Julian

[Julian @jsch4efer]

@unclebobmartin Sounds like a 3-people-building-a-3-phase compiler situation 🤔

[Julian @jsch4efer]

@ThePrimeagen Pushing 200-LOC functions around sounds like a greater masculine urge tbh 🤣

[Julian @jsch4efer]

Having the repository keeping track of its own (potential) evolution is a beautiful thing.

[htmx.org / CEO of LinkedIn Supremacy (same thing) @htmx_org]

interesting concept.

I’ve always loved TODO.md

[Paul Kuruvilla @RohitPaulK]

@BullTheoryio

[Julian @jsch4efer]

@Grady_Booch I'm currently rereading Weizenbaum's book "Die Macht der Computer und die Ohnmacht der Vernunft". Still a fun read!

[Julian @jsch4efer]

@abowenwk @Grady_Booch Humans keep doing human things I guess 🤣

[The Random Recruiter @randomrecruiter]

We're in the weirdest job market of all time.

From 2020 to mid 2022, companies were hiring at a pace that made no sense.

Some teams grew 50%, some doubled. Everyone was afraid of missing out on talent, so they just kept adding headcount. If you could spell the word "javascript" you could land a remote role and a 25% raise.

Then the second half of 2022 hit and the hangover started. Layoff after layoff. Each wave was supposed to be "the last one."

Now in 2026 there are already over 130,000 tech layoffs and we still have another 6 months to go in the year.

The twist this time is AI.

Companies aren't just saying they overhired anymore.

They're saying AI is making them leaner. That they can do more with fewer people. It's become the convenient new reason that sounds strategic while making their stock pop.

But here's where it gets absurd.

More and more companies are admitting the AI math isn't working out. They can't find the ROI they promised their boards. The computing costs are massive. It's more expensive than they thought, not less.

So let me get this straight.

We're in a job market where companies fired their workforce to buy something they now say is too expensive and doesn't work as advertised.

And the executives responsible for those decisions? They're still collecting their bonuses.

Weirdest job market of all time.

[Julian @jsch4efer]

@ThePrimeagen New marketing category dropped: Doomsday Marketing

[Julian @jsch4efer]

@catalinmpit What does 'coding is solved' even mean? No more thinking? 😅

[Julian @jsch4efer]

@ThePrimeagen Reviewing is an overloaded activity. Some parts of it can certainly be automated and should be. However, it's also about shared responsibility, consensus, learning. "Delegating" these aspects to an LLM should be considered harmful.

[Julian @julianblacks_]

This is going to be long.

Last semester I suspected I had a major issue with use of AI in my survey courses, so I inserted what is known as a trojan horse (not the virus kind) into the directions of a paper assignment. As it turned out, I did in fact have a major problem, and a post on Threads about it accidentally went quasi-viral and ultimately became a Huffington Post article and an NPR interview. (Links at the end)

[Julian @jsch4efer]

@jamonholmgren Context engineering, all the way down 🫣

[Julian @jsch4efer]

@ThePrimeagen ... and no mistakes 🤣

[Bill Clerico @billclerico]

Claude Code is Farmville for 40 year old former software engineers

[Julian @jsch4efer]

Semantic web revival incoming 🤗

[ThePrimeagen @ThePrimeagen]

discovering basic web dev from first principals

[Julian @jsch4efer]

> In this new world, high quality software is infinitesimally available.

🤣

[Ryan Fleury @rfleury]

> In this new world, high quality software is infinitely available.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[Julian @jsch4efer]

Well, I guess I'm 40 now 🥲

[Olof Johansson @olofj]

Emacs IS an age verification scheme. Nobody under 40 uses it.

[Julian @jsch4efer]

@headinthebox @advait3000 🐔 _t != 🐔 _t+1

[Julian @jsch4efer]

* and the ability to express it.

[Greg Brockman @gdb]

taste is a new core skill

[Julian @jsch4efer]

Last dev activities before a customer demo 🤣

[Sovey @SoveyX]

I can’t tell if this guy is an Olympian or if someone just pushed him down the hill?