Dirk Primbs
@dirkprimbs.bsky.social
Father. Feminist. Sceptic. Technologist. Podcaster. Photographer. Writer. Speaker. Roughly in that order on a good day.
Visit my blog at https://unprompted.dirkprimbs.de
Visit my blog at https://unprompted.dirkprimbs.de
My ex-wife shared scans of our 2001 New York trip. This photo was taken about 5 days before planes hit the World Trade Center and I have a photo of myself standing on the thing just 2 days before. I find it haunting to look at those shots.
September 13, 2026 at 10:34 PM
My ex-wife shared scans of our 2001 New York trip. This photo was taken about 5 days before planes hit the World Trade Center and I have a photo of myself standing on the thing just 2 days before. I find it haunting to look at those shots.
#blog: The glass ceiling of 1:many (and how communities break it)
Marketing scales close to infinitely. Relationships don't, and the arithmetic of why is what decides how many people your DevRel…
https://unprompted.dirkprimbs.de/posts/the-glass-ceiling-of-1-many-and-how-communities-break-it.html
Marketing scales close to infinitely. Relationships don't, and the arithmetic of why is what decides how many people your DevRel…
https://unprompted.dirkprimbs.de/posts/the-glass-ceiling-of-1-many-and-how-communities-break-it.html
The glass ceiling of 1:many (and how communities break it)
unprompted.dirkprimbs.de
September 13, 2026 at 9:24 PM
#blog: The glass ceiling of 1:many (and how communities break it)
Marketing scales close to infinitely. Relationships don't, and the arithmetic of why is what decides how many people your DevRel…
https://unprompted.dirkprimbs.de/posts/the-glass-ceiling-of-1-many-and-how-communities-break-it.html
Marketing scales close to infinitely. Relationships don't, and the arithmetic of why is what decides how many people your DevRel…
https://unprompted.dirkprimbs.de/posts/the-glass-ceiling-of-1-many-and-how-communities-break-it.html
#blog: Your community isn't built from events (you've got cause and effect backwards)
Active communities run a lot of events, so people assume running events creates communities. That's cause and effect backwards,…
https://unprompted.dirkprimbs.de/posts/your-community-isnt-built-from-events.html
Active communities run a lot of events, so people assume running events creates communities. That's cause and effect backwards,…
https://unprompted.dirkprimbs.de/posts/your-community-isnt-built-from-events.html
Your community isn't built from events (you've got cause and effect backwards)
unprompted.dirkprimbs.de
September 12, 2026 at 11:39 PM
#blog: Your community isn't built from events (you've got cause and effect backwards)
Active communities run a lot of events, so people assume running events creates communities. That's cause and effect backwards,…
https://unprompted.dirkprimbs.de/posts/your-community-isnt-built-from-events.html
Active communities run a lot of events, so people assume running events creates communities. That's cause and effect backwards,…
https://unprompted.dirkprimbs.de/posts/your-community-isnt-built-from-events.html
#blog: Three things made me cry in the last 24 hours
An octopus, a crime novel's afterword, and a woman in Newfoundland with a box of letters - turns out it is always the kindness of strangers that takes…
https://unprompted.dirkprimbs.de/posts/three-things-made-me-cry-in-the-last-24-hours.html
An octopus, a crime novel's afterword, and a woman in Newfoundland with a box of letters - turns out it is always the kindness of strangers that takes…
https://unprompted.dirkprimbs.de/posts/three-things-made-me-cry-in-the-last-24-hours.html
Three things made me cry in the last 24 hours
unprompted.dirkprimbs.de
September 12, 2026 at 8:20 PM
#blog: Three things made me cry in the last 24 hours
An octopus, a crime novel's afterword, and a woman in Newfoundland with a box of letters - turns out it is always the kindness of strangers that takes…
https://unprompted.dirkprimbs.de/posts/three-things-made-me-cry-in-the-last-24-hours.html
An octopus, a crime novel's afterword, and a woman in Newfoundland with a box of letters - turns out it is always the kindness of strangers that takes…
https://unprompted.dirkprimbs.de/posts/three-things-made-me-cry-in-the-last-24-hours.html
Bizarre. And yes, I did verify that this is not satire.
September 8, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Bizarre. And yes, I did verify that this is not satire.
