sophie alpert
@sophiebits.com
you have the ability to understand things
principal engineer, react person, super gay, still masking
principal engineer, react person, super gay, still masking
I keep hearing about RAM prices but no one is talking about the real cost of AI scarcity?
I haven’t seen an Anh Phoong billboard in months
I haven’t seen an Anh Phoong billboard in months
July 2, 2026 at 2:50 PM
I keep hearing about RAM prices but no one is talking about the real cost of AI scarcity?
I haven’t seen an Anh Phoong billboard in months
I haven’t seen an Anh Phoong billboard in months
got frustrated recently at work about people writing using AI instead of using their brains! here's my take on it: sophiebits.com/2026/06/25/t...
There are no lossless transformations of natural-language text
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June 25, 2026 at 7:09 PM
got frustrated recently at work about people writing using AI instead of using their brains! here's my take on it: sophiebits.com/2026/06/25/t...
teachers: “resist peer pressure”
autistic kids: “ok!”
autistic kids: “ok!”
May 8, 2026 at 3:27 PM
teachers: “resist peer pressure”
autistic kids: “ok!”
autistic kids: “ok!”
@enclose.horse any idea why sometimes one tile gets stuck as a ghost?
March 18, 2026 at 1:44 AM
@enclose.horse any idea why sometimes one tile gets stuck as a ghost?
this ngrams chart is delightful to me
March 6, 2026 at 2:20 AM
this ngrams chart is delightful to me
“I would’ve thought that was so cool if my parents had done that when I was little!”
no you wouldn’t. you’d’ve thought it was normal
no you wouldn’t. you’d’ve thought it was normal
February 25, 2026 at 2:23 PM
“I would’ve thought that was so cool if my parents had done that when I was little!”
no you wouldn’t. you’d’ve thought it was normal
no you wouldn’t. you’d’ve thought it was normal
thinking today about how if AI takes the easy parts of our jobs then we'll just spend all day doing hard tasks instead!
maybe first written about by @fredbenenson.com www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
maybe first written about by @fredbenenson.com www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
AI Is Coming for Your Favorite Menial Tasks
As AI gets better at performing routine tasks traditionally done by humans, only stressful ones will be left. The work experience could suffer.
www.theatlantic.com
February 20, 2026 at 12:10 AM
thinking today about how if AI takes the easy parts of our jobs then we'll just spend all day doing hard tasks instead!
maybe first written about by @fredbenenson.com www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
maybe first written about by @fredbenenson.com www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
saw this @muni.sfmta.com bus last night. what does it mean!
this little guy is living two weeks in the future
this little guy is living two weeks in the future
February 1, 2026 at 9:24 PM
saw this @muni.sfmta.com bus last night. what does it mean!
this little guy is living two weeks in the future
this little guy is living two weeks in the future
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why does every ecommerce website now offer me “You’ve earned a mystery discount!! Which of the following are you most interested in:” as soon as I click on anything
I really don’t think it used to be like this
I really don’t think it used to be like this
January 24, 2026 at 1:06 AM
why does every ecommerce website now offer me “You’ve earned a mystery discount!! Which of the following are you most interested in:” as soon as I click on anything
I really don’t think it used to be like this
I really don’t think it used to be like this
September 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
More blogging! I don't want AI agents controlling my laptop. Not because that's not useful, but because it's incredibly hard (impossible?) to do securely: sophiebits.com/2025/09/09/a...
I don’t want AI agents controlling my laptop
sophiebits.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
More blogging! I don't want AI agents controlling my laptop. Not because that's not useful, but because it's incredibly hard (impossible?) to do securely: sophiebits.com/2025/09/09/a...
I keep getting into conversations with engineers where I talk about how desperately I want my database to support materialized views with incremental updates and too often I get a blank stare in response.
so I wrote a new post about why you should care! sophiebits.com/2025/08/22/m...
so I wrote a new post about why you should care! sophiebits.com/2025/08/22/m...
Materialized views are obviously useful
sophiebits.com
August 23, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I keep getting into conversations with engineers where I talk about how desperately I want my database to support materialized views with incremental updates and too often I get a blank stare in response.
so I wrote a new post about why you should care! sophiebits.com/2025/08/22/m...
so I wrote a new post about why you should care! sophiebits.com/2025/08/22/m...
@estradiol.bsky.social your username goes hard
July 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
@estradiol.bsky.social your username goes hard
I wrote a blog post sophiebits.com/2025/07/21/t...
TODOs aren’t for doing
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July 22, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I wrote a blog post sophiebits.com/2025/07/21/t...
I have a confession to make. I've gone back and forth on whether to say anything, but I can't keep quiet any longer—not only does this look bad, it makes no sense. Please stop doing the cursor-smoothy effect that Screen Studio does. It's so bad. Not how hovering on things works!! Hello!
July 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I have a confession to make. I've gone back and forth on whether to say anything, but I can't keep quiet any longer—not only does this look bad, it makes no sense. Please stop doing the cursor-smoothy effect that Screen Studio does. It's so bad. Not how hovering on things works!! Hello!
you can always do the “5 whys” in your incident review but be careful about going past that because after like 8 whys it’s just “capitalism”
May 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
you can always do the “5 whys” in your incident review but be careful about going past that because after like 8 whys it’s just “capitalism”
Reposted by sophie alpert
every time you think "maybe I should add a layer of caching in the application", take that energy and make the database faster instead
May 7, 2025 at 12:10 AM
every time you think "maybe I should add a layer of caching in the application", take that energy and make the database faster instead
shinigami eyes a bit concerning when it glitches out
April 22, 2025 at 8:12 AM
shinigami eyes a bit concerning when it glitches out
“Important information about disputing online: You cannot change your transgender or non-binary name here but it can be done via mail.”
uh, thanks TransUnion
uh, thanks TransUnion
February 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
“Important information about disputing online: You cannot change your transgender or non-binary name here but it can be done via mail.”
uh, thanks TransUnion
uh, thanks TransUnion
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Union square is full of people protesting for trans youth.
Over for 4000 in attendance
Over for 4000 in attendance
February 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Union square is full of people protesting for trans youth.
Over for 4000 in attendance
Over for 4000 in attendance
what are everyone's favorite tiny tools in the form of web pages?
for the sake of argument, specifically ones that (a) do something useful and (b) don't send your data anywhere
here's three that I always come back to:
for the sake of argument, specifically ones that (a) do something useful and (b) don't send your data anywhere
here's three that I always come back to:
January 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
what are everyone's favorite tiny tools in the form of web pages?
for the sake of argument, specifically ones that (a) do something useful and (b) don't send your data anywhere
here's three that I always come back to:
for the sake of argument, specifically ones that (a) do something useful and (b) don't send your data anywhere
here's three that I always come back to:
large language model the size of a small LLM
January 28, 2025 at 3:18 AM
large language model the size of a small LLM