Derek Beda

@Motion_Viz Prompt

Stop prompting AI to "make me a landing page." 200+ hours testing taught me this: Generic prompts → pretty pages My prompts → pages that sell The pack includes: → 3D Landing Hero Section → Sentient 3D Core → Cyberpunk Volumetric Shaders → Microlender Protocol → Hyper-Futuristic MCP-2099 Like + reply "PROMPT" for the library. (following required for DM)

turns out, senior engineers accept more agent output than juniors. this is because: - they write higher-signal prompts with tighter spec and minimal ambiguity - they decompose work into agent-compatible units - they have stronger priors for correctness, making review faster and more accurate - juniors generate plenty but lack the verification heuristics to confidently greenlight output shows that coding agents amplify existing engineering skill, not replace it

Here's my enormous round-up of everything we learned about LLMs in 2025 - the third in my annual series of reviews of the past twelve months simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/31/th… This year it's divided into 26 sections! This is the table of contents:

The 22 best PC games polygon.com/reviews/2018/9… via @Polygon

“Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.” — Marcus Aurelius @dailystoic

10 Ways To Live A Full Life Quit Dicking Around Steer Clear of Charlatans Keep A Journal Exercise Every Single Day Don’t Compare Yourself To Others Meditate on Your Mortality Study the Lives of the Greats Don’t Waste Time Being Offended Know Your Why Know What’s “Enough”

8 questions that can change your life: - Is this in my control? - What am I missing by choosing to worry or be afraid? - Am I doing my job? - Who is this for? - Is this who I want to be? - Does this actually matter? - What does my ideal day look like? - Who do I spend time with?

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Today, 2K announced the founding of Cloud Chamber, its newest development studio. This team of storytellers has begun work on the next iteration of the acclaimed @BioShock franchise, which will be in development for the next several years. Learn more: ir.take2games.com/news-releases/…

@MrGregMr Absolutely

@derekbeda we should start a Vlog?

You might not think that programmers are artists, but programming is an extremely creative profession. It's logic-based creativity.” - John Romero

If you're not having fun, you're not learning. There's a pleasure in finding things out.

Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough!

The Expanse Roleplaying Game kickstarter.com/projects/17802…, via Kickstarter

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"What I cannot build, I do not understand." - Richard Feynman

If you want to LEARN something well, EXPLAIN it! Here are FOUR steps of FEYNMAN technique to learn: STEP 1: Choose a concept STEP 2: Pretend teaching it to a child STEP 3: Identify gaps and go back to the source material STEP 4: Review and SIMPLIFY!

This nature-inspired wind turbine is shaped like a tree to blend in with its surroundings twitter.com/mashable/statu…