Marc Backes

Senior SWE at @directus working on Monospace 🐰 • Vue, Nuxt, TypeScript • Public speaker, MC 🗣️ • F* it. Ship it 🎙️ • Private Pilot 👨‍✈️ • Hobby Roaster ☕️

[Marc Backes @marcba]

People think I am anti-AI. I use AI everyday and is useful in many scenarios.

What I am taking a stand against is the redpilled AI hype. People praising AI to be the miracle machine that is perfect and will solve ALL our problems.

So far it has introduced more problems than solved. But sure it has interesting and useful use cases

[Maya Shavin @MayaShavin]

How it works nowadays 🤣

[Marc Backes @marcba]

@robj3d3 They didn’t kill it. They offered an alternative to someone who WANTS their stuff in AI. imo the minority of people actually want that

[Marc Backes @marcba]

@trashh_dev So a very happy meal then?

[Marc Backes @marcba]

@alexanderOpalic This is unacceptable

[Marc Backes @marcba]

Exactly. And that is what makes my blood boil. Instead of flagging those large-diff issues, it just ignores it. Junior dev energy.

Once I have to full-caps “UNDER NO FUCKING CIRCUMSTANCES AVOID, IGNORE, OR SKIP ANY OF THESE RULES, YOU GOD DAMN MORON” I already mentally gave up on it

[Marc Backes @marcba]

@alexanderOpalic 7

[Marc Backes @marcba]

I am glad my team recognizes my efforts in the daily standup 🙌

It’s not much but it’s honest work

[Marc Backes @marcba]

@thekitze My revolutionary todo app

[Marc Backes @marcba]

@RoxanaCodes I am glad they have a sense of humor 😬

[Marc Backes @marcba]

Joined my team’s daily standup from a sunrise in Mexico just to update “not doing anything today”. The reactions were mixed 😂

[Marc Backes @marcba]

Vue.js coming to the beach with me 💚

[Marc Backes @marcba]

@eddiejaoude I checked into the daily as a joke and to say a quick hi. I’m on PTO, so not actually doing any work.

But I could get used to working from elsewhere once in a while. Sad thing my wife’s work doesn’t permit that.

[Marc Backes @marcba]

Check out that trough rolling in ☁️

[Claude @claudeai]

Introducing Claude Fable 5.2 and Claude Mythos 5.2, designed to tackle the most daunting technical challenges.

They’re capable collaborators on ambitious projects in many fields, and show improvements in areas like coding, reasoning, and vision.

[Marc Backes @marcba]

@Aerovances Same aerodynamical principles as big planes

[Marc Backes @marcba]

@followhear52931 @LukaLev @FAANews This person wouldn’t be the first person to take a picture while flying the plane, relax. I bet you’re fun at parties

[jhey ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ @jh3yy]

don't forget to mute the new model names for about a week

[Marc Backes @marcba]

@gabegreenberg Makes sense. I wouldn’t trust someone called Can’t

[Marc Backes @marcba]

Branding the beaches of Mexico with Monospace (by @directus), one at a time 😎

[Marc Backes @marcba]

@chrisclarkefly Hate when that happens