Mikio Braun 💎
@mikiobraun.com
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ML, coding, Berlin. mikiobraun.de Current side project: talkwithren.com
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With all the new people and followers, maybe a re-intro is in order: - Currently I am at Zalando working on order fulfillment. I was there before working on reco & search. - Inbetween I was consulting and freelancing for about 4 years. - Even before I was an ML PostDoc at TU Berlin.
over 1 year ago
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"I haven't checked what the AI said but wtf if true" is something I'm thinking way too often these days. 😓
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I'd really like to know where Opus 4.7 and 4.8 got these verbal tics from. It constantly says stuff like "load-bearing" (instead of just saying it's important), or "X-shaped" instead of "looks like X". Do people really talk like this somewhere (I'm assuming in Silicon Valley?)
about 1 month ago
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Thorne 🌸
about 1 month ago
Microsoft: we're finally gonna release the fourth Fable game next year Anthropic: FABLE 5 AVAILABLE TODAY
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about 2 months ago
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(Maybe) unpopular opinion: Google Search AI Mode is not bad in terms of technology... but definitely needs improvement as a product.
blog.mikiobraun.de/2026/05/goog...
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Google Search AI Mode: the best facts grounded chatbot nobody knows about
At yesterday's Google IO conference, [Google announced that they will overhaul the Search experience](https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/), making the...
https://blog.mikiobraun.de/2026/05/google-search-ai-mode-the-best-facts-grounded-chatbot-nobody-knows-about
about 2 months ago
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Someone asked me whether it's OK if we order the authors alphabetically on some strategy document we're writing, and I said "I used up all my energy to care about author order in my time in academia, I don't care." 😅
about 2 months ago
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So when I started using Claude Code more I learned neovim, and now I let my discounted yearly all products subscription from jetbrains run out 😅
about 2 months ago
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So I told Claude "help me impulse buy a domain" and when we got to the point to close the deal I got this 😂
3 months ago
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Last week I wrote about agentic memory and how it was underdeveloped. A lot of people send me pointers to projects, so here's the follow-up with what I found.
blog.mikiobraun.de/2026/04/agen...
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Agentic memory the follow up
[Last week I wrote about agentic memory](https://blog.mikiobraun.de/2026/04/building-ais-that-grow-with-you) and I got a lot of responses, in particular many people pointing me to existing...
https://blog.mikiobraun.de/2026/04/agentic-memory-the-follow-up
3 months ago
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Google Gemini is really the worst at "engagement prompting". Always that follow-up question. Like a salesperson suggesting articles even after you said "just looking" for the 3rd time.
3 months ago
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This might be a bit niche, but I wrote a small userspace program that enables the scroll wheel gesture on Panasonic Let's Note laptops (those with the circular trackpad). Posting it here in case someone's looking for it.
github.com/mikiobraun/c...
#panasonic
#letsnote
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GitHub - mikiobraun/circulartrackpad: Userspace daemon restoring circular ring scrolling on the Panasonic Let's Note trackpad under Wayland. Build and works on my CV-SV1.
Userspace daemon restoring circular ring scrolling on the Panasonic Let's Note trackpad under Wayland. Build and works on my CV-SV1. - mikiobraun/circulartrackpad
https://github.com/mikiobraun/circulartrackpad
3 months ago
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I'm aware I haven't been very active on here, but I've started to blog again.
blog.mikiobraun.de/2026/04/buil...
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Building AIs that grow with you
It's a bit embarrassing to share the following, but beginning of this year I had a particularly intensive session with the "chat Claude". We were riffing off some ideas which became the...
https://blog.mikiobraun.de/2026/04/building-ais-that-grow-with-you
3 months ago
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I've recently been on Ben Lorica's Gradient Flow podcast speaking about agents, teams, and using a coding agent for data science tasks.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=poif...
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Your Coding Agent Is Lying to You About Your Data
YouTube video by Gradient Flow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poif6gqKcfc
3 months ago
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In other news, I finally fixed the custom handle - turned out for whatever reason I had double quotes around the DNS TXT value 🤦🏻♂️
3 months ago
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I'm pretty sure you could use something like this to have a reliable timer in chatGPT...
github.com/tonyOgbonna/...
