Zef Hemel

SilverBullet v2 released! I’m pleased to announce the release of SilverBullet v2, your next open source, self hosted, and programmable notes application. This release has fewer features than ever. Yes, you read that right. ...

SilverBullet v2 released! Your ultimate note taking app, programmable with Lua community.silverbullet.md/t/silverbull...

V2 announcement on hacker news news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4506...

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SilverBullet v2 released! I’m pleased to announce the release of SilverBullet v2, your next open source, self hosted, and programmable notes application. This release has fewer features than ever. Yes, you read that right. ...

#SilverBullet v2 released! community.silverbullet.md/t/silverbull...

It's been a long time coming.

This could accelerate all that hopefully. Honestly, if you knowingly and willingly steal books at this scale — you’re a criminal organization and belong in jail.

YouTube video by Zef Hemel Conway's Law (alt.management master class)

Conway's Law is probably is one of those things that once you internalize it, you start to see its effects everywhere. Therefore, I decided to record a master class on it. Enjoy!

“I’ve observed something, and it worries me.”

Often the impact people have on your growth can be traced back to just a few key moments. One of those moments was about to happen with my boss.

alt.management/pro-bff/

This essay is one of the trashiest trash things I have read from a company in the AI space. Or tech in general.

I think there are real questions about AI but there are companies in this space that have decent ethical compasses. Perplexity has proven time and again that it is not one of them.

Finally also set up a proper BlueSky account for @alt.management attached to the proper domain.

I considered this, and may still do. I’m just afraid of “enshittfying” @silverbullet.md as a result.

Introducing alt.management alt.management/welcome

I forgot I hadn’t shared this here yet! zef.me/whats-next/

#BookSky

Hallucination Weekly #1 zef.plus/hallucinatio...

(Via @felienne.bsky.social )

Is AI a Silver Bullet? tl;dr Brooks' hypothesis in "The Mythical Man Month" is that the nature of software development means that no further "order of magnitud...

This piece: “Is AI a Silver Bullet?” is absolutely the best one I’ve read so far on the whole “will AI replace engineers” topic (spoiler alert: no). It’s a long read, and you need to read it closely but good stuff. Will likely write up a few nuances on this. ian-cooper.writeas.com/is-ai-a-silv...

I’m using each platform the way it’s optimized. 100% hype, 0 substance on X.

Exactly my experience. There is seemingly such a push to move fast that quality suffers dramatically.

“Well that depends, where are you in Zef’s Level Framework of AI Coder Adoption (ZLFOAICA™)?”

“Level framework!? How exciting, tell me more!”

“Fine, let me pull up my deck.”

zef.plus/levels-of-ai...

If you say “it’s over” unironically I’m going to unfollow you. Just saying.

Perhaps in the EU we will finally get some technology first.

Vibe coding it? 🤓

The S in MCP stands for Security.

YouTube video by Programmers are also human Interview with Senior Rust Developer

Interview with a senior Rust developer youtu.be/TGfQu0bQTKc

YouTube video by Programmers are also human Interview with Vibe Coder in 2025

Interview with a vibe coder youtu.be/JeNS1ZNHQs8?...

Programmers are also human

This YouTube channel is an absolute gem youtube.com/@programmers...

YouTube video by Zef Hemel The 4 Levels of AI Coding Adoption

The 4 Levels of AI Coding Adoption youtu.be/DYzoKefqhb0

Yep. Already following 👍

Who are interesting AI people to follow on BlueSky? The level of hyperbolic noise on X is a bit much and I’m hoping for some more sensible people here. Anybody?

LLMs are very happy to be manipulated by me however 🤓