David Zhou

Tweets my own. Engineering Manager @netflix. Jokes probably stolen from Reddit. he/him.

[David Zhou @dz]

I bought Pokemon Pearl. LET ME SHOW YOU MY POKEMANS

[David Zhou @dz]

@zeeg literally thought it was some weird iOS app updating icon for a week before i realized it wasn't updated, it was a random new icon

[Jordan Fraade @schadenfraade]

“NYC has high property taxes” is the sort of thing it makes sense to believe if you don’t live here, but alas, it’s not true

[David Zhou @dz]

tbh it's weird that parts of the tech industry are still shocked by ongoing anti-AI public narratives

when the leaders of OpenAI and Anthropic are like "if we do nothing this is going to suck for a lot of people", what do you think the sentiment is going to be?

[David Zhou @dz]

lmao we've gone full circle

[Joe Fioti @joefioti]

anthropic gpus are crying

[David Zhou @dz]

@zeeg not the only company i've heard of that has an official leaderboard, with people naturally min-maxing when told their jobs are on the line

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

The more I use AI tools, the more I have to admit that I'm not that much more productive... I simply FEEL that much more productive.

In reality, the context switching of kicking several things off wipes out my perceived productivity gains. At least in many/most cases!

[David Zhou @dz]

you know what i miss? cinemagrams and boomerangs

[Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz]

I really think the left has lost the way on tech policy

[David Zhou @dz]

Guy at home, with a home lab closet of enterprise grade networking gear: While you were partying, I was learning the sword

(This is dumb as hell btw)

[The Verge @verge]

The US government just banned consumer routers made outside the US https://t.co/zk3CuyNipo

[David Zhou @dz]

need a name that describes ZIRP but for AI token costs

[David Zhou @dz]

Noticing the start of a vibe shift in GenAI coding where if the past 6-12 months was the fuck around stage, people are starting to grapple with the find out part.

[David Zhou @dz]

Claude doesn't mean you should suddenly boil the oceans with your product, and I don't mean via environmental impact

[David Zhou @dz]

@billsmith181172 @WestsideLAGuy i'm sorry, do you avert your gaze during photos?

[David Zhou @dz]

Online discourse about Dune part 3 reinforces the widening gap between those who consume content deeply, and those who consume content at a surface level

And personalization via AI is only going to make this worse, as generated content will be only deep as someone wants it to be

[David Zhou @dz]

re-inventing Kaleidoscope from first principles

https://t.co/2IOwFw6dBN

[Mat Velloso @matvelloso]

Two thoughts:

1-This is mind blowing

2-Imagine if you could do this for your whole operating system and the apps in it. Live re-style my OS so all UIs look as if they were made out of steel, wood, glass, cartoon, etc.

Just because why not.

[David Zhou @dz]

Too many corporate AI demands for their workforce amounts to something like "we require that all drivers drive 120mph down the highway, but safely!"

it feels good to say "please move fast but safely" but just tacking on "safely" doesn't materially reduce the risk of an accident

[Rishi Mody ツ @rishimody]

we’re about to speedrun this realization across every institution in society aren’t we

[David Zhou @dz]

Some of the heavier-handed GenAI mandates at companies make me scratch my head.

There'd likely be more organic adoption if you simply let results speak. Engineers having higher impact due to AI? Promote/raise comp accordingly.

You can bet that every other eng will take notice!

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

Cannot wait for teams that build their custom JIRA/Workday replacement/custom CRM to one day turn around and ask:

“Why do we have so much internal software that is buggy / has poor UX + we need to maitain?”

Seen this movie well before AI, when Uber built uChat (custom Slack)

[David Zhou @dz]

??? This is basically me asking AI to generate a photo of a hamburger, grabbing a plate, and saying oh boy I can't wait to eat this

[can @marmaduke091]

This is absolutely insane 🫠 People are yearning for a LOTR game like this.

We’ve somehow normalized waiting 2 years for 6 episodes of a TV show and a decade for a game sequel.

Imagine getting a new GTA game every year. AI will replace the bottlenecks, not human direction.