austin (eeek!/ackkk! 👻)
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austin (eeek!/ackkk! 👻)
@thebadcode.com
· Aug 10
Is it piano or man or a monument
To our hubris our malice our sin
And it sits at the bar still stinking of tar
My god what the hell next will walk in
To our hubris our malice our sin
And it sits at the bar still stinking of tar
My god what the hell next will walk in
code-writing llms are about protecting human welfare
my first job as a junior developer was writing sync code for databases, and after four years of that I was so broken I tried to stop doing development entirely and would've if not for a paperwork issue
November 3, 2026 at 12:38 AM
code-writing llms are about protecting human welfare
working on a new theory that particleDB was an elaborate performance art piece by a frontier lab about the perils of hubris
November 3, 2026 at 12:34 AM
working on a new theory that particleDB was an elaborate performance art piece by a frontier lab about the perils of hubris
the older i get the more impressed i am by s3
November 3, 2026 at 12:30 AM
the older i get the more impressed i am by s3
[WAVING DISGUSTEDLY]:
speak naught to me of calves! the dumb brutes have predicted 6 of the last two anointed
speak naught to me of calves! the dumb brutes have predicted 6 of the last two anointed
The auguries are good, master. A calf was born in the stables today with a mark in the shape of Texas on its thigh. The clouds are gathering over the enemy's fortifications. The mayor has sprouted a powerful mustache.
November 3, 2026 at 12:22 AM
[WAVING DISGUSTEDLY]:
speak naught to me of calves! the dumb brutes have predicted 6 of the last two anointed
speak naught to me of calves! the dumb brutes have predicted 6 of the last two anointed
hire thorne!!! 🙌
Still unemployed and getting increasingly worried about my situation. Any help finding a good, stable tech job is deeply appreciated!
I've coded for 30 years, since I was an eight-year-old. I was a CTO of a Y Combinator company. I'm a polyglot down to work in most languages.
I've coded for 30 years, since I was an eight-year-old. I was a CTO of a Y Combinator company. I'm a polyglot down to work in most languages.
November 3, 2026 at 12:14 AM
hire thorne!!! 🙌
there is absolutely nothing sexy about writing a database. it is grueling and unforgiving in a way usually only
understood by solo cave divers and religious ascetics
understood by solo cave divers and religious ascetics
they insisted on
- strict serializability by default, no compromises
- horizontal scaling across nodes while maintaining the above
- seamless replication and repair with instant failover
- extremely stringent correctness testing
- strict serializability by default, no compromises
- horizontal scaling across nodes while maintaining the above
- seamless replication and repair with instant failover
- extremely stringent correctness testing
November 3, 2026 at 12:01 AM
there is absolutely nothing sexy about writing a database. it is grueling and unforgiving in a way usually only
understood by solo cave divers and religious ascetics
understood by solo cave divers and religious ascetics
starting about an hour after the polls close alito and thomas will be out on their asses, which is good because that will be a pre-req for mainstream buy-in on court expansion
a lot of republicans are going to try to blame trump for their losses — and he certainly deserves some of that blame — but they all lined up for this, every one. they all chose this path for themselves, and there were some who could've tried to save themselves but chose not to
‘A lot of Republicans have held their tongues’: Anger at Trump is growing
Few Republicans are willing to publicly lambast the president. But they’re more blunt in private.
www.politico.com
November 2, 2026 at 10:54 PM
starting about an hour after the polls close alito and thomas will be out on their asses, which is good because that will be a pre-req for mainstream buy-in on court expansion
[STUFFING CHIPS IN MY MOUTH]:
yah fix the weigths lmk when done
yah fix the weigths lmk when done
what the fuck, frontier LLMs can directly interpret and edit the weights of smaller models rikiyat.github.io/blog/weight-...
