Elixir v1.18-rc.0 is out and it is a massive and beautiful release. More type system work, built-in JSON, language server listeners, parameterized and group tests, "mix format --migrate" and that's not even all: github.com/elixir-lang/el…

The Rabbit Hole Elon Musk They want villains to hate and heroes to cheer.

I've been at places where good engineering was done and couldn't figure out how to execute. I've been at places where marketing/sales sold things then engineering figured it out even if it wasn't good. Personally I've always appreciated the happy medium.

DHH Multi-scale politics (coined by Geoff & Vince Graham) is something the reddit brain would never comprehend: "I am, at the fed level, libertarian; ... at the state level, republican; ... at the local level, democrat; ... and at the family & friends level, a communist."

‘Tim, Don’t Kill My Vibe’ daringfireball.net/linked/2025/03…

Today's AI is less about intelligence and more about speed. Speed is the main proof that it's AI at work. In every domain you can find someone who could adequately answer a question posed to AI. And in plenty of domains, you could find a person who could answer it better.

When you get down to it, a CEO only has three responsibilities: 1. Set the direction of the company. 2. Don't run out of money. 3. Build a great team.

fatnerd Keeping your team.

I don’t know how many times you need to hear this, but…. you simply can't know how things are going to behave until you've actually tried them

On my way to the Elixir Language Milano meetup to talk about TigerBeetlex, the Elixir client for TigerBeetle. Unfortunately there are no spots left tonight, but you can still catch my talk at ElixirConf Europe in Krakow this May! #weBEAMTogether #ZigLang meetup.com/it-IT/elixir-l…

"First in my book: autonomy. You are not only encouraged to make calls; you are expected to! Nobody will tell you how to spend your time, create to-dos on your behalf, or tell you which path you should follow. The deal here is receiving a low-fidelity depiction of an interesting

this year i caught the tail end of cherry blossom 🌸 season but it was still a beautiful day out exploring

I like this take and it fits how I approach software engineering: Everything is slower than you think, has more failure modes than you think, has a bigger attack surface than you think… Overconfidence and oversimplification are your kryptonite in this world.

How to write bad software: Standardize nothing. Let each developer pick their own conventions, patterns, languages, and libraries. Ignore quality. Optimize solely for velocity. Skip reviews, conversations, meetings, pairing, user acceptance testing, and manual or automated

The psychological contract in the workplace is broken. Here’s how to fix it. s.hbr.org/4m2nJxR

'Much of the essence of building a program is in fact the debugging of the specification.' -- Fred Brooks

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Building MCPs is UI design disguised as API design

If your startup relies on Bubble, Airtable, and 7 Zaps to function, you don’t have a product. You have a dependency chain. No-code tools are incredible for speed. They get you to version one with zero engineers and minimal cost. You can validate, test, and iterate fast. All

"The secret to optimization is changing the problem to make it easier to optimize." – John Carmack