Luke Hefson

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Unfortunately I think racists and xenophobes too

Am I the only person that thanks GPTs when I think they've done a really good job? Yes? ok… carry on.

Also see: Apple Notes

AI companies' logos are constantly mediocre. What's with that?

I do believe that virtue signalling is a thing. But sometimes it's actually called 'boycotting'

A case for cloud infra (and against rolling your own) is that yes, AI has lowered the bar for creating software, but also hacking software. It's easier than ever for less technical folk to get paid services for free

Oh and I know this is preaching to the choir. Grab ur tiny violins 😆

Something that kills me about being in a technical role but not needing to code day-to-day is that on the occasions I need to re-spin up an environment – it's guaranteed that a million dependancies have changed & I'd have been better off just killing the old environment and starting fresh each time

Recruit yes, but I think even more importantly, we all need to be posting (good content) on bsky more so that there is the content to attract people in the first place. People don't stick around in a desert

DEEP - Engineering Wonder DEEP revolutionises underwater exploration with modular habitats and advanced research to expand human access and understanding of the ocean.

This is outrageously cool, but also, being a childhood fan of Crichton's 'Sphere' …I can't help but imagine it being attacked by a giant squid 😆 www.deep.com

Recent exits by lukehefson · Pull Request #20 · lukehefson/ex-githubber-companies Seems like a bunch of companies in this list had some kind of exit in 2024. Rad. 🙌 Can't wait to see what these folk do next.

Realised that a number of ex-GitHubber-founded companies exited this year… which is pretty fucking cool: github.com/lukehefson/e... #github @github.com

So fucking true

The difference between challenges you have the power to take on and challenges you have no power over is the difference between loving and hating your job

Miami suggestions for a long weekend with a 10yr & 12yr old?

Things we like:
- Hipster neighbourhoods with coffee shops & boutiques you can walk around
- Wildlife experiences (Gators? Manatees?)
- Vegetarian food

When interviewing, assessing your future boss/peers is almost as hard hiring people yourself. Plenty of times I’ve been interviewed and thought the interviewer was useless but they turned out to be amazing. Or, I thought they were great but then discover it was all veneer

TIL that mosquitos don't just carry the 'big name' illnesses that you've probably heard of, but also a range of less-known ones that can be asymptomatic or very mild. Live in a mosquito-y place? That last cold you had might not have been a cold 🙃

I’d personally give an AI full access to my shit if I could just say: ‘Make sure I get this type of notification on this device when this happens’ …without dealing with endless conflicting app or system settings 😩

Ok, Cursor are in direct competition with GitHub, but this lowercase 'h' is the real deep cut

Workbrew makes open-source package manager Homebrew enterprise-friendly | TechCrunch Workbrew emerges from stealth with the mission of mitigating the risks of "shadow IT" practices around Homebrew package manager deployments.

Don't let my @workbrew.bsky.social colleagues fool you with their cutie patootie, all-smiles team photo. Deep in their brains they are hard at work thinking about how to bring the best `brew` DX to developers – all while helping companies to stay secure and compliant 🥹 techcrunch.com/2024/11/19/w...

No, really. 'Cronyism' has more bite than 'nepotism' so let's use it. Just like 'nepotism' sounds harsher than 'referral' (as it should)

Petition to have people start using the word 'cronyism':
- 'Nepotism' usually means family but can include friends if there is a familial connection
- 'Cronyism' means friends or someone in your social circle

What’s your one tweet that never got the recognition it deserved? Might as well repost it here

I am slightly concerned that if I were to mute all the posts on here that mention the platform itself that there would be very little content 🙃 (and yes I'm aware that I'm being hypocritical/meta)

I’d prefer this comment by email

I mean, there isn’t a *polite* way, but there is _a_ way 😂

Of course you did Ben! 👏❤️

The text fragments API isn't used (in URLs) nearly enough: `#:~:text=scoll%20to%20specific%20text%20on%20a%20page`

Well done. Kinda makes my British socialist brain feel like it should stop using X once and for all (prob won't tho)

Agreed. Who cares if TSA think it’s a p***s pump 😂