Matthew Mincher

This scene is canon now

Even in darkness, we glow. In this image of Earth taken by the Artemis II crew, we can see the electric lights of human activity. In the lower right, sunlight illuminates the limb of the planet.

We see our home planet as a whole, lit up in spectacular blues and browns. A green aurora even lights up the atmosphere. That's us, together, watching as our astronauts make their journey to the Moon.

Dan Thomasset (Principal Engineer at Google) says PMs are running circles around Software engineers with AI

Feel like in the AI age, the optimal size for a team of devs on a single decent-sized project is around 3. 1 is untenable. You can't just pause development during their holidays. 2 is OK, but still a lot of bus factor to contend with. 3 is nice and comfortable. Each day the team manages the queue of tickets for the AFK agent, discusses feature requests, architecture, reviews code, improves feedback loops, shares knowledge. Probably some devs contribute to multiple teams.

How on earth do you justify the frequent expensive collabs AND subsidizing three-quarters of a billion dollars for barnacle businesses but you can’t keep your own staff stable? I don’t care how many acres of forest you privatize. That’s insane.

The sun in a corner is soooo 90s ☀️

Pig: I'm paranoid everyone wants to eat me Therapist: I will cure you Pig: Oh no

Kid Pix (1991)

My son asking me a lot of questions. It’s a distillation attack obviously.

Unwaveringly polite with no cracks under pressure. The unfazed pivot from two to four bao buns after originally declining them… this is what the people need, a true leader.

> the full context needed to do the job is available to an AI agent (via the code base)

Sometimes, just sometimes, if we stand really still, I'm convinced we are offered glimpses into other worlds. These are the thin places where we are drawn along new paths without quite knowing why, where we can hear whispers in the shadows and feel a million eyes looking back at us. Or maybe I just ate way too much cheese again yesterday. 📍 Peak District, England © Peaklass, all real, no AI

Hay on Wye. Stone walls, scrambled eggs, wonderful old books. What could be better? Well, raining less. But aside from that, not much.

Happy birthday to my favourite of all the haters, Charles Darwin