2026-08-18T21:34:30Z https://njump.me Ludic 🧛 https://njump.me/npub1a92nuur2w3py24l8n8xxsgyp5a2f3su8lj86vs744m20d9czlejs23npsc https://cdn.masto.host/mastodonsprawlclub/accounts/avatars/110/068/971/629/468/400/original/97de6a377a0f831b.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/mastodonsprawlclub/accounts/avatars/110/068/971/629/468/400/original/97de6a377a0f831b.jpg https://njump.me/nevent1qqsq7lsn6gw376uas0fh07kskepthtv0um3uelapuz7a685tyn940pczyr5420nsdf6yy32hu7vuc6pqsxn4fxxrsl7glfjr6khdfa5hqtlx2964dfz The amount of financial anxiety I can suddenly detect permeating the people I know in the AI sector gives me the strength to go on<br/><br/>I have avoided speculating on when we&#39;re nearing Peak Bubble for the past two years, and I still probably wouldn&#39;t do it in the press, but by pure social intuition (of the sort no one should use to guide their investments), I think we&#39;re hitting it around June 2027<br/><br/>Shoot the reckoning straight into my veins, I&#39;m so ready 2026-10-17T07:56:03Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsy27wg242vnydpu0rkwzermyslc65ra4cjd6s2ch0tuywwfflr37qzyr5420nsdf6yy32hu7vuc6pqsxn4fxxrsl7glfjr6khdfa5hqtlx2sxwwkd Howdy! I have a client that&#39;s hiring a data engineer (ideally with Snowflake experience, but they&#39;ll take anyone smart enough to figure it out) in Canberra.<br/><br/>I can arrange for the automated screens and the like to be skipped, and the interviews will not have any leetcode-style nonsense. I&#39;ve placed someone else with them who is very happy, and they&#39;re an inclusive team (i.e, I&#39;ve seen them hire a woman to a senior role)<br/><br/>I also don&#39;t understand if I&#39;m using this hashtag right 🥲 <br/><br/>#GetFediHired 2026-10-11T22:57:59Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstwjh7c9tw60lusrugt3mjer4l4xmwvv7ewx272374agl6q8g0rxszyr5420nsdf6yy32hu7vuc6pqsxn4fxxrsl7glfjr6khdfa5hqtlx2fcufh0 Attention Nerd Friends:<br/><br/>Does anyone here have a connection with anyone that worked at Humongous Entertainment? I desperately want one of the podcast episodes next year to be talking to delightful people about designing children&#39;s video games. 2026-08-21T03:26:01Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfw6wqeqf2urgy85y8z3mltd079vzhtzfcu4cfjdsqgv7gsy0ttfczyr5420nsdf6yy32hu7vuc6pqsxn4fxxrsl7glfjr6khdfa5hqtlx2c7qm66 I was recently invited onto the Dead Code Podcast by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqnhxpef2aey2yqzg78njs7yph4wj8zuzuh9vhyjxq2smpqehyw0cq5c2pzp" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqnhxpef2aey2yqzg78njs7yph4wj8zuzuh9vhyjxq2smpqehyw0cq5c2pzp</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…2pzp</span>)</a></span>, who blessedly allowed me to complain about Scrum like the good &#39;ol days instead of the usual AI stuff. Give it a listen if you long for our old problems.<br/><br/><a href="https://shows.acast.com/dead-code/episodes/dragged-into-done-with-nikhil-suresh">https://shows.acast.com/dead-code/episodes/dragged-into-done-with-nikhil-suresh</a> 2026-08-18T21:29:29Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfmzgcdsa3casc3lqaf602ggx89980dumhzeqm5wxzcmzhza72jvczyr5420nsdf6yy32hu7vuc6pqsxn4fxxrsl7glfjr6khdfa5hqtlx23tn3j6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs83snvhm66s2c2h39xm6sqkfqeppuaa49dkstmqal75srqp5ytndspz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43qffsksj'>nevent1q…sksj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq9kucpg8gdq8jhz2g9mqqydvwf80rmwcpzeqp48wwg28f25lrmmuqtrtk8a" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq9kucpg8gdq8jhz2g9mqqydvwf80rmwcpzeqp48wwg28f25lrmmuqtrtk8a</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…tk8a</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq95zpfpv8ct96zrnz57z04sj8x6tlgf4yuqla6c354z5vhldnu7mq2wtvpj" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq95zpfpv8ct96zrnz57z04sj8x6tlgf4yuqla6c354z5vhldnu7mq2wtvpj</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…tvpj</span>)</a></span> I&#39;ll