#blog: \"Mittäterschaft\
Germany voted a confirmed far-right party into power. The explanations people reach for - protest votes, media manipulation, politicians who didn't listen - turn accomplices back into victims.
https://unprompted.dirkprimbs.de/posts/mittaeterschaft.html
Germany voted a confirmed far-right party into power. The explanations people reach for - protest votes, media manipulation, politicians who didn't listen - turn accomplices back into victims.
https://unprompted.dirkprimbs.de/posts/mittaeterschaft.html
\"Mittäterschaft\
unprompted.dirkprimbs.de
September 7, 2026 at 11:58 PM
#blog: \"Mittäterschaft\
Germany voted a confirmed far-right party into power. The explanations people reach for - protest votes, media manipulation, politicians who didn't listen - turn accomplices back into victims.
https://unprompted.dirkprimbs.de/posts/mittaeterschaft.html
Germany voted a confirmed far-right party into power. The explanations people reach for - protest votes, media manipulation, politicians who didn't listen - turn accomplices back into victims.
https://unprompted.dirkprimbs.de/posts/mittaeterschaft.html
#blog: July/August reading
Three books across July and August, all of them Canadian, two of them excellent, and one a bit all over the place.
https://unprompted.dirkprimbs.de/posts/july-august-reading.html
#Books #Canadiana
Three books across July and August, all of them Canadian, two of them excellent, and one a bit all over the place.
https://unprompted.dirkprimbs.de/posts/july-august-reading.html
#Books #Canadiana
July/August reading
unprompted.dirkprimbs.de
September 7, 2026 at 3:00 PM
#blog: July/August reading
Three books across July and August, all of them Canadian, two of them excellent, and one a bit all over the place.
https://unprompted.dirkprimbs.de/posts/july-august-reading.html
#Books #Canadiana
Three books across July and August, all of them Canadian, two of them excellent, and one a bit all over the place.
https://unprompted.dirkprimbs.de/posts/july-august-reading.html
#Books #Canadiana
Brexit, Trump, the election today in Germany all have something in common: It's too many people to explain it away with stupidity, ignorance, social media, or protest.
No. People choose and want this. It is a statement of values.
:-(
No. People choose and want this. It is a statement of values.
:-(
September 7, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Brexit, Trump, the election today in Germany all have something in common: It's too many people to explain it away with stupidity, ignorance, social media, or protest.
No. People choose and want this. It is a statement of values.
:-(
No. People choose and want this. It is a statement of values.
:-(
Playing with the same relatively large codebase with Codex, Claude, Antigravity, and Pi at once. I'm pretty sure I'm asking for trouble :-)
September 5, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Playing with the same relatively large codebase with Codex, Claude, Antigravity, and Pi at once. I'm pretty sure I'm asking for trouble :-)
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![Comic. [Person standing holding hammer above raised knee.] PERSON: Listen up, leg. I’ve been sending you rich, oxygenated blood for years, while you send me worthless used-up blood with no oxygen. Time to teach you a lesson about not ripping me off! [caption] Tariffs](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreicenlzjvvtlegllp5khszuneez6ygyiq3d5g37oaqz5hkwoqhteru)
Is it just me or have coding harnesses lately a strong desire to give time estimates (and quite unrealistic ones at that). "This is one hour work... this will take maybe a week to implement..."
September 4, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Is it just me or have coding harnesses lately a strong desire to give time estimates (and quite unrealistic ones at that). "This is one hour work... this will take maybe a week to implement..."
A step by step walk through of the hugging face hack...
https://80000hours.org/podcast/episodes/hugging-face-hack/
https://80000hours.org/podcast/episodes/hugging-face-hack/
September 4, 2026 at 5:45 PM
A step by step walk through of the hugging face hack...
https://80000hours.org/podcast/episodes/hugging-face-hack/
https://80000hours.org/podcast/episodes/hugging-face-hack/
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We just shipped Gemini 3.8 Flash! It's our third Flash model in six weeks.
It really shines at long-horizon coding and autonomous agent tasks. To showcase the improved reasoning and tool-calling, check out this game written with a single looping prompt.
Prompt and launch post are in the thread 👇
It really shines at long-horizon coding and autonomous agent tasks. To showcase the improved reasoning and tool-calling, check out this game written with a single looping prompt.
