Cody Smith

@burkov Gonna be a shock for sure, but still negligible compared to staffing cost. If global SWE time costs ~ $2.5T/yr*, and net investment in coding LLMs ~ $6B/yr, robo-assistants only have to make coders 0.2% more productive to break even. *: chatgpt.com/share/682621e2…

People waiting for better coding models don't realize that the quadratic time and space complexity of self-attention hasn't gone anywhere. If you want an effective 1M token context, you need 1,000,000,000,000 dot products to be computed for you for each of your requests for new code. Right now, you get this unprecedented display of generosity because some have billions to kill Google while Google spends billions not to be killed. Once the dust settles down, you will start receiving a bill for each of those 1,000,000,000,000 dot products. And you will not like it.

Energy Twitter folks: happy to report that the conversation is pretty lively over on BlueSky 🦋 EnergySky: bsky.app/profile/patric… GreenSky: bsky.app/profile/ketanj… Cody: bsky.app/profile/supah.…

Hello, everyone! Going into 2025, I'm taking the bonsai clippers to my time, so will be much less active on Twitter. This will allow me to focus on the most important stuff. Might post on occasion when I find something I really want to share, but it'll be very sporadic. TTFN 👋

Nice article from Stephen Young on the tech behind modern grid SaaS, which includes some details of Camus' product. This is how the sausage is made 🌭 software.energy/p/grid-managem…

Even after reading this whole article twice, I'm still struggling to wrap my head around it 😵‍💫 utilitydive.com/news/ferc-ketc…

@NLinSF @EUAmbUS @MichaelCurtisEU Lookin' sharp! 😊

Honored to host @EUAmbUS Jovita Neliupšienė & her Deputy @MichaelCurtisEU on their first visit to the Golden State last week.🇪🇺🇺🇸 We discussed California’s dynamic tech landscape and rapid developments in AI & entrepreneurship.

Martial law, tsunami warning, and ___________

So so so so good! Seriously I could browse this site for hours, giggling the whole time. Whoever did this, great work 👏👏👏 enron.com/pages/newsroom

@JamesClear "God gave Noah the rainbow sign. No more water, the fire next time!" Okay, two sentences, but reaching the end of James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time was like being pushed out of a window. Maybe the most jarring ending since The Stranger.

What is one sentence that has stayed with you after reading it? (Bonus points for including the source.)

Lots of juicy data in this write-up on the enormous interconnection backlog from @congruentvc. And, hey, @CamusEnergy gets a shout out! congruent.substack.com/p/uncorking-th…

Nice piece from Astrid in Cipher about borrowing lessons from cloud computing and telecom ~ 5m read. ciphernews.com/articles/what-…

Transit plans have been foiled in Lake Tahoe. Hydrofoiled, that is. (Can't wait to try this!) flytahoe.com

But how much do they cost relative to diesel generators? (With or without CCS.)

Today I learned that the world's largest planes are being created to specifically to fly wind turbine blades around, since our roads are too small for them. Bold project, @radiaenergy, very bold! radia.com/windrunner

Today I learned that Def Leppard recorded an album with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. If you only have time for one track, I recommend Pour Some Sugar on Me 😂 open.spotify.com/album/3PDLbK0b…

Software infrastructure for the interconnection problem certainly has great potential. But the devil is in the details, so hopefully @GridUnity has a good plan. Best of luck, y'all--we need this to work! pv-magazine-usa.com/2024/11/04/sof…

"The only thing that’s capital-T True is that you get to decide how you’re gonna try to see things. This, I submit, is the freedom of a real education, of learning how to be well-adjusted. You get to consciously decide what has meaning and what doesn’t." fs.blog/david-foster-w…

Silver lining: lots of folks suddenly interested in climate jobs! Here are the resources I often recommend: climatebase.org workonclimate.org cleanenergyleaders.org Don't wait for the government to act. Be the change you want to see in the world 🌎

Today seems like an especially good day to imagine Sisyphus happy 🪨

Did you know that many countries have compulsory voting? Most enjoy 90%+ turnout as a result, and have 60-70% support for continuing the practice. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsor…