Aaron Gunderson

the average programmer had basically already given up, llms were just the final straw. that does not mean you need to give up

LLMs can make you produce more code faster, but is that actually a good thing? Maybe your product is good because of the features that you choose not to build. jola.dev/posts/limite...

While I am a big fan of what we can do with AI, I think @mitchellh.com has a good point here and as always, folks should read theory: www.amazon.com/Command-Cont...

one reason I'm increasingly intolerant of "data centers gave me lyme disease" type fear mongering is it spreads www.propublica.org/article/mich...

I have written something about my journey in optimising the hell out of Elixir codebase. hauleth.dev/post/things-... #elixirlang #optimisations

@ash-hq.org core team member and renaissance man James Harton just launched Beam Bots, a framework for building resilient robotics applications in Elixir. Epic 🤯 harton.nz/blog/announc...

Generating more code is never and has never been signs of success in engineering. Generating the least amount of clear and maintainable code is always the answer. I know this context is a little different but I’m triggered.

October moments in the Pacific Northwest.

Beautiful day for treats outside. Got donuts and pastry’s this morning and then read in the park.

Expert LS is out yall. #ElixirLang github.com/elixir-lang/...

GPT-5 is so amazing it can make 52.8 higher than 69.1 on a bar chart It can even make 69.1 and 30.8 THE SAME SIZE

Hey friends! I did a TEDx talk and it's now up on the TED Conferences YouTube. It's possibly the best and most important talk I've ever done. I would ask that you watch it, and please SHARE it broadly and widely. Thank you! youtu.be/dVG8W-0p6vg #AI #Tech #TED

The gleeful doxing of someone cheating in public is bad even if they are a CEO and even if they are a Coldplay fan. It's bad because this kind of thing is happening to random people on TikTok for such crimes as "sitting silently on a plane" or "being attractive" www.404media.co/the-astronom...

A man and his e-bike provided an essential lifeline in the Texas floods: electrek.co/2025/07/14/h...

I really like this article's perspective on software development as theory building; it succinctly conveys a lot of what I've felt is lost when too much of your code is generated by AI: cekrem.github.io/posts/progra...

Five years ago, coding was the easy part, and knowing what to code and promoting it (talking to customers, positioning, sales, etc.) was the hard part. Right now, coding is still the easy part, and knowing what to code and promoting it is the hard part.

Programmers are usually fed a steady diet of features and bug fixes. But occasionally they get to work on performance problems. This development methodology is known as intermittent fasting.

Super nice post about @elixir-lang.org's nimble_ownership library by Alex Martsinovich: distantprovince.by/posts/what-d... Great stuff to know about. Also, great technical writing 👏

"Saying the need for housing outweighs parking needs is like saying the need for water outweighs the need for food. Sure, you can survive on one for a bit, but not forever." PARKING IS ESSENTIAL FOR HUMAN LIFE!

The conversation needs to be about how data centers are causing coal plants to be kept online longer, not about water usage.

Morning Bluesky, is this a good spot for backyard #birds?

there was a 1936 proposal to build a concrete ramp structure up to the midpoint of the eiffel tower so you could drive up it. and i, for one, think it’s a shame that there was never a trend of making world monuments more car-accessible.

How does the new iOS inactivity reboot work? What does it protect from? I reverse engineered the kernel extension and the secure enclave processor, where this feature is implemented. naehrdine.blogspot.com/2024/11/reve...

This is my house. It's optimized for LAN parties. What do you think? lanparty.house

💡 Tip: You can set your website as your username on Bluesky! This is one form of self-verification, and we especially encourage official organizations and brands to do this! Examples include @npr.org @react.dev @duolingobrasil.com.br. Here's our guide for how to do this:

Hello! I’m a software engineer living in #CambridgeMA interested in urban sustainability, #elixirlang, biking, hiking, and so much more. Hope to get to know you more.