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Thunderstorms seen from space.

"But the LLMs don’t know about it so I have to fix bugs" I’ve heard this line a couple times in the last few weeks, about people and their choice of coding language/framework. I don’t know how this will play out, but it’s something.

To me the biggest adaptation needed, with using AI so much when working, is this: Finding a new to be in the Zone for 3-4 hour blocks. Delegating to AI disrupts my time in the Zone. You all have a similar experience, or are you able to be in the Zone still?

When people imply that theory is inferior to practice, they're either saying: 1. I've done the work of understanding theory, I've seen the edge cases, the theory is wrong 2. I haven't done the work of understanding theory and what it predicts A good theory is a predictive tool

Picard eating a sandwich. Would have loved to have been there.

Five years ago, coding was the easy part, and knowing what to code and promoting it (talking to customers, positioning, sales, etc.) was the hard part. Right now, coding is still the easy part, and knowing what to code and promoting it is the hard part.

Have you ever heard of the `variable &&= value` idiom? #rubyonrails

At a time when people are understandably focused on the daily chaos in Washington, these articles describe the rapidly accelerating impact that AI is going to have on jobs, the economy, and how we live. axios.com/2025/05/28/ai-…

"AI won’t destroy jobs. AI will destroy jobs." Which statement to listen to? Since AI will mostly benefit owners, it’s safe (via negativa) to avoid the advice of owners, especially if you’re a non-owner employee. So get ready either way.

That two competing Theories of Everything describe space, time and gravity as causal effects of interactions further down, that’s interesting. - Hypergraphs - Causal Fermion Systems I think there’s something here.

I’m in one of Rich’s groups, and you should consider joining!

Friends, a first video in a special series I call... "Happy to Report" ... in which I'm reporting on some goals in building ReadWith. If you'd like to join me in making these public accountability videos, I think it'd be fun! Re-use the name, no problem. #happytoreport

Weekly public "I'm happy to report..." accountability videos could only have been born in the Ruby community. #MINSWAN

In this Saturday's newsletter, I'm going to try to convince you to create a product. The smallest product ever, that you know people crave. On Everyone Wants Progress.

The American public voted a duo of CEOs for their president. As a unit, they were the ticket. The one remaining is not the CEO they chose most in reality, but is the one that will stay.