@kelseyhightower.com - Kelsey Hightower bsky.app

I never thought people would be this excited about talking to a computer.

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The most challenging aspect of software development has been the lack of documentation.

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Finally got around to automating my workflow for the business side of my speaking engagements. This includes generating contracts, invoices, and updating the sp...

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Some people can't afford the cost of a Real ID, or a copy of their birth certificate, which is why it's important for those of us who can help to help. Even hel...

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Games are being played with your right to vote. I know it's not possible for everyone, but I'm making sure I got all my paper work in order. Voter registration,...

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I'll never stop thinking about the negative impacts of generative AI, but I'll always seek to understand the positive aspects of the technology, mainly to balan...

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Many open source maintainers have already advised people how to engage with their projects. There are contribution guides and communication channels in which to...

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This isn't hopeless. We have a say in the future, but it requires a lot of work, for a long time. Step one, do business with, or create the businesses, that ali...

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Given the current trajectory, a job in the tech industry may eventually require the use of generative AI tools, no different than being forced to learn and use ...

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The big AI push is attempting to legitimize the bots. The same soulless, automated, spam generating things no one wants to interact with.

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"This turns the maintainer into an unwitting vibe coder" 🎯

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I continue to struggle with making native MacOS apps. All abstractions leak but SwiftUI takes the crown.

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We are about to go from micro services running on the cloud to monoliths running on the desktop.

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This is also what power looks like.

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You are not powerless. You are not alone. Groups aggregate power. Be together.

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I don't want us to replicate what we have today. I want us to replace it. We don't need to build centralized services that scale to billions of users. We need t...

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The same tools would also enable you to fire your boss.

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What if this wave of AI tools enables us to regain control over our data and replicate the majority of SaaS services we pay for today. We've already solved the ...

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All while we finance the operation through our retirement accounts and index funds.

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Intelligence shouldn't be reduced to what a computer can do.

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