Tom De Leu

Software developer, technology enthusiast, father, chess player, traveller, runner, scuba diver.

[@levelsio @levelsio]

🇪🇺 Chat Control has passed 😔

They can and will now legally scan any person's messages, emails and photos you send without a warrant

The way they passed this law when the majority of the European Parliament was against it will shock you:

They waited until most EP members were on holiday so only a few were present and then created an "urgent" vote for it to pass it through

There's nothing democratic about any of it and big powerful forces are behind this that can manipulate the EU for whatever they want

Democracy in Europe died a bit today 😔

[Tom De Leu @tom_dl]

@github WTF - I had to check it wasn't April 1st

[Tom De Leu @tom_dl]

@DavidVII @jasonfried We have that here in Ghent, it’s called Books&Booze :)
https://t.co/QIaVziqwOm

[Alex Lieberman @businessbarista]

I stole this idea and now use it with every single employee.

It’s the best illustration I’ve seen of teaching someone to be high agency.

It says there are 5 levels of work:

Level 1: “There is a problem.”

Level 2: “There is a problem, and I’ve found some causes.”

Level 3: “Here’s the problem, here are some possible causes, and here are some possible solutions.”

Level 4: “Here’s the problem, here’s what I think caused it, here are some possible solutions, and here’s the one I think we should pick.”

Level 5: “I identified a problem, figured out what caused it, researched how to fix it, and I fixed it. Just wanted to keep you in the loop.”

Using this framework, here’s what I say to every new employee…

You will live at Level 4 from Day 1 and as we build trust you will rise to Level 5.

Being high agency doesn’t just mean tackling problems in this way. It means your entire way of working should be oriented to being a Level 4+ employee.

Plz feel free to steal it as well.

And ty @stephsmithio for the framework!

[Tom De Leu @tom_dl]

@mamboitaliano__ Been there, didn't do that (it's ridiculous)

[Peter H. Diamandis, MD @PeterDiamandis]

Pessimists sound smart. 

Optimists build the world.

[Tesla Europe, Middle East & Africa @teslaeurope]

FSD Supervised now approved in Belgium 🇧🇪

Rollout will begin soon

[Annick De Ridder @AnnickDeRidder]

De @Tesla community houdt hier al geruime tijd de vinger aan de pols over de toelating voor de FSD-technologie op onze Vlaamse en Belgische wegen.
Uit waardering voor jullie niet-aflatende interesse (en aanmoediging 😉), krijgen jullie hierbij de primeur: ik heb net de toelating getekend! 🚘

Deze beslissing gaat nu naar onze dienst homologatie, zij zullen @RDWnl op de hoogte brengen van de goedkeuring. Vlaanderen omarmt innovatie!

[Tom De Leu @tom_dl]

@stupidtechtakes Java is to Javascript as car is to carpet

[Tom De Leu @tom_dl]

@gregisenberg Bookmarks on X deserve a big upgrade. I want to be able to search them, ask Grok questions about them, surface important ones, summarize them, etc. A lot of options to make them way more valuable than today.
cc @nikitabier

[Tom De Leu @tom_dl]

@smetj @badlogicgames 😂

[Tom De Leu @tom_dl]

@lefthanddraft Rarely seen that. It's mostly:
Opus: <long explanation, plus solution>. Want me to do this?
Me: yes

[Boris Cherny @bcherny]

People often ask what my biggest tip is for getting the most out of Claude Code.

These days my #1 tip is: use auto mode

Auto mode means no more permission prompts. It is the key building block for multi-clauding: start a session, then while it runs, work on another session in parallel.

[Tom De Leu @tom_dl]

@Uber I got a promotion in my mailbox that sounded very interesting (50% off some rides), then read the small print: "Offer is valid in Dubrovnik only". What?! I live in Belgium, what use is this?
I used Uber in Dubrovnik on a trip before, but this makes no sense.

[Jediwolf @Jediwolf]

What happens when you post a real Monet and say it’s AI? The coolest art social experiment I’ve seen in a while. Thank you @SHL0MS

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

Idea: An anonymous “vote to end meeting” button on Teams where if 50% of people press it, the meeting ends immediately.

[Justin Skycak @justinskycak]

"Your lack of urgency is wasting your potential."

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Major life hack: Don't complain, ever. Nobody likes a complainer. They drain the energy of everyone around them. It's exhausting spending time around someone who constantly complains about things outside their control. If it’s within your control, go do something about it. If it’s not, you’re just wasting energy thinking about it. Complaining gives too much power to the thing. Take back that power.

[Tom De Leu @tom_dl]

@PalmerLuckey @elonmusk par for the course, The Verge publishes all kinds of nonsense articles. More activism than tech reporting.

[Tom De Leu @tom_dl]

@dhh @PalmerLuckey Oh wow. This reminds me of how I used to turn my Commodore 64 off and on again and it was instantly ready. Have missed that a lot. We need to bring more of this back.