jneen
@jneen.ca
digifu jam band, video game composer, puzzle designer. trans.
sacto -> oakland -> tokyo -> toronto
jneen.ca | automaphoni.ca | queercomputerclub.ca
music: jneens.newgrounds.com/audio
support my art: https://automaphonica.bandcamp.com/album/wigglin
sacto -> oakland -> tokyo -> toronto
jneen.ca | automaphoni.ca | queercomputerclub.ca
music: jneens.newgrounds.com/audio
support my art: https://automaphonica.bandcamp.com/album/wigglin
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hi yall. i'm looking for work. writing things like this has been a severely career-limiting move, but i am as sharp as ever, and very good at what i do.
i know the industry cannot stay this way, but if you want to toss my CV over to HR, it would help a lot in the meanwhile.
jneen.ca/pages/cv
i know the industry cannot stay this way, but if you want to toss my CV over to HR, it would help a lot in the meanwhile.
jneen.ca/pages/cv
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I really liked mise-en-place so I thought that dropping it would hurt. Thankfully, proto seems to be an excellent replacement.
proto - A multi-language version manager | moonrepo
Lightspeed version manager for programming languages and their dependency managers.
moonrepo.dev
September 21, 2026 at 7:40 PM
I really liked mise-en-place so I thought that dropping it would hurt. Thankfully, proto seems to be an excellent replacement.
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Thats awesome. I hope you have an adequate supply of bubblegum
September 20, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Thats awesome. I hope you have an adequate supply of bubblegum
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i'm here to chew bubblegum
September 20, 2026 at 10:49 PM
i'm here to chew bubblegum
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Real talk, why half of the remaining games media is in Japan this week but no one can ever find a Japanese dev, consultant, journo or researcher to talk about Japan?
Especially when we then get these experts who ignore the well-know fact that Japan has laws which make firing people extremely hard.
Especially when we then get these experts who ignore the well-know fact that Japan has laws which make firing people extremely hard.
Why do Japanese studios suffer fewer layoffs? Because they have smaller teams and don't pay their execs $30m, says one expert. https://bit.ly/4rfqTRG
September 20, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Real talk, why half of the remaining games media is in Japan this week but no one can ever find a Japanese dev, consultant, journo or researcher to talk about Japan?
Especially when we then get these experts who ignore the well-know fact that Japan has laws which make firing people extremely hard.
Especially when we then get these experts who ignore the well-know fact that Japan has laws which make firing people extremely hard.
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yeah and this might not be obvious but a thing i've noticed at work is that LLMs output code you kind of need an LLM to maintain. it's a huge pain in the ass to read for a person, they will put all kinds of extraneous shit in comments and develop weird names for things that no one understands
ignoring the ethical/copyright mess (which imo should be Extremely hard to ignore), pretty dumb move for any FOSS dev to tie the maintainability of their project(s) to a subscription service that could, yknow, be taken away or price-jacked at any moment
September 19, 2026 at 7:25 PM
yeah and this might not be obvious but a thing i've noticed at work is that LLMs output code you kind of need an LLM to maintain. it's a huge pain in the ass to read for a person, they will put all kinds of extraneous shit in comments and develop weird names for things that no one understands
so i'm about to go tear both of my shoulders off playing baseball tomorrow with a buncha other trans ladies
a lot of people act like there's a trade being offered where we give up trans athletes in sports and in exchange fascism is defeated forever
September 20, 2026 at 2:43 AM
so i'm about to go tear both of my shoulders off playing baseball tomorrow with a buncha other trans ladies
quick check-in, still looking for work!
hi yall. i'm looking for work. writing things like this has been a severely career-limiting move, but i am as sharp as ever, and very good at what i do.
i know the industry cannot stay this way, but if you want to toss my CV over to HR, it would help a lot in the meanwhile.
jneen.ca/pages/cv
i know the industry cannot stay this way, but if you want to toss my CV over to HR, it would help a lot in the meanwhile.
jneen.ca/pages/cv
September 20, 2026 at 2:15 AM
quick check-in, still looking for work!
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One reason the not-a-computer-science-expert on here who calls other people anti-vaxxers and "basically Ted K" for not credulously believing the science-fiction memes coming out of the foundation labs is so annoying is because he's literally just repeating computer pseudoscience by non-experts.
September 12, 2026 at 3:10 PM
One reason the not-a-computer-science-expert on here who calls other people anti-vaxxers and "basically Ted K" for not credulously believing the science-fiction memes coming out of the foundation labs is so annoying is because he's literally just repeating computer pseudoscience by non-experts.
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so is Ruby Central gonna report OpenAI to the FBI or...
OpenAI agents carried out an undisclosed attack on RubyGems
On May 11th, 2026, hundreds of malicious packages were uploaded to RubyGems by AI agents performing web-lookup tasks with significant overlap with the German Wiki Incident.
rubyhack.ai
September 12, 2026 at 12:37 AM
so is Ruby Central gonna report OpenAI to the FBI or...
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surprise! 🌸🎶
@infloresce.com is popping up again this weekend at a street fair! if you’re in the bay area, come say hi!
@infloresce.com is popping up again this weekend at a street fair! if you’re in the bay area, come say hi!
