Justin Deal

Principal AI Engineer at Zapier. My opinions are sometimes dumb and always my own.

[Justin Deal @justindeal]

@mikeknoop I think the analogy to compilers is a category error. Compilers are, for the most part, deterministic functions. Induction is more straightforward.

I think a far better analogy for LLMs is outsourcing via offshoring. I lived through that, and it had… mixed results.

[Justin Deal @justindeal]

I used to ask about weird code in a code review and then learn the reason someone wrote it. Lately I just learn that Claude Code wrote it.

[Justin Deal @justindeal]

I know people have worked really hard on making this all work about as well as it can in a sorta backward compatible way. But I can't imagine it being much worse if the goal was to make it as complicated as possible.

[Justin Deal @justindeal]

Also for figuring out the hot mess that is modern JS/TS config, bundling, and dual ESM/CJS publishing.

[Justin Deal @justindeal]

Pretty sure LLMs were invented solely because it was easier than trying to understand TypeScript errors.

[Justin Deal @justindeal]

AI can take your boring job and turn it into an exciting one after it causes an incident.

[Justin Deal @justindeal]

Pretty sure LLMs were invented solely because it was easier than trying to understand TypeScript errors.

[Justin Deal @justindeal]

@mikeknoop AFAIK, there’s no formal definition of AGI, but correct me if you know of one. What’s the definition you’re using here?

[Justin Deal @justindeal]

The Skynet’s the limit.

[Mike Knoop @mikeknoop]

Beyond excited that @OpenAI ChatGPT is launching plugins today -- and to share @zapier is a launch partner! Via Zapier, ChatGPT can now interact with over 5,000 apps like Google Sheets, MS Teams, Salesforce, Gmail, and thousands more https://t.co/fizkD4rfMf

[Mike Knoop @mikeknoop]

Excited to show off what I've been working days/nights/weekends on the last several months!

✨New: Zapier Natural Language Actions API

https://t.co/Jk3e0u0QVT

[Justin Deal @justindeal]

@craig_labenz Care to bet if we’ll see lower depths? 🙂 I think some future AI will ask Bing to hold its beer.

[Justin Deal @justindeal]

It's Monday. Time to declare Chrome tab bankruptcy.

[Justin Deal @justindeal]

And "should" has no power on its own. Willpower is only good for an initial push but quickly runs out. If you're not making the "should" easier and the "should not" harder, then it's unlikely than anything will actually change.

[Justin Deal @justindeal]

If you "should" start doing something, then what should you stop doing? There's an opportunity cost to everything, and "should" usually ignores that.

[Justin Deal @justindeal]

@ptmalmgren Because they can be?

[Justin Deal @justindeal]

Linking a bank account by giving my username and password to a third party always feels so sketchy. 🤢

[Justin Deal @justindeal]

@AmazonHelp Purchased from Amazon, delivered by Amazon. Last 4 digits of recent order: 8209. Last 4 of tracking ID: 4076. I’m signing off till tomorrow, er, later today. Thanks though. 👋

[Justin Deal @justindeal]

I’ve mostly had good experience with @amazon orders over the years, but apparently if they mess up sending you an item over $1000, you may find them holding your money hostage.

[Justin Deal @justindeal]

@AmazonHelp It’s all in the thread (replies to myself). See my original tweet.

https://t.co/V1bCIi2GBh

[Justin Deal @justindeal]

I’ve mostly had good experience with @amazon orders over the years, but apparently if they mess up sending you an item over $1000, you may find them holding your money hostage.

[Justin Deal @justindeal]

@AmazonHelp I’d love to get my refund.

[Justin Deal @justindeal]

I trust that I’ll eventually get a refund, but jeez, they are making me work hard for their mistake.

[Justin Deal @justindeal]

For that call, you’ll have to explain the whole story again, because, of course, the order still shows as delivered.