Rob Clark

WordPress developer, caffeine addict. Occasional gamer (YouTube: FirebasePrime)

[Rob Clark @robclark]

This is actually a pretty solid, nuanced take. For development, models like Opus and Fable have reached a point where not using them to accelerate dev is a huge disadvantage. In terms of how that’s impacted my workload and job, it hasn’t led to an abundance of free time or made me replaceable. Now, I just have a lot more time to really go into the weeds when writing dev specs and design docs, leading to an overall much more intentional, stable end product, because now I can focus on the overall picture instead of getting caught up in niche dev problem after dev problem.

It is worth pointing out, however, that AI for code is an entirely different beast compared to artwork, video, and music. For code, AI is trained largely on open source codebases and doesn’t require nearly as much energy per prompt compared to media applications. For generating media, you run into far more concerns with AI training on copyrighted work and using substantially more energy to generate content. So yeah, AI isn’t just one thing or application. It’s a bunch of things with varying ethical and environmental concerns. And that nuance is worth keeping in mind, as it’s what enables productive conversations around the technology to take place.

[Rob Clark @robclark]

@tapedrone Major freakin’ props.

[Rob Clark @robclark]

Alongside a slew of UX-focused fixes for Method (which now has extensive, completely up-to-date documentation at https://t.co/rar0L6uxCE), I’m starting work on a suite of interconnected tools for nonprofit and activism orgs, which I’m really looking forward to sharing more about soon.

[AJHalliwell @AJHalliwell]

Dan Curry guidance on how stars should move in windows across the Enterprise. #StarTrekTNG

[Rob Clark @robclark]

@Da7_Tech Its real, and even on Intel Macs, it takes a lot of pain out of installing Linux on Mac (ex: the kernel comes prepatched to account for hybrid GPU annoyances that otherwise initially require nomodeset bs to even see the OS, as well as wifi fixes, etc)

[Rob Clark @robclark]

Coming to the sobering realization that AI is largely turning dev work into technical writing. I hate technical writing, at least as it applies to dev specs, though I'm willing to concede that it could partially be due to not entirely trusting AI to fill in the gaps, thus leading to ridiculous degrees of detail around UX and user flows. But still, pain.

[Cathy Reisenwitz @CathyReisenwitz]

Do NOT date men who don’t have close female friends

[Rob Clark @robclark]

@danielhayesmith @omarchy The screenshots from their site also led me to setting up a perpetual btop terminal window on my Mac desktops…because hacker aesthetics

[Rob Clark @robclark]

@danielhayesmith @omarchy I recently installed it on an old iMac at work to use for internal DevOps stuff…solid distribution, also comes with fixes that otherwise Mac installing Linux on Intel Mac hardware with specific graphics cards a freaking nightmare otherwise

[Cathy Reisenwitz @CathyReisenwitz]

This is the spirit

[Rob Clark @robclark]

@jaubreyYT @tedcruz Unfortunately, some people are.

[Rob Clark @robclark]

@WarrenLNaida Whats good for the citizenry isn't always good for maximizing shareholder value, and investors are fickle children that freak out when there isn't something shiny to chase or throw money at.

[Rob Clark @robclark]

I have no issue with him being Jewish whatsoever. More power to him. I do have issue with him being a spineless, ineffective leader who only appears to be interested in protecting the establishment and botches every opportunity we have. It’s maddening, and his inaction is a major source of disenchantment with the Democratic Party. Why would anyone be excited about voting for a party when its leadership is so happy to take L after L?

[Rob Clark @robclark]

I clearly missed the state memo.

[RobertRamsay @RobertRamspcxi]

Each US state's most disproportionately popular kink on Fetlife

[Rob Clark @robclark]

@fibrealex Yeah, she's freakin' awesome. Also some of the best campaigning I've ever encountered. She's the only candidate I've ever seen promoting herself and reminding people to vote at a rave.

[PaulleyTicks @PaulleyTicks]

For whom the bell tolls...

[Rob Clark @robclark]

Elder millennial maxxing

[✭King Yunn✭ @KingYunn1]

Dropbox nudes is crazy but ….generational

[Rob Clark @robclark]

Pfffffffffff

[CONSEQUENCE @consequence]

congrats @ossoff , but also...

[Rob Clark @robclark]

"It's actually happening"

It almost certainly is not.