Lukas Werner

hosting almost anything rn

I love fall! Just please Oregon stop having such wild weather shifts.

Current motto: "null bock" aka no interest/motivation

Welcome to fall!

"Are you selling me a solution or a dependency?" is a question I think more people should ask.

It is now trivial to produce incredibly powerful hardware that barely uses any energy. I now know I could do my entire workflow on a Macbook Neo with barely a sacrifice. That reality means these companies can no longer grow unless they come up with a reason to use lots of compute. Oh. Right.

man all these macbook neo competitors would be kick a** with a lightweight linux distro

"A.I.’s real strength may be to make many new things that play a more moderate, specific role: reducing sources of small friction that otherwise stack up in our lives." I'm sorry this is just software brain. To quote @reckless.bsky.social, the people do not yearn for automation.

"For a while, I must admit, it looked as if software developer roles like mine were done for. [...] But our industry is slowly realizing that making truly cutting-edge software still requires humans to think and work together, to maximize their skill sets and to practice their respective crafts."

The iPhone Duo really highlights the value of hardware-software co-design!

"Can we start working on soulless meat that can't feel pain instead of computers that can?" — @hankgreen.bsky.social, an hour ago at the Colorado School of Mines (paraphrased)

Let winter stay wintery! www.opb.org/article/2026...

I have yet to find another browser quite like Arc

I have a new rule: when something is advertised to me more than twice on a social platform, I will never buy it.

Finally getting around to fixing my Kinesis Advantage 2, somehow when I switched out the switches I broke the original PCBs. I'm now replacing it with one that I can debug. github.com/fomichev/kin...

I wish I could tell myself there isn't a platonic ideal of software engineering methodologies. That there is more than one way of doing things that is Good™.

Star Trek captains are great role models for technology governance. They see a harmful technology and… don't use it. They see a technology that can be harmful and… develop policies for themselves for how to use it responsibly.

You know what's rage bait? Canvas grading announcements. 'Your assignment was graded' but they won't tell you the grade without opening the slow app

writing code can make you a good programmer . deleting code is what makes you a great programmer

i knew chatgpt was engagement bait-y, but now claude too?

They stole over 3 TB of data from Canvas but 2 TB is just required syllabus language copied from a university website.

Tip 💡 You can build a Kagi Lens for shopping that only pulls from specific sources you want to support, like independent stores and small businesses. Put your money where your values are.

Now I understand why Germans rave about 'standardized stairs'

Keep it private! We’re adding more ways to connect with other Atmosphere apps. You can now launch Germ’s E2E encrypted messaging from Bluesky profiles. Check out @germnetwork.com for more.

"I went on Amazon and bought one of the cheapest, smallest DVD players available," our Wirecutter expert writes. "It was the best purchase I made in all of 2025." nyti.ms/4tILQ82

"Mario points out that, unlike humans, agents don’t retain lessons in the same way, nor feel the pain of bad code ... In this way, a junior engineer is more valuable than an AI agent!" gold from the @pragmaticengineer.com

Now I get how non-runners feel about starting to run

Someone recently told me that their sister's grades improved by a whole letter when they started using Harper. Warm fuzzy feelings all around.

computer science is now officially a dying breed at colleges

holy smokes jj really just saved my butt. i accidentally deleted a file that was not properly tracked. but because of the evolog i was able to recover the file

Shoot do I have "Terminal Software Brain"?

As @davidpierce.xyz keeps saying, AI is fundamentally enterprise tech! I am convinced shoving it onto consumers without actually-great products is like forcing everyone to really really consider the consequences of giving SAP first-strike capabilities

From my inbox Wrong: Most AI coding output is not mediocre because the tool was not well co figured: It’s mediocre because most code out in the open IS mediocre, and (most importantly) most devs don’t know how to write high quality code. And this was true even before AI!!

huh, just realized that the copilot button on windows is an instant fail button for exams

Take back your writing with writewithharper.com

I have a love hate relationship with running in spring. I'm always sneezing 🤧

im confused why are companies proclaiming something is a bubble when there is competition in the market?

this is why data ownership (and sovereignty) is crucial! www.theverge.com/news/867244/...

"I want it to be more like a Swatch than a Rolex. I want it to be a little bit more fun, casual, playful, and plasticky." - techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/p... i have never feel so seen about my pebble!

glad to be back on arc (bugs and all)

i hate managing browser windows. so i guess im going back on arc browser. using anything else feels like going backwards

I'm making some progress!

I love using my dumb phone! I figured that because most people don't really share long term use reviews I might as well share my experience switching over after 6 months. lukaswerner.com/post/2025-12...

i recently found out that i'm a stock photo on pinterest for child cellist... it was a weird feeling to say the least