drop you a line late this year or early next year! I&#39;d actually have you on immediately but I was already booked until November since I only do one guest a month 2026-08-05T00:37:30Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs23hmp6s9kc4ve24n8t05xu54s3msrhgac0ghjyuy0qdgafu4d6rgzyr5420nsdf6yy32hu7vuc6pqsxn4fxxrsl7glfjr6khdfa5hqtlx2as87l7 Hi folks, thought I&#39;d reach out to Mastodon for some thoughts on this. I recently got Ed Zitron for my podcast, and am about to get [REDACTED] this Thursday. I like having random friends on to just talk about our hobbies or whatever sometimes, but it&#39;s been nice getting a few influential people on because they get to think about certain topics full-time.<br/><br/>Are there any folks that you can think of (that have indicated an awareness of me) that would make for a fun conversation? 2026-08-04T05:25:25Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsd745n75utpyrsgue5r42rl0y9l88p80zmtqf3e89fuzsrqcqt5sczyr5420nsdf6yy32hu7vuc6pqsxn4fxxrsl7glfjr6khdfa5hqtlx2j4ca8f Just came across Cam Wilson&#39;s reporting guide for folks that want to raise stories, particularly leaks about how AI stuff is going on at companies.<br/><br/><a href="https://cameronwilson.com.au/guide-to-my-reporting/">https://cameronwilson.com.au/guide-to-my-reporting/</a><br/><br/>A lot of folks send me stories, and I don&#39;t publish them because I don&#39;t have the bandwidth or network to do so while keeping you safe. Cam does! Send them his way instead.<br/><br/>(He&#39;s also highly regarded by several of my friends and is on Mastodon, which probably tells you a lot about his stance on source safety.) 2026-08-03T05:21:48Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvhapa57cmhdq6r8v8su0zhgfmtq0d0rlnngp53vs3fmhvtp0funczyr5420nsdf6yy32hu7vuc6pqsxn4fxxrsl7glfjr6khdfa5hqtlx20p062q I have, after two years, allowed myself to talk about my experiences with AI madness again, this time with the benefit of speaking to people all around the world, including Fortune 500 executives. This one is on my regular blog for casual readers, and cross-posted to the company blog if you need to share this with someone and have it look official.<br/><br/><a href="https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/ai-mania-is-eviscerating-global-decision-making/">https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/ai-mania-is-eviscerating-global-decision-making/</a><br/><br/><a href="https://hermit-tech.com/blog/ai-mania-is-eviscerating-global-decisionmaking">https://hermit-tech.com/blog/ai-mania-is-eviscerating-global-decisionmaking</a> 2026-07-18T05:55:37Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvfkqy73lgsm37f5zksn5d5um0gjw3hme7t0n8qgtg4t0my4n5caqzyr5420nsdf6yy32hu7vuc6pqsxn4fxxrsl7glfjr6khdfa5hqtlx27p9zkp I&#39;ve got a client looking to hire five senior engineers in Sydney -- they work in data engineering, but they&#39;ll take anyone that&#39;s competent and work it out from there. Pay&#39;s about A$160K to A$180K + superannuation for someone that nails their interview process. No LeetCode stuff, though there is an online screen that is reportedly at the level of &#34;You weren&#39;t lying about programming, right? Can you like, read a CSV and write some SQL?&#34;<br/><br/>Hit me up if you know anyone that&#39;d be interested! 2026-06-17T00:30:59Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqht2d6w3m83ehsv8ep660ueunhtqm5zz0968x7dhn3dtdjarv8fczyr5420nsdf6yy32hu7vuc6pqsxn4fxxrsl7glfjr6khdfa5hqtlx2826etn Zitron just reported that OpenAI lost $38.5 billion dollars in 2025:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.wheresyoured.at/exclusive-openai-financials/">https://www.wheresyoured.at/exclusive-openai-financials/</a> 2026-06-16T05:02:36Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswhu07tct2u7nf77csl668hvm9kk74u3rjkrdwn5rneccc4wwlapczyr5420nsdf6yy32hu7vuc6pqsxn4fxxrsl7glfjr6khdfa5hqtlx22ngl0r Greetings fellow humans.<br/><br/>My podcast editor has suggested that I start uploading episodes to YouTube, and to accomplish this, that I should get some artwork done to serve as a wall-paper-y thing for the audio to play over.<br/><br/>Is there any chance that there are any artists here that would be interested in a small job? Might be a long shot, but someone that listens to the podcast will probably have great opinions on the vibe! 2026-06-11T04:53:44Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsg469atpt20tazasnaf7gt6pqy64gvqfkxje7ph8gxnpwc4psmfgszyr5420nsdf6yy32hu7vuc6pqsxn4fxxrsl7glfjr6khdfa5hqtlx2s5gttd Holy moly, one of my cousins (8 weeks into undergraduate computer science) asked me for help on a university assignment. I was surprised because he&#39;s very switched on.<br/><br/>It&#39;s a group assignment and it was extremely obvious that every other student has logged into a parent&#39;s corporate LLM and written all the code via prompt with no understanding.<br/><br/>When I asked how they&#39;re getting away with it, he said that the lecturers have just given up on all policing. (University is RMIT in Melbourne.) 2026-06-04T08:10:54Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8j5relgtp4lr2ccet743s0378gr0c7pxllh2slcnf3a5qlzmkg2czyr5420nsdf6yy32hu7vuc6pqsxn4fxxrsl7glfjr6khdfa5hqtlx2ducvav I have a very close friend in the U.S that is currently working a job where they are asked to do AI slop all day, every day, and they want out because it is depressing the hell out of them.<br/><br/>Super talented engineer, the kind of person that loves Clojure, 10/10 would recommend. If anyone knows of any open roles or would like to get in touch to commiserate, please shoot me a DM! 2026-06-01T02:34:08Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdre8zcjt62zhd8kxfqtuxxjtqpjw5vtn9e046hgflvfrzrey284szyr5420nsdf6yy32hu7vuc6pqsxn4fxxrsl7glfjr6khdfa5hqtlx2vt2fp9 Great news everyone! I&#39;m still alive and have dropped a post on my plans to obliterate as many software recruiters as possible, and also talk about how all the managers that seemed incompetent were, in fact, totally incompetent:<br/><br/><a href="https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/the-worlds-left-to-conquer/">https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/the-worlds-left-to-conquer/</a> 2026-05-10T01:42:12Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsd4f74nekk0m2fj86vntrky2l4lu0a33rley3863y67u033k6v9kczyr5420nsdf6yy32hu7vuc6pqsxn4fxxrsl7glfjr6khdfa5hqtlx2xvg407 I&#39;ve got a gig up for grabs for any data nerds in Australia.<br/><br/>A reader at a company where I&#39;m the preferred recruiter has opened up a Super Urgent role for someone with Databricks experience. I can expedite most of the process so it&#39;ll be a serious job speedrun. You can live in Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, or Brisbane, and the pay is about A$180K to A$185K including superannuation.