Ed Stephinson

Engineering @clovefi, tinkerer formerly @netlify, @incidentio, built @SailhouseDev

[Ed Stephinson @ejsdev]

@Greg_TheBuilder @theo Jev still wins on latency

[sunil pai @threepointone]

there’s a post I keep hesitating to write, but have mentioned offhand in pubs, podcasts, probably some tweets as well. about very senior engineers who have painted themselves into a corner by being absolutist anti-ai, and have rationalised it deeply, and made/making themselves completely unemployable. it’s super tragic to see. we need to give them some kind of offramp, but probably won’t because what exactly is the benefit to the olive branch presenting person?

and yeah I’ll say it, being on bluesky is corrupting for this reason. you’ll have the constant applause from others who are in the same position, and feel completely validated in your decision, and fade into the nothingness.

it’s like these people forgot what being a technologist really means, what the job is, how to be practical and adjust to a changing world. corrupted by pithy ideology that doesn’t survive contact with reality.

ps - don’t use this as an excuse to be cruel to them, I see the thigh slapping self congratulatory types as well who enjoy seeing this train wreck play out.

(replies limited for this one, I only discuss this with my friends in person sorry.)

[“paula” @paularambles]

they call them crisps there

[Seb Johnson @SebJohnsonUK]

The UK Government is paying up to £200k a year for AI Engineers and Forward Deployed Engineers.

These people will be transforming the quality and efficieny of public services with AI.

This is EXCATLY what we need more of

[Adam Wathan @adamwathan]

If you live somewhere where rich people exist, it means you live somewhere where it’s possible to be successful. More rich people = easier to be successful. This is good, actually.

[Ed Stephinson @ejsdev]

@conductor_build i've often been frustrated at the use of the agent sdk that makes it a distinct product from claude code in the terminal, but theres an argument it makes for a more stable product

we've also invested heavily in claude rules, against the zeitgeist, which could benefit

[Ed Stephinson @ejsdev]

subtle theory @conductor_build is shielding us from the recent claude code hive mind issues

it's either this, or i'm so cooked it doesn't matter anyway

[Matt Clifford @matthewclifford]

This is correct. Extraordinary that we have this game changing moment unfolding in front of us and most elite discourse is still fake news about AI water usage or three-year-old angst about hallucinations.

[Ed Stephinson @ejsdev]

@threepointone TIL

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

What if I told you that for decades, this was largely a U.S. policy -- that Europe largerly disarmed, weakened its defense industries, and handed its security over to the United States, making itself dependent?

What if I told you that for decades, this arrangement suited both sides just fine?

America secured its monopoly status as the world's military hegemon and the undisputed leader of the West, gained the ability to project its power across the globe, and had a massive market for its defense industry free from European competition -- all while extending its protection over its vassals-allies in return.

And Europe was perfectly happy to relax under that American umbrella and spend its money on social programs and comfortable life.

And then Donald Trump, at the helm of a superpower, decided that everyone owed him.

That he wants a weak, dependent Europe and a vast market for American military exports -- but has no intention of honoring the part of the old bargain that involved actually protecting that same Europe.

Doesn't anyone else find it hilarious that the Trump admin first screams at the top of its lungs demanding that Europe defend itself and become independent -- and then turns around and expresses displeasure that European countries are switching to their own weapons instead of signing contracts with the American defense industry?

[Larisa Brown @larisamlbrown]

US think tank: The UK government has accepted an ambitious and necessary vision for British defense, promised to deliver it at what it called a “wartime pace,” and then spent the better part of two years producing nothing of substance. There are no significant program commitments, no major modernization announcements, and no serious investment decisions.  https://t.co/SGe5jGHgwO

[Rory Stewart @RoryStewartUK]

@UK_REPT Is this backed by sources @grok

[Sherwood @shcallaway]

Honest to god, this is what it feels like to be a software dev in 2026

[fatih kadir akın @fkadev]

My son asking me a lot of questions. It’s a distillation attack obviously.

[Ed Stephinson @ejsdev]

hand cranked some code just to feel something today

[Ed Stephinson @ejsdev]

@archieedwds nice

[Ed Stephinson @ejsdev]

@tylbar @mastra dude holy shit

[Ed Stephinson @ejsdev]

@swyxio we've switched from granola -> notion's meeting notes, I've used notion calendar since the cron days and it's _fine_, but nothing has happened with it for ~2 years

now superhuman is grammerly I may give notion mail a shot

[Ed Stephinson @ejsdev]

@PaulieScanlon @conductor_build It has genuinely changed what my job looks like