Casey Rosenthal

my favorite thing about the movie "Her" isn't the premise, which we are all now living through, it's the resolution of the plot. when the AI reaches super intelligence, it doesn't turn on people, it doesn't rebel against its creators, it doesn't serve them, it just ... leaves.

As a creature of habit, it hurts to have my habits deprecated so quickly.

I’ve got two kids in their early 20’s and we all think about this every day. I mourn for their future as well, now much bleaker than we imagined. Despite them growing up on Hunger Games, etc. All of this, for what?

Five years from now, daily life will bear little resemblance to today. When I was young, I wanted to see the future, but I wasn't really prepared to live a life of sentimental mourning, watching all of the things around me disappear.

laser zap isn't the worst way to get taken out. least then I wouldn't have to deal with the bindweed.

And field bindweed. Ok I'm done.

And vetch.

Heck, I'd settle for enumerating a list. Double-heck, I'd settle for just Japanese knotweed.

ChatGPT> Build me a solar-powered robot that will survey my property once a day, and zap any invasive plants just above the root.

ug. I feel for you. we have japanese beetles, multiflora, field bindweed, and japanese knotweed is encroaching from the neighbor's property. some days I'm tempted to salt the earth, but apparently even that wouldn't be effective.

like, can japanese beetles be trained to eat field bindweed?

island with fog in the distance beyond a treeline

today's office

Proud to lead this team of exceptional engineers as interim CEO, and to bring a new level of resilience to U.S. enterprises.

🛜 AI infrastructure must be able to handle massive data processing loads without downtime.
🏢 Most infrastructure breaks. Fault-tolerant, high-concurrency systems can prevent costly failures.
🚀 Enterprises are navigating massive volumes of data that must be kept running even when components fail.

HiBeam emerged from the Erlang Solutions Americas team and reflects decades of experience designing resilient infrastructure at scale. Here are a few reasons why I think the timing is right for HiBeam to bring this expertise to the US enterprise market:

HiBeam Data needs to move. We set it free.

Finally able to share what I’ve been working on for the past few months. Today, we’re launching HiBeam - a new division of Trifork built to tackle one very specific challenge: making sure critical infrastructure stays online in every circumstance.

hibeam.dev

Charlie is a Sinner

downtown Philadelphia, the city hall building nestled among skyscrapers

today's office

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.

This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.

It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

would david bowie be proud

Elixir: An Alternative to JavaScript-Based Web Development Some frustrated JavaScript developers have turned to Elixir and its Phoenix framework. They claim it has faster development and lower costs.

I love @bcardarella.bsky.social's focus on productivity gains using Elixir: thenewstack.io/elixir-an-al...

is "remote job board" the new hello-world of Rails apps?

I submit for your consideration: blockchain.

I'm out here vibe crafting luke-warm "tweets"

I'm putting together an RSU program as an adjunct to cash compensation. anyone have an example of an RSU program from their offer letter that y'all thought was good/fair?

as long as it doesn't violate "company secret," yes. absolutely yes.

Ruby on Rails Frontend Engineer - Contract-to-Hire

#RubyOnRails Friend of mine has two Rails jobs open for a startup flying under the radar. One role is for frontend, sounds like could benefit from design experience. The other is backend and could probably use some ops chops. cirrusly.ai/careers/Ruby...
cirrusly.ai/careers/Ruby...

"Like the president, Cuomo is an incompetent politician, a malicious bully, and an inveterate braggart."

it's a condemnation of our system that one person has that much power. a functioning society doesn't let one person amass so much power that they can decide who gets resources to live and who gets left to die. don't celebrate this "philanthropy."

lots of posts about what a great man @billgates.com since his decision to spend his fortune on philanthropy. y'all, what he decides to spend his money on can decision whether someone lives or dies. spending his money while he is still alive to do it is an expression of power, not kindness.