus increasing complexity.25 Apr 2025 08:01 +0000at://did:plc:vtrxbjcaiba7lpayf6a43mpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnmqzsemgs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/tedmasterweb.bsky.social/post/3lmi5dujuns2zFor the past year a colleague and I have been developing a tool for helping bid writers write bids for public tenders. We have not actively promoted it but the few who've tried it, love it. If you are interested in a demo, schedule me here https://calendar.app.google/Ec9gCP5rNMZGAZhF9 bidwin.ai10 Apr 2025 18:33 +0000at://did:plc:vtrxbjcaiba7lpayf6a43mpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmi5dujuns2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/tedmasterweb.bsky.social/post/3llab74syms2vI'm on Spain's IRS (Agencia Tributaria) web site. I don't know if this is just a really bad translation or someone being facetious but apparently they have a "deprive you area". This is not a joke or fake. This is real!25 Mar 2025 21:56 +0000at://did:plc:vtrxbjcaiba7lpayf6a43mpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3llab74syms2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/tedmasterweb.bsky.social/post/3lko2zvcf5c25The problem with climbing mountains is they never seen as big from the top as they did from the bottom.18 Mar 2025 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:vtrxbjcaiba7lpayf6a43mpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lko2zvcf5c25https://bsky.app/profile/tedmasterweb.bsky.social/post/3lhwkqbsjec23I hope this is good news. Seems like it should be. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Feb 2025 21:04 +0000at://did:plc:vtrxbjcaiba7lpayf6a43mpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhwkqbsjec23https://bsky.app/profile/tedmasterweb.bsky.social/post/3lhepv6sv5k2sMe (go)too [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Feb 2025 18:49 +0000at://did:plc:vtrxbjcaiba7lpayf6a43mpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhepv6sv5k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/tedmasterweb.bsky.social/post/3lgfrzx35ys24Giraffes are still a thing in modern AI. In the attached transcript, I was trying to get ChatGPT to remind me of the word gobsmacked. I gave up after giraffe. @janelleshane.com23 Jan 2025 11:34 +0000at://did:plc:vtrxbjcaiba7lpayf6a43mpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgfrzx35ys24https://bsky.app/profile/tedmasterweb.bsky.social/post/3lg6npchygs2hAt work I want to be more valued for my presence than for my absence. In other words, I prefer that people value me being in their meeting rather than lamenting my absence… I know they sound like the same thing but they aren't!20 Jan 2025 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:vtrxbjcaiba7lpayf6a43mpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg6npchygs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/tedmasterweb.bsky.social/post/3lfu6n6g34k2mAt my son's high school, students are not allowed to miss even a single day without a doctor's note. Doctors, however, tell us not to bring our children in unless they've had a fever for 3 days. Meanwhile, the kids attend class, spreading their virus and suffering.16 Jan 2025 11:32 +0000at://did:plc:vtrxbjcaiba7lpayf6a43mpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfu6n6g34k2m