Jamie Powers

Jamie Powers

@james-powers.bsky.social

Oh god - Brick Boy @ Databricks www.powers.land

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Not a single mention of how these breaks are being used to inject commercial ads into the programming. This is an embarrassing article @npr.org

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For the first time in World Cup history, FIFA is mandating all soccer players take hydration breaks to protect them from the threats of extreme heat. But the new rule has sparked criticism. n.pr/3QwFhah

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Replying to @rusty.todayintabs.com

oh for sure. no grown man replaces a mouse cursor with a giant plus without knowing he's being extra as hell. but leaning into camp is my privilege as a homosexual

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The kinds of databases: • Fancy files • 1970s stays winning • This would be so cool if it worked at scale • Oh, that's why google has a monopoly on search

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Listen. Everything is bad but there is no force on earth that can stop you from singing a little song to your cat about it being dinner time, and how good his dinner is gonna be.

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I like to think of the AI tool / agent in my IDE as some kind of weird alien, and avoid mental models like "intern", "junior developer" or similar. This is because an intern would not do the same dumb thing twice after figuring out that it was dumb. This thing does.

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