David Kobia

Software developers are conflicted about ceding control of software development to LLMs. There's a good middle ground where the LLMs help us solve problems faster, optimizing for outcomes because many of us lose sight of the actual goal when we get distracted by implementation details.

Very cool project supported by the French and German governments. Such efforts save tax payers money in the long run and benefit everyone. github.com/suitenumeriq...

If you've ridden an e-bike then you understand how cool something like this is: www.theverge.com/report/62435...

Vibe coding with Cursor is phenomenal. However, I can’t think of a time when unit tests were more important. I’ve noted occasional inconsistencies in large codebases where the context is pushed to the limit. It is not infallible.

I felt like such a boomer telling our Cursor devs that I'm still on Jetbrains products. I use ProxyAI and Copilot in the IDEs which brings it up to about the same level. Mostly I just like that Jetbrains is opinionated to the specific language and packaged with everything out of the box.

The advent of AI has a negative impact on the companies you'd expect - Stack Overflow, Quora, G2 etc. The very pleasant outcome is the rise of user generated content on Reddit and Substack. www.elenaverna.com/p/ai-is-kill...

Run DeepSeek R1 on AWS for ~$70k/month or run it on local with 2x H100 80GB… wild aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/de... unsloth.ai/blog/deepsee...

The Deepseek chain of thought is wonderful to see. I didn't realize how much I'd enjoy watching someone (something) really smart think through a problem.

Jim Farley does a great job explaining why legacy companies have such a hard time with software. TLDR: There's a multitude of modules in the car from suppliers each with their own software systems that don't talk to each other. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IhS...

Rails/Ruby are experiencing quite the renaissance. Solid Queue and Solid Cache are fantastic. Also applauding the effort to reduce software and infrastructure dependencies.

How am I just now finding out that apple magsafe chargers get firmware updates? The updates are automatically downloaded when the charger is connected to the iPhone and can take up to a week. What an intriguing simple device. Settings > General > About > Apple MagSafe Charger

Stytch (stytch.com) has such an interesting business model -- Target unhappy Auth0 customers. I suspect they'll do very well.

I discovered this gem of a website today. A chronological history map powered by wikipedia. www.oldmapsonline.org/en/history/r...

Astounding numbers. "Character.ai" users spend ~93 minutes daily with AI chatbots, 18 minutes longer than TikTok. As scary as this is, it is probably a bellwether of what's coming for the rest of us. Cue AI religion. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

I haven't been to Portland in years, but I'd go just to check out the beautiful wood construction of their new airport: design-milk.com/portland-air...

A pretty impressive new open source AI model from Google for accurate 15 day weather forecasting. Includes code, weights, and forecasts. deepmind.google/discover/blo...

Many people are wondering why Siri is not yet LLM enabled. This is why. Besides inference costs, hallucinations present a major liability concern for Apple. www.theverge.com/2024/6/11/24...

Nice work @simonwillison.net! Excellent use of an LLM. I spend quite a bit of time in SQLite and this is a nifty tool for analysis and query building.

@hankgreen.bsky.social's rant on Twitter/Threads is a great analysis of why those platforms suck for creators and why Bluesky is such a boon for news sites. www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4gh...

As Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman says, anything on the open web is fair use for AI training. Yes the firehose makes it easier but it’d happen anyway.

A reminder not to be too hard on your LLM this December. arstechnica.com/information-...

@aptshadow.bsky.social "Alien Clay" is both horrifying and phenomenal. Extra-terrestrial life patiently figuring how to bond with you on a molecular level makes for a deliciously unsettling take on first contact.

@bsky.app I’m sure it’s in the works but how will disinformation, misinformation and malinformation be handled once the honeymoon period is over? Community Notes feature?

💚 @jay.bsky.team Thank you to you and your team. Kentaro Toyama reminded us that Technology amplifies human intent. If we choose to evolve and embody progressive and constructive intent for our society, may it be reflected in our choice of platforms & our engagement with each other on Bluesky

At Knight, we’ve been closely watching the shift in how Americans get information. The latest Pew-Knight Initiative report reveals that almost 1 in 5 adults regularly get news from news influencers on social media. Swipe for key 🗝️ findings and read more here: kf.org/3CrnwlB @pewresearch.org

Who could possibly buy the Chrome brand from Google? Microsoft, maybe even Mozilla? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

I coached my sons under 7 soccer team and this article resonates. Lessons learned: 1. Getting down to their level is harder than it looks 2. Don't inject yours or their parents future expectations into their fun 3. After game snacks are a powerful motivator www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/w...

This week Google's "gemini-exp-1114" dethroned OpenAI's "gpt-4o" to become the best LLM model. Time, patience and money as they say. Meanwhile it looks like its time to get more creative: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The casio smart ring seems almost comical at first, a g-shock on your finger. I respect them for even making it. Someone will buy it. www.theverge.com/2024/11/15/2...

I'm geeking out on the fact that BlueSky migrated to using a single SQLite database per user. Absolutely fascinating architecture with a great writeup here: newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/bluesky