Stefán Jökull Sigurðarson

Microsoft MVP, Code Wrangler/Chief Iceberg Rider and Employee 1.0 @haveibeenpwned, @dotnetfdn member, @[email protected]. He/him

[Stefán Jökull Sigurðarson @stebets]

It’s official now. I’ll be joining @troyhunt and @Charlotte_Hunt_ later this summer, working full time for @haveibeenpwned!Really excited about this awesome opportunity and I’m very much looking forward to it! 🥳

[Troy Hunt @troyhunt]

Massive day for @Charlotte_Hunt_ and I today as we welcome our first ever *proper* @haveibeenpwned employee: @stebets https://t.co/h9A3gnLYO2

[Stefán Jökull Sigurðarson @stebets]

@BergvikJohnny @github That is awesome actually. Bad example on my part :)

[Stefán Jökull Sigurðarson @stebets]

Current status after less then 24 hours of GitHub Copilot usage (Pro subscription) with the new usage-based billing. I haven't even done any really complex work yet.... I have a feeling I'll be going somewhere else pretty soon. Been using GPT 5.4 today.

[Hayden Barnes @unixterminal]

The Windows developer experience team wrote the grep implementation in uutils. Everything is being contributed upstream. https://t.co/TbWqoMuuze

[Stefán Jökull Sigurðarson @stebets]

@himbohausewife @Karim_cachi @BergvikJohnny @github Yeah I knew it was bound to happen, but I did expect the price ramp-up to be a bit more smooth than this.

[Stefán Jökull Sigurðarson @stebets]

@kurkosdr @BergvikJohnny @github @edzitron Pretty sure currently it'd be a lot more than I can afford :) let's see what the future brings. I'm certain that we'll be seeing properly commercialized, consumer-targeted dedicated AI hardware before too long.

[Stefán Jökull Sigurðarson @stebets]

I have no doubt Claude and Codex will do the same eventually. I have a feeling the only way to "solve" this is powerful enough local-AI engines that can run something like the current latest Anthropic and OpenAI models. That's some years away though I'm afraid. These devices will no doubt be the next "graphics cards" along with the investment needed to get one.

[Wiesław Šoltés @wieslawsoltes]

This was nice rider GitHub Copilot but having basically one working day of usage for such price is just not acceptable, time to move on.

[Stefán Jökull Sigurðarson @stebets]

@kurkosdr @BergvikJohnny @github We knew it was subsidized. But going from X to X*30 in cost is not a price "bump". It's a rug pull. That's why unless Microsoft/GitHub come up with a game changer very soon (looking at Build), people will be moving en-masse to Claude/Codex instead.

[Stefán Jökull Sigurðarson @stebets]

@himbohausewife @Karim_cachi @BergvikJohnny @github That’s certainly what it feels like…

[Stefán Jökull Sigurðarson @stebets]

@Karim_cachi @BergvikJohnny @github Of course it is. I'd suggest everyone walk/bike to work rather than drive. But that wasn't the point...

The point was, I had a tool that helped me do my job faster. I can certainly do it without it, bit it takes longer. That tool used to cost X to use. Now it costs X * 30.

[Stefán Jökull Sigurðarson @stebets]

@pierceboggan @its_just_chen How many AI credits did it cost you to ask it? 😇

[Stefán Jökull Sigurðarson @stebets]

@BergvikJohnny @github Oh I know how to code, don't worry about that. I just like to work faster. Why don't you walk to work/bike instead of drive?

[Stefán Jökull Sigurðarson @stebets]

@DestroyedVaran I'm not dependent on anything but my SDK. I do like to deliver the same amount of work faster though.

[Stefán Jökull Sigurðarson @stebets]

@DestroyedVaran I have been a professional coder for 26 years. I know how to code. I just code faster with AI. I'm just whining about GitHub's price increase which is absurd.

[Stefán Jökull Sigurðarson @stebets]

@GamewithDave

[Stefán Jökull Sigurðarson @stebets]

@NVIDIAGeForce #RTXOn seems like a good deal…

[Stefán Jökull Sigurðarson @stebets]

@sinclairinat0r I’ll finish my quota in 3-4 days I expect. I never finished it before the change :(

[Stefán Jökull Sigurðarson @stebets]

Current status after less then 24 hours of GitHub Copilot usage (Pro subscription) with the new usage-based billing. I haven't even done any really complex work yet.... I have a feeling I'll be going somewhere else pretty soon. Been using GPT 5.4 today.

[Stefán Jökull Sigurðarson @stebets]

@sinclairinat0r Same here. Pro Plan, nothing really complex or time consuming done today, GPT 5.4 and I’m at 21% and I haven’t worked a full day.

[Konrad Kokosa @konradkokosa]

What's better than writing a book about GC? Writing a GC! I am excited to share that I've joined Microsoft as Principal Software Engineer, to work on the evolution of the .NET Garbage Collector and in general the future of the .NET runtime. Stay tuned for much more!

After my two-year detour into agentic AI, and my deep .NET background, I find it a perfect match for today's evolution of .NET and serving heavy AI workloads. The intersection of AI with low-level programming and hardware-aware algorithms is a great place to be. Not to mention AI-assisted work and engineering is already deep in my heart.
#dotnet 💜

[Stefán Jökull Sigurðarson @stebets]

I’m with Kelly here. The consumer buying these devices has no idea of the difference in ARM licensing vs. architecture. To them these are ARM devices and the consumer will compare them as such. This machine will be benchmarked against the latest laptops in it’s price/size bracket and judged on that as well.