www.theverge.com/podcast/9299... Always appreciate Nilay asking real questions The back and forth here related to integrating an LLM with Google Calendar instead of using an API was interesting 1/2

I've seen more and more complaints over how aggressively web scrapers are hitting sites today Part of the challenge is them having to scrape rendered HTML. XML + XSLT would have made this a lot cheaper to manage 🔗 tonysull.co/posts/i-ve-s...

I'm not sure where the #llm ends and the harness begins. Arguments that LLMs are just stochastic parrots or fancy auto complete still make sense. But given what they can do today, that must mean a well managed parrot (via the harness) can do some impressive stuff. 🔗 tonysull.co/posts/i-m-no...

New overcommitted is out 🎧 Adam Argyle (@nerdy.dev) on going from seven years at google chrome to staff design engineer at shopify, why llms suck at css, and why he thinks "the finishers", design engineers, are one of the most ai-proof roles in tech right now overcommitted.dev/design-engin...

Quick preview of what I've been cooking up 👀 demo.statorjs.dev I haven't had time to fix mobile yet, and I'd recommend opening on desktop with the Admin page in another tab State machines all the way down, entirely server rendered (for now), and similar to @htmx.org for HTML partial updates

Heartbreaking. And a wake-up call. It is no longer about being difficult to find a way to sustain yourself through your work online. It is no longer sustainable to keep a website up now. Axel has done so much for the web and all of us. Buy one of his books if you can. We've learned so much from him.

The one where @florian-lefebvre.dev spills Astro Docs secrets! Take a listen to Florian's journey through open source, and how he handled the responsibilities of providing accompanying documentation along the way. (And learned to love it, right? Right?!?!)

Years ago I wanted a #webdev framework that used state machines instead of state tightly coupled to UI components Well here goes nothing...#statorjs 🔗 https://tonysull.co/posts/years-ago-i-wanted-a-webdev

I must be getting old and using outdated definitions, but I could have sworn that a ceasefire between militaries meant you no longer shot at each other. 🔗 https://tonysull.co/posts/i-must-be-getting-old-and

I'm still not sure how we could claim alignment if we (a) don't know what happens during inference (2) can't define intelligence and (d) are limited to making polite requests via markdown. 🔗 https://tonysull.co/posts/i-m-still-not-sure-how-we

An even worse (maybe?) #ai #agi scenario If #llms cap out at roughly human intelligence, meaning they can't learn to be smarter them their training data, where does that leave us? Few human jobs and no post-scarcity utopia? 🔗 https://tonysull.co/posts/an-even-worse-maybe-ai-agi

🌶️ Spicy Friday Its been a good week so my spice level is low. I'll just say that (a) tomatoes are a garbage vegetable and (b) they are a delicious berry, unlike raspfruit and strawfruit which are terrible berries 🔗 https://tonysull.co/posts/spicy-friday-its-been-a

One day we'll end up back at XML + XSLT 🤞

🌶️ XML + XSLT would make for such a better web experience, human or not ✅ schemas ✅ discoverable APIs ✅ data + optional templates for HTML 🔗 https://tonysull.co/posts/xml-xslt-would-make

If you saw our site a few weeks ago you may have noticed we had a `chisel issues` feature that has since been deprecated and removed from the early beta Why? Issues feel like the wrong granularity today if you're using #ai, and if you're using chisel.build we assume you're also using coding #llms

With chisel.build we're going with the approach of building for the future you want Write docs and specs once not necessarily because they're as useful for #ai today as they are for humans, but because #llms should be able to use the same docs as humans if they're anything close to intelligence

If you're into self hosting and old school #indieweb tech, let me know! I'm finally ready to open up https://indiepub.dev for early testers. If you're a fan of #posse or just miss Google Reader, this may be up your alley. 🔗 https://tonysull.co/posts/if-you-re-into-self-hosting-and

Building @chisel.build has been so interesting A simple note in my README that the project uses chisel for docs and ADR specs is all Claude has needed to go through `chisel --help` and start using it 🔗 https://tonysull.co/posts/building-chisel-has-been-so-interesting

Finally at a point where I could migrate my own site and dogfood https://indiepub.dev Step 2: fix the automated #opengraph image generator 😅 🔗 https://tonysull.co/posts/finally-at-a-point-where-i

Noticed Sentry's CSP was catching a violation and learned that Zod v4 triggers `unsafe-eval` by default 😞 You can call `z.config({ jitless: true })` but that's brittle and depends on import order. Better fix: pnpm patch zod, set `allowsEval = () => false` github.com/getsentry/se...

One can only hope this is part of a larger wave of abandoning seat-based pricing 🔥

I remember being genuinely amazed looking at the night sky and seeing a satellite Now its sad how hard it is to look up for more than a few minutes without seeing multiple streaking by 🔗 https://tonysull.co/posts/9qbzlKdZav3u

When an email from a hosting provider claims hundreds of security issues were found and provide a link to enable security audits, what does that even mean? Did you not actually find anything yet, or are you already scanning and just asking me to enable my own ability to review the warnings?

