Erik Hellman

Erik Hellman

@hellman.io

Drinking coffee and pair programming with a cat.

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Erik Hellman
@hellman.io

Calls to slow down AI development are about market position, not safety. Open-weight models already rival proprietary tech in many engineering and automation tasks. Lowering inference costs threatens closed-source business models, driving those companies to push for pre-deployment licensing. (1/2)

Erik Hellman
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Licensing creates a classic regulatory moat. US AI companies can easily absorb compliance costs, while open-weight and international competitors (like Kimi or GLM) face massive friction. It’s corporate self-preservation disguised as safety to consolidate US control. (2/2)

Erik Hellman
@hellman.io

Augusti var den varmaste månaden någonsin. Sveriges BNP sjunker mer än väntat. Svenska Pisa resultat är det sämsta någonsin. Det går bra nu...

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Lisa Röstlund
@lisarostlund.bsky.social

Del 7: Birgitta Ed meddelade att hon ville arbeta med ”existentiell hälsa” på sin herrgård. Ett halvår senare gav regeringen Folkhälsomyndigheten i uppdrag att lyfta ”existentiell hälsa”. Generaldirektören ifrågasatte begreppet - och fick sparken från myndigheten. www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/Gx...

aftonbladet.seSkeptisk till ”existentiell hälsa” – fick sparken från myndighetenStatsministerns fru meddelade att hon ville arbeta med ”existentiell hälsa” på sin herrgård. Ett halvår senare gav regeringen Folkhälsomyndigheten i uppdrag att

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Naomi Klein
@naomiaklein.bsky.social

The AI bubble may be about to bust. Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock. We all need to say this very clearly: NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH! Expropriate their asses instead. They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet. They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3

Erik Hellman
@hellman.io

Time to start using my Bluesky account more properly. I've been pretty passive this year. Maybe that's why everything sucks so much these days? In any case, what should I write about here? 1. Complain about AI 2. Praise AI and predict what's coming next 3. Let an AI write everything here instead

Erik Hellman
@hellman.io

An interesting take on "Eat the rich"

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social

“Will pay any amount.” Feels like one of those futile pleas we’re going to hear from wealthy people more and more in the era of climate change.

Erik Hellman
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Jag vill inte påstå att det hänger ihop, men igår kollade jag på Järnvägskollapsen och idag gick mitt tåg sönder mellan Tranås och Nässjö sönder så jag fick vända om och åka hem till Stockholm igen. Lärdomar av detta är att inte titta på TV och inte åka tåg. www.svtplay.se/video/Kv1Ynd...

svtplay.seHur fan hamnade vi här? – 1. JärnvägskollapsenDen svenska tågtrafiken slår rekord i usel punktlighet, resenärerna blir allt mer missnöjda och underhållsskulden närmar sig 90 miljarder kronor. Komikern Messiah Hallberg granskar olika delar av vårt...

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Christoffer Röstlund Jonsson
@crj138.bsky.social

”För oss är det djupt oroväckande när svenska politiker reagerar starkare på vår kampanj än på det faktum att palestinier i Gaza förnekas rätten till vatten, mat, vård – och liv", skriver Amnesty. www.etc.se/debatt/amnes...

etc.seAmnesty: Omvärlden måste reagera när Israel begår folkmord”För oss är det djupt oroväckande när svenska politiker reagerar starkare på vår kampanj än på det faktum att palestinier i Gaza förnekas rätten till vatten, mat, vård – och liv", skriver Amnesty.
Erik Hellman
@hellman.io

If you want to do some more advanced data visualization, is it still D3.js which is the go-to solution or do we have something better these days? #data #dataviz #developer

Erik Hellman
@hellman.io

I was playing around with Ultrawide Band (UWB)to test out some ideas I have. However, only the top tier Android phones (Pixel Pro and Samsung Galaxy S) have support for this. Meanwhile, the iPhone has supported this since the iPhone 11.

Erik Hellman
@hellman.io

Alla offentliga upphandlingar som TietoEVRY, Oracle, Accenture, och gänget har vunnit...

Nathan Hamelberg@nathanhamelberg.bsky.social

Så, det här är du. Vad är det som får dig så här uppspelt, vad pratar du om? Vad redogör du för? Vad avslöjar du? #theplotthickens #mysteryunveiled #conspiracyuncovered

Erik Hellman
@hellman.io

I don't think there's anyone who has used Bluetooth that would say that it's a nice technology from a user perspective. But why is this such a bad user experience and why has it not been fixed in the 25 years it has been around? The only exception is Apple, so it is possible to get it right.

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Erik Hellman
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So how can this be fixed? The only way is for Google and Apple (and Microsoft for Windows computers) to make their certification process cheaper and simpler. Bluetooth SIG has done better with the later updates to the standard, but we will be stuck with the broken parts for another decade at least.

