Jay Conrod
@jayconrod.com
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Computer tamer. Beach person. Works on distributed build tools. Likes your cat pictures.
Someone told me they got better results from an LLM code generator if they used ALL CAPS in the prompt. I wonder if it produces even better results if you swear at it. Could effective use of profanity really be what distinguishes a good senior engineer?
about 2 months ago
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Counted 6 cars without lights on the way home tonight. It is the hour of hour lord 8:30pm. Turn your lights on.
3 months ago
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Some reflections on professional open source work, first blog post in a while.
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Open source is like a second job
When I started working as a software engineer, I really wanted to work full time in open source. I've been lucky enough to spend a decent chunk of my career doing exactly that. Much of that work has b...
https://jayconrod.com/posts/130/open-source-is-like-a-second-job
3 months ago
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Tinkering on a side project while on PTO this week. Wanted to share a clever little parser trick borrowed from the Bazel tools.
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almost 2 years ago
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Heading back to the beach after a week in Munich at BazelCon. Had a great time, but Iām kind of looking forward to eating some vegetables again.
almost 2 years ago
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An xkcd that perfectly describes what it's like to work on a build tool on Windows.
xkcd.com/1888/
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https://xkcd.com/1888/
almost 2 years ago
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Finally, a day to practice my favorite activity, staring directly at the sun.
almost 2 years ago
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