Robbie Sapunarich

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Robbie Sapunarich

Robbie Sapunarich

@RobbieSap90

builder & writer fractional cto @mockingbirdmin prev @cloudflaredev serving mission-driven orgs @ https://t.co/qkFRInUBGy theology, technology, tomfoolery, typescript

Central Texas Katılım Haziran 2024
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michelle@michellechen·
“In the promises of transhumanism and some posthumanist currents of thought, which seek an enhanced and almost disembodied humanity, we recognize a yearning that is of concern to us, namely the need for a fuller life, less exposed to limitations and suffering. Yet the Incarnation opens a different pathway. On the one hand, old and new ideologies alike urge humanity to overcome limitations through technology, and to rise above others by asserting dominance. Contrary to this, the mystery of the Son of God entering into our human condition promises something quite different. The living God descends into our history in order to free us from all forms of slavery. He takes upon himself our weakness and transforms it into a setting for salvation. There is no moment or human situation that is not worthy of God.” “Even when limitations are experienced as inner suffering, human wisdom teaches us not to deny or suppress it, but to integrate it. To eliminate suffering entirely would mean, in the end, extinguishing love and desire as well. Those who love and desire cannot avoid passing through trial and suffering; and over the years, we carry within us lessons that leave their mark like scars, the memories of a journey shaped by freedom and failure, dreams and disappointments. It is only thanks to the interplay of these elements that the wonders of the soul occur within us, allowing us to sense the richness of our humanity. To renounce this adventure, both tragic and splendid, in the name of a presumed transcendence of all limits, could mean many things, but it would no longer be human.” vatican.va/content/leo-xi…
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kate@whoiskatrin·
friends who gift really good books are honestly carrying society
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Robbie Sapunarich@RobbieSap90·
I'm sure there's chatter about The Abolition of Man and That Hideous Strength after the presentation of Magnifica Humanitas. I would like to remind everyone that the best explications of both C.S. Lewis books was done by a post-hardcore band from Orange County in the early '00s.
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michelle@michellechen·
ok so here’s the plan
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Robbie Sapunarich@RobbieSap90·
I have another hand-writing code anecdote. This past week I spoke with a company that could be described as "cautiously optimistic" about AI-driven development, even in 2026. They are not industry dinosaurs. They've raised a series D with a multi-billion dollar valuation. Part of their interview process includes AI-assisted coding. Yet, a non-negotiable gate for candidates also evaluates their ability to write code unassisted, because, if models become unavailable or prohibitively expensive, they still want capable developers. That's what motivated me not to hand over the composition of that script to an agent— I needed to know that I could still do it. The coolest discovery though, was that the biggest help for me was also the thing that helps agents: a strongly typed language like TypeScript. Language Server Protocol and type annotations answered a majority of the questions when I couldn't remember a module name or a function's exact behavior. Turns out, determinism is always a more reliable friend than nondeterminism. The very simple problem I was solving (fetching podcast RSS feeds and saving them to disk for later comparison) could have been solved by throwing the feeds' XML files at an agent, but the best thing an agent could have done is draft a script that consistently evaluates the files' contents rather than forwarding them to a stochastic model.
Robbie Sapunarich@RobbieSap90

This morning I typed a script by hand like a psychopath. Googled questions like it was 2021. Nothing major, small CLI utility. It was kinda fun. And it felt good to know the old noggin has still got it.

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Robbie Sapunarich@RobbieSap90·
The thing I missed most about this is the natural instinct to simplify, simplify, simplify. Discovering what to cut, what to add, as I went.
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Robbie Sapunarich@RobbieSap90·
This morning I typed a script by hand like a psychopath. Googled questions like it was 2021. Nothing major, small CLI utility. It was kinda fun. And it felt good to know the old noggin has still got it.
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Rachel Haywire
Rachel Haywire@AltCulture·
Too many people are talking about New York. Who wants to take a weekend trip to Baltimore to hang out with OG freaks and not turn it into a Substack? Have intellectual conversations with the aristocrats and oligarchs about AI. Fancy restaurants. Hacker squats. Offlining.
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Robbie Sapunarich@RobbieSap90·
Time spent listening to music will always be time better spent than listening to a podcast. This opinion will be my Alamo.
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Robbie Sapunarich@RobbieSap90·
What's the go-to tool for events that cool kids are using now? Luma?
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Luke Burgis
Luke Burgis@lukeburgis·
This "two ways" language is also found in Psalm 1: there is the Way of Life, and the Way of Death. Contrary to Marc's dry-boned opinion, there are people full of spirit and life and virtue who don't fit neatly into his little dichotomy, and we'd all be better off thinking about the Way of Life and the Way of Death—and maybe even meditate on that Psalm today—more than a podcast soundbite. There are people very online who are the Way of LIfe, and people very offline who are on the Way of Death, and the measuring sticks and moral vocabulary will need to change.
a16z@a16z

.@pmarca on the divergence between online and offline culture: "There's two ways to live life right now. It's either you're too online or you're too offline. And those are the two choices." "At least everybody I know, they're one or the other... And as consequence they live in two totally different worlds." "It's almost impossible for somebody who's too online to talk to somebody who's too offline and have a productive conversation because the too offline person has no idea what they're talking about." "I think that's actually a big part of what's happening in the culture, independent of left versus right, or independent of whatever. It's just simply two completely different mediated realities." @joerogan

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Robbie Sapunarich@RobbieSap90·
I'm spinning up a prototype with EmDash for a possible client project, and I gotta say that developing a custom theme is absurdly easy because it's literally just an Astro project.
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Robbie Sapunarich@RobbieSap90·
Question for the chat: when you think of iconic Texas images, what comes to mind? What image is the ~essence~ of Texan?
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Robbie Sapunarich@RobbieSap90·
ALSO I will say that while I like GCP support and prefer GCP UX to AWS, Google Play makes releasing an app a damn pain, even for a simple content-driven app that handles zero user data. On that note, if you would like to join closed testing for @mockingbirdmin Android app, DMs are open.
Robbie Sapunarich@RobbieSap90

The whole Railway situation is disturbing, but I will say that my experience with the people at GCP support during some stressful incidents was top tier.

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