matt
@matth217.bsky.social
Startups and software
Midwestern transplant to Bay Area and sometimes Tokyo
https://github.com/matthelmer
Currently building:
https://japanfinsight.com
Midwestern transplant to Bay Area and sometimes Tokyo
https://github.com/matthelmer
Currently building:
https://japanfinsight.com
if you use vanguard funds, pretty much all of their US-oriented ETFs are in this camp. I switched to SPHQ as an alternative, S&P500-like product.
October 12, 2026 at 4:02 PM
if you use vanguard funds, pretty much all of their US-oriented ETFs are in this camp. I switched to SPHQ as an alternative, S&P500-like product.
That's not how defending your sovereign nation works
October 11, 2026 at 4:58 PM
That's not how defending your sovereign nation works
your work is inspiring and gives hope to many
October 6, 2026 at 11:22 PM
your work is inspiring and gives hope to many
It's irrelevant, but something irks me about the way these people use exclamation points.
September 9, 2026 at 4:01 PM
It's irrelevant, but something irks me about the way these people use exclamation points.
And yet one knows Vance is just lying.
September 2, 2026 at 3:41 AM
And yet one knows Vance is just lying.
don't threaten me with a good time
August 21, 2026 at 12:48 PM
don't threaten me with a good time
fake ass MIT "researcher"
August 18, 2026 at 12:40 PM
fake ass MIT "researcher"
to be fair, record-breaking losses on digital assets are a terrific way to launder money
August 11, 2026 at 11:45 AM
to be fair, record-breaking losses on digital assets are a terrific way to launder money
Nice. In spite of the reckless policies enacted by the current administration, many rural farmers likely cannot fathom voting for a Democrat - it's almost counter to their identity. I wonder how we might change this perception in Western Illinois.
August 4, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Nice. In spite of the reckless policies enacted by the current administration, many rural farmers likely cannot fathom voting for a Democrat - it's almost counter to their identity. I wonder how we might change this perception in Western Illinois.
Well, then I'm surprised they hadn't implemented nationality-based restrictions.
June 13, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Well, then I'm surprised they hadn't implemented nationality-based restrictions.
surprised they rolled it out as they did without anticipating the need to first enforce jurisdiction-based restrictions. unless it was intentional.
June 13, 2026 at 2:39 PM
surprised they rolled it out as they did without anticipating the need to first enforce jurisdiction-based restrictions. unless it was intentional.
let's see how that works out, going after *checks notes* the most popular person in America
June 9, 2026 at 3:51 AM
let's see how that works out, going after *checks notes* the most popular person in America
reminds me of haskell for some reason
June 5, 2026 at 8:30 PM
reminds me of haskell for some reason
Have you heard of this podcast? Really enjoyed this episode and your comment reminded me the discussion on designing linear controllers and tradeoffs: www.incontrolpodcast.com/1632769/epis...
ep40 - Jeff Shamma: gain scheduling, nonlinear control, learning & dissipativity in games, jiu-jitsu - inControl
Outline00:00 - Intro03:18 - Early days: why control, M. Athans, and IDSS12:21 - What is gain scheduling?33:37 - Paradigm shifts & the ‘90s: Minnesota → Texas → LA 42:19 - Robustness & fundamen...
www.incontrolpodcast.com
May 14, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Have you heard of this podcast? Really enjoyed this episode and your comment reminded me the discussion on designing linear controllers and tradeoffs: www.incontrolpodcast.com/1632769/epis...
his lack of self-awareness when referencing the "decadence" of society is too much
April 19, 2026 at 2:19 PM
his lack of self-awareness when referencing the "decadence" of society is too much
Cheers. "Lock in" was not quite the right term.
I think of it as designing my pipelines and processes such that they can easily benefit as more powerful models or agentic patterns emerge. We are certainly spending a good amount of time decomposing those workflows into suitably granular tasks.
I think of it as designing my pipelines and processes such that they can easily benefit as more powerful models or agentic patterns emerge. We are certainly spending a good amount of time decomposing those workflows into suitably granular tasks.
April 9, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Cheers. "Lock in" was not quite the right term.
I think of it as designing my pipelines and processes such that they can easily benefit as more powerful models or agentic patterns emerge. We are certainly spending a good amount of time decomposing those workflows into suitably granular tasks.
I think of it as designing my pipelines and processes such that they can easily benefit as more powerful models or agentic patterns emerge. We are certainly spending a good amount of time decomposing those workflows into suitably granular tasks.
Is this primarily about avoid vendor lock-in? What are your other recommendations? I am very much interested, as someone running such an ensemble.
April 9, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Is this primarily about avoid vendor lock-in? What are your other recommendations? I am very much interested, as someone running such an ensemble.
Wikipedia says Mr. Elbridge Colby identifies "as a realist". Mr. Colby also grew up the son of an investment banker expat in Tokyo.
April 8, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Wikipedia says Mr. Elbridge Colby identifies "as a realist". Mr. Colby also grew up the son of an investment banker expat in Tokyo.
I run thousands of Japanese shareholding filings through a schema'd LLM for activist intent classification, but only after a regex pre-filter skips the 93% that are rubber-stamp boilerplate. I see regex before an LLM call, and I think someone's not asleep at the wheel.
April 5, 2026 at 2:20 PM
I run thousands of Japanese shareholding filings through a schema'd LLM for activist intent classification, but only after a regex pre-filter skips the 93% that are rubber-stamp boilerplate. I see regex before an LLM call, and I think someone's not asleep at the wheel.