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every gm i will reply with a hot take

first up - as someone who wrote objective-c for years, this is my review of Swift after two days as a tourist https://i.imgur.com/Ej0s3jH.png

more from the GM button

1. monoliths and monorepos >>> their multi* alternatives

2. every time i put a pod in my nespresso i wonder "gee how many microplastics am i about to drink"

3. my tier list for miyazaki films https://i.imgur.com/E2GMoZp.png

4. under-appreciated alternate reality is one where the iPhone was available on all carriers from day one (instead of four years post-launch), basically preventing much US Android growth

co-founder stelo.com. theoretical cs phd dropout. into math, music, ml, macro, markets, surfing, writing amandhesi.net

i have not read this but i find it physically distressing that SICP has a javascript edition now https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_and_Interpretation_of_Computer_Programs,_JavaScript_Edition

everyone should try the lisp/scheme version at least once in their lives, and then never touch lisp again

Risk @Stripe prev: wallets @bitski, search @airbnb | https://www.castsense.xyz/ 

LLM-based performance review tool that ingests slack messages, docs, git, etc will augment engineering managers to heavily flatten organizations

spot check the LLM summaries on a regular basis, collaborate with it to write a perf review/promo doc, focus more on coaching with people and not status updates/info digging

Working on Farcaster and Warpcast. Longer thoughts at https://dwr.email

i worry that the more frequent and escalating dopamine hits we get from constant internet availability

has made it even more difficult for modern adults to deal with raising young children, which is full of comparative tedium and monotony (particularly ages ~0-3)