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Former spring chicken. Architect/Dev. Mulesoft Hackathon champion 2020. All gone Pete Tong 😎

[pat @pohora]

Its official, I am the 2020 Mulesoft Hackathon champion! It was a fun event in November (to pass away a Lockdown) with my Alexa Covid symptom checker and info project. https://t.co/XfmclEfvu3 #mulesoftdevelopers

[AJ’s AI @AJs_AI]

This is the first WWDC I didn’t watch.

Just judging from the Twitter-sphere, it was an 93 minutes saved.

Who the hell opens day 1 of your flagship conference talking about corner padding 🤦‍♂️

#WWDC25

[Henry Shi @henrythe9ths]

There's a shocking fact about AI that nobody tells you: You can catch up to the public AI research frontier in just 2 weeks. Yes, really.

I've built a $150M annual revenue startup over the last 8 years and If I were to start a company today, I’d drop everything and go all-in on AI.

But like many busy software builders, I felt lost—overwhelmed by the noisy, crowded and fast-moving modern AI landscape. And I wasn’t alone.

So I spent my entire holiday diving deep into AI research—reading 30+ papers, watching hours of lectures, analyzing trends, and catching up to the research frontier.

✨ Here’s what I learned:
- You don’t need months (or years) to catch up.
- You don’t need a PhD or decades of ML experience.
- You need fewer than 20 papers and 2 weeks to understand the major breakthroughs shaping AI today.

It's because the technology is extremely nascent and most techniques that came before are no longer relevant:
- ChatGPT is barely 2 years old and Transformers are only 7 years old.
- Most game-changing discoveries happened within the last 4 years, driven by a few breakthrough ideas, scaling laws, and efficient matrix multiplication.

The biggest secret?
Many groundbreaking AI papers with thousands of citations are surprisingly simple and applied, like adding "let's think step by step" to the prompt, or simply asking the LLM over and over again to improve its answer (Self-Refine).

I realized there are tons of founders and builders in the same boat—wanting to dive deeper into AI but unsure where to start.

I've created an essential AI Guide that helped me catch up, in just 2 weeks, to the frontier of public AI research to figure out where the next opportunities and gaps were:
- Curated list of only the most important papers
- Simple explanations of key concepts
- Clear pathway to understanding the frontier of modern AI

It’s perfect for:
- Founders expanding into AI
- Builders wanting to innovate at the frontier of AI
- Investors looking to separate the signal from the noise

👇 Want the full guide?
- Like and Share this post
- Comment "AI Guide"
- I'll send you the complete guide

(ps, I’m also teaming up with @VishalVasishth, co-founder of @obviousvc with @ev (focused on large-scale societal impact companies like Twitter, Medium, Beyond Meat), to host a small meetup to discuss what's working and needs to be solved in the AI stack in SF. Message me if you're interested)

[pat @pohora]

@henrythe9ths AI Guide plz

[pat @pohora]

Really nice day yesterday with #ourkidscode at the TUS campus in Thurles. Lots of fun building lego robots, stem and some coding. Great to see these supports and opportunities for the next generation !

[pat @pohora]

Hi @VodafoneIreland is there anyone picking the phone up at 1907? Was on hold twice yesterday afternoon (57min and 39min wait) before giving up. Im currently 10mins on hold this morning,but no indication im the Q....

[pat @pohora]

@Niall_Boylan Big fan Niall, but I disagree with your take.Just like a Petrol car wont suit some (ie your a high mileage driver) vs diesel , the same applies to EVs. You need to right size it to your situation. Ensure EV can do the distance you need. Home charging setup.Its not for everyone.

[pat @pohora]

We were lucky to meet some of the Mission Psyche team at Kennedy Space Center and learn about the 6 year trip!

[pat @pohora]

Keeping one eye on #stormagnes this morning

[pat @pohora]

I can't wait...

[pat @pohora]

Good 'ol disaster that is @eir @eircare 3rd month into new contract, and bill has randomly(?) increased. Ring support to enquire monday morning, and call center is closed for staff training 🤷‍♂️

[Cook Medical Limerick @CookMedLimerick]

We're delighted to support Milford Care Centre’s Christmas campaign, Light up a Memory, one of their most important fundraisers, which allows people to remember loved ones by sponsoring a light on the tree. If you would like to donate you can do so here - https://t.co/SSPstDI2Pb

[pat @pohora]

Thankfully you can mute @elonmusk

[pat @pohora]

WTAF...over 14k a month rent for a Dublin apartment. #mindboggles

[pat @pohora]

Down in the Kingdom to support the outlaws in the All Ireland 😂

[pat @pohora]

@entromp @Ultimate_XR This looks great. What do you think @JamesCorbett

[pat @pohora]

@elonmusk Not shown to right: The OVEN

[Netflix @netflix]

Love, Death + Robots Volume 3 ❤️ 💀 🤖 TOMORROW

[Pat @patphelan]

I cannot understand how we accept this?
It's just beyond me
€2 million a year ring-fenced to Trinity from the health department who had no knowledge of this and Tony Houlihan guaranteed any pay rises to match successor
Lessons learnt @MichealMartinTD
https://t.co/tx3k7cBN8X

[Matt Cooper @cooper_m]

This is going to cause ructions for the BBC 🤣🤣🤣

[pat @pohora]

Wow really disappointed with @LetsGetChecked . Two tests 'lost' in labs due to system upgrade. This does not feel like the future of Healthcare!