@kneoghau @jwz

Because it was loading sites faster than the normal version

@jwz I would be happy if they just fixed memory leak issues and be faster than chrome

@meltedcheese @Npars01 That's amazing you invented an entirely new solution! Can you share more details on that, what was the problem & how did you arrive at the solution?

@fasterandworse @urlyman @Npars01

Vitaly Friedman for example is totally killing it

https://x.com/vitalyf/status/2007729848891126098

We need you seniors to be loud and open on social media talking about solving complex problems, because currently its being dominated by AI hype bros and landing page designers

@fasterandworse @urlyman @Npars01

Ah got it, yes you're right.

Stephen you guys should sell courses, seriously all that tacit expertise on framing problems, finding errors, preventing them and fixing it. All that pre-ai needs to be preserved and taught. The books aren't cutting it because they are too template-y

@fasterandworse @urlyman @Npars01

Sure but you have a referral network to vouch for you for a job opening so you can bypass the getting screened from 1000 of applicants based on shiny college logos part and get straight to the interview

@urlyman @Npars01

Specifically your generation's C-suite folks and they don't even have to worry about pumping shit coz they'll get their kids prestigious internships via the side door anyway.

@meltedcheese @Npars01

Manufacturing, logistics, aviation, food safety and finance right? For example Import-export trade compliance software for shipping?

https://mastodon.social/@impactology/115912577302179967

Or any of these domains below?

@urlyman @Npars01 By then the damage will be done, people can't stop their lives and wait for that. You have to live and adapt

Already recruiters and hiring mangers are clueless on evaluating skills, its going to get even worse when they insist on evaluating AI tool use. Ones who already are senior level don't have to worry because they already have a track record and prestige, ones that are entering the field now are scrambling

@urlyman @Npars01

Its here to stay as long as VCs are okay with burning their cash on it, seems like they have a lot to be okay with running on loss making AI products

https://www.a16z.news/p/we-raised-15b-why

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/07/anthropic-funding-term-sheet-valuation.html

They have a comfortable runway to change workplace habits, practices and hiring for the next five years.

@Npars01 @meltedcheese

For businesses its really simple to judge its value : if it saves more money than it costs to use it, otherwise dump it

@meltedcheese @Npars01

Agreed! GenZ especially needs to learn this, very foul mouthed they are becoming

@Npars01 So for example reusing existing prompts that are tested for cost and reliability, middleware solutions that help you make your prompts precise and thinking explicit, for example a friend is making a tool that elicits designers to think of the structure (IA) of the application, so that all the thinking is done by them before hand and then it outputs a prompt

https://typmo.com/

@Npars01 My prediction?

Enterprises will figure out a way to make it as small in scope and deterministic as possible to protect margins, equivalent to sprinkling salt or seasoning on an almost cooked dish.

They will figure out a way to make token usage more efficient, Tokens saved would be the new KPI

https://mastodon.social/@impactology/115900103407671547

@Npars01 basically no point in crying over spilled milk

@Npars01 Sure, so what can be done about it? Assume the technology is here to stay, and its use becomes ubiquitous even in job tasks, workflows and duties to get paid how should one adapt to its use?

Its a crutch, spicy autocomplete, its bad yes, it weakens us, atrophies our cognitive abilities okay and yet its forced upon us so we have to figure out a way to use it that doesn't weaken but strengthen us.

@Npars01 Yeah I agree, what do you think is the solution forward if AI is here to stay and it becomes ubiquitous

What do you think should be that small unit of practice one can repeat daily to get better at even with AI use, that will always hold value and amplify our expertise rather than decrease it

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https://victesolin.substack.com/p/what-we-misunderstand-about-pre-industrial

"Craft has always been about problem solving. Tools are just solutions with handles"

"The problem starts when personal preference gets dressed up as moral superiority"

From a woodworker