<br/><br/>The company is Vivanti, and I like everyone there so far.<br/><br/>Hit me up if you&#39;re keen! 2026-02-24T08:04:22Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdl5pakhx0eng932fewj3j6c6ndyh99839n5tx5rsljyuq7s7p5pszyr5420nsdf6yy32hu7vuc6pqsxn4fxxrsl7glfjr6khdfa5hqtlx2tkcn07 Reposting a question for Ed Zitron, I&#39;ll forward responses. He asked on Bluesky and will get sub-Mastodon-tier answers:<br/><br/>&#34;This is a serious question and I would be delighted if I only hear great things but, software engineers: both before and after LLMs, how often in your professional lives have you run into software engineers that seem completely useless or lacking in basic knowledge? I hope the answer is rarely&#34; 2026-02-21T05:42:44Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsw0y9yek6wxx26v25y36tu4z9za70jps579napuyezrdq6kh3ruxgzyr5420nsdf6yy32hu7vuc6pqsxn4fxxrsl7glfjr6khdfa5hqtlx24fxw5r <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqf66e974nrmhl3pp6s96zzp9qeuw9kz9j087qk5k7zs5v7xua9e3q9k5dmd" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqf66e974nrmhl3pp6s96zzp9qeuw9kz9j087qk5k7zs5v7xua9e3q9k5dmd</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…5dmd</span>)</a></span> That Crisis Engineering book you kicked my way slaps so fucking hard that it has instantly become compulsory reading on my team 2026-01-19T11:46:15Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9wswn8ggrf63gg7gzc4rwcvd74thwzmdr05yllsmfatazvnpr5dczyr5420nsdf6yy32hu7vuc6pqsxn4fxxrsl7glfjr6khdfa5hqtlx2dhaexp Great news everyone, I reflect on the year and vow to personally engage Elon Musk in spiritual combat via astral projection<br/><br/><a href="https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/merry-christmas-ya-filthy-animals-2025/">https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/merry-christmas-ya-filthy-animals-2025/</a> 2025-12-27T04:01:15Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszjuguxsh48pjj4tdqxplksw3m3qvfu0s70fhspkg4fpy73svp6ggzyr5420nsdf6yy32hu7vuc6pqsxn4fxxrsl7glfjr6khdfa5hqtlx2ntcf0u Great news everyone! Thomas Ptacek at Fly.io published &#34;My AI Skeptic Friends Are Nuts&#34;, and it was shoved in front of me enough times that I have sentenced him to a swift death. Godspeed, Thomas, I pray that your incineration is speedy and painless.<br/><br/><a href="https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/contra-ptaceks-terrible-article-on-ai/">https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/contra-ptaceks-terrible-article-on-ai/</a> 2025-06-19T06:11:13Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsde8qm2rxll7x0yxe7fp0wzj8m6ylu4a6c2m4huj8q9y7rztufuyczyr5420nsdf6yy32hu7vuc6pqsxn4fxxrsl7glfjr6khdfa5hqtlx27qwffn I only realized today that Curtis Yarvin is the idiot I formerly knew as Mencius Moldbug.<br/><br/>I can&#39;t believe tech oligarchs are taking cues from a dude that named himself Mencius Moldbug. This dumb son of a bitch is out here giving himself the most Wormtongue/Peter Pettigrew-ass name and they&#39;re like &#34;Ah yes, thank you for your wise counsel, my trusted vizier&#34; 2025-04-29T20:14:17Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2f2qh47scxeaa6zx3t9k04l9zz3yyyeg94za6ajj4xjdpwuullggzyr5420nsdf6yy32hu7vuc6pqsxn4fxxrsl7glfjr6khdfa5hqtlx2alept8 My friend Matt Seddon was doing some open source work and found a huge amount of spam from some sort of LLM project.<br/><br/><a href="https://github.com/sankalp112kashyap/SoftwareCode-Debloat-LLMs/issues/3">https://github.com/sankalp112kashyap/SoftwareCode-Debloat-LLMs/issues/3</a><br/><br/>It&#39;s &#34;debloating&#34; projects, but the &#34;debloating&#34; seems to be doing things like, you know, just undoing all the linting because that reduces lines of code:<br/><br/><a href="https://github.com/Textualize/rich/pull/3669/files">https://github.com/Textualize/rich/pull/3669/files</a><br/><br/>It looks like all the OS maintainers are being spammed so the LLM folks can get research data or something<br/><br/><a href="https://github.com/sankalp112kashyap/SoftwareCode-Debloat-LLMs/blob/main/ECS%20260%20Tracking%20-%20Sheet1.csv">https://github.com/sankalp112kashyap/SoftwareCode-Debloat-LLMs/blob/main/ECS%20260%20Tracking%20-%20Sheet1.csv</a><br/><br/>Thank you, GenAI! 2025-03-19T04:26:55Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9njw3337xxtdn5mwfcp3jk3ulwupgktxqv24snmw5qd54dmxpu3czyr5420nsdf6yy32hu7vuc6pqsxn4fxxrsl7glfjr6khdfa5hqtlx2rp0fjw Deep down, in my heart of hearts, I am only programming in Elixir because it has the name that reminds me most of D&amp;D, what with Elixir and Mix and Hex<br/><br/>If it was not Elixir, it would be Ruby, because I like the word &#34;gem&#34;<br/><br/>This is the extent of my technical decisionmaking capability and I will never apologize 2025-03-19T03:04:04Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs06ny8tv7dslk4zjvfjjl0zshrge8ssupplyzyx28j3jntnlh5vgczyr5420nsdf6yy32hu7vuc6pqsxn4fxxrsl7glfjr6khdfa5hqtlx2qkg440 Great news everyone! I have infodumped all my job search advice into a gigantic article, and I have channeled all my benevolent sociopath energy on your behalf. Godspeed!<br/><br/><a href="https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/ludics-guide-to-getting-software-engineering-jobs/">https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/ludics-guide-to-getting-software-engineering-jobs/</a> 2025-02-28T06:25:34Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9psrcv0cks4zreef5gqlkynw6cpwv3twj9l4cngxva4q8j2dxghgzyr5420nsdf6yy32hu7vuc6pqsxn4fxxrsl7glfjr6khdfa5hqtlx2e3anug Great news everyone! I open the grifter playbook and talk about all the people that now try to sell me time with your boss&#39; boss&#39; boss and why they keep buying trash software.<br/><br/><a href="https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/brainwash-an-executive-today/">https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/brainwash-an-executive-today/</a> 2025-01-13T22:06:35Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgr4593m2negcswssjelntz88zgx39kqgdtmjyscskf488dw8sgjczyr5420nsdf6yy32hu7vuc6pqsxn4fxxrsl7glfjr6khdfa5hqtlx2qtvzsc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgm7ccyq6vfzzwqwh7szz43hg4zm2g2yshahzyavafp04ymuaax6spz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qwwg03r'>nevent1q…g03r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqdnn8lhve69yuy85zzcnl7aymzlr4t6dwhq55hkc4tzf3typen65ssc48vs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqdnn8lhve69yuy85zzcnl7aymzlr4t6dwhq55hkc4tzf3typen65ssc48vs</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…48vs</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqqdfq7xsxn54dqcagze67nx549ll68hxtt7js2c6hgvtzktuz58zstdlst5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqqdfq7xsxn54dqcagze67nx549ll68hxtt7js2c6hgvtzktuz58zstdlst5</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…lst5</span>)</a></span> This guy&#39;s so good at business 2025-01-09T06:19:58Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvn4uq5lsu88l439fg57n96n05fry093kkvptxaps9e04v6jcx9cqzyr5420nsdf6yy32hu7vuc6pqsxn4fxxrsl7glfjr6khdfa5hqtlx2afszha I just tried so, so hard to use GenAI for the venerated &#34;rapidly do easy project in language you&#39;re trash at&#34;. I was writing a quick mobile app for a researcher at Uni of Melb as a personal favour, got like 30% of the way further than I had any business to...<br/><br/>... and then had to stop and just learn how to do it properly, the old-fashioned way, and I think I&#39;ve mostly wasted time not doing it that way.<br/><br/>I&#39;m impressed I got that far but also it fell so far short of saving me real time. 2024-12-19T02:45:47Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxqm2u2aap92grggac4k7gk5f4vcawsryanrjlxp72sx6gclg3a5gzyr5420nsdf6yy32hu7vuc6pqsxn4fxxrsl7glfjr6khdfa5hqtlx2as9gfy <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq8c3lz8u8q6f43tp78lzwuse3n359akle4x227a9l3waglg5wl4eq4qsluf" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq8c3lz8u8q6f43tp78lzwuse3n359akle4x227a9l3waglg5wl4eq4qsluf</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…sluf</span>)</a></span> has gone unreasonably hard:<br/><br/><a href="https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/altman_dunce">https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/altman_dunce</a> 2024-12-18T20:41:20Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyulgaymdkst7nrvmdf2kzztyhqkdtflfkec8rx25p5a93z7anm7gzyr5420nsdf6yy32hu7vuc6pqsxn4fxxrsl7glfjr6khdfa5hqtlx2ft6pec When I am an employee, employers are like &#34;you have to accept Scrum&#34;. When I&#39;m consulting, employers are like &#34;oh, you must be elite, you&#39;re using something that isn&#39;t Scrum&#34;<br/><br/>This industry has brain worms 2024-12-14T04:03:18Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0pms3fzqsc0cuhlmew5ytm8pdllr5wzrx4062ym9uu2see5ehhhgzyr5420nsdf6yy32hu7vuc6pqsxn4fxxrsl7glfjr6khdfa5hqtlx2nzm2e0 I roll a d20 every morning, and today I rolled two 20s in a row, so I guess I&#39;m literally invincible for the rest of 2024. 2024-12-03T04:35:39Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszztxw696rh4js8k4jphlcpknfm4cvqw3y9ewz6fntmr8sfhjaneqzyr5420nsdf6yy32hu7vuc6pqsxn4fxxrsl7glfjr6khdfa5hqtlx2ddtm6d The comments on the latest thing to blow up has given me many fine additions to my collection:<br/><br/><a href="https://ludic.mataroa.blog/compliments/">https://ludic.mataroa.blog/compliments/</a> 2024-12-01T05:13:56Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsz2epa7a7qguw9exg6svvnzs3hr7wphsks0mmjnytk7jnr5mz22ygzyr5420nsdf6yy32hu7vuc6pqsxn4fxxrsl7glfjr6khdfa5hqtlx2mpjnmk This article I wrote hit the HN frontpage again:<br/><br/><a href="https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/you-must-read-at-least-one-book-to-ride/">https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/you-must-read-at-least-one-book-to-ride/</a><br/><br/>Just wanted to shout out the one guy that said I seem like such a nerd that he could never enjoy time with me 😢 I&#39;ve never been more owned 2024-12-01T01:03:58Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqtrxw6nn0v0dq3azyk0ext9fehysp0j8r5zxrdyfuur96mr2m0zgzyr5420nsdf6yy32hu7vuc6pqsxn4fxxrsl7glfjr6khdfa5hqtlx2ndtsss Everyone I know that actually trains as a sprinter is so violently opposed to terminology that implies knowledge work should be approached that way, yet we still call it a &#34;sprint&#34;.<br/><br/>I feel like we could just call it a &#34;fortnight&#34; and half the Scrum industry would instantly evaporate as pseudo-leaders realize that you can&#39;t program at max speed forever in enterprise environments.<br/><br/>Unfortunately, at that point someone would invent &#34;Faster Sprints&#34; to recapture the gullible dweeb market. 2024-07-21T23:57:38Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqd9n2d0f9czepp62x2yguylfw24z6pn6luzqe008x0qk2h6g3ezqzyr5420nsdf6yy32hu7vuc6pqsxn4fxxrsl7glfjr6khdfa5hqtlx29qtrr3 Great news everyone! I have allowed power to fully corrupt me and now self-identify as a thought leader! And have also written up the absolutely bizarre experience of going so viral from a blog post that I&#39;m being offered journalism jobs and book deals<br/><br/><a href="https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/my-glorious-ascension-to-thought-leadership/">https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/my-glorious-ascension-to-thought-leadership/</a> 2024-07-11T06:59:45Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstq83kc84eza4tngcnvaydvem5yva5ddrljc67xjhcdtrtk50ul5qzyr5420nsdf6yy32hu7vuc6pqsxn4fxxrsl7glfjr6khdfa5hqtlx2mu9x6e I was on BetterOffline with Ed Zitron by the way, I just kept quiet about it so the man could cook:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/139-better-offline-150284547/episode/i-will-piledrive-you-if-you-191631096/">https://www.iheart.com/podcast/139-better-offline-150284547/episode/i-will-piledrive-you-if-you-191631096/</a> 2024-07-03T05:34:41Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2vqmnpz3tgst8750jleql7hvjtuh0rtse3zkgxu77khraxk4533czyr5420nsdf6yy32hu7vuc6pqsxn4fxxrsl7glfjr6khdfa5hqtlx2k6l5yn Great news everyone! Now that I&#39;m scarcely anonymous and some managers at my day job can weaponize this against me, I&#39;ve decided to talk about mental health:<br/><br/><a href="https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/on-burnout-mental-health-and-not-being-okay/">https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/on-burnout-mental-health-and-not-being-okay/</a> 2024-07-02T02:11:55Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsthsducn0ggak44p2qnm0xvfkpan603v0gkj4hl224l7znrw8ckvgzyr5420nsdf6yy32hu7vuc6pqsxn4fxxrsl7glfjr6khdfa5hqtlx274pkgg <a href="https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i-will-fucking-piledrive-you-if-you-mention-ai-again/">https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i-will-fucking-piledrive-you-if-you-mention-ai-again/</a> has done such a staggering amount of traffic that I have been asked to be in an honest-to-God documentary, I believe as an anti-AI-hype expert, and I think I may need a new job on Monday because there is NO WAY I fly under the radar this time.<br/><br/>Pray for me 🙏 (Or better yet, network me with cool people)<br/><br/>EDIT: I just had to remove an image because it displayed as GIGANTIC for unknown reasons. I am truly a tech genius. 2024-06-20T23:16:16Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs923ur3frtcl8s6k09wxnemqc3xzmxr709n89pv4v4ycqtmwxmwlgzyr5420nsdf6yy32hu7vuc6pqsxn4fxxrsl7glfjr6khdfa5hqtlx2ca982h Great news everyone! I finally talk about AI hype. Someone finally mentioned LLMs one time too many, and the reckoning is upon us:<br/><br/><a href="https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i-will-fucking-piledrive-you-if-you-mention-ai-again/">https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i-will-fucking-piledrive-you-if-you-mention-ai-again/</a> 2024-06-19T05:42:00Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrkl7jarvzjc8svxzuhzpg0qyfhtxlcgns9fkd62yjyzc63lz9z0szyr5420nsdf6yy32hu7vuc6pqsxn4fxxrsl7glfjr6khdfa5hqtlx2qnfw6k In Star Trek: The Next Generation, racism, sexism, poverty, you name it, have all been obliterated.<br/><br/>But the engineers still triple all their time estimates because Picard always immediately halves whatever number they say.<br/><br/>Why is my future bleak even in fantasy utopia, you sick fucks? 2024-01-04T21:03:30Z