Noor Aftab

If 50% of the human population Is responsible for only 3% of Open Source Commits It's a wake-up call for all of us: men, women, technologists, generalists, builders, and more.

Noor Aftab, Chair of the NumFOCUS Board of Directors and a Global Program Lead at Amazon, shares startling research on representation in AI and open source: women make up just 22% of data and AI roles — and only 3% of open source commits. In this clip from the b.o.s.s. Town Hall, Noor explains why this isn't just a pipeline problem; it's a structural one, with real consequences for who AI systems serve well and who they fail. Watch the full conversation: hubs.la/Q04nwHnH0

Evals are the new PRDs, @hwchase17 It might be my takeaway of the @LangChain Chicago meetup tonight.

@steipete Do you have a visual.md? Architecture diagram, if they are still used?

Here’s your monthly reminder that you shouldn’t be prompting coding agents anymore. You should be designing loops that prompt your agents.

@karpathy Any project(s) top of mind for you?

Personal update: I've joined Anthropic. I think the next few years at the frontier of LLMs will be especially formative. I am very excited to join the team here and get back to R&D. I remain deeply passionate about education and plan to resume my work on it in time.

Built a Chief of Staff agent with @OpenAI.

Give Your AI a Brain: my @Hackernoon cheat sheet is live! 🚀 Memory is the missing piece for LLMs. 2025’s smartest GenAI apps use RAG + VectorDB to ground answers in YOUR docs—no hallucinations, only real sources. 👉 hackernoon.com/give-your-ai-a…

The first 90 days? They're your AI runway. My latest @ReworkedDigital, I unpack how onboarding can jumpstart AI fluency @glean makes Day 1 smart with AI-powered search @BTGroup retired 56 tools + saved $30M 📖 Read reworked.co/employee-exper… 🔁 Repost

Most onboarding isn’t built for an AI-powered world — but it should be. Reworked Contributor Noor Aftab shares how rethinking the first 90 days can build trust, boost adoption and unlock ROI faster than you think. Time to future-proof your onboarding. ow.ly/43FY50VL8on

Got a day 1 #Job horror story? “No contact for 2 weeks after accepting.” “10-hour orientation. No breaks. Homework.” In the AI era, — it’s risky. My @GetReworked piece about Onboarding in age of AI🔗 reworked.co/employee-exper… Drop yours 👇 I might feature it next #ai

@perplexity_ai just dropped on @WhatsApp. itching to test, I sent it my @hackernoon article— and got a full-on critique back. It didn’t just read it. It judged it 🫣 @AravSrinivas — didn’t expect this level of depth. Try it yourself: +1 (650) 590-6552

🚀 Want your own AI-powered, Amazon-shippable toy? Step 1: Read “Next Time You Prompt, Try Engineering It” on @hackernoon Step 2: Use the prompt, build your GenAI product.Your idea → Your output. From prompt to product.

👀 Just spotted this: @Google Gemini is recommending my @hackernoon article “Next Time You Prompt, Try Engineering It” — right inside its GPT builder tips. Wild moment. Real impact. AI is happening now. #AI #PromptEngineering #Gemini

250+ people tried. No winners. Can you guess the prompt? This was built with @OpenAI. Clues + full story at @hackernoon → hackernoon.com/next-time-you-… Drop your best guess 👇

🚀 Shoutout to @hackernoon publishing my post “Next Time You Prompt, Try Engineering It” If you use ChatGPT, Midjourney, or any AI tools — this is a must-read. No prompting... Engineering your prompts = results. 🔗 hackernoon.com/next-time-you-… #AI #GenAI #Hackernoon

Python has officially taken over javascript on @github. @ashthome #AI

Hi Folks, I am new to X. I work at Amazon Cloud. Based in Seattle. Have spent a few years in data, AI and cloud. Love building code, communities and product. What are some tips to get started and grow connections? #tech #Connections

Wanted your own AI Assitant? But didn't have the budget. There is Amazon Q 👇 x.com/awscloud/statu… Now you ask for agents. Check out Agent on Q 👇 #GenAI #AmazonQ youtube.com/watch?v=uckSTA…

At Amazon, my favourite leadership principle? Deliver Results. Today, teams across #Amazon lived it. How? Introducting the most intelligent AI Assistant: Q Q? Glad you asked. Check out my VP's interview: foxbusiness.com/video/63520524… Demo: aws.amazon.com/q/

@hwchase17 @lateinteraction Curious, did that interaction leave you with?

Really looking forward to our webinar with @lateinteraction on optimization of LLM systems in an hour A lot of the ideas in DSPy have greatly influenced some of the direction of LangChain - I look forward to diving into it with him! Register 👇 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…