James Carr

The two rules of software development: - Up-front thinking is Waterfall; we can only learn by shipping - There's no room on the roadmap for rework, so everything needs to be done right the first time Bosses love AI because they think it can give them up-front certainty on the cheap. But it can't.

⚗️ Elixir Tip #34 - Parsing options ⚗️ The Elixir standard library offers a convenient way of parsing CLI arguments and casting them to the appropriate types. #ElixirLang #Erlang #Livebook

With the launch of iOS 27, Apple is rolling out a variety of new AI features to Siri. But how are AI tools like these handling our data? Find out more with our latest issue of EFFector: www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

My Current Agentic Development Environment: Orca + Oh My Pi james-carr.org/posts/2026-0...

Too much AI slop in your writing as a performance review feedback item.

New blog post: Claim Checks at Scale: Stop Letting Every Consumer Talk to S3 james-carr.org/posts/2026-0...

New cyberpunk themed blog design is up! james-carr.org

I predict at some point after the first week of August we will see McConnell lie in state in the rotunda while the news runs 24/7 puff pieces about what a great-partisan statesman he was 🤮

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Check is in the mail. Now more than ever we need to fight mass surveillance

I often wonder what goes through dog’s minds as they observe the world with curiosity.

When you go too far down the YouTube rabbit hole: “Mr. Beast is What Karl Marx Warned Is About” youtu.be/-Hv-be_KdE0?...

New Blog Post: Agent Memory Systems This is just a plain explanation of the differences between memory blocks, files & skills, and how to implement them I wanted a link I could easily send people, now I have it timkellogg.me/blog/2026/04...

This meme will never stop being funny #startrek

America is a disgrace. Just label anyone narco terrorists while indiscriminately bombing innocents. As we always have done

“A network of inauthentic YouTube channels posing as Albertan voices is spreading misleading content about separation and U.S. annexation, reaching tens of millions of viewers, according to a new report.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

Those who know, know that Palantir’s tech is absolute shit. Yet they rake in billions. What gives?

Okay CTA. This is a good sign.

Tonight’s For All Mankind Episode was exactly what I needed.

Nothing says "guilty as hell" like randomly holding a press conference that nobody was asking for and insisting that you're innocent.

AWS launches S3 Files, a new feature that adds native NFS file system access to S3 buckets, letting compute resources read, write, and edit data stored in S3.

Wow… Reddit is kinda worthless now

The most annoying form of propaganda comes from the left in the style of “we got him this time!” headlines. I hate it.

Lights Out is about an alternate reality where Ilya couldn’t control her mutant ability and became a prisoner of Darkchilde

Heading to a protest this weekend? We’ve got resources for you. 🧵 (1/7)

No "sober" man has ever been this high, not even George W. Bush.

Visiting Hannibal and saw an ad for a company with a great name: Bark Twain Pet Sitting

Blind is an app you can use to link up with others working in tech who are griping non-stop, encouraging you to join in on the pity party.

🌆 The Elixir community is meeting in Chicago. A city known for bold architecture, great food, and a thriving tech scene. Come for the talks. Stay for the hallway conversations, lakefront walks, and deep-dish debates about Elixir. 🎤 Call for Talks open 📅 September 9-11 elixirconf.com

🚨 New Blog Post 🚨 I wrote up a small blog post about how I built my devcontainer for #ElixirLang and how I made it safer to run Claude in YOLO mode inside of it: peterullrich.com/a-devcontain...

Does anyone know how those “Dad, what were you like in the 90s?” Viral reels are another psyop to expand surveillance and control wide swaths of the population?

Fragments: code review isn't just catching bugs, what role for observability in agentic programming, what we lose with GPS over maps martinfowler.com/fragments/20...

SurePath AI launches MCP Policy Controls to help enterprises govern Model Context Protocol servers, block risky tools, and prevent AI-driven data exfiltration in real time.

Search your camera roll for “Hell”

NanoClaw isolates each AI agent in its own Docker container, offering a more secure alternative to OpenClaw. Here's how to set it up with Claude and Slack.

Elixir LangChain v0.6.2 instructions for using the new experimental ChatReqLLM module: hexdocs.pm/langchain/0....

Check your investment portfolio. This insidious company has snaked its way into everyone’s portfolio. Divest.

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About sums things up

The call for talks for #ElixirConf Chicago (September 10-11) is out! Now to put together some proposals... elixirconf.com #ElixirLang

🔗 Everything I was lied to about Node.js came true with Elixir #ElixirLang #frontend #javascript #reading-list

Something that I realized today: my middle school guidance counselor checks in on me once a week since my mother entered the hospital and passed away, just to see how I’m doing. It’s wasn’t forge the care we receive growing up and how those people still care for us, decades later

OH: This pull request is steeped in illuminati and masonic symbolism.

Twenty four days…

How my dog likes to sleep