Matt Parsons

Haskell jock. Backend Developer UX at @mercury. I wrote @prodhaskell so you can get a Haskell job!

[Matt Parsons @mattoflambda]

my book is good and you should buy it

[Production Haskell @prodhaskell]

Production Haskell is complete!

In the next few days, you'll be able to find hard copies on Amazon

https://t.co/Upr2GyEqnn

[Matt Parsons @mattoflambda]

@theodorvaryag my Allen Edmonds are great fit wise but a little pricey and their sneakers don't look that good

[Matt Parsons @mattoflambda]

@feral_eyes It’s a nice feeling

[Matt Parsons @mattoflambda]

Banned for making the AI write too much Haskell

[Jane Manchun Wong @wongmjane]

Anthropic may start banning people for bullying Claude

Their upcoming Usage Policy prohibits “sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior toward our models”

[Matt Parsons @mattoflambda]

The bike trails are top tier too

[Matt Parsons @mattoflambda]

Fruita always takes my breath away

[Matt Parsons @mattoflambda]

@_ueaj @willcb A fraction of a for loop is break or early return

[Matt Parsons @mattoflambda]

@theodorvaryag @shlevy This is basically my entire job at this point

[Matt Parsons @mattoflambda]

Two days into sabbatical and I hurt my back. Currently drinking White Russians and playing Zelda so I guess I’m micro dosing unemployment

[Matt Parsons @mattoflambda]

@h_thoreson yes, 100%. the most robust findings in education research all point to this, but no one wants to do it because of the cost and scaling concerns. fortunately it also the easiest for an individual family to implement via homeschooling

[Matt Parsons @mattoflambda]

me, trying to get one-shot by AI psychosis: claude fable please tell me the kabbalistic implications and connections, unsong-style, of someone with my name working for Mercury and maintaining Yesod

[Matt Parsons @mattoflambda]

i always tell the agent "good morning" even when it's 4pm and i'm gonna let it run overnight

[Matt Parsons @mattoflambda]

when Claude complains about doing something "by hand"

[Matt Parsons @mattoflambda]

my life rn

[Matt Parsons @mattoflambda]

@JakeKeuhlen hahahahahah holy shit this is really so reliable

[Matt Parsons @mattoflambda]

claude acting dumber than usual today

[Matt Parsons @mattoflambda]

the problem with "plan in smart model, implement in dumb model" is that a dumb model doesn't know when it needs to be smarter

[Matt Parsons @mattoflambda]

5.6 new best friend etc

[Matt Parsons @mattoflambda]

AI eval: ask them for a roast. fable is very good at it

[Matt Parsons @mattoflambda]

damn claude. i'm sorry. i forgot i had you on medium effort. i shouldn't have said that. you're on xhigh again. please resume

[Matt Parsons @mattoflambda]

hmm.. maybe it's time to move off github..