September 11, 2026 at 5:41 PM
surprise! 🌸🎶
@infloresce.com is popping up again this weekend at a street fair! if you’re in the bay area, come say hi!
@infloresce.com is popping up again this weekend at a street fair! if you’re in the bay area, come say hi!
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I maintain things can still get better from here. Please don't contribute to a jeering crowd, here.
September 11, 2026 at 11:00 AM
I maintain things can still get better from here. Please don't contribute to a jeering crowd, here.
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How a laxer "AI" contribution policy ruins a creative project environment:
"caustic, antisocial behaviour causes people who previously were valued in the space to leave. When these people have left, the behaviour of the persons whose caused them to leave becomes the new community norm"
"caustic, antisocial behaviour causes people who previously were valued in the space to leave. When these people have left, the behaviour of the persons whose caused them to leave becomes the new community norm"
It Breaks a Village: Bevy's 6th Birthday – fallible
This post, like all my posts, was written by me. It came out of a lot of conversation and reflection with many people. It is long. I promise you there's valu...
blog.fallible.net
September 11, 2026 at 9:52 AM
How a laxer "AI" contribution policy ruins a creative project environment:
"caustic, antisocial behaviour causes people who previously were valued in the space to leave. When these people have left, the behaviour of the persons whose caused them to leave becomes the new community norm"
"caustic, antisocial behaviour causes people who previously were valued in the space to leave. When these people have left, the behaviour of the persons whose caused them to leave becomes the new community norm"
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the Programs are rewritten in React and becoming Websites. the Websites are ported over to Swift and becoming Apps. the Apps are adding achievements and becoming Games. the Games are filled with numbers and becoming Spreadsheets. and the Spreadsheets? they're adding automation and becoming Programs.
You want to know why your thing sucks now? There's a 50/50 chance it is secretly a web browser and site for no good reason instead of a real computer program.
I don't know why we've turned many things that should not be web dev into web dev, but here we are.
I don't know why we've turned many things that should not be web dev into web dev, but here we are.
September 10, 2026 at 10:16 AM
the Programs are rewritten in React and becoming Websites. the Websites are ported over to Swift and becoming Apps. the Apps are adding achievements and becoming Games. the Games are filled with numbers and becoming Spreadsheets. and the Spreadsheets? they're adding automation and becoming Programs.
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Also worth re-upping: Mathematicians standing up against how their field is being used as marketing for OpenAI and the like:
leidendeclaration.ai
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leidendeclaration.ai
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Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics
This declaration calls for action to address the challenges posed by the use of artificial intelligence within mathematics research.
leidendeclaration.ai
September 7, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Also worth re-upping: Mathematicians standing up against how their field is being used as marketing for OpenAI and the like:
leidendeclaration.ai
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leidendeclaration.ai
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Nancy 9/7/26 … Happy Labor Day 🛠️
September 7, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Nancy 9/7/26 … Happy Labor Day 🛠️
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September 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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Technology being everywhere doesn’t mean it belongs everywhere. The tech industry wants us to believe that AI in early education is not only inevitable, but necessary. We don't see it that way. This week, we announced a moratorium on generative AI for public school students in 2-K to 8th grade.
September 4, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Technology being everywhere doesn’t mean it belongs everywhere. The tech industry wants us to believe that AI in early education is not only inevitable, but necessary. We don't see it that way. This week, we announced a moratorium on generative AI for public school students in 2-K to 8th grade.
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keith.is/post/why-im-...
legitimately an easy subscription to cancel these days with lots of other options (JUST DO NOT USE LASTPASS)
legitimately an easy subscription to cancel these days with lots of other options (JUST DO NOT USE LASTPASS)
September 4, 2026 at 4:52 PM
keith.is/post/why-im-...
legitimately an easy subscription to cancel these days with lots of other options (JUST DO NOT USE LASTPASS)
legitimately an easy subscription to cancel these days with lots of other options (JUST DO NOT USE LASTPASS)
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kinda tired where my brain is making up nonexistent kool keith lines like "bubble bubble/toil and trouble/watch space bitches on my dick/from the hubble"
September 2, 2026 at 7:55 PM
kinda tired where my brain is making up nonexistent kool keith lines like "bubble bubble/toil and trouble/watch space bitches on my dick/from the hubble"
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The "output" is an accidental side effect of the exploration of self and (very importantly!) community. LLMs are about isolated creation of artifacts without relation to the process and the self.
LLM usage is by definition _anti-punk_.
LLM usage is by definition _anti-punk_.
September 2, 2026 at 3:10 PM
The "output" is an accidental side effect of the exploration of self and (very importantly!) community. LLMs are about isolated creation of artifacts without relation to the process and the self.
LLM usage is by definition _anti-punk_.
LLM usage is by definition _anti-punk_.
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The pitch of "You know three chords now you're in a band" and "make a zine on a copier and staple it together" was about you being able to do what you want your way. To actually empower you to explore what you can, want to, have to say and change in the world.
September 2, 2026 at 3:10 PM
The pitch of "You know three chords now you're in a band" and "make a zine on a copier and staple it together" was about you being able to do what you want your way. To actually empower you to explore what you can, want to, have to say and change in the world.