Sean Reifschneider

Reminds me I need to add to my ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md: "Never suggest I use nano to edit a file." :-)

I hate it when my leg falls asleep during the day because it means it is going to be up all night. -- Steven Wright

I was starting to think I was the only one that noticed that "coincidence".

Condescension is rarely a winning strategy.

Welcoming The Next Generation of Programmers Vibe coders and self-tought ChatGPT users are programmers too.

It is time for us to invite vibe-coders into our programming communities. lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/7/20/th...

YouTube video by AI In Context How Exactly Experts Think We'll Lose Control | The AI 2027 Scenario

The AI 2027 Scenario seems farfetched. Except it basically is just describing compounding interest, and Einstein described compounding interest as "the most powerful force in the universe"... youtu.be/5KVDDfAkRgc?...

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@alsweigart.bsky.social Note you are on the front page of Hacker News: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4454...

This is an amazing HN discussion thread: "Reusing toilet paper rolls isn't sanitary." "If that's true, using your toothbrush is a bigger issue." "Usually you don't use your toothbrush while fondling your genitals." "You don't know what you are missing but to each their own i guess."

I gave that "/software_architect_agent" a try to implement a simple SQL frontend editor and results viewer. It worked for ~6 hours, and produced the most simple, bone stock SQL control with tens of thousands of lines of code. Gave the same prompt just directly to claude and it worked great.

Show this to Heartless Taco.

how it feels to charge your phone off your laptop

Trying: "In Python projects, avoid using pip, pipenv, requirements.txt, poetry and similar, and always use "uv" conventions when possible."

I've been meaning to add something to that effect to my ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md

I asked it to make a recipe for "Lightsaber Chicken" for May the 4th Be With You, and it hit it out of the park.

Which model did you use and do you have a ballpark cost for it?

GitHub - mitsuhiko/vibe-minisentry: Vibecoded Sentry Clone with Claude Code Vibecoded Sentry Clone with Claude Code. Contribute to mitsuhiko/vibe-minisentry development by creating an account on GitHub.

I went into more detail on Twitter, but this thing came out on a single prompt (+ one follow up prompt) from Claude Code. Ran for 2.5 hours uninterrupted and created ~20k lines of code. github.com/mitsuhiko/vi...

There is, I imagine, a point in the sinking of a boat where you move from "What can I do to save the ship?" to "The ship's going down, what can I do to save myself?"

Photo of backs of football player uniforms with last names and numbers in large print.

Cop uniforms need to look like this and I am 100% serious:

But in his mind it is sung to him by Marilyn Monroe.

Python 3.13.5 is now available (yes, really.) When I was younger[1] we would call this a brown paper bag release, but actually, we shouldn’t hide from our mistakes. We’re only human. So, please enjoy: Python 3.13.5 This is the fifth maintenanc...

#Python 3.13.5, aka "oops":

discuss.python.org/t/python-3-1...

Coincidence? I think not.

This one stings… RIP Brian Wilson 💔

When I went to California in 2022 our very first stop after airport was the house he grew up in... where The Beach Boys started

(The house is gone, it's the spot where the house stood... registered landmark in CA!)

Your weekly reminder not to build LLM systems that combine access to private data with exposure to untrusted tokens and exfiltration vectors (the "lethal trifecta"). This time it was Microsoft 365 Copilot (now patched, they closed the exfiltration holes) simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/11/...

My point in all this: This is exactly what I mean about "learning to code with AI". There is a meaning: "Learn how to cooperate with an AI to build things", which is an incredibly valuable skill, and very likely the target my son needs to be aiming for as the horizon for a 16 year old.

...The first result was pieces with triangle interlocking. I asked it to research algorithms and make it better, and it did, but then mating pieces both had the same shape (both innies or both outies). Then it fixed it on the left/right, but not top/bottom. Then this result.

I know you've mentioned you have a different definition of vibe coding, this was done using the traditional: I didn't look at the code at all, I just let the tooling do the work based off english text I gave it...

GitHub - linsomniac/pngpuzzle: A vibe coded python program to turn an image into a bunch of puzzle shaped PNGs. A vibe coded python program to turn an image into a bunch of puzzle shaped PNGs. - linsomniac/pngpuzzle

... For the "png to jigsaw", I submit: github.com/linsomniac/p... . Claude Code entirely vibe coded that this morning with me before work. Using lena.png as the source, it produces a reasonable result, though I didn't ask it to make the interlocking parts more unique...

... but it is likely going to involve operating the AI tools in more of the role of a conductor of an orchestra rather than coding it yourself like an individual musician. Are we also avoiding using font rendering libraries? In short: agreed you can't just vibe code it, but you can for the pieces.