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Colton Voege writes No, AI is not Making Engineers 10x as Productive.

I would extend this conclusion to any profession or craft:

There is no secret herbal medicine that prevents all disease sitting out in the open if you just follow the right Facebook groups. There is no AI coding revolution available if you just start vibing. You are not missing anything. Trust yourself. You are enough.

Oh, and don’t scroll LinkedIn. Or Twitter. Ever.

Also, the math doesn’t compute:

I think sometimes people lose the scale of just how big a 10x improvement is. 10x is the difference between your mini-van and a record setting supersonic land jet. Imagine trying to drive your 10 minute commute down your city streets in a car that goes 600mph. Will you get to the other side of town in one tenth the time? No, because even a single 60 second stoplight will eat up your entire time budget. F1 cars slow down to mini-van speeds in basic turns. It turns out that most of any activity is not spent going at top speed.

(via Tao of Mac)

Green bean fort. Courtesy of my wife and son 📷

🎵 I recorded a snippet of my one of my attempts to learn Fresh Tendril by Soundgarden and just when I think I’ve nailed the count on it, the beat inverts by an offbeat eighth note.

Pretty amazing: The first 100% effective HIV prevention drug is approved and going global

An epidemic that’s been sustained for 44 years might finally be quelled, with the milestone approval of the first HIV drug that offers 100% protection with its twice-yearly injections. It’s a landmark achievement that stands to save millions of lives across the globe.

And it is royalty free:

The makers are also providing affordable access to the drug in the US and beyond, signing royalty-free licensing agreements with six generic manufacturers to produce and supply it.

Unboxing

Today I learned that eggplant is, botanically speaking, a berry.

I have now hit that milestone where I’ve had to increase the system wide font size on my phone.

I thought that working on my CV was going to be stressful but I’m finding myself in a place of deep thought over what my deal actually is, somewhat refreshing tbh. I am mainly focusing on conveying clarity, not trying to play some business jargon LinkedIn game. No, not running it through ChatGPT.

A History of Mac Settings via @taoofmac.com @rcarmo@mastodon.social

Thinking of Ozzy and playing Sinatra’s “My Way” in my head. I watched a bunch of videos on his last performance in Birmingham, what a life.

Because of Ozzy I’ve gotten to experience great drummers: Bill Ward, Randy Castillo, Tommy Aldridge, and my all time favorite: Mike Bordin.

Listening to “In My Life” from 2005’s Under Cover album.