Paul Truesdell, II

Software, finance, whisky, and headphone/hifi. I have opinions about things. Currently developing @dispatchfm and much more.

[nxthompson @nxthompson]

We still don't know why LLMs produce so many “It’s not X, it’s Y.” sentences. My favorite explanation is that they were trained on “It’s not delivery. It’s DiGiorno.” commercials. But this one makes good sense, too. https://t.co/oqyJzSMpyZ

[Paul Truesdell, II @pgtruesdell]

Florida Man at it again.

[60 Minutes @60Minutes]

After building a passenger train between Miami and Orlando, Brightline now plans to build America’s first true high-speed rail. The line would connect Los Angeles and Las Vegas in just over two hours, a trip that can take five hours by car. https://t.co/ywdj8W8868

[Paul Truesdell, II @pgtruesdell]

@MitcheIl agent

[Paul Truesdell, II @pgtruesdell]

@mattwelter Just did the demo, solid product. 🔥

[Paul Truesdell, II @pgtruesdell]

Ugly as sin.

[BMW @BMW]

The heartbeat of a new era.​

The new BMW i3.​

#BMWi3 #BMW #BMWNewEra #NeueKlasse #BMWGroup​

The maximum range of the BMW i3 50 xDrive Limousine (2026) will be up to 900 kilometers (WLTP). Since no binding WLTP values are currently available, these are preliminary values. Furthermore, the real life values depend on various factors, e.g. cargo weight, driving style, route, weather conditions, auxiliary electrical consumption (including air conditioning), tires, battery state of health.

[Paul Truesdell, II @pgtruesdell]

🔥 Claude just gave us 2x usage during off-peak hours… but it’s only until March 27.

So I built a tiny macOS menubar widget: the Claude robot icon turns bright green when it’s 2x time.

Never miss the 2x window again → https://t.co/oryxT3ZEFa

[Claude @claudeai]

A small thank you to everyone using Claude: We’re doubling usage outside our peak hours for the next two weeks.

[Travis Akers 🇺🇸 @travisakers]

My thoughts are with everyone in Savannah tomorrow. #IYKYK

[Paul Truesdell, II @pgtruesdell]

Why are multi-trillion $ companies ditching core engineering principles on their cash cows? The AI zealotry in Big Tech has become a straight-up FOMO induced psychosis.

[Lukasz Olejnik @lukOlejnik]

Amazon is holding a mandatory meeting about AI breaking its systems. The official framing is "part of normal business." The briefing note describes a trend of incidents with "high blast radius" caused by "Gen-AI assisted changes" for which "best practices and safeguards are not yet fully established." Translation to human language: we gave AI to engineers and things keep breaking?
The response for now? Junior and mid-level engineers can no longer push AI-assisted code without a senior signing off. AWS spent 13 hours recovering after its own AI coding tool, asked to make some changes, decided instead to delete and recreate the environment (the software equivalent of fixing a leaky tap by knocking down the wall). Amazon called that an "extremely limited event" (the affected tool served customers in mainland China).

[Dan Nystedt @dnystedt]

Great explainer on how chips work and industry basics

[JC Foster @forestmanjohn]

3 months ago, I quit my job to chase a dream: to build an affordable, convenient, plastic-free coffee maker.

Grateful for everyone who has reserved ❤️

https://t.co/jxDgAirVsd

[SGM Mike Vining @ Blasting Through Official @BlastingThrough]

Never be envious of success. Learn from it.

[Mike's Weather Page @tropicalupdate]

Welcome to Florida!

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

This happens a lot

[Robert F. Kennedy Jr @RobertKennedyJr]

Caution! Do not take dietary advice from this guy

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

they put polo bear on ozempic 😔

[Paul Truesdell, II @pgtruesdell]

Famous for a reason. @TerryBlacks_BBQ

[Frank de Jonge @frankdejonge]

AI is great because it can generate code for you that almost works. This allows you to remove all of the bad feelings of creating something new and exciting. Instead you can focus on the true joys of programming, debugging broken code somebody else (or thing) wrote.

[Tobias_Petry.sql @tobias_petry]

The current state of my twitter "For You" feed...

[Mohamed Said @themsaid]

I know this is the opposite of what many people think, but if I were working at Twitter I would be excited by this direction.

Being engineering-driven under someone who put people into orbit and landed rockets back on earth would be a great experience.

[Pierre de Wulf @PierreDeWulf]

DallE is amazing!

"build a SaaS, with random product option, nice UI, complicated offer, aggressive upsell, and exorbitant pricing"