Darren Shewry

Sometimes sharing on tech's evolution and effect on the world + other work. Built products at startups and beyond.

[François Chollet @fchollet]

Relatable. I debug all my Python code with tactical print() drops

[Darren Shewry @dfjsc]

Well, when you put it like that

[Héctor Paredes Castro @hparedes_c]

"We estimate that the decline in Nuclear power Plants caused by Chernobyl led to the loss of approximately 141 million expected life years in the U.S., 33 in the U.K. and 318 million globally". https://t.co/vr8Z4XU9Vy

[François Chollet @fchollet]

I vote for "not consistently candid" as euphemism of the year

[Darren Shewry @dfjsc]

@mtaimoorhas @mtaimoorhas can you please respond to buyers of your product? I can see others have questions too https://t.co/RoKcXqvYKG - I emailed you on 25th of Jan, with follow-ups - and still no response

[Andrew Hill @andrewtghill]

Excellent stimulating exchange on gen-AI's potential, between @erikbryn and @tejparikh90: ‘On the productivity side, I think 2024 is going to be a year of harvesting a lot of the capabilities’ https://t.co/UJlksthtFo via @ft

[gaut @0xgaut]

ok this is absolutely *wild*

using AI to live translate and sync your lips

[Darren Shewry @dfjsc]

@Carnage4Life ...or using a third-party library.

[Sourcegraph @Sourcegraph]

How has AI helped you so far?

[Darren Shewry @dfjsc]

@jjenzz This is the thing! Plus yearly subscriptions can be sneaky and hide during financial audits 🙈

[Darren Shewry @dfjsc]

@sourcegraph Prototyping with and learning programming languages I've only needed to use every now and then - though the hallucinations can be a real gotcha!

[Darren Shewry @dfjsc]

@davegerhardt Yeah, that kind of immersion always feels like the most natural way to get into something - building out areas of knowledge on it from docs, experts / the community, and then actually applying those learnings and observing outcomes 🤔

[Darren Shewry @dfjsc]

The hardest but most fundamental problem in (mass) video call tech STILL seems to be two people talking at the same time

[Darren Shewry @dfjsc]

@TLRailUK @Hannahhh_L Good to know! Seeing similar for my trip too (from HHE)

[François Chollet @fchollet]

Asking if it's still worth learning to code in the age of AI is like asking if it's still worth learning to write in the age of the printing press. It's even more valuable than before. You've just gained new leverage.

[Darren Shewry @dfjsc]

I certainly won’t miss the term and title ‘Prompt Engineer’

[Andrew Mayne @AndrewMayne]

I started as a prompt engineer at OpenAI in 2020. With ChatGPT & GPT-4, so much has changed.

We’re now in the next phase. The term “prompt engineer” is feeling as antiquated as “typist” or “computer operator.”

We’re all prompt engineers now.

[Shreyas Doshi @shreyas]

Product operators who proudly pooh-pooh instinct & creativity (“it’s all about the numbers!”) often don’t realize that they have that luxury precisely because of the instinct & creativity of those who built that product before them.

[Mike Taylor @hammer_mt]

The only thing that successfully let non-programmers make software is Excel.

[Shreyas Doshi @shreyas]

Mission conveys Why it is worthwhile

Vision conveys What the world will look like

Segmentation conveys Who you will serve/not serve

Strategy conveys How you’ll differentiate to win

Roadmap conveys When you’ll ship the big stuff

Metrics convey How Much progress you are making

[Darren Shewry @dfjsc]

@MattPRD @OpenAI 🎉 https://t.co/pcozhP0cnu

[Darren Shewry @dfjsc]

@MattPRD @OpenAI the waitlist for the API is here https://t.co/ebX60cnICN - you can see this info when you sign into the platform https://t.co/Az06w3W0w5

[Journal Sentinel @journalsentinel]

Born blind, John Boyer couldn't find enough Braille books to read. The Madison man created software to open access for others https://t.co/CSeCq4pU5b