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GitHub - tonyOgbonna/Simple-Timer-MCP-Server: An MCP (Model Context Protocol) Server that provides interval timing functionality using token-based time tracking.
An MCP (Model Context Protocol) Server that provides interval timing functionality using token-based time tracking. - tonyOgbonna/Simple-Timer-MCP-Server
https://github.com/tonyOgbonna/Simple-Timer-MCP-Server
3 months ago
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Maybe the most positive public space on the Internet I've come across in the past months is r/bald, where men who are balding encourage each other to shave their heads 🥰
www.reddit.com/r/bald/s/DEJ...
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Lose your hair, not your head.
Welcome to r/bald! Our philosophy is simple: embrace bald and strive to make the world a more bald-friendly place. We’re often sold the idea that bald is bad. That’s bullshit. As we grow and matu...
https://www.reddit.com/r/bald/s/DEJ9md4kSz
5 months ago
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Wow, the raspberry pi 5 with 16GB costs 200€ now? Wasn't that like 150€ last year?
5 months ago
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Claude Code: "It is not my place to question my user's requests 😌"
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From the ProgrammerHumor community on Reddit: kafkaEsque
Explore this post and more from the ProgrammerHumor community
https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/s/QZmgHFCSQJ
5 months ago
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Can't believe it but after years of being a jetbrains guy, I started using neovim with lazyvim and I haven't opened it in weeks! 😅
5 months ago
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Nerds on the Internet 😍
www.reddit.com/r/theydidthe...
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From the theydidthemath community on Reddit: [REQUEST] Gandalf lets go of the Bridge of Khazad-Dûm, and hits the water exactly 1m11s later. How high is the bridge?
Explore this post and more from the theydidthemath community
https://www.reddit.com/r/theydidthemath/s/mlsuzb9dL8
5 months ago
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When this all goes to shit, at least I can say "told you so!"
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From the wholesomememes community on Reddit: he always said 'please'
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https://www.reddit.com/r/wholesomememes/comments/13xtr4n/he_always_said_please/
5 months ago
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6 months ago
Read more here:
keepthescore.com/blog/posts/h...
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How One Hockey Mom Streams 30+ Youth Hockey Games Solo Each Season Using OBS and Live Scoreboards
See how Summer, an electrical engineer and hockey mom, streams 30+ youth hockey games per season completely solo—managing video, play-by-play commentary, and live scoring while saving families…
https://keepthescore.com/blog/posts/hockey-mom-streaming-operation/
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OK, one last tweak, crawled all links to add OpenGraph data to show proper link cards, like the one below. (also did you know, that chucknorris is a color?!)
mikiobraun.de/twitter/stat...
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@mikiobraun on Twitter
RT @oldJavaGuy: Why does HTML think “chucknorris” is a color? http://t.co/PQjvrvAd4l
https://mikiobraun.de/twitter/status/663965099158323200
6 months ago
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Added full twitter cards for my tweet archive, like this one:
mikiobraun.de/twitter/stat...
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@mikiobraun on Twitter
So because of Alan Wake 2 I've been replaying other Remedy games like Quantum Break. This scene with the chopper frozen in time was still in my memory, but I forgot that it was almost at the end. It h
https://mikiobraun.de/twitter/status/1731570185193078808
6 months ago
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Remembered I got an archive with all my tweets before I deleted my Twitter account in 2024. Now you can read them again:
mikiobraun.de/twitter
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Twitter Archive - Mikio L. Braun
https://mikiobraun.de/twitter
6 months ago
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Introduced my 18yo daughter to the works of Michael McDonald. Such a range, from Doobie Brothers to collabs with Jacob Collier and Thundercat!
6 months ago
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I came across this essay the other day:
www.robinsloan.com/notes/home-c...
And I think AI coding agents completely changed the game on these ones, more true than ever before. You can just code any small to medium sized app on the side if you want to!
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An app can be a home-cooked meal
I made a messaging app for my family and my family only.
https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/home-cooked-app/
7 months ago
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Alright, time to clean up my domains and unify my content 😓😅 It's just 12 domains and - a jekyll based blog - two (?) wordpress sites - a handrolled static site - a substack - an experiment I did on vercel years ago across a couple of registrars and DