Random Libertarian Tech Lead

Shipping to prod in a $100M+ ARR unicorn startup w/ local AI.

4x DGX Spark (GLM 5.3 Flash), 1x M5 Max 128GB (Qwen 3.8 Flash Next), 1x RTX 5090 (Qwen 3.8 27B).

[Random Libertarian Tech Lead @someRandomDev5]

@Deepusleepy @theo Who are you even replying to

[Random Libertarian Tech Lead @someRandomDev5]

@madmaxbr5 @nateberkopec There are many things to say about this but one of them is that intent does not necessarily mean product intent. It can mean engineering intent.

[Random Libertarian Tech Lead @someRandomDev5]

Every spec I've seen has been a combination of a mini PRD, a mini RFC, and an implementation coordination checklist.

It includes the description of the problem (including a number of references), a description of the chosen solution (alongside justifications for that decision), and something that can keep track of the state of long-running tasks.

[Random Libertarian Tech Lead @someRandomDev5]

An app can be a rich medium to express your meaning for sure. But an app in and of itself only explains what you actually did rather than what you meant to do. Usually including descriptions of your purpose, intent, and reasoning helps fill in the gaps where something is ambiguous or something in your mini app might seem to be conflicting.

[Random Libertarian Tech Lead @someRandomDev5]

@madmaxbr5 @nateberkopec This is a perfect example of how we have people talking past each other. Some people think the spec describes the problem while others think the spec describes the solution. People are talking about entirely different things while assuming they are discussing the same thing.

[sdfgeoff @sdfgeoff]

@nateberkopec There is not even a spec. There is a problem to be solved. The spec is an articulation of a solution.

[Random Libertarian Tech Lead @someRandomDev5]

@madmaxbr5 @nateberkopec This assumes that the code itself is always a perfect expression of intent, but because bugs exist, we know that not to be true.

[Random Libertarian Tech Lead @someRandomDev5]

@valigo @ipsumessepurum One of my favorite things about working in software dev btw is that my peers skew toward being "thinkers" rather than "knowers".

I can't stand "IT guys" because their job skews in the opposite direction. Pure memorization.

[Random Libertarian Tech Lead @someRandomDev5]

@valigo @ipsumessepurum Pseudointellectuals are annoying w/ the "random trivia drop" as an "appeal to authority" tactic.

It's a weak and dishonest shortcut. But midwits don't know any better, b/c they've gone their entire lives simply acquiring others' knowledge and repeating it rather than thinking.

[Random Libertarian Tech Lead @someRandomDev5]

@omarvvvr In case you haven't seen the viral clip yet:

https://t.co/w2daxDIDnI

[Rust Bytes 🦀 @rustaceans_rs]

"I love Rust! Rust is amazing ...if you never, ever, EVER have to look at it yourself."
@dhh

[Random Libertarian Tech Lead @someRandomDev5]

@omarvvvr Rust is an unproductive language for humans writing code by hand, because it's tedious and a pain in the ass.

The only people who used it were basement-dwellers whose time and attention were worthless.

But Rust makes AI write better code b/c it's tedious and a pain in the ass.

[Random Libertarian Tech Lead @someRandomDev5]

@valigo Probably ~80% of online arguments are secretly just disagreements on the meanings of terms.

[Random Libertarian Tech Lead @someRandomDev5]

@valigo Trying to establish the equivalence of two things when you're unsure of the essence of either is essentially impossible, and anything you say about it is usually purely semantic without any meaningful/consequential substance.

[Random Libertarian Tech Lead @someRandomDev5]

Thank god it's obvious to 99.9999% of us that we can just point and laugh at these people (and then just ignore them).

[Random Libertarian Tech Lead @someRandomDev5]

The rare kind of person you can only find online, because they're so loud here, but you never see in person (because they essentially do not exist, like 0.000001% of the population or less).

[Ella O.D.D. 🪼 @Odd_Designz]

I refuse to believe these people are real.

None of them are educated, because obviously this IS still GenAI??

And we dont want anybody using GenAI AT ALL. IT DOESNT MATTER WHAT TASKS ITS FOR. IT DOES NOT MATTER IF ITS "MUNDANE" WE DO NOT WANT IT USED AT ALL.

[Random Libertarian Tech Lead @someRandomDev5]

Reminds me of:

https://t.co/PryZpVn8gM

[Peter J. Hasson @peterjhasson]

half the journos on twitter: "defund the police actually doesn't mean defund the police"

protest leader: "we don't want no more police. It's that clear."

[Random Libertarian Tech Lead @someRandomDev5]

@supahvee1234 As usual, the more time you spend involving yourself in niche stuff, the more weirdos you will encounter. Weirdos are drawn to odd niche stuff like a fly in the dark is drawn to a light. This is the #1 crusade for weirdos right now. It comes with the territory, unfortunately.

[Random Libertarian Tech Lead @someRandomDev5]

@jakeharrisdev @majewskizby Mine is faster than that, and this one is faster than mine:

https://t.co/neQIBmcglc

[patrick moorhead @Picomoorhead]

UPDATE: 90/139TPS on single stream DeepSeek V4.1 Flash on 4x DGX Spark, open source!

C1 - 90 tok/s chat 139 tok/s code

368 tok/s at 16 users

1M context
10k tok/s prefill

image support is live too! lets gooo

https://t.co/GGxOcMgOZP

[Random Libertarian Tech Lead @someRandomDev5]

@kyletruong @taycaldwell Regardless of the accuracy of the claim itself, TypeScript is not a product.

[Random Libertarian Tech Lead @someRandomDev5]

@0xSero @mobilekjk It's definitely real. You might skew towards a little bit of a communist "post money psychosis" if you keep receiving too many handouts though.

Pretending money isn't real is like pretending NFTs were ever worth anything.

[0xSero @0xSero]

Guys I can’t believe it.

I got another 10,000$ donation!

We are at 25,000$ cash and 50k+ in compute credits. I can’t believe this generosity makes my heart melt.

This whole journey has made me so grateful and was humbling