Fast and Hard Code đź”—
One of the memes on Twitter is that “programming is solved now.” I’m not sure to what degree it is, but one thing is pretty clear: the act of familia [...]
Armin Ronacher's Thoughts and Writings
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What Is Reasoning đź”—
A few weeks ago a paper was shared that showed how to extract reasoning traces from closed-weight models. Together with online discussions about tric [...]
Codeberg Divides đź”—
Codeberg recently changed its terms to exclude projects that are largely written with generative AI. Since I want GitHub to face competition I have t [...]
The Tower Keeps Rising đź”—
I feel that some vibecoded software changes somewhat randomly and unexpectedly. That made me think about Bruegel’s “The Tower of Babel” which shows an [...]
Better Models: Worse Tools đź”—
A very strange Pi issue sent me down a rabbit hole over the last two days. The short version is that newer Claude models sometimes call Pi’s edit too [...]
The Coming Loop đź”—
I don’t prompt Claude anymore. I have loops running that prompt Claude and figuring out what to do. My job is to write loops. — Boris Cherny Over the [...]
Dangerous Technology For Americans Only đź”—
There is a bit of schadenfreude on Twitter right now about Anthropic being hit by the US government’s export control directive to suspend access to Fa [...]
Gaslighting Openness đź”—
I have been a staunch supporter of Open Source for a long time, including experiments in funding it. I’m a true believer in the idea that Open Source [...]
Communities of Not đź”—
There is a strange thing that happens in communities that gather around abstinence from something: identity from opposition. At their best these comm [...]
Clanker: A Word For The Machine đź”—
In my last post I used the word “clanker1” as an alternative to “agent” quite consistently and probably excessively. That choice ended up attracting [...]