evanmoran

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Founder working on podcasting software. Previously at Bungie, Pokemon Go, and Microsoft developing storytelling tech, tools and UI.
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Comment · 4 days ago
I think instead they should have had dynamic keycaps like this: https://fluxkeyboard.com. Then we could have helper icons for shortcuts per app when you hold the cmd key down. But it would obviously be much cooler if all the keys had the ability to change their look rather than just the top row.
Comment · 4 days ago
This is exactly why I'm considering it. It sounds super useful to feel the drag gestures while developing. Same with website testing when they are meant to be used on a phone/tablet mostly.
Comment · 13 days ago
This will destroy Withings as Apple Health Sync was the only reason anyone considered them.
Comment · 1 month ago
Many people working at frontier labs came out this week with estimates of 10% chance of catastrophic harm or greater. I’m not in the full doomer camp, but it seems obvious that these agents can hack in swarms, cooperate, and serious companies will be unable to stop it.

These facts are not in debate and none of us need to anthropomorphize to know what getting admin access to HF and an internal OpenAI cluster looks like.

Comment · 1 month ago
The new ones for me are adding extra terms like the 3 faces, to park at the door. (It’s 3 methods that block the thread)
Comment · 3 months ago
> Our team at DX analyzed engineering velocity from November 2024 to February 2026

In my experience Claude Code only really started to be really strong in December 2025 and most people didn’t notice/adopt it until Opus 4.6, which launched in Feb 2026. So I’d expect quite a different result if measure since then.

Comment · 4 months ago
> Fable 5 will be included for up to 50% of weekly usage limits through July 7, after which it will be available via usage credits.

This single change is a big deal. How many users have been choosing Claude Code because there wasn't a reason to switch? Feeling left out might trigger the largest loss of subscription revenue in the history of software.

Comment · 5 months ago
It seems clear that AI can port libraries at will to any other language. So even if we disagree on which language should win, the best libraries will be ported regardless.

Each has their benefits:

Python wins in AI and syntax niceties. Loses on perf and library migration. uv (written in rust) saved the whole ecosystem from dying in my opinion.

Typescript wins because web integration, much better type system, ok perf, and gigantic npm ecosystem. Also loses on library migration and perf and large container sizes.

Go wins on compile speed, perf, standard library l, module system, and go fmt + never breaking compatibility being a massive LLM advantage. Main con is not being rust :)

Rust wins on perf, safety, syntax, wasm / sandboxing. think worse on module system and compile speed vs Go.

Java/Kotlan/C# are in enterprise land and probably the runtime approach is flawed for the ai eras.

C++ is strangely relevant because choosing c++ is easier than before. I tried writing a shared library in rust and then trivially converted it to c++ when I wanted

Zig is up and coming but also has an unknown future. Seems like a great language, but if bun switches to rust it might be set back a bit.

Comment · 6 months ago
Thank you. I will also immediately stop using backblaze. Its purpose is to independently back up my hard drive. Not to pick and choose.
Comment · 6 months ago
I’d add that token pricing doesn’t work for anyone but the frontier models. Everything else will be commodified. So Opus can charge us top prices per token until a lower (or local) model hits parity and then price goes to zero.
Comment · 6 months ago
This is a great idea. Did you happen to release the source for this? I run into this all the time!
Comment · 6 months ago
We shall call it Achilles, as Claude Mythos is its only weakness.
Comment · 7 months ago
It also depends on if the CVEs can be fixed by LLMs too. If they can find and fix them, then it's very good.
Comment · 7 months ago
Exactly. C++ is still waiting for its "uv" moment, so until then modules aren't even close to solved.
Comment · 7 months ago
I suspect Capybara was the internal code name for what is now named Mythos

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