Kyle O'Brien
@kyleobrien.me
Sr. Dev Support Eng @ApolloGraphQL, prev. @BigCommerce IPO team member. Pronouns: they/them/their
On the web: https://kyleobrien.me
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Kyle O'Brien
@kyleobrien.me
· Aug 21
In 2016, while living in Denver, my partner, her best friend, and I went white-water rafting. Our raft guide’s name was Julian. Julian wasn’t averse to sharing how late in the season it was, nor how exhausted he was of guiding rafts on white-water.
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We need to talk about banning meta glasses at conferences. Yes, we usually sign a release with the tickets to allow for conference photographers, but this is clearly not that. If you speak to me with these on at Kubecon, I will simply walk away. Doesn't matter who you are or what the question is.
New: Target staff "pranked" for social media; a comedian filmed mid-set; a Sprouts worker whose boss started wearing Meta glasses; and a cashier worried customers are filming down her shirt.
Meta glasses are in the workplace, and workers feel powerless to stop it.
🎁 www.theverge.com/report/98241...
Meta glasses are in the workplace, and workers feel powerless to stop it.
🎁 www.theverge.com/report/98241...
Meta glasses are a workplace menace
“Pervert” glasses are making jobs weird and putting workers on edge.
www.theverge.com
August 21, 2026 at 12:06 PM
We need to talk about banning meta glasses at conferences. Yes, we usually sign a release with the tickets to allow for conference photographers, but this is clearly not that. If you speak to me with these on at Kubecon, I will simply walk away. Doesn't matter who you are or what the question is.
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Bluesky is having some uptime issues.
Their status page lacks detail.
My turbostream monitor for Messijo may have too much detail.
Their status page lacks detail.
My turbostream monitor for Messijo may have too much detail.
August 16, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Bluesky is having some uptime issues.
Their status page lacks detail.
My turbostream monitor for Messijo may have too much detail.
Their status page lacks detail.
My turbostream monitor for Messijo may have too much detail.
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One of my favorite things in the AI space is pi-autoresearch.
We let the clanker clank and saw a ~229% increase on one benchmark. But it regressed a couple others.
Pro tip: You can have it verify regressions alongside your target.
We let the clanker clank and saw a ~229% increase on one benchmark. But it regressed a couple others.
Pro tip: You can have it verify regressions alongside your target.
August 20, 2026 at 10:50 PM
One of my favorite things in the AI space is pi-autoresearch.
We let the clanker clank and saw a ~229% increase on one benchmark. But it regressed a couple others.
Pro tip: You can have it verify regressions alongside your target.
We let the clanker clank and saw a ~229% increase on one benchmark. But it regressed a couple others.
Pro tip: You can have it verify regressions alongside your target.
In 2016, while living in Denver, my partner, her best friend, and I went white-water rafting. Our raft guide’s name was Julian. Julian wasn’t averse to sharing how late in the season it was, nor how exhausted he was of guiding rafts on white-water.
August 21, 2026 at 4:13 PM
In 2016, while living in Denver, my partner, her best friend, and I went white-water rafting. Our raft guide’s name was Julian. Julian wasn’t averse to sharing how late in the season it was, nor how exhausted he was of guiding rafts on white-water.
"She's Not There" - “My mother’s whole life seemed to be a lesson in the transformative powers of optimism and faith, and this lesson had not been lost on me. Even then, as I stepped over dead junkies en route to Dr. Smegla’s, as I killed mice by dropping the Columbia Encyclopedia on their heads,
August 21, 2026 at 11:24 AM
"She's Not There" - “My mother’s whole life seemed to be a lesson in the transformative powers of optimism and faith, and this lesson had not been lost on me. Even then, as I stepped over dead junkies en route to Dr. Smegla’s, as I killed mice by dropping the Columbia Encyclopedia on their heads,
Anyone like Crystal method?
August 2, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Anyone like Crystal method?
Alright, no, THIS is going to be the best playlist ever.
July 12, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Alright, no, THIS is going to be the best playlist ever.
July 5, 2026 at 2:28 AM
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Alexa Nikolas is an activist and actress known for her role in the Nickelodeon series Zoey 101 and her appearance in the documentary series Quiet on Set.
June 27, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Alexa Nikolas is an activist and actress known for her role in the Nickelodeon series Zoey 101 and her appearance in the documentary series Quiet on Set.
