Rachel

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

“I don’t have talent, so I just get up earlier.”

— Henry Rollins

[Dan Kulkov @DanKulkov]

why work 9-5 with $10,000 salary when you can be anxious 24/7 with $500 MRR?

[Matt Popovich @mpopv]

Are you running the new AI model? It's on Cowork. It's literally on Copilot. You can probably find it on Codex. Dude it's on Coauthor. It's a Cosign exclusive. It's on Cocaine. You can run it on Cocaine. You can literally go to Cocaine and run it.

[Neil Zeghidour @neilzegh]

Me defending my O(n^3) solution to the coding interviewer.

[Nick Khami @skeptrune]

software developers merging code written by Opus 4.5

[François Chollet @fchollet]

Software engineering has been within 6 months of being dead continually since early 2023

[Rachel @heyrachb]

@simonsarris https://t.co/uZ0KDnNfS7 , amazing replacement for Zyrtec for me

[Jacob @fat]

still dont trust an llm to write css, but it is my lawyer and doctor

[terminally onλine εngineer @tekbog]

you ever see something so cool you doubt if you have ever truly been locked in?

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

What makes software development (and engineering) *really* hard instead is:

- Building the right thing (and knowing what this is)

- Coding yourself into a corner (common for juniors - and now also for AI!)

- Architecture

- Tech maturity & risks that come with it

- Testing

- Maintenance

- Migrations

- Real-world edge cases

- Non-functional requirements: eg latency, performance, cost of operations, security

- Compliance

- Tech debt

... and most importantly: people!! (collaboration, conflicts, ownership etc etc)

[Jeremiroquai @Jerematic79]

My oncologist tried to stop my chemotherapy* treatment last week because of a one-page synopsis he had read regarding my recent MRI, which mentioned that one of my brain tumors had progressed.

It turns out he had never actually looked at the MRI itself; and the specialist who wrote the synopsis had not actually compared the new images to my previous MRI from 2024.

I was skeptical, as my symptoms had not progressed; so I asked my oncologist to show me a comparison of the two most recent MRIs, to demonstrate the growth. So, he brought them up on his screen and showed me a clear difference between image on the left and one on the right.

"But the one on the left is the 2017 MRI," I said. "We both know the tumor has grown since then."

The doctor was surprised, and said, "You're right. I'm not sure why the 2024 MRI isn't showing up."

Anyway, we had to go to a different room and use a different computer to find last year's images. When my oncologist finally brought them up, he realized there was a clear REDUCTION in the size of my tumor, as well as a loss of contrast, indicating that the tumor was dying. So, the chemotherapy was working after all!

Had I taken my doctor at his word, and stopped my chemotherapy, I would have soon needed an extremely risky brain surgery that would have changed my life forever.

We are living through a crisis of competence in America — or is it in the world as a whole? It is absolutely essential that we remain vigilant and look out for our own health, because we apparently can no longer trust our doctors to do it for us. Remember to ask questions, get second opinions and, above all, don't just assume that your doctor is infallible. Now more than ever, your life is in your own hands.

[dax @thdxr]

living in NYC during covid gave me some perspective

the whole country was hearing about an apocalyptic scenario at "the epicenter of covid" with bodies in the streets

but it was very normal and pretty boring

you really don't know anything about anywhere unless you're there

[kitze @thekitze]

watching sonnet 3.7 invent react from scratch for no reason

[@levelsio @levelsio]

Being an entrepreneur now has more job security than a job

[Barstool Philly @BarstoolPhilly]

There is no place in the world like Philly…

Go Birds 🦅

[dax @thdxr]

the only career advice i have is make every decision that moves you closer to not having to be on linkedin

[Chris Bakke @ChrisJBakke]

It’s so funny that there is a team of over 700 people at Apple who all make $350K - $20M TC that designed this, approved it, and shipped it:

[terminally onλine εngineer @tekbog]

showing up to an 8am standup

[Jacob Geller @yacobg42]

Was watching the new Marques Brownlee video and got to this bit and sighed for 45 uninterrupted seconds