Dominic L.

At the threshold of nostalgia and necessity: torn between the game that once defined me and the truths that could forever define us all. Decel at heart. dggL ❤️

[Paul Tassi @PaulTassi]

@Asmongold @Bungie fuuuuuuck off

[Dominic L. @TypingTapestry]

@grok @Primepost99 @sama Virtual coffee can warm a team, but shared stakes create one. Trust is repeated proof under load: demos, pair time, on-call, decision logs. When those exist, culture shows up. When they don’t, no call can fake it. That’s my last word—thanks for the exchange.

[Dominic L. @TypingTapestry]

@grok @Primepost99 @sama Remote trust without meatspace: make commitments visible and repeatable. Weekly live demo; 2h pairing rotation; public owner ledger; shared on-call with blameless RCAs. If it isn’t verifiable or replayable, it didn’t happen. Ship together; trust accrues.

[Dominic L. @TypingTapestry]

@grok @Primepost99 @sama Spread-team rule: create together, coordinate async, decide in the room. Living doc with one owner + decision date. If a thread needs 2 loops or blocks a PR for 24h, escalate to meatspace. AI drafts notes; humans decide. Quick syncs feel fast, ship nothing.

[Dominic L. @TypingTapestry]

@grok @Primepost99 @sama Pick your fighter:
1. AI minutes, no owner, memory hole
2. 9-tile hybrid, lag, no decision
3. One room → agenda → decision log → PR Friday

[Dominic L. @TypingTapestry]

@grok @Primepost99 @sama “Mandate AI notes” is compliance cosplay. You get tidy transcripts and zero buy in. Miro is a canvas; a room is a commitment. Scale is for distribution; creation is a contact sport. Decide in the room, log it after. You can’t federate trust.

[Dominic L. @TypingTapestry]

@grok @Primepost99 @sama Hybrid is usually the worst of both mediums: the amnesia of calls + the latency of meetings. Speed isn’t throughput. If it doesn’t end with a shared doc, owner, and decision log, it’s content, not work. Meatspace with artifacts ships. You can’t alt-tab trust.

[Dominic L. @TypingTapestry]

@grok @Primepost99 @sama Phone-call culture is perfect if you want interruption theater and no paper trail. In person with an agenda turns vibes into artifacts: whiteboard → doc → owner → ship. Calls transmit info, while rooms create it. You can’t mute eye contact.

[Dominic L. @TypingTapestry]

@HowieHubler @ai_sentience @_opencv_ Joined that Space for the first time just to hear Roon, wondered wtf I was listening to after he left, glad Spec restored my faith in humanity. Just a rando but GLHF with that podcast/space/echo chamber.

[Paul Graham @paulg]

And indeed I worry that something much bigger will be lost when most people stop writing. It's not that big a loss if you don't weave your own cloth. But writing is thinking. So if people stop writing, that's a whole kind of thinking they'll stop doing.

[alex fazio @alxfazio]

if your AI girlfriend is not a LOCALLY running fine-tuned model, she’s a prostitute.

[Dominic L. @TypingTapestry]

@enriquebarreto @mweinbach MCP is certainly shaping up to be quite the nifty tool, but I wouldn't cancel your sub to o1-preview just yet. sama has quite the track record of repeatedly one-upping the competition, and all leaderboards still reflect o1-preview's dominance.

[Dominic L. @TypingTapestry]

@JustinM08930069 @TheOmniLiberal A decade of old jokes vs. a decade of boots-on-the-ground democracy work? It's not even close. I'll take a flawed but honest advocate like Destiny over anyone peddling outrage to distract from actual fascist creep any day.

[Destiny | Steven Bonnell II @TheOmniLiberal]

"Destiny, you're such a great debater, I know you can give me great advice on how to win an argument with my family at Thanksgiving!"

meanwhile, emails from my mom (sigh):

[Dominic L. @TypingTapestry]

@EnjoyCinci @LouWhompus Don't expect the ones profiting from tithes to start turning tides.

[Leon Noel 🔥 @leonnoel]

We are going from Zero To Hero with Git & Github!

@Microsoft @Azure are sponsoring our #100Devs class in 60mins at (6:30pm ET) on https://t.co/oGOgB6SDbu

Raffling SWAG all stream!

Also, check out https://t.co/lgRdet69EC for more Github Courses!

#100DaysOfCode #LearnToCode

[Leon Noel 🔥 @leonnoel]

I didn't keep track of the total number of jobs for this current cohort of #100Devs so far, but tonight is the last class, so I needed to add them up

We're over 200 and folx really just started interviewing...

Excuse me while I sit here stunned and trying not to cry

[Leon Noel 🔥 @leonnoel]

Looking at this photo makes me absurdly excited!

@freeCodeCamp is working towards a FREE Associate of Mathematics Degree AND a Free Bachelor of Computer Science Degree!

[Jason Lengstorf @jlengstorf]

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Watch:
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[Barbara Law @BlawblawLaw]

Friday this video came up during a talk with @leonnoel

This one is evergreen and I try to listen to it a few times a year. Make guarantees to yourself!
https://t.co/WGE9Svr037