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Turnaround CTO, advisor, and startup vagabond. Former head of AI @NASA CAS and tech wonk for (Obama) @WhiteHouse, DOD, and DOJ. Tweets are my own.

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Tired of Cursor overwriting key files hidden in big changes? Me too. So I built a thing to prevent AI from overwriting certain files. Check out Lockor. PRs and comments welcome! open-vsx.org/extension/lock…


Another terrible DHH take. I don’t buy a comp based on current capabilities, but the minimum capabilities I expect to need over the next 5yrs. Local models are mediocre today, but in 3yrs it’s very likely local models will be sufficient and safer than remote.

"Thus, I find it spurious to hear developers evaluate their next computer on the prospect of how well it's capable of running local models. Because they all suck! Whether one sucks a little less than the other doesn't really matter." world.hey.com/dhh/local-llms…



This has to be one of the dumbest, self-inflicted catastrophes in the history of military recruiting. npr.org/2025/11/25/nx-…


A single bad actor destroyed an entire watershed. This is why the EPA needs more support. Unregulated capitalism yields disaster. pratt.duke.edu/news/uncoverin…


ARCHITECTURE AT SCALE IS HARDER THAN CODE

james_mtc's tweet image. ARCHITECTURE AT SCALE IS HARDER THAN CODE

Turborepo vs NX?

james_mtc's tweet image. Turborepo vs NX?

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"LLMs are trained on other people's code". Yep. And before LLM's, I used other people's code too. I copied patterns from docs, StackOverflow, forums, open source repos, books, tweets, and blogs. LLMs just streamline this process by guessing what I need to copy and paste next.


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WIRED spoke with Chuck Borges, the former SSA data chief turned DOGE whistleblower, who is running to represent southern Maryland in the state’s senate. wired.com/story/doge-whi…


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your junior dev needs to understand a feature. senior dev says: "check the docs." junior opens: - Confluence (overview, outdated) - Notion (product spec, incomplete) - GitHub (code, no context) - Jira (ticket, closed) - Slack (thread, 400 messages) closes all tabs. asks the…


when the airport terminal is “Pepsi products only”


Anyone else noticing that the tweet timeline is very alt right conservative now and the top comments are always factual takedowns? Almost like the algorithm is pushing an agenda against the wishes of the masses…


Maybe... just maybe... China shouldn't have blown up its own satellite in 2007 and created 30% more space debris. uk.news.yahoo.com/astronauts-str…


The anti-Mamdani bots are out in force today. Are the billionaires and fascists sweating?


$20 says the cut these requirements and lower the standards even further, in violation of the law. msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-…


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This is completely illegal.

SpencerHakimian's tweet image. This is completely illegal.

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