Sparks of Weight-Space Programming: LLMs can natively read & write neural network weights
We find that frontier LLMs are surprisingly good at natively reading and writing neural network weights, well past what we’d expect from humans or conventional algorithms.
rikiyat.github.io
November 2, 2026 at 10:44 PM
[STUFFING CHIPS IN MY MOUTH]:
yah fix the weigths lmk when done
yah fix the weigths lmk when done
you can tell fdb is the real deal because apple uses it and you never hear anything about it
I think a lot of people don't realize how old foundationdb is. they started dev in 2009, the same year that mongo was released
fdb was very well-designed but it's ancient tech. the fact that the rest of the industry hasn't even caught up to *that* is, genuinely, embarrassing
fdb was very well-designed but it's ancient tech. the fact that the rest of the industry hasn't even caught up to *that* is, genuinely, embarrassing
November 2, 2026 at 10:41 PM
you can tell fdb is the real deal because apple uses it and you never hear anything about it
statements that would sound alarming outside of social media:
November 2, 2026 at 10:34 PM
statements that would sound alarming outside of social media:
on any given day there's maybe 10x as much stuff that i need to pay attention to as i have time for and that ratio is slipping at an accelerating rate
Sparks of Weight-Space Programming: LLMs can natively read & write neural network weights
We find that frontier LLMs are surprisingly good at natively reading and writing neural network weights, well past what we’d expect from humans or conventional algorithms.
rikiyat.github.io
November 2, 2026 at 7:25 PM
on any given day there's maybe 10x as much stuff that i need to pay attention to as i have time for and that ratio is slipping at an accelerating rate
we’re done with post-mortems. time for pre-mortems
November 2, 2026 at 5:22 PM
we’re done with post-mortems. time for pre-mortems
median satisfactory multiplayer map
November 2, 2026 at 4:22 PM
median satisfactory multiplayer map
sqlite solves all your problems. you will certainly not regret running 50m sqlites
it's funny that this is like, Veteran Wisdom, but as a general rule postgres is fine, and if you are using something that is not postgres you had better have a good reason why it's not postgres.
sqlite is fine as long as you know it's small
sqlite is fine as long as you know it's small
there is no reason to make a new database. postgres can do it. if you think postgres can't do it, you just haven't found the right way to enable it in pg_settings yet
November 2, 2026 at 9:40 AM
sqlite solves all your problems. you will certainly not regret running 50m sqlites
Reposted by austin (eeek!/ackkk! 👻)
the average uk politics story is like “new dishwasher loading technique legislation hits snag in puddinghamshire: hundreds feared dead”
November 2, 2026 at 12:57 AM
the average uk politics story is like “new dishwasher loading technique legislation hits snag in puddinghamshire: hundreds feared dead”
if you ever feel like an impostor, know that i got all the way through this cabinet project before remembering that door hinge cups go on the DOORS not the SIDES
November 2, 2026 at 1:49 AM
if you ever feel like an impostor, know that i got all the way through this cabinet project before remembering that door hinge cups go on the DOORS not the SIDES
a huge lightbulb went off when i figured out that there’s no money to be made running a yoga studio, but you can make a shitton of money offering yoga teacher training
November 2, 2026 at 1:03 AM
a huge lightbulb went off when i figured out that there’s no money to be made running a yoga studio, but you can make a shitton of money offering yoga teacher training
afaict every political issue in the uk is the dumbest people alive having the worst takes imaginable about the most trivial possible shit. it is genuinely baffling, have some self-respect
Where are we building roads and trains!
How are we funding schools!
How are we updating tax policies!
How are we encouraging business but discouraging monopolies!
How are we tracking corporate profit, to tax them!
THESE are governing tasks that MATTER. This censorship shit: is not.
How are we funding schools!
How are we updating tax policies!
How are we encouraging business but discouraging monopolies!
How are we tracking corporate profit, to tax them!
THESE are governing tasks that MATTER. This censorship shit: is not.
November 2, 2026 at 12:49 AM
afaict every political issue in the uk is the dumbest people alive having the worst takes imaginable about the most trivial possible shit. it is genuinely baffling, have some self-respect
the issue with particledb is not that it was written by llms, it’s that none of the humans herding them brought anything to the table
November 2, 2026 at 12:07 AM
the issue with particledb is not that it was written by llms, it’s that none of the humans herding them brought anything to the table
haley stevens gets home after a long day of campaigning against the most popular democrat in america. “i think that went pretty well!”
November 1, 2026 at 11:42 PM
haley stevens gets home after a long day of campaigning against the most popular democrat in america. “i think that went pretty well!”
these dating apps are killing us
just took the candy bowl in. another year of no trick-or-treaters :(
November 1, 2026 at 5:50 AM
these dating apps are killing us
attention is all you need
November 1, 2026 at 4:12 AM
attention is all you need