Markdown is markdown, and if its useful for #ai it should be useful for a human too Use chisel docs with @astro Starlight and you have one set of markdown for your public docs, local TUI for devs, and a CLI for #llms to fuzzy search for context

We needed a few admin tools for the nonprofit my wife and I started recently, https://witandwhimsy.org/ The site is static, built with @astro.build and deployed to @netlify.com 🔗 https://tonysull.co/notes/we-needed-a-few-admin-tools (1/3)

Well the financing situation in tech claims another victim. If you or anyone you know is looking for an engineer with 18+ years experience and a focus on architecture and component libraries, send them my way or reach out! 🔗 https://tonysull.co/notes/well-the-financing-situation-in-tech (1/2)

What makes #atproto so different from ActivityPub or Indieweb specs? I want to make https://indiepub.dev useful for the next round of self-hosters, maybe I'm just missing the bluesky thread 🔗 https://tonysull.co/notes/what-makes-atproto-so-different

I have a hunch the web will be moving back towards more one-off CMSes pretty soon. Its always been tricky with a headless CMS to keep the types and config in sync with the frontend. 🔗 https://tonysull.co/notes/i-have-a-hunch-the-web (1/2)

I hadn't heard the term "futarchy" until today. At least in that podcast, it was the idea of having governments making policy decisions based on betting markets, like polymarket or similar. 🔗 https://tonysull.co/notes/i-hadnt-heard-the-term-futarchy (1/3)

Someone really should tell Trump that only Siths deal in absolutes. 🔗 https://tonysull.co/notes/someone-really-should-tell-trump

Looking for a better term to use for monorepos It can be really useful to having multiple related packages in the same repo, especially when sharing release and CI tooling 🔗 https://tonysull.co/notes/looking-for-a-better-term-for-monorepos (1/2)

Who knows what the believe in the news today, but if there are calls for communism rather than kings its largely it quibble over what to call the dictator claiming ownership of all your stuff 🔗 https://tonysull.co/notes/if-there-are-calls-for-communism

The USA is nearing 250 years old. i hope everyone remembers what this was all for. Read the writings of Hamilton or Washington or Jefferson or MLK or the inscription on the Statue of Liberty. 🔗 https://tonysull.co/notes/the-usa-is-nearing-250-years (1/2)

I still don't understand the claims that we're going to build data centers in space. How exactly do they plan on cooling all that hardware in the vacuum of space? 🔗 https://tonysull.co/notes/i-still-dont-understand-the-claims

The idea of soft succession is much more concerning than it seems to be given credit for Succession is sometimes the only option. 🔗 https://tonysull.co/notes/the-concept-floating-around-of-soft-succession (1/2)

Mike Judge was ahead of his time with Silicon Valley If #llm companies don't balloon unemployment in the near term, its probably because we're all finding jobs in the budding "data classification" industry 🔗 https://tonysull.co/photos/mike-judge-was-ahead-of-his-time

https://claude.com/blog/auto-mode This is getting ridiculous. Now we're asking Claude to ask another Claude whether the first Claude's permissions decision was safe? 🔗 https://tonysull.co/notes/claude-auto-mode-this-is-getting-ridiculous (1/2)

#ai safety efforts seem pretty useless as long as we cant inspect and interpret what happens during inference It may seem like an #llm recognizing it is being tested and responds differently, but how can we really know? 🔗 https://tonysull.co/notes/ai-safety-efforts-seem-pretty-useless (1/2)

It's crazy that companies are tracking token usage as a leaderboard If anything you should track productive output per token 🔗 https://tonysull.co/notes/its-crazy-that-companies-are-tracking (1/2)

USB-C is great and all, but why isn't it a flat magnetic connection? I'm sick of digging hay out of a USB-C port so my phone will actually charge. 🔗 https://tonysull.co/notes/usb-c-is-great-and-all-but

Its a rare, and exciting, experience to be on a team where you are constantly surrounded by all stars swinging for the fences and raising the bar every day If you're lucky enough to work with Sarah at some point, strap in and start taking notes because there's a lot to learn!

It should be obvious that LLMs aren't anything close to artificial intelligence. I wouldn't have to craft the perfect markdown file for an intelligent system. 🔗 https://tonysull.co/notes/it-should-be-obvious-that-llms (1/2)

I get a kick out of the idea that the epitome of software engineering today is optimizing markdown text That feels like a sign you look back on and think "yep, we took a wrong turn somewhere back there" 🔗 https://tonysull.co/notes/software-engineering-is-now-md-optimization

In Mario Kart 64, Princess Peach said "Bean dip. Bye bye!" when you hit someome with a shell. I don't know why this is how I remember it but you'll never convince me otherwise. And yes, Sinbad was in a Shazam movie in the 90s as well. 🔗 https://tonysull.co/notes/in-mario-kart-64-princess-peach

Listened to: Wide Boundary News | Frankly #130 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Extremely well done podcast episode, and show in general 🔗 https://tonysull.co/notes/extremely-well-done-podcast-episode-tgs (1/3)

I hope open source can make it through the current wave of LLMs to end up better on the other side I don't know how to best approach it, but @npmx.dev sure is killing it! 🔗 https://tonysull.co/notes/i-hope-open-source-can-make

I haven't even officially launched https://indiepub.dev yet and I'm already out of date Great to see Astro v6 come in for a final landing 🚀 🔗 https://tonysull.co/notes/i-havent-even-officially-launched-indiepub

After 5 months of big refactors, it's here! Environment APIs ready, CSP and queued rendering. Enjoy my features!

OK, not the *main* story of the day... but, the v6 major upgrade guide was a BIG part of Team Docs life for months. A lot of us worked on it. I hope it works for you when you upgrade! (And if it doesn't... well, that's just an opportunity to contribute yourself!) docs.astro.build/en/guides/up...

I'm always surprised by companies expecting their employees to use personal phones for work. There are serious intellectual property rights issues you run into using a work computer for personal projects. 🔗 https://tonysull.co/notes/im-always-surprised-by-companies-expecting (1/2)