Bill Heyman

technologist. writer. survivor. yogi.

building ai for enterprises who can't use the cloud.

( codemorphic. aurisdoc. author

[Bill Heyman @BillHeyman]

The sun rises.

A new journey begins.

Carpe diem.

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@wupton A month or so ago, I was swarmed by bees on a restaurant's outdoor patio. It was an interesting experience, as I sat quietly to take it all in.

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@annbauerwriter @StarTribune As a non-profit, it would be eligible for grants—from the State of Minnesota.

Oh, that'll work out well...

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When people ask me if I'm retiring/retired, @dhh succinctly expresses my opinion:

“But mostly, I want to be sitting by the pond of interesting problems, fishing for the ones that catch my eye and hook my motivation.

Who could wish to retire from that?”

[DHH @dhh]

"Taking out the trash is still everyone's job some of the time. But mostly, I want to be sitting by the pond of interesting problems, fishing for the ones that catch my eye and hook my motivation. Who could wish to retire from that?" https://t.co/SVMP8ZxpBX

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In the Age of AI, the browser is the UI for the visual/tactile modality.

For the aural/vocal modality, it'll be speech-to-text and text-to-speech.

[Riley Brown @rileybrown]

As soon as you shove a full browser into a desktop app that works seamlessly with the agent that is game over for separate apps.

You don’t need “Claude Design” or “Google Stitch”.

If the user asks for a design, the design app opens in the Browser and the generated design shows up there.

It seems like a foreign idea to most people now but I think people will pick it up really quickly.

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Evacuation of the US Embassy in Saigon (April 30, 1975)

#Choplifter

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The turtles (painted and snapping) have emerged from the lake to lay their eggs in my yard.

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@friedmanohio I often go for the 12+ year old varieties, although 8-10 are pretty good, but the 12+ year ones are delectable (but pricy and worth it, in my opinion).

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Apple's response will be in 1 week at WWDC 2026.

The company's role in the future will depend on how soon it can deliver a competitive answer.

[Brian Roemmele @BrianRoemmele]

We are seeing the next “Apple Moment” in computers.

The future is not in an OS it is in AI that happens to use a commodity OS, for now.

NVIDIA just announced RTX Spark for Windows-on-Arm PCs.

• Arm-based NVIDIA PC chip
• Same silicon direction as DGX Spark
• Up to 20 CPU cores
• Blackwell RTX graphics
• Up to 128GB LPDDR5X unified memory
• Local AI workload focus
• RTX gaming support
• Windows-on-Arm platform
• Legacy x86 apps in emulation

If Apple does not wake ups and hire the right people, this is the platform that will give it a “long goodbye”.

This is the way of it.

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In the move to digital, the physicality of the sensory experiences reading books is lost.

This is why I maintain my own library.

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

1/n
A physical book is a real object, anchored. If you read a particular edition, you remember not only the contents but the object itself: its cover, typography, smell, even where a passage sat on the page.
Books organize themselves in memory by place --the ancient method of loci.
Digital text does not exist.

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@p_millerd Great analysis, @p_millerd!

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@AgencyFirstLFG @Supersonic_Red 💯 my childhood, too. Generation Jones and probably pre-1975 GenX overlapped.

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Reading random code from the 1960s to 1980s, it would be clear that GOTO was used as a crutch by some programmers, rather than using the clearer, higher-level language constructs.

At the time, moving from assembly (w/ JMP statements) to high-level lang, GOTO directly mapped.

GOTO can be useful and make intent clearer (generally in local code situations) where the higher-level language doesn't have the proper expressions (and, otherwise, you'd end up in multi-layered if-else hell).

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The elimination of handwriting in modern education is a classic removal of Chesterton's Fence.

Educators often follow vibe trends like sheep.

Next, let's go back to classic math, literature, and science education.

[Paul Kirschner @New_Old_Paul]

Why Writing by Hand Beats Typing (in 6 Charts)
Amazing! @edutopia got it just about right!
https://t.co/4eJKKEjh0p

[Victoria Friedman @friedmanohio]

I have been preparing for this moment my whole life.

[Bill Heyman @BillHeyman]

Beautiful essay, @friedmanohio. It mirrors my experience, too.

I'm a huge believer in physical books. As a society moving into a digital world, many are not seeing the profound loss of historical wisdom, continually smothered by the flights-of-fancy of the any given day.

We’ve become untethered from our foundations.

https://t.co/QaIDhtrYy4

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EXACTLY! “We should be using these tools to subvert and undermine The Machine — so long as we remain in control of how we use them so that they do not surreptitiously undermine us and our mission.” - @friedmanohio

[Victoria Friedman @friedmanohio]

VICTORIA VERSUS THE MACHINE: Digital Dictionaries, Huffing Books to Invoke The Muse, And Using The Machine Against Itself

Where I get high off of X likes, reminisce about James Joyce, and realize I should probably take writing a little more seriously. (https://t.co/N6AhOWAOBi)

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@p_millerd Is work that's enjoyable really work?

I call it living my life.

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Beautiful expression of the zeitgeist of the era, @BrianRoemmele.

By today's standards, these machines were extremely expensive. But, people invested in them.

Now, it's crazy how many have become so inured to cheap computing that everything available is so disposable.

But, like then, those who are willing to invest in their future now (time and not nearly as much money) will inherit the future.

Godspeed, y'all.

[Bill Heyman @BillHeyman]

Beautiful expression of the zeitgeist of the era, @BrianRoemmele.

By today's standards, these machines were extremely expensive. But, people invested in them.

Now, it's crazy how many have become so inured to cheap computing that everything available is so disposable.

But, like then, those who are willing to invest in their future now (time and not nearly as much money) will inherit the future.

Godspeed, y'all.