Daniel Walker

Founder and engineer. Stoic in spirit. Moved to the mountains to disconnect and understand life 🌲 Real thoughts and opinions, it's okay to disagree

[Daniel Walker @Dancliffwalker]

The idea of raising traditional coding another level higher and introducing something like NLC (Natural Language Coding) through AI, kind of neat.

A further simplification of most programming to a higher level structure that's easier to work with and just as powerful.

[Daniel Walker @Dancliffwalker]

This happens with major companies, can only imagine what vibe coders are letting through; no shade just saying.

We need more tooling around testing if we’re going to keep shipping at this pace, it’s clearly not working

[Daniel Walker @Dancliffwalker]

Hot take:
I should never experience any bugs or broken features in a product I’m paying for.

It should be embarrassing to ship broken shit to anyone, paid or not.

We care more about iterating and shipping fast now, so end user experience is often busted. It’s disappointing.

[FoxyFarmer🦊🇺🇸 @GardensR4Health]

🚨Urgent Update🚨Holy Fuck.

The government is not running ANY search and rescue missions.

This is Johnathan Howard, he’s up there running major rescue operations.

Warning: this is HORRIFIC so be prepared. His info in comments. Please tag NC politicians in comments.

[Sumit Kumar @TweetsOfSumit]

All the startups Apple killed today 🧵

#WWDC

[Daniel Walker @Dancliffwalker]

We’re all just calling to the void wanting to know what we are, what our purpose is, and what it all means.

[Daniel Walker @Dancliffwalker]

I think we’re much closer to imitation consciousness in AI than we think.

I think consciousness is a lot simpler than we (and I) originally thought as well and very soon we’ll realize just how quickly we can get imitation consciousness up and running even with current LLMs

[Daniel Walker @Dancliffwalker]

@freakoutfights That kid needs checked, bad, and I know teachers feel powerless now so it’s a bad spot.

Issue is, 14 year olds have impressively bad judgement. It’s the teachers responsibility to deescalate and control the situation. He definitely didn’t do that.

[Daniel Walker @Dancliffwalker]

@arturo182 For a less complex design, I prefer the readability of the left.

If the design gets complex though, then it makes more sense to use the right.

[Daniel Walker @Dancliffwalker]

Our catharsis will reset the cycle as it always does.

We erupt like volcanoes, tensions always rise over unsolved generational problems and explode out as part of the cycle.

Once society learns to live for generations and not for themselves we can start extending the duration of each cycle. Until eventually it’s just our way of life. That’s the goal.

I’d love to live to see that one day.

[Daniel Walker @Dancliffwalker]

@thorpe_schuyler @PapaforDandL @Freedom_NowTV @hodgetwins Seat belts make sense.

Obeying speed limits make sense.

Getting state licenses or IDs renewed makes sense.

Filing taxes… doesn’t make sense, but makes sense in this case.

Masks don’t make sense.

[Daniel Walker @Dancliffwalker]

@thorpe_schuyler @PapaforDandL @Freedom_NowTV @hodgetwins I’ll listen with a fully open mind.

Please help me understand how masks prevent the spread of a virus.

[Daniel Walker @Dancliffwalker]

I agree, they can.

Imagine that they made the rules to remove your shoes and shirt, maybe more.

It would be uncomfortable and wouldn’t feel right.

Just because a business can technically do something doesn’t mean it doesn’t infringe on our constitutional rights and shouldn’t be ignored.

Wells Fargo, or any established bank, isn’t a niche local mom and pop shop with weird quirks. It’s a standardized required part of society that is “technically” private, but many people rely on it to function normally. To me it’s the same as a government business and should adhere to federal policies, not private.

These are my opinions though and anyone is free to disagree with them.

[Daniel Walker @Dancliffwalker]

@Freedom_NowTV @hodgetwins They start with an inch then take a mile.

Masks also make zero sense.