Prompt and launch post are in the thread 👇
September 2, 2026 at 5:37 PM
We just shipped Gemini 3.8 Flash! It's our third Flash model in six weeks.
It really shines at long-horizon coding and autonomous agent tasks. To showcase the improved reasoning and tool-calling, check out this game written with a single looping prompt.
Prompt and launch post are in the thread 👇
It really shines at long-horizon coding and autonomous agent tasks. To showcase the improved reasoning and tool-calling, check out this game written with a single looping prompt.
Prompt and launch post are in the thread 👇
#blog: A firewall made of German
AI-flavoured sameness makes me tune out before I have really read anything, so my personal posts now start in German - a language my prompts never touch.
https://unprompted.dirkprimbs.de/posts/a-firewall-made-of-german.html
AI-flavoured sameness makes me tune out before I have really read anything, so my personal posts now start in German - a language my prompts never touch.
https://unprompted.dirkprimbs.de/posts/a-firewall-made-of-german.html
A firewall made of German
unprompted.dirkprimbs.de
September 2, 2026 at 5:48 PM
#blog: A firewall made of German
AI-flavoured sameness makes me tune out before I have really read anything, so my personal posts now start in German - a language my prompts never touch.
https://unprompted.dirkprimbs.de/posts/a-firewall-made-of-german.html
AI-flavoured sameness makes me tune out before I have really read anything, so my personal posts now start in German - a language my prompts never touch.
https://unprompted.dirkprimbs.de/posts/a-firewall-made-of-german.html
"Carney slams Trump admin for 'doing memes'... Carney blasted ..."
Internet culture really played a number on our use of language. Can we just accept the fact that it is extremely rare for heads of state to blast or slam anything?
Internet culture really played a number on our use of language. Can we just accept the fact that it is extremely rare for heads of state to blast or slam anything?
September 1, 2026 at 8:02 PM
"Carney slams Trump admin for 'doing memes'... Carney blasted ..."
Internet culture really played a number on our use of language. Can we just accept the fact that it is extremely rare for heads of state to blast or slam anything?
Internet culture really played a number on our use of language. Can we just accept the fact that it is extremely rare for heads of state to blast or slam anything?
#blog: My blog engine now publishes podcasts
The engine grew a podcast feed, a player and a migration path, because I had four shows sitting on a WordPress install I no longer wanted to maintain.
https://unprompted.dirkprimbs.de/posts/engine-update-podcasts.html
The engine grew a podcast feed, a player and a migration path, because I had four shows sitting on a WordPress install I no longer wanted to maintain.
https://unprompted.dirkprimbs.de/posts/engine-update-podcasts.html
My blog engine now publishes podcasts
unprompted.dirkprimbs.de
August 29, 2026 at 8:33 PM
#blog: My blog engine now publishes podcasts
The engine grew a podcast feed, a player and a migration path, because I had four shows sitting on a WordPress install I no longer wanted to maintain.
https://unprompted.dirkprimbs.de/posts/engine-update-podcasts.html
The engine grew a podcast feed, a player and a migration path, because I had four shows sitting on a WordPress install I no longer wanted to maintain.
https://unprompted.dirkprimbs.de/posts/engine-update-podcasts.html
#blog: They expected me to stay longer
Being discharged right away felt weirdly fast and frankly, I was expecting much more hand-holding than Toronto's medical system was willing to give me.
https://unprompted.dirkprimbs.de/posts/they-expected-me-to-stay-longer.html
Being discharged right away felt weirdly fast and frankly, I was expecting much more hand-holding than Toronto's medical system was willing to give me.
https://unprompted.dirkprimbs.de/posts/they-expected-me-to-stay-longer.html
They expected me to stay longer
unprompted.dirkprimbs.de
August 29, 2026 at 6:26 PM
#blog: They expected me to stay longer
Being discharged right away felt weirdly fast and frankly, I was expecting much more hand-holding than Toronto's medical system was willing to give me.
https://unprompted.dirkprimbs.de/posts/they-expected-me-to-stay-longer.html
Being discharged right away felt weirdly fast and frankly, I was expecting much more hand-holding than Toronto's medical system was willing to give me.
https://unprompted.dirkprimbs.de/posts/they-expected-me-to-stay-longer.html
This is definitely the most moronic timeline. #LakeAmerica
August 27, 2026 at 11:33 PM
This is definitely the most moronic timeline. #LakeAmerica
One year ago I completed my MSc AI at the @liverpooluni.bsky.social and I still wait to receive my certificate. Currently they claim it arrived because DHL claimed they delivered (they proved it with a photo of a mailbox that wasn't mine). Apparently that counts more than my word.
ONE YEAR!
ONE YEAR!
August 27, 2026 at 1:39 AM
One year ago I completed my MSc AI at the @liverpooluni.bsky.social and I still wait to receive my certificate. Currently they claim it arrived because DHL claimed they delivered (they proved it with a photo of a mailbox that wasn't mine). Apparently that counts more than my word.
ONE YEAR!
ONE YEAR!
While I was waiting in the hospital for my wife to come out if surgery we had a code Red and a code White which made me look up what these mean. Turns out there is a whole rainbow...
August 25, 2026 at 10:09 PM
While I was waiting in the hospital for my wife to come out if surgery we had a code Red and a code White which made me look up what these mean. Turns out there is a whole rainbow...
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We've arrived on Bluesky!
We hope you will follow along as we share inspiring, motivational and exciting content about the achievements and individuals that have been awarded a Nobel Prize.
Stay tuned.
We hope you will follow along as we share inspiring, motivational and exciting content about the achievements and individuals that have been awarded a Nobel Prize.
Stay tuned.
August 24, 2026 at 11:33 AM
We've arrived on Bluesky!
We hope you will follow along as we share inspiring, motivational and exciting content about the achievements and individuals that have been awarded a Nobel Prize.
Stay tuned.
We hope you will follow along as we share inspiring, motivational and exciting content about the achievements and individuals that have been awarded a Nobel Prize.
Stay tuned.
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Create agent-ready web apps for the WebMCP Challenge → goo.gle/4qpDQYV
We're excited to see ChatGPT supporting WebMCP, the experimental standard that lets users and AI agents navigate websites together. In the @openaibot.bsky.social WebMCP Challenge you can experiment with it and win prizes.
We're excited to see ChatGPT supporting WebMCP, the experimental standard that lets users and AI agents navigate websites together. In the @openaibot.bsky.social WebMCP Challenge you can experiment with it and win prizes.
August 25, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Create agent-ready web apps for the WebMCP Challenge → goo.gle/4qpDQYV
We're excited to see ChatGPT supporting WebMCP, the experimental standard that lets users and AI agents navigate websites together. In the @openaibot.bsky.social WebMCP Challenge you can experiment with it and win prizes.
We're excited to see ChatGPT supporting WebMCP, the experimental standard that lets users and AI agents navigate websites together. In the @openaibot.bsky.social WebMCP Challenge you can experiment with it and win prizes.
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Trump threatens to rename Lake Ontario. Checkmate, Canada.
Good luck winning this trade war against President Deals McDealington. BOOM!
My column:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Good luck winning this trade war against President Deals McDealington. BOOM!
My column:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Trump threatens to rename Lake Ontario. Checkmate, Canada. | Opinion
In our ongoing and unnecessary trade war with Canada, the Canadians likely never imagined President Donald Trump would hit them with a lake renaming.
www.usatoday.com
August 25, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Trump threatens to rename Lake Ontario. Checkmate, Canada.
Good luck winning this trade war against President Deals McDealington. BOOM!
My column:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Good luck winning this trade war against President Deals McDealington. BOOM!
My column:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
That is new: every time I open the YouTube App on my phone it starts a random short from my timeline. I fixed this by selecting a shorts time limit of 0 minutes in the settings. This coincidentally matches precisely how much time I like to waste with this type of content anyway.
August 25, 2026 at 8:39 PM
That is new: every time I open the YouTube App on my phone it starts a random short from my timeline. I fixed this by selecting a shorts time limit of 0 minutes in the settings. This coincidentally matches precisely how much time I like to waste with this type of content anyway.
Forgot my bag stuffed with things you don't want to loose in a highly frequented cafe in downtown Toronto. Came after one hour and it waited for me where I left it.
August 25, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Forgot my bag stuffed with things you don't want to loose in a highly frequented cafe in downtown Toronto. Came after one hour and it waited for me where I left it.