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@cjwl.bsky.social

FAANG Software Developer. Bought K&R first edition new. Created Cocotron. Travel, bicycling and public transportation enthusiast. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ coarse location: Amherst, MA

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yea, this is bananas. There is so little REAL economic benefit of these AI systems, this feels worse than dotcom.

27.02.2026 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

YUP. Came here to say this.

27.02.2026 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

An β€œAI” was added to the expense report system at work and it’s pathetically bad at categorizing the simplest stuff like rental cars and hotels from major brands. A pile of if’s would be better.

26.02.2026 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I mute accounts which don’t allow replies.

26.02.2026 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This ad was so shocking, I was waiting for some incredible punchline which never happened. A pivotal moment from Apple’s past of working alongside other creative tools to thinking they have categorically replaced them all with their device.

26.02.2026 03:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I took this last storm, I liked how clear the sidewalk was

26.02.2026 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yup, this is the administration trying to steal the tech.

25.02.2026 00:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fight the power. Flavor Flav wins.

24.02.2026 23:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Probably an ADA failure as well, it’s too all or nothing for existing buildings.

24.02.2026 23:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

me 10 years ago: selling old electronics on eBay
my teenagers now: buying old electronics on eBay to be retro.

24.02.2026 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He already had a massive following on Twitter (300+k followers) and has been engaged on there a ton for a decade plus so anything he does gets instant audience.

24.02.2026 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

OH β€œWhat is Kinkos??”

24.02.2026 01:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is it true TDD? I see a lot of using GenAI to write post implementation tests to lock in behavior vs writing tests up front.

23.02.2026 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

most big projects have this problem across the globe, always easier to just point at the past than predict the future.

23.02.2026 03:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We lose perspective on how big the US is, the CA high speed rail is 500 miles which is 2x longer than the entire country of Denmark.

23.02.2026 00:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

1. Rebrand OpenVPN on a bunch of shit infrastructure
2. ???
3. Sell to private equity firm
4. Profit!

22.02.2026 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is the rural&suburbia vs city schism of the US in general. A lot of people want huge vehicles because they have space for it β€” a lot of people don’t. The top selling cars in the highest GDP population dense states are smaller but there are simply more less dense states.

22.02.2026 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Had maintenance two months ago and they didn’t replace the original battery and this bothered me and lo and behold low battery and need replacement

22.02.2026 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m glad that I had all notifications on for the generator app which failed to tell me it’s not working and I only discover this physically looking at the lights on it.

22.02.2026 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

yea, and once they have customer lock-in products like this aren’t well funded because the don’t have a way to make more money. Features which get improvements either have someone projecting or generating revenue with the work done. Customers lose.

22.02.2026 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looks good!

22.02.2026 03:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In a sane timeline, this sentence alone would be the end of this guy’s career.

21.02.2026 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2792    πŸ” 630    πŸ’¬ 88    πŸ“Œ 21
Interview with 80s Computer Nerd
YouTube video by Kai Lentit Interview with 80s Computer Nerd

I can’t believe how well he nails this, too funny youtu.be/T5QNUNd0sx8?...

21.02.2026 03:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lived near Groton and we’d drive by his house on the way to places and say β€œthat’s where J. Geils lives!”

20.02.2026 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My sarcasm didn’t come through well enough :) I use it all the time and analogs on other platforms drive me bananas

20.02.2026 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

dude have you heard of perfetto πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ

20.02.2026 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I am not sure I am enjoying the GenAI tool flip flopping around on C++ template link errors but it is amusing.

20.02.2026 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

lol this is great

20.02.2026 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

True, and a lot of people are underwater with their existing loans.

20.02.2026 02:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Renovating a bathroom and the electrician from 25 years ago was too lazy to drill the studs so I have to re-snake these to put tile where a tub was.

20.02.2026 02:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0