[Daniel Walker @Dancliffwalker]

Cruel fact of life that we get better as we get older only to a point, then our bodies change. In spite of that, we continue to learn, grow, obtain things to make life better and easier just to die and let our next generation repeat the cycle without a chance to experience it ourselves.

This view definitely makes it hard to see a point to life and what we’re doing here.

Can’t say I understand it at all.
Anyone who does is confusing it with what it means to be alive in this society and their own lives, not in this existence.

[Daniel Walker @Dancliffwalker]

Anyone else absolutely sick and tired of like 8 companies doing everything?

How can anyone compete against a mega corp who already has a team innovating with near unlimited budget and speed while the average person has to juggle a 9-5 with almost no time or budget?

What happened restrictions against monopolies? Just feels impossible for anyone up and coming to catch up with the speed that everyone else is innovating at.

[Daniel Walker @Dancliffwalker]

One of the biggest things we’ve forgotten is jobs are not supposed to be your life.

We are not meant to work 8-10 hours a day, every day. We’re not meant to only have freedom for 2 weeks out of the year.

Jobs should be a temporary thing we do aside from the life we live.

[Daniel Walker @Dancliffwalker]

I think it very much depends, but in your situation I don’t blame you at all.

I think performance is the only thing that matters. If someone can handle 4 full time commitments and you’re getting everything required from them then that’s impressive. Maybe pay that person more to retain their loyalty.

If they’re struggling to achieve what you need from them, then you treat them like any under performing employee.

It’s important not to blame the person for the conditions of the market. People are laid off left and right every day. Nobody wants to work multiple full time jobs, but they do so because they are missing something; security and stability.

Once employers find a new way to offer safety, security, and stability then over employment will stop overnight.

[Santiago @svpino]

I fired somebody cheating. He was working two jobs.

The guy had a great interview with me. He was sharp, and I was happy to hire him.

Two weeks later, I started noticing the red flags.

He joined our meetings but never turned his camera on. He would always ask to repeat the questions. He was cagey. I met with him twice and felt he should have been farther along.

Around that time, I stumbled upon the idea of overemployment. A whole movement dedicated to helping people work several full-time jobs at once.

Feel free to google "overemployed." It's wild!

I got suspicious. Since the guy had recently joined the team, I asked him for a reference from his previous job. I told him he shouldn't worry about it; it was a routine due diligence.

His answer sealed the deal for me. He got defensive and asked me to meet so he could clear up any issues with his performance. His reaction came from left field.

He promised to share with me some references by the end of the day. He didn't. I asked again, and he said the next morning. He also "forgot."

I confronted him one last time, and he came clean.

Turns out he never quit his previous job. He was still working full-time for them. And for me. By the looks of it, we were getting the short end of the stick.

I asked for his resignation. We had him on the payroll for about three weeks.

I felt cheated. I didn't care about the money, but I had to start looking for someone else. I had rejected many good candidates to hire this guy.

I went on Reddit, and there are thousands of people doing this. Some of them work three and four full-time jobs!

This was a painful experience, but I don't blame people working for more than one company at once.

Can somebody do more than one job well?

Many people discard it because you should work 8 hours, but creative jobs are different. The quality of your output is independent of the time you dedicate.

I would have fired the guy even if he didn't have another job. But would I have cared if he was good? Certainly not.

Assuming you are good at what you do, would it be unethical to work for two different companies?

[Daniel Walker @Dancliffwalker]

@lulu_noted @ShadowofEzra I’m not sure what eye in the sky is, but the orb at the end is definitely a lens flare from the sun

[DAN KOE @thedankoe]

Stop feeling bad about taking rest in a world that glorifies overwork. It should be obvious that you don’t want to end up like them.

[Daniel Walker @Dancliffwalker]

Took a week to disconnect from tech and socials.

Every time I do, I always want to give up everything I’m doing and live more for the moment all the time.

Just feels like further validation that we, or maybe just I, am not built for the life I’m currently living.

Gotta walk the stepping stones though, no other way across the river.