Erik Hellman
@hellman.io

Shameless plug: if you're working on integrating a Bluetooth device in a product and you're struggling with getting it to work smoothly, let me know and I can help out. I've worked with this for 10+ years now. :)

Erik Hellman
@hellman.io

I don't think there's anyone who has used Bluetooth that would say that it's a nice technology from a user perspective. But why is this such a bad user experience and why has it not been fixed in the 25 years it has been around? The only exception is Apple, so it is possible to get it right.

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Erik Hellman
@hellman.io

You know when you want to pair a new headset and there are multiple dialogs that appear and it seems like you're approving things multiple times? Sometimes you also get a question if you want to share your contacts with the device. Very confusing for most people.

Erik Hellman
@hellman.io

The device manufacturers can make this easier, but due to bureaucracy very few do. In order to skip the annoying setup for a new device, the manufacturer needs to get it certified by both Apple and Google (iPhone and Android). It costs a lot and takes a lot of time. Most choose never to do this.

Erik Hellman
@hellman.io

I don't think there's anyone who has used Bluetooth that would say that it's a nice technology from a user perspective. But why is this such a bad user experience and why has it not been fixed in the 25 years it has been around? The only exception is Apple, so it is possible to get it right.

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Erik Hellman
@hellman.io

The effect is that it was nearly impossible to expand on the Bluetooth technology, because the abstraction level was too high. Adding new features was very difficult. To fix this the group added more and more profiles to cover all the use cases that appeared. This did not work out well.

Erik Hellman
@hellman.io

Then came Bluetooth Low Energy. This is actually very different from classic Bluetooth, but unfortunately inherited a lot from the classic that kept the technology from being user friendly. Most new devices today use BLE, but they still suffer from the old stuff.

Erik Hellman
@hellman.io

I don't think there's anyone who has used Bluetooth that would say that it's a nice technology from a user perspective. But why is this such a bad user experience and why has it not been fixed in the 25 years it has been around? The only exception is Apple, so it is possible to get it right.

Erik Hellman
@hellman.io

Bluetooth SIG (Special Interest Group) is the organization behind Bluetooth and a lot of the problems start with the specifications they create. This group chose to define the standard by predicting the all possible types of devices that would use Bluetooth.

Erik Hellman
@hellman.io

Think of this as if ICANN would not let people define new domain names but instead have a standardized list of allowed domain names that you can use. The list would be updated with new approved names once a year. That was how the Bluetooth SIG defined the standard.

Erik Hellman
@hellman.io

A question for my #iOS and #Android followers: Those of you who have apps using hardware features like Camera, Bluetooth, NFC or similar; are you writing integration tests for these features that you run automatically on your CI pipelines? If so, what's your setup for this?

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Tom Ashbyトム アシュビー
@tomaashby.bsky.social

Fun fact: If someone quotes a post of yours in a way that is unwelcome (as is commonplace on Twitter/X) there is a tool to combat the unwanted attention. Simply click the three dot menu on the quote post & click "Detach quote". This removes your post from their quote post. Useful to know, do share!

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Adam
@oheyadam.bsky.social

A few months ago I shipped a bug that broke a feature that users hit at app launch. When fixing it, I added a feature flag to disable that feature entirely if needed. I had to use that feature flag today. Use feature flags, my friends.

Erik Hellman
@hellman.io

Any experts on #LLM who can shed some light on this? As we now can use ChatGPT and such to generate code for an entire application/system, why do we have to go through a high level language and not just generate machine code directly?

Erik Hellman
@hellman.io

The obvious exception is a web client, but for other targets this should be possible? Are we not doing this because the LLMs haven't been trained on application binaries?

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Jane Fonda@janefonda.com

My search for blue skies and safer pastures doesn’t in any way signal that I’m giving up the fight against what drove us away from our former online community. So, hello fellow seekers! I am here! Our work continues. Let’s be bold and joyful. #HappyThanksgiving!

Erik Hellman
@hellman.io

I'm making a conference talk with the title "Bad Kotlin Advice". Dear #Android and #Kotlin community, you know what to do. Reply with the worst Kotlin code possible. :)

Erik Hellman
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Läser krönikan av @emmabouvin.bsky.social i DN och inser att jag alltför sällan uppmärksammar när en journalist skriver något riktigt bra. Så om Emma ser detta; jag läser nästan allt du skriver och det är alltid toppen och mina vänner skulle säga samma sak. Tack för allt! www.dn.se/varlden/emma...

dn.seEmma Bouvin: Jag har undvikit att skriva den här textenTerapeuten säger att det är viktigt att vara beredd på publik avhyvling. DN:s Emma Bouvin är omgiven av hantlar och svett när stunden verkar vara inne.