A Really Very Short Introduction to Epistemology, by David Deutsch

What features of a codebase make it more “amenable” to AI use? What features make AI more useful?

Imagine if your name really was Soham Parekh and you weren't double-jobbing. Unlucky break.

"Onboarding an AI"

"AI is like a junior software engineer" isn't the right framing. It excels in some areas and lags in others, so it's not always junior. It's your co-creator.

So odd that COVID Boosters are not mentioned when considering the "environmental changes" which might have led to the sudden increase in Cancer rates. Isn't the timing suspicious enough to cause it to be plausible, at least? abc.net.au/news/2025-07-0…

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React/Elm/re-frame etc were born in 2013/2014, and it was a Promethean moment for UIs. The next significant event was xstate. Why has that not taken off across in JavaScript land? What am I missing?

10 years ago, this Strangeloop talk by Martin Kleppmann changed the way I thought about writing systems (including UIs). youtube.com/watch?v=fU9hR3…

re-com has a new widget #Clojure #CLJS re-com.day8.com.au/#/table-filter

2 years ago today, we set the bird free

Striking how every AI player has implemented their own web search so easily/quickly. Zero to done in a few months. Once upon a time, that required Google-scale infrastructure.

Deep wisdom from Claude Code: "It's turtles all the way down, but the bottom turtle is looking at itself in a mirror! 🐢🪞"

Nic White gifted a referee's jersey by Angus Gardner for being the 'best ref' 😂 📽️ Wallabies.

Trucks will become nearly as efficient as trains over distance. Except they are more flexible over shorter distances.

The Excel icon for copy formatting is the greatest of all time.

"Refinement culture" sure has sucked away a lot of charm. Where in the modern diet is the equivalent of Minis, VW Bugs, Porsche 911 S, and BMW 2002?

Computer engines are already waaaaaay better than the very best humans at Chess and Go. So goes it with driving a car.

Fibonacci spaced indentation is underrated

OH: "Less is more... that's just a Big Less psyop."