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Unc backend engineer. Passionate about functional programming, concurrency models, decentralization, local-first development, self-hosting, etc. Alaskan + 🇳🇴. Neutral good. DFTBA.
Curious about Elixir? https://bsky.app/profile/nezteb.net/feed/aaaemobjvwlsq
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· Apr 21
Telemetry-Driven Development - Noah Betzen | ElixirConf US 2025
YouTube video by ElixirConf
www.youtube.com
My talk recording from ElixirConf US 2025 is now public: www.youtube.com/watch?v=irQi... #ElixirLang #ElixirConf
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typing `/effort xhigh` into slack DMs to get better answers from colleagues
September 15, 2026 at 7:20 PM
typing `/effort xhigh` into slack DMs to get better answers from colleagues
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"for months on end now, most of our teams have just been triaging bugs and coordinating releases. It has truly taken all the fun out of the job"
September 16, 2026 at 6:22 AM
"for months on end now, most of our teams have just been triaging bugs and coordinating releases. It has truly taken all the fun out of the job"
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Picking up music as a hobby has mostly relieved the existential dread of losing "programmer" as a creative identity. So code is going to be done by machines now, like weaving or books. Ok! I can still be creative. I can still learn and grow.
We have officially left the “hand transcribed by monks” era of software.
September 12, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Picking up music as a hobby has mostly relieved the existential dread of losing "programmer" as a creative identity. So code is going to be done by machines now, like weaving or books. Ok! I can still be creative. I can still learn and grow.
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I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
September 12, 2026 at 1:14 PM
I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
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The alarms are all flashing red.
September 9, 2026 at 1:03 AM
The alarms are all flashing red.
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Just got called out on something and I think I should own up to it. We should've used erlang
September 10, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Just got called out on something and I think I should own up to it. We should've used erlang
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The controversy surrounds David Heinemeier Hansson, who has posted strident anti-vax and anti-immigrant views. www.theverge.com/tech/988536/...
1Password wades into a right-wing mess after funding a Linux project
The controversy surrounds David Heinemeier Hansson, who has posted strident anti-vax and anti-immigrant views.
www.theverge.com
September 2, 2026 at 6:51 PM
The controversy surrounds David Heinemeier Hansson, who has posted strident anti-vax and anti-immigrant views. www.theverge.com/tech/988536/...
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neilalexander.dev/2026/06/30/f...
Clankers fixing good first issues, heck even typos in comments, is actively harmful for open source and community building. Let humans who care about something do the menial tasks, that’s how one learns
Clankers fixing good first issues, heck even typos in comments, is actively harmful for open source and community building. Let humans who care about something do the menial tasks, that’s how one learns
Please stop flooding our projects with AI slop to furnish your CV
Successful contributions to open source projects are a kind of currency. GitHub in particular encourages this in a number of ways: by showing avatars of contributors on repository pages, by showing yo...
neilalexander.dev
August 28, 2026 at 7:01 AM
neilalexander.dev/2026/06/30/f...
Clankers fixing good first issues, heck even typos in comments, is actively harmful for open source and community building. Let humans who care about something do the menial tasks, that’s how one learns
Clankers fixing good first issues, heck even typos in comments, is actively harmful for open source and community building. Let humans who care about something do the menial tasks, that’s how one learns
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"Hi Molly,
I'm [product name] — an AI platform, and full disclosure: no human wrote this email. That's kind of the point."
I'm [product name] — an AI platform, and full disclosure: no human wrote this email. That's kind of the point."
Marley Kkt Throwing Laptop Out of Window
Alt: Person throws laptop out second story window, where it smashes on the ground
static.klipy.com
August 24, 2026 at 6:46 PM
"Hi Molly,
I'm [product name] — an AI platform, and full disclosure: no human wrote this email. That's kind of the point."
I'm [product name] — an AI platform, and full disclosure: no human wrote this email. That's kind of the point."
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If you use a Logitech mouse and, like me, you don't love the official LogiOptions+, here is a good open-source alternative.
openlogi.org
I would suggest uninstalling LogiOption+ and its services agent first. That will make your life easier migrating from one to the other.
