Nipunn Koorapati

Engineer @convex

[Nipunn Koorapati @nipunn1313]

@oops_didi I want Coach to go get a technical foul when something like this happens

[Nipunn Koorapati @nipunn1313]

@existentializzm And an “I Voted” sticker

[Nipunn Koorapati @nipunn1313]

I’m working as a pollworker precinct inspector in SF this year.

It feels very serious and very official (as it should). Looking forward to facilitating democracy.

AMA

[Nipunn Koorapati @nipunn1313]

@existentializzm Something plain. Electioneering is not allowed within 100 ft of the polling location.

[Nipunn Koorapati @nipunn1313]

@samlambert Just as important as the buffering is the compaction and async garbage collection

[Nipunn Koorapati @nipunn1313]

@magicseth Awe

A childlike feeling worth revisiting.

[Nipunn Koorapati @nipunn1313]

When on a team of 2, there's communication overhead, getting blocked. Sometimes it only feels like 1.5x. Like Amdahl's is laughing at you.

But the beautiful thing about people, is that we're social creatures, with different skills. If really vibing, you can far exceed 2x.

It's the best.

[Nipunn Koorapati @nipunn1313]

@jamwt I heard that if you rewrite in rust, there's no bugs

[Nipunn Koorapati @nipunn1313]

New era. The problem is different, yet it’s the same. The details of the solution are different, but the theme is the same.

Abstractions. Guardrails.

[Nipunn Koorapati @nipunn1313]

Edsger Dijkstra spoke of the software crisis. Yet in the last 50 years we’ve managed to figure it out.

We’re in another software crisis now.

Same cause: order of magnitude increase in software complexity

Same solution: better abstractions

🧵

[Nipunn Koorapati @nipunn1313]

Better abstractions used to be… functions, classes, OOP, compilers, loops, functional invariants. Basic shit.

Today, we need tight APIs, database level reactivity, deterministic behavior, type safety, access controls, agent sandboxes, etc.

[Nipunn Koorapati @nipunn1313]

@existentializzm @waynesutton LOL

[Nipunn Koorapati @nipunn1313]

@_sarant Eeeeeeep

[Nipunn Koorapati @nipunn1313]

@mikeysee Feels like a scheme to extract money from people who don’t pay for their own tokens. I’m suspicious

[Nipunn Koorapati @nipunn1313]

@catalinmpit "Now do the same thing with 3x less code"

"You're absolutely right."

[Nipunn Koorapati @nipunn1313]

@ChShersh Claude makes more money from its confusion. From your confusion.

Well... tbh it loses more money (80B so far this year), but between confused parties, what's the difference.

[Nipunn Koorapati @nipunn1313]

@nicolapps @existentializzm Got a tarot pattoo

[Nipunn Koorapati @nipunn1313]

AI code review be like "5/5 everything is good" - when the foundations are crumbling.

It also be like "3/5 critical issues" when it finds some mild nitpick that it is excited about.

AI code review is definitely helpful, but severe operator judgement required.

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