John Ho

I throw up a bunch of code, hit build/compile, and hope for the best.

[John Ho @jzhobes]

Naming a dog Sudo sounds great in theory: your commands have admin privileges.

Execution is still optional.

[John Ho @jzhobes]

Since it'd hurt engagement, no social platform would ever implement this, but imagine if every time the user posted or replied, an AI scanned for factual accuracy, logical fallacies, and coherence. User then reviews before confirming. A moment of reflection to improve discourse.

[John Ho @jzhobes]

Prompt engineering is SEO for LLMs.

[John Ho @jzhobes]

Software development is basically gaslighting in code form - it has you doubting your skills, questioning your sanity, making you second-guess every decision, and just when you're about to flip your laptop, it finally works.

[John Ho @jzhobes]

"I'm focused on the future..." is my new go-to excuse for everything.

[John Ho @jzhobes]

Is it a sign that you buy too much crap when you get a FedEx delivery notification and your first thought is "huh, what is it?"

Asking for a friend.

[John Ho @jzhobes]

Me: Rain. Preventing me from mowing. 😫
Also me: Rain. Preventing me from mowing. 😀

[John Ho @jzhobes]

@duolingo Hey there. I just so happened to have a 2x points bonus at the time of the outage. Any way to get that restored? Username is jzhobes.

[John Ho @jzhobes]

@Yubico claims its YubiKeys are waterproof. Just QA tested it, and can confirm it's true.

By inadvertently running it through a washing machine.

[John Ho @jzhobes]

Splitwise just keeps getting worse, and I'd love to jump ship and try other apps, but the problem is adoption: convincing everyone in your group to also ditch the app.

[John Ho @jzhobes]

Still accurate. Except now, it's checking my Model 3 Performance delivery date.

[John Ho @jzhobes]

Me checking for Model 3 Project Highland updates. Any day now.

[John Ho @jzhobes]

On any YouTube interview or podcast video featuring guests, there's always the inane "Never heard of this guy, who is this?" comment. To that, I just think "Really? Y'know, it takes less time to Google the guy's name from the title to get your answer."

[John Ho @jzhobes]

That immediate reaction to accidentally hitting Clear Notifications, followed by an oh well.

[John Carmack @ID_AA_Carmack]

“Coding” was never the source of value, and people shouldn’t get overly attached to it. Problem solving is the core skill. The discipline and precision demanded by traditional programming will remain valuable transferable attributes, but they won’t be a barrier to entry.

Many times over the years I have thought about a great programmer I knew that loved assembly language to the point of not wanting to move to C. I have to fight some similar feelings of my own around using existing massive codebases and inefficient languages, but I push through.

I had somewhat resigned myself to the fact that I might be missing out on the “final abstraction”, where you realize that managing people is more powerful than any personal tool. I just don’t like it, and I can live with the limitations that puts on me.

I suspect that I will enjoy managing AIs more, even if they wind up being better programmers than I am.

[John Ho @jzhobes]

2024... can we stop saying "break the internet"?

[John Ho @jzhobes]

@elmo Elmo discovers doomscrolling...

[John Ho @jzhobes]

My take on the non-stop EVs vs ICE vehicles online beef: it's those kiddies who used to argue that their video game system is better, who became adults, and still not mature enough to understand that it just comes down to personal preference.

[John Ho @jzhobes]

Pretty accurate representation.

[John Ho @jzhobes]

The SMS opt-in compliance requirement "message and data rates may apply" is just about as stupid as the "caution: contents hot" label for coffee.

[John Ho @jzhobes]

Day-time mowing: attacked by the sun and heat.

Dusk-time mowing: attacked by mosquitoes.

There is no winning.