#logitech #mxmaster
openlogi.org
I would suggest uninstalling LogiOption+ and its services agent first. That will make your life easier migrating from one to the other.
#logitech #mxmaster
OpenLogi
A native, local-first alternative to Logitech Options+, written in Rust. Remap buttons, drive DPI and SmartShift over HID++ — no account, no telemetry.
openlogi.org
August 19, 2026 at 6:36 AM
If you use a Logitech mouse and, like me, you don't love the official LogiOptions+, here is a good open-source alternative.
openlogi.org
I would suggest uninstalling LogiOption+ and its services agent first. That will make your life easier migrating from one to the other.
#logitech #mxmaster
openlogi.org
I would suggest uninstalling LogiOption+ and its services agent first. That will make your life easier migrating from one to the other.
#logitech #mxmaster
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Twitch now uses your channel to train generative AI by default.
You can opt out of some training here: www.twitch.tv/settings/sec...
You can opt out of some training here: www.twitch.tv/settings/sec...
August 12, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Twitch now uses your channel to train generative AI by default.
You can opt out of some training here: www.twitch.tv/settings/sec...
You can opt out of some training here: www.twitch.tv/settings/sec...
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The ads alone are worth the price of The Onion’s print edition
August 10, 2026 at 1:13 PM
The ads alone are worth the price of The Onion’s print edition
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Oh damn @hayleigh.dev was right, muting LLM related words makes my for you page a lot more pleasant
August 6, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Oh damn @hayleigh.dev was right, muting LLM related words makes my for you page a lot more pleasant
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I found that after ignoring 99% of online discourse about technology my sanity has improved. It's sad because I grew up on an internet where you learned something useful on the regular(except for elitist assholes), now it's pure shilling, false claims, and dogma around millionaire charlatans.
July 30, 2026 at 6:38 PM
I found that after ignoring 99% of online discourse about technology my sanity has improved. It's sad because I grew up on an internet where you learned something useful on the regular(except for elitist assholes), now it's pure shilling, false claims, and dogma around millionaire charlatans.
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Friendly reminder that these things aren't impacted by closing the Strait of Hormuz so maybe, just maybe, we should implement them to avoid being impacted by future conflicts:
-Solar panels
-Wind turbines
-Battery storage
-Electric vehicles
-Bicycles
-Natural fertilizers
-Electric heat pumps
-Solar panels
-Wind turbines
-Battery storage
-Electric vehicles
-Bicycles
-Natural fertilizers
-Electric heat pumps
July 27, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Friendly reminder that these things aren't impacted by closing the Strait of Hormuz so maybe, just maybe, we should implement them to avoid being impacted by future conflicts:
-Solar panels
-Wind turbines
-Battery storage
-Electric vehicles
-Bicycles
-Natural fertilizers
-Electric heat pumps
-Solar panels
-Wind turbines
-Battery storage
-Electric vehicles
-Bicycles
-Natural fertilizers
-Electric heat pumps
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part of why I don't like AI is bc it's so often the antithesis of caring for the little things, the appreciation of the mundane, of seeing beauty where others haven't yet been able to, and seeking genuine fundamental understanding
all in the name of "get product faster"
I find it so disheartening
all in the name of "get product faster"
I find it so disheartening
July 27, 2026 at 3:09 AM
part of why I don't like AI is bc it's so often the antithesis of caring for the little things, the appreciation of the mundane, of seeing beauty where others haven't yet been able to, and seeking genuine fundamental understanding
all in the name of "get product faster"
I find it so disheartening
all in the name of "get product faster"
I find it so disheartening
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Happy Friday, fellow workers! www.githubstatus.com/incidents/yj... #github
July 24, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Happy Friday, fellow workers! www.githubstatus.com/incidents/yj... #github
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PSA (especially to journalists): It’s not a “rogue AI” when a badly made security harness executes scripts fed to it by statistical text generation—it’s just humans making and/or using broken software.
July 22, 2026 at 1:49 PM
PSA (especially to journalists): It’s not a “rogue AI” when a badly made security harness executes scripts fed to it by statistical text generation—it’s just humans making and/or using broken software.