Yoav Rubin

Dad, husband, software engineer, neuroscientist wannabe

[Yoav Rubin @yoavrubin]

3 years ago @gvwilson asked me what can I do with 500 LOC,I said a database in #Clojure,yadayadayada,the book is out https://t.co/W81GW0rhAy

[AOSA @aosabook]

Our 4th AOSA book "500 Lines or Less" is out! Read for free on web, or buy from @luludotcom: https://t.co/P5besaU2Fh

[Yoav Rubin @yoavrubin]

Didn't know that there are others like me

[Cassie Kozyrkov @decisionleader]

I'll go first. When I was 5, used to love acting this scene in full to anyone who would listen (in horror?). No one was surprised when I became a statistician.

Embarrassed to admit:
I can still recite most of it.

https://t.co/sj3XctXed9

[Yoav Rubin @yoavrubin]

"A Thousand Brains" by @JeffCHawkins on the work done in @Numenta. Really had to get through because every minute you need to stop and absorb a new and brilliant idea (my favorite - voting by cortical columns). A spectacular book about neuroscience, AI, and intelligence.

[Yoav Rubin @yoavrubin]

"Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid". Wow. Just Wow. Logic, math, molecular biology, arts, neuroscience, computer science, AI. All combined together to hypothesize what intelligence is and how it works. Even @numenta's HTM and SDR are echoed there. #spectacular

[Yoav Rubin @yoavrubin]

Binged on @mkonnikova's books, exploring different perspectives on human vulnerabilities. From addressing these by fictional character in "Mastermind", through exploiting them by con artists in "The Confidence Game" to overcoming them by the author herself in "The biggest Bluff"

[Yoav Rubin @yoavrubin]

Unknowable unknowns -
"you didn't know that you didn't know that you didn't have a process for finding out that there is going to be this"

I didn't know about these.

[Kevlin Henney @KevlinHenney]

Why You Can't Prioritise by Business Value

Slides and video for my Pecha Kucha (lightning talk with 20 seconds/slide × 20 slides) on why it's not possible to prioritise by business value, presented online at OOP 2021

https://t.co/GHL5ezTAip
https://t.co/Q2yjXbqr11

[Yoav Rubin @yoavrubin]

Deriving syntax from semantics - science
Creating semantics out of syntax - engineering
Building syntax out of syntax - crafts
Creating semantics out of semantics - art

[Daniel Szmulewicz / @[email protected] @danielszmu]

@pesterhazy I can't help but mentioning @yoavrubin's stunt here. Since he couldn't get to the source code, he set out to write it himself in 500 lines of code.
The brilliant intellectual exercise was published in a book called... "500 Lines or Less".

https://t.co/b8OEuqz2Z4

[Yoav Rubin @yoavrubin]

@pembleton Avoiding abstractions - using your current vocabulary.
Using abstractions that weren't on your vocab - a process of learning and creating new knowledge (e.g., which ones to use or how to properly use them). Isn't it exploiting your knowledge vs exploring for new?

[Yoav Rubin @yoavrubin]

@TK_HelpDesk I still got the same exact answer stating that this is the policy. The policy was designed for standard times with no global pandemic in mind. These are not standard times. Your policy puts @TurkishAirlines passengers at risk.

[Yoav Rubin @yoavrubin]

@Grady_Booch AI is just a software that was developed by software, and not by people.

[Yoav Rubin @yoavrubin]

Software engineering interviews should not include coding
https://t.co/oXnCUPOkh3

[Sam Jarman @samjarman]

Please quote this tweet with your most controversial opinion about software development

[The Frontier Podcast @TheFrontierPod]

In this episode, @yoavrubin talks with Ledge about how #AI, like other technologies, is being democratized through services like #Azure AI such that any developer can take advantage of them.

https://t.co/reUsOekUJf

[The Frontier Podcast @TheFrontierPod]

“AI for everyone, AI ethics, and problem solving” with @yoavrubin

https://t.co/rhGZWPapwu

[The Frontier Podcast @TheFrontierPod]

In this episode, Yoav talks with Ledge about how AI, like other technologies, is being democratized through services like Azure AI such that any developer can take advantage of them.

@yoavrubin
https://t.co/zxWVazmXeD

[Yoav Rubin @yoavrubin]

@yudapearl Will certainly read it!