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If you can substitute "hungry ghost trapped in a jar" for "AI" in a sentence it's probably a valid use case for LLMs. Take "I have a bunch of hungry ghosts in jars, they mainly write SQL queries for me". Sure. Reasonable use case.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
August 13, 2025 at 12:56 AM
If you can substitute "hungry ghost trapped in a jar" for "AI" in a sentence it's probably a valid use case for LLMs. Take "I have a bunch of hungry ghosts in jars, they mainly write SQL queries for me". Sure. Reasonable use case.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
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I've been mulling around the theory that people gravitate toward needing the "smartest" model for all their tasks because to recognize that they don't need the "smartest" model ends up damaging their ego.
June 13, 2026 at 10:09 PM
I've been mulling around the theory that people gravitate toward needing the "smartest" model for all their tasks because to recognize that they don't need the "smartest" model ends up damaging their ego.
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We're officially fundraising for laid-off Vox workers. Please share and donate if you can!
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January 28, 2026 at 6:04 PM
We're officially fundraising for laid-off Vox workers. Please share and donate if you can!
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52 Reasons Why I HATE that I WANT to Leave the United States of America 🇺🇸
March 13, 2024 at 9:58 PM
52 Reasons Why I HATE that I WANT to Leave the United States of America 🇺🇸
A couple of months ago, I “dropped” an article around 5KLOC give or take 200. You can find it here (for now: kyleo.io/im-trans). I’d post more about this on #FKA but — 🤢
Okay, let’s try this one-more—tii-i3m.
So I tweeted this yesterday (🐻w/me): x.com/kyle_o/statu...
Ahnd started another LF piece.
Okay, let’s try this one-more—tii-i3m.
So I tweeted this yesterday (🐻w/me): x.com/kyle_o/statu...
Ahnd started another LF piece.
March 11, 2024 at 2:20 PM
A couple of months ago, I “dropped” an article around 5KLOC give or take 200. You can find it here (for now: kyleo.io/im-trans). I’d post more about this on #FKA but — 🤢
Okay, let’s try this one-more—tii-i3m.
So I tweeted this yesterday (🐻w/me): x.com/kyle_o/statu...
Ahnd started another LF piece.
Okay, let’s try this one-more—tii-i3m.
So I tweeted this yesterday (🐻w/me): x.com/kyle_o/statu...
Ahnd started another LF piece.
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this is honestly pretty much what atproto is
"Can We Get More Decentralised Than The Fediverse?" #atproto
"Can We Get More Decentralised Than The Fediverse?" #atproto
Interaction as Content
Interaction as Content. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
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February 29, 2024 at 11:27 PM
this is honestly pretty much what atproto is
"Can We Get More Decentralised Than The Fediverse?" #atproto
"Can We Get More Decentralised Than The Fediverse?" #atproto
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A lot still provide an e-mail address, but not necessarily by default. It was the standard for a long time though. A typical dial-up would run their own NNTP servers as well.
This helped make it easier for consumers but also meant non-portable e-mail addresses.
This helped make it easier for consumers but also meant non-portable e-mail addresses.
March 1, 2024 at 12:33 AM
A lot still provide an e-mail address, but not necessarily by default. It was the standard for a long time though. A typical dial-up would run their own NNTP servers as well.
This helped make it easier for consumers but also meant non-portable e-mail addresses.
This helped make it easier for consumers but also meant non-portable e-mail addresses.
10 tildes invites hmu
February 23, 2024 at 9:18 PM
10 tildes invites hmu
Brevity in writing and copy isn’t as employed as it should be. Based on the typical questions surrounding gender identity concerning "Non-Binary" I realize this concept can be a complex puzzle for many. www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/....
The Elements of Style Quotes by William Strunk Jr.
96 quotes from The Elements of Style: ‘Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences,...
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February 11, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Brevity in writing and copy isn’t as employed as it should be. Based on the typical questions surrounding gender identity concerning "Non-Binary" I realize this concept can be a complex puzzle for many. www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/....
I have 6 bsky invites and use them for my favorite #writers and #reporters, have any recommendations for people w/o invs?
January 6, 2024 at 5:03 PM
I have 6 bsky invites and use them for my favorite #writers and #reporters, have any recommendations for people w/o invs?
“It’s from the Jason Stathem space telescope”
October 29, 2023 at 6:14 PM
“It’s from the Jason Stathem space telescope”