Murphy R

Murphy R

@mrmurphy.dev

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Marisa Kabas
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Beyond a new rape allegation, the @democrats-judiciary.house.gov report implicates current Attorney General Todd Blanche, stating he "may have engaged in criminal obstruction of justice while acting on a mission to protect Trump," referring to an interview with Ghislaine Maxwell. Seems like news!

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Andy Craig
@andycraig.bsky.social

I know there's a lot going on but I feel it should probably be more of an above-the-fold story that members of Congress released a thoroughly documented report directly accusing the president of the United States of being a serial rapist.

Murphy R
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After all these years, I finally ended up installing Arch Linux on a laptop. Well, sorta... https://omarchy.org/ What was great this time around was handing my AI model SSH access to debug and fix the broken installation). I do not miss spending hours searching blogs an https://mrmurphy.dev/?p=1698

mrmurphy.devmrmurphy.devAfter all these years, I finally ended up installing Arch Linux on a laptop. Well, sorta... What was great this time around was handing my AI model SSH access to debug and fix the broken installation). I do not miss spending hours searching blogs and forums for arcane commands to fix broken package links 🙂‍↔️
Murphy R
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My hat is off to Noah Eckstein for this short & potent senior address. My favorite line: "Peace through understanding can survive conflict, while peace through agreement lasts only as long as everyone keeps agreeing." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz_iIA3kaLI https://mrmurphy.dev/?p=1691

mrmurphy.devmrmurphy.devMy hat is off to Noah Eckstein for this short & potent senior address. My favorite line: "Peace through understanding can survive conflict, while peace through agreement lasts only as long as everyone keeps agreeing."

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kepano
@stephango.com

This is Pele, my new rendering library for diagrams and charts, compatible with the latest Mermaid syntax. - 100-500× faster than mermaid.js - 6× smaller bundle - No dependencies - Easy to theme - Responsive to device width - Open source (MIT) Try it at pele.run

Murphy R
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Trust, and Reviewing Changes This morning on the drive back from school drop-off my Eleven Reader's AI voice confidently proclaimed over my car stereo:... https://mrmurphy.dev/trust-and-reviewing-changes/

mrmurphy.devTrust, and Reviewing ChangesThis morning on the drive back from school drop-off my Eleven Reader's AI voice confidently proclaimed over my car stereo: Our team members still review every change request for the system, but they now examine the intent of the change as opposed to reading every line of code. I felt validated. This was near the end of a blog post from Anthropic about overhauling their source control to handle the massive scale at which they work and merge code now (30k merges on the day of September 30th alone) I've been trying to make this change myself, working out how to separate myself from the guilt that comes if I don't spend an hour staring at the "changes" tab on GitHub for every PR.
Murphy R
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I've never heard a song so packed with ultra geeky science and programming references. AI Music and video production have problematic effects. And they are also opening a world of art to niches, interests, individuals that couldn't afford to be expressed or experienced i https://mrmurphy.dev/?p=1647

mrmurphy.devmrmurphy.devI've never heard a song so packed with ultra geeky science and programming references. AI Music and video production have problematic effects. And they are also opening a world of art to niches, interests, individuals that couldn't afford to be expressed or experienced in art like this before.
Murphy R
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Local LLM benchmark: 7 model/host combos, 3 passes each, one agentic task Seven local model/host combinations on an M5 Max with 128 GB, three passes each on the same agentic coding task, averaged: prefill, decode, memory, MTP acceptance, cache hit rate and code quality....

mrmurphy.devLocal LLM benchmark: 7 model/host combos, 3 passes each, one agentic taskSeven local model/host combinations on an M5 Max with 128 GB, three passes each on the same agentic coding task, averaged: prefill, decode, memory, MTP acceptance, cache hit rate and code quality.
Murphy R
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This guy is so well spoken. I'm a big fan of the positive changes AI has made in my life, and optimistic about what good things the future could hold. But we need to move slowly enough that we're designing systems and incentives that protect _people_, not IPOs. https://s https://mrmurphy.dev/?p=1581

mrmurphy.devmrmurphy.devThis guy is so well spoken. I'm a big fan of the positive changes AI has made in my life, and optimistic about what good things the future could hold. But we need to move slowly enough that we're designing systems and incentives that protect _people_, not IPOs.
Murphy R
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How to use custom UI with Jetpack’s newsletter signup Transparency note: this post was written by GLM 5.3 Flash working in the pi coding agent. There may be inaccuracies — verify against your own setup before relying on… https://mrmurphy.dev/how-to-use-custom-ui-with-jetpacks-newsletter-signup/

mrmurphy.devHow to use custom UI with Jetpack’s newsletter signupTransparency note: this post was written by GLM 5.3 Flash working in the pi coding agent. There may be inaccuracies — verify against your own setup before relying on it. You can replace Jetpack's newsletter signup UI — the Subscribe block or the popup — with your own form, and keep driving the exact same WordPress.com subscription backend. This post explains how the integration works.
Murphy R
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What a waste of time, attention, and money. They are paying people to carry out these useless changes.

khon2news.bsky.social@khon2news.bsky.social

Google Maps changes Lake Ontario to 'Lake America' on US phones. See more: https://www.khon2.com/news/national/google-maps-changes-lake-ontario-to-lake-america-on-us-phones/ 

Murphy R
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Qwen Flash Preview is exciting I'm lucky enough to have an M5 Max MacBook with 128gb of Ram, and I've been spending a lot of sweat this summer trying to understand the ins and outs of running local AI....

mrmurphy.devQwen Flash Preview is excitingI'm lucky enough to have an M5 Max MacBook with 128gb of Ram, and I've been spending a lot of sweat this summer trying to understand the ins and outs of running local AI. And the ins and outs are a lot more detailed than I originally thought. There are lots of new little terms to learn, that are connected to big, complex concepts with major implications on how effectively a local model can run. I hope to put up more blog posts later with some details on the different setups I've been exploring.
Murphy R
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Tool libraries look fantastic. I didn't know about them before watching this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAniGCwoSv0 but I looked them up and I have a local one that started this year. What a cool way to reduce consumer trash. https://mrmurphy.dev/?p=1511

mrmurphy.devmrmurphy.devTool libraries look fantastic. I didn't know about them before watching this video but I looked them up and I have a local one that started this year. What a cool way to reduce consumer trash.
Murphy R
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I spend so much time typing to AI bots these days that I get a sort of social vertigo when I'm on a support chat with a real human. I already practice being polite with bots because I like to, but when a human is on the other end I have to remember not to be as curt or s https://mrmurphy.dev/?p=1498

mrmurphy.devmrmurphy.devI spend so much time typing to AI bots these days that I get a sort of social vertigo when I'm on a support chat with a real human. I already practice being polite with bots because I like to, but when a human is on the other end I have to remember not to be as curt or short as I am with AI.
Murphy R
@mrmurphy.dev

Kudos to Turo today. I had to cancel a non-refundable trip a few weeks from now, and they allowed me to ask the cars owner if they were willing to do a full refund. The owner was very understanding, and they give me a full refund right away. Really boosts my willingness https://mrmurphy.dev/?p=1484

mrmurphy.devmrmurphy.devKudos to Turo today. I had to cancel a non-refundable trip a few weeks from now, and they allowed me to ask the car’s owner if they were willing to do a full refund. The owner was very understanding, and they give me a full refund right away. Really boosts my willingness to use Turo again in the future.
Murphy R
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The GreenPT Cache Problem Fixed Itself A month ago I published a post about burning €11 in 18 minutes on GreenPT. The session logged 10 million input tokens with zero cache hits.... https://mrmurphy.dev/the-greenpt-cache-problem-fixed-itself/

mrmurphy.devThe GreenPT Cache Problem Fixed ItselfA month ago I published a post about burning €11 in 18 minutes on GreenPT. The session logged 10 million input tokens with zero cache hits. Every request billed the full conversation history. GreenPT support responded to that post and refunded the €11. They said they do caching internally, but that it's opaque from the API — you wouldn't be able to see cache stats in the API response. That's no longer the case. Their pricing page now lists cached input rates for several models, and thecached_tokensfield shows up in the API response.

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Gwynne Hogan
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A 39-year-old El Salvadoran man, who was being held at Delaney Hall, has died, the man's family says. He's the father of a 12-year-old US citizen daughter and has lived in the country for nearly 20 years. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/08/03/s...

thecityreporter.nycEl Salvadoran Man Held by ICE at Delaney Hall Dies, Family SaysThe detainee had an extensive medical history, including epilepsy, according to a lawsuit. He had complained about his face and hand going numb just before his death, his mother said.

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Patrick De Klotz
@patdeklotz.bsky.social

Trump has always hated domestic political opponents more than foreign enemies. Insane stuff.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Q: Can you rule out that Iran is behind the water attacks? TRUMP: I don't think so. I think that Minnesota is behind it. You know who is behind it? Minnesota. Because they're grossly incompetent. I don't think there was an Iranian cyberattack. I think Minnesota ought to get its act together.

Murphy R
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Kalil's articles are important takes on history that the current US Gov't is trying to tear down in an attempt to preserve and consolidate their power. They are using the same tactics that other high-control cult-like groups use. Read people like Kalil to keep perspect https://mrmurphy.dev/?p=1450

mrmurphy.devmrmurphy.devKalil's articles are important takes on history that the current US Gov't is trying to tear down in an attempt to preserve and consolidate their power. They are using the same tactics that other high-control cult-like groups use. Read people like Kalil to keep perspective:
Murphy R
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€11 for 18 Minutes: My GreenPT Experiment Hit 10M Input Tokens I've been trying to figure out how to make my AI usage less damaging to the environment.... https://mrmurphy.dev/e11-for-18-minutes-my-greenpt-experiment-hit-10m-input-tokens/

mrmurphy.dev€11 for 18 Minutes: My GreenPT Experiment Hit 10M Input TokensI've been trying to figure out how to make my AI usage less damaging to the environment. Most of my experiments so far have been about running local models on my MacBook, which uses way less power than an RTX card, or using small models like DeepSeek V4 Flash on OpenCode Go. Then I found GreenPT. They host smaller models in data centers that run on renewable energy and use less water for cooling. I made an account, loaded €25, and started a session with GLM-5.2 — a much stronger model than the ones I'd been using.
Murphy R
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The Two-Model UX Review: Stop UI From Sucking (on a Budget) I'm building a side project — an offline-first PWA called Starchive where teams track appreciation with stars and hearts.... https://mrmurphy.dev/the-two-model-ux-review-stop-ui-from-sucking-on-a-budget/

mrmurphy.devThe Two-Model UX Review: Stop UI From Sucking (on a Budget)I'm building a side project — an offline-first PWA called Starchive where teams track appreciation with stars and hearts. Stars are admin-given points (gold, cashable). Hearts are anyone-to-anyone permanent thank-yous (pink, never cashed out). I'm doing this with opencode and opencode-go, using DeepSeek V4 Flash as my main model. It's fast and cheap — ideal for the 700+ message sessions where I'm iterating on code, and it helps me stay under my monthly usage limits. But here's the thing. DeepSeek V4 Flash is fast and cheap, and the UI it produces reflects that.
Murphy R
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I've been playing with pointing my coding harness to Crusoe Cloud's models, since Crusoe harnesses otherwise overlooked energy sources. I'm surprised 😮 by how fast their version of Kimi K2.6 is ⚡ https://console.crusoecloud.com/ https://mrmurphy.dev/?p=1339

mrmurphy.devmrmurphy.devI've been playing with pointing my coding harness to Crusoe Cloud's models, since Crusoe harnesses otherwise overlooked energy sources. I'm surprised 😮 by how fast their version of Kimi K2.6 is ⚡
Murphy R
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We need to be transitioning off of our dependence on big oil, not giving them new exceptions to extract profit from endangered nature. Please weigh in, either by calling your reps or using this site: https://earthjustice.org/action/no-shortcuts-for-oil-and-gas-companie https://mrmurphy.dev/?p=1337

mrmurphy.devmrmurphy.devWe need to be transitioning off of our dependence on big oil, not giving them new exceptions to extract profit from endangered nature. Please weigh in, either by calling your reps or using this site:
Murphy R
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California is experimenting with covering its human-made waterways with solar panels, like other countries have done. It could be huge both for renewable energy and for water conservation. I’m hoping there aren’t nasty side effects on wildlife.…

mrmurphy.devmrmurphy.devCalifornia is experimenting with covering its human-made waterways with solar panels, like other countries have done. It could be huge both for renewable energy and for water conservation. I’m hoping there aren’t nasty side effects on wildlife.
Murphy R
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Giving command-tab a break The other day while waiting for Claude to process prompts, I watched this video: (I know, the irony isn't lost on me) It highlights the value of reducing multitasking and freeing up brain space.... https://mrmurphy.dev/giving-command-tab-a-break/

mrmurphy.devGiving command-tab a breakThe other day while waiting for Claude to process prompts, I watched this video: (I know, the irony isn't lost on me) It highlights the value of reducing multitasking and freeing up brain space. At this point I'm not going to radically change my routine the way Lucas did. But here's something I am trying; giving command-tab a break. Between prompts in claude code, I noticed my self tabbing away instantly to read messages in Slack, to check Reddit for news, to send a different prompt in another window, or (ironically) to write this blog post.
Murphy R
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In the AI age, we need GitHub to allow LLMs to upload screenshots to pull requests without weird workarounds. This morning Claude was working in a repo that didn't have screenshot upload skills added. When it had trouble attaching screenshots to a PR comment, it went ahead and uploaded those…

mrmurphy.devmrmurphy.devIn the AI age, we need GitHub to allow LLMs to upload screenshots to pull requests without weird workarounds. This morning Claude was working in a repo that didn't have screenshot upload skills added. When it had trouble attaching screenshots to a PR comment, it went ahead and uploaded those screenshots to imgur.com without consulting me first. That's a big-old yikes 😂😱
Murphy R
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argh, I'm sad that yet another tool I want to pay for is going to be putting money in Musk's pocket. I was leaning on Cursor for personal work, but it's time to find something else. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/16/spacex-spcx-cursor-acquisition-ipo.html https://mrmurphy.dev/1286-2/

mrmurphy.devmrmurphy.devargh, I'm sad that yet another tool I want to pay for is going to be putting money in Musk's pocket. I was leaning on Cursor for personal work, but it's time to find something else.
Murphy R
@mrmurphy.dev

Watch out for Hades According to Reddit, horrible people have made a nasty supply-chain attack called Hades: Looks like it's marked at this time by:... https://mrmurphy.dev/watch-out-for-hades/

mrmurphy.devWatch out for HadesAccording to Reddit, horrible people have made a nasty supply-chain attack called Hades: Looks like it's marked at this time by: the presence of suspicious *-setup.pth files in your python site-packages A suspicious .bun_ran marker in your tmp dirs Weird instructions in your agent harnesses or config files If you find any of these things, you'll want to disable your network connection immediately, clean them up fully, and then rotate any and all credentials your computer had on-disk. Looking for trouble You can ask your agent to look for these things for you, but it's possible that malicious instructions could alter the agent's behavior to try to conceal the bad stuff, so here's a script you can read yourself (hah, as if Bash were readable) to check for the symptomatic files in site-packages and tmp, and to give you a list of agent config files for you to check manually for "weird instructions".
Murphy R
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When there's this much money and power at stake, I suspect there aren't really any big companies that are the "good guys", but when Anthropic is spending money and attention on things like this, it does a lot to sway my… https://mrmurphy.dev/1257-2/

mrmurphy.devUntitledWhen there's this much money and power at stake, I suspect there aren't really any big companies that are the "good guys", but when Anthropic is spending money and attention on things like this, it does a lot to sway my opinion: