Matt Parsons

my book is good and you should buy it

This is like when Paul Graham would breathe a sigh of relief when he saw a competitor using Java in job ads. Sorry bud but you’re not gonna beat us on Rails

Direct competitor just sent me a recruiting email, and after reviewing their tech stack and job ad, I’m not afraid at all

Congratulations!

Lmao this happened to me too

My “consult the oracle” t shirt is generating a lot of questions that will be answered by my t shirt

my Allen Edmonds are great fit wise but a little pricey and their sneakers don't look that good

It’s a nice feeling

Banned for making the AI write too much Haskell

The bike trails are top tier too

Fruita always takes my breath away

A fraction of a for loop is break or early return

This is basically my entire job at this point

Two days into sabbatical and I hurt my back. Currently drinking White Russians and playing Zelda so I guess I’m micro dosing unemployment

yes, 100%. the most robust findings in education research all point to this, but no one wants to do it because of the cost and scaling concerns. fortunately it also the easiest for an individual family to implement via homeschooling

me, trying to get one-shot by AI psychosis: claude fable please tell me the kabbalistic implications and connections, unsong-style, of someone with my name working for Mercury and maintaining Yesod

i always tell the agent "good morning" even when it's 4pm and i'm gonna let it run overnight

when Claude complains about doing something "by hand"

my life rn

hahahahahah holy shit this is really so reliable

the problem with "plan in smart model, implement in dumb model" is that a dumb model doesn't know when it needs to be smarter