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untwerp··on Tokenmaxxing is dead, long live tokenmaxxing
Loop "engineering" has now become a thing now apparently (a la prompt "engineering") https://github.com/topics/loop-engineering
untwerp··on Layoffs at Block
> I’m starting to feel that a lot of people in the tech industry have never learned empathy

I see you haven't visited the absolute delight that is team blind or you would have figured this out already.

untwerp··on Why Twilio Segment moved from microservices back to a monolith
Also from DHH: microservices were a zero-interest rate phenomena https://youtu.be/iqXjGiQ_D-A?t=924
untwerp··on Is America's jobs market nearing a cliff?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipstick_effect
untwerp··on Can someone explain why Bitcoin isn't crashing due to quantum?
Related from 2017 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14361918
untwerp··on Ask HN: What are some of your favorite documentaries?
The Way of All Flesh https://youtu.be/cTXaJOk_bjQ
untwerp··on Beginner Guide to VPS Hetzner and Coolify
Since this is a beginner's guide I would mention this docker/ufw pitfall [0] when publishing container ports. Many a containers have been erroneously exposed to the public net because of this.

[0] https://docs.docker.com/engine/network/packet-filtering-fire...

untwerp··on Job-seekers are dodging AI interviewers
The price of the US being more "business-friendly" vs Europe. The problem with the race to the bottom is you might win, as they say.
untwerp··on Nobody knows how to build with AI yet
The MBA hears ya. The MBA don't care.
untwerp··on Inheriting is becoming nearly as important as working
> The hyper-wealthy seem oblivious to the fact that you can't both be a trillionaire that's causing societal economic desperation and live in a society where people politely do their business and leave you in peace.

They have been well aware of it. See Beware, fellow plutocrats, the pitchforks are coming https://youtu.be/q2gO4DKVpa8

We seem to be in the bread and circus phase for the time

untwerp··on Ask HN: Good References on Agentic AI?
I found Google's agents whitepaper[0] helpful as a starting point

[0] https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oEjiRCTbd54aSdB_eEe3UShxLBW...

untwerp··on Ask HN: What's your favorite YouTube video, ever?
Veritassium's "the most common cognitive bias" in my list - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKA4w2O61Xo
untwerp··on Adam Curtis on the dangers of self-expression (2017)
+1 for Pandora's Box. The conclusion sums it up nicely https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FDrA7yUdFc&t=2466s