Zack Schwartz

🇺🇸 founder. software engineer. curious about what moves the world.

[Zack Schwartz @apexdodge]

@dhh You don’t use herdr?

[Zack Schwartz @apexdodge]

Set up @bot to sweep my inbox every 30 minutes and delete cold sales outreach.

I don’t think I’ve responded to a single cold sales email in my entire career, despite getting multiple every day.

Don't call me either.

[Zack Schwartz @apexdodge]

@dhh enjoying omarchy! keybindings are definitely the learning curve, but i'm getting the hang of it. having AI setup things is super helpful.

[Zack Schwartz @apexdodge]

love it when I give grok 4.6 a code review report from opus 5 and it's like "nah bro, he overreacted"

[Zack Schwartz @apexdodge]

@CaitlinCloud9 which spot is your fav?

[Zack Schwartz @apexdodge]

@SakshiSugandhi Coding is nothing now. The skills are next layer: Create a spec and bring it end to end with full understanding of the system architecture, constraints, guardrails, tooling, 3rd party integrations, deployments, scaling, security, compliance, speed, and reliability.

[Zack Schwartz @apexdodge]

in other words, to ban prediction markets is to ban access to useful information.

[Zack Schwartz @apexdodge]

i am always trying to have the “most accurate map of reality”. prediction markets help me do that (i never actually make bets myself). when people i know say something is going to happen because xyz geopolitics and it sounds scary, i check polymarket and it has a 6% chance of happening.

[Zack Schwartz @apexdodge]

i am always trying to have the “most accurate map of reality”. prediction markets help me do that (i never actually make bets myself). when people i know say something is going to happen because xyz geopolitics and it sounds scary, i check polymarket and it has a 6% chance of happening.

[Zack Schwartz @apexdodge]

i have spent the last 3 weeks being periodically tortured by a 5mm calcium pebble that my own body manufactured for free. astonishing what the private sector can accomplish

[Zack Schwartz @apexdodge]

I do hope we see a huge surge in Linux adoption by gen pop, but for 90% of people, they need the most user friendly distro, which will probably be Linux Mint. I have been using Linux Mint for a few years now and the transition from Windows was relatively seamless.

[DHH @dhh]

Omarchy is not just a distribution, but it's also a counterweight to all the nonsense that has plagued Linux for far too long. It's a refuge from the clowns and the circus that has been Linux politics since the old institutions got infiltrated. QUACK THAT! 😂🦆

[Zack Schwartz @apexdodge]

my feed is all san fran. fomo from austin 😩

[Zack Schwartz @apexdodge]

@annieqyang @i_mika_el I don’t even do that anymore lol. i just tell cursor: “commit and push ” and let the ai create its own commit message

[Zack Schwartz @apexdodge]

@ngeloxyz @Railway Yep, a railway.internal domain. I went ahead and put a ticket in just now since the information is still available in the logs. Hopefully you guys can figure it out to improve future reliability. Thanks 👍

[Zack Schwartz @apexdodge]

I love @Railway but the reliability just isn't there yet for me to commit to the most serious production systems. Every so often my app loses connection to db using internal network domain, and I have to re-deploy to fix it. 🫤

[Zack Schwartz @apexdodge]

Tried vibe coding using the cli instead of normal editor experience. I don't get the appeal? I like being able to browse the file tree, click around, scan the code...What am I missing?

[Zack Schwartz @apexdodge]

Fable 5 does feel like magic.

[Zack Schwartz @apexdodge]

@catehall There is a lot of nonsense out there. Took me two years of trial and error to figure out what products and treatments were effective for me.

[Zack Schwartz @apexdodge]

Was stuck on the runway for 3 hours at JFK before takeoff because of bad weather. Exhausting trip. Glad to be back in atx.

[Zack Schwartz @apexdodge]

@honeyNonABG I love .net 🫤