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🤔 This slide struck me, while watching a video for a class. Link in the comments. Essentially, every failed endeavor I have been a part of — where the code was clean and the tests were passing — came down to this.
– "Are we building the *thing* right?" = Yes. Engineering made sure.
– "Are we building the *right* thing?" = Nobody actually checked.
Did the last part first. And the first part never.

3 views 🤔 This slide struck me, while watching a video for a class. Link in the comments. Essentially, every failed endeavor I have been a part of — where the code was clean and the tests were passing — came down to this. – "Are we building the *thing* right?" = Yes. Engineering made sure. – "Are we building the *right* thing?" = Nobody actually checked. Did the last part first. And the first part never.

📚 Story time: I will always look back fondly on my first writing endeavor. Ultimately, it looks good on a résumé: "I am a published author." That is about the only benefit I ever saw from the effort. Read on, if you are curious about the nothing-burger saga.
I have been getting letters like this lately, about various books I have contributed to over the years. As is common knowledge by now, Anthro

3 views 📚 Story time: I will always look back fondly on my first writing endeavor. Ultimately, it looks good on a résumé: "I am a published author." That is about the only benefit I ever saw from the effort. Read on, if you are curious about the nothing-burger saga. I have been getting letters like this lately, about various books I have contributed to over the years. As is common knowledge by now, Anthro

🤖 Pretty sure Honest Abe was talking about the importance of developing extensive Markdown plan files, instead of allowing an LLM to yolo-code based on a half-baked description.
> "Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe." — Abraham Lincoln
I think we as fallible humans tend to assume modern convenience has somehow removed or obviated the necessity

2 views 🤖 Pretty sure Honest Abe was talking about the importance of developing extensive Markdown plan files, instead of allowing an LLM to yolo-code based on a half-baked description. > "Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe." — Abraham Lincoln I think we as fallible humans tend to assume modern convenience has somehow removed or obviated the necessity

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Avg engagement / post

0.3%

Engagement vs followers

Nov 2022

On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: ⭐ Shared this post with coworkers in our hashtag-AI channel. Bel · 5 likes + reposts

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Posting cadence

0.63 / week

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Mostly text

Recent: 7 text · 4 image · 1 video.

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Follows 1.1K back. A more reciprocal / networked account.

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🔥 Top post ⭐ Shared this post with coworkers in our hashtag-AI channel. Below is the exhortation I wrote, encouraging people to hang onto their humanity. And attempt to remember (beyond a few hours at a time) what we are collectively working on together. ——— Good read. This is what it soun… ★ 5

Aforementioned video link. https://youtu.be/G8j815ryxr0

🤔 This slide struck me, while watching a video for a class. Link in the comments. Essentially, every failed endeavor I have been a part of — where the code was clean and the tests were passing — came down to this. – "Are we building the *t… ★ 3

▶ Tableau is so cool. For example, playing with filters to see… > "How much headcount was cut from restaurant employment by COVID-19 lockdowns?" Looks like Q2 of 2020 was roughly equivalent to Q4 of 1997. ——— Data source = US Bureau of Labor…

🤖 Pretty sure Honest Abe was talking about the importance of developing extensive Markdown plan files, instead of allowing an LLM to yolo-code based on a half-baked description. > "Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the… ★ 2 🍝 There are essentially two types of software companies. 1️⃣ Startups = Proverbially throwing spaghetti at the wall, hoping something will stick. Ideating, pivoting, attempting to disrupt others who are also frenetically flinging their own… ★ 3

📊 Not that anyone asked, but I had a blast learning a bit more about Tableau this semester for my MS in Digital Communication Analytics. I took the class DCAS 5361, which focused on data visualization. For my final project, I looked at var… 🐦 I think there is an opportunity for struggling AI tech startups to hard-pivot into making wool shoes for hipsters. Now that Allbirds decided to cede that ground, it is ripe for the taking. 🥾 Someone should definitely capitalize on that o… ★ 2 Aforementioned psychological phenomena. Spurred by studying a bank robber who thought his (unmasked) face was invisible to security cameras. Setting aside the fact that eyewitness could still place him at the scene, even if his assumption … 🤔 Random thought. I do not mean this in a pejorative way. More anthropologically speaking, in terms of "studying people" and observing their interactions with each another & emerging tech. – How folks choose to use AI (or not) reveals litt… Aforementioned book scanning & shredding operation. https://futurism.com/future-society/anthropic-destroying-books

📚 Story time: I will always look back fondly on my first writing endeavor. Ultimately, it looks good on a résumé: "I am a published author." That is about the only benefit I ever saw from the effort. Read on, if you are curious about the n… ★ 3

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hachyderm.io

A tech & engineering server — its members and audience skew toward that niche, so expect a community-aligned, engaged following.

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On Mastodon since

Nov 2022

Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.

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🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.

👁️Averages 3 views per post.

📤Posts about 0.6× per week.

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75/100

Good Credibility score

92%

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Est. 92% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
Engagement (~0.3% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Mastodon.
Verified account.
Established account (3+ years old).

Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.

About

Front-end dev dilettante. ½ Japanese. Hawaii born. I have been doing web stuff since late last century. Nowadays, UX & JS. I build the legacy apps of tomorrow. – MDiv degree. MA interaction design. In progress: MS digital comm analytics. – Principal software engineer. – 😍😠 relationship with TypeScript. – Contributed to O'Reilly book on jQuery years ago. Tech edited a few others. – Fan of Eleventy. Also into SolidJS & Svelte. Forever chasing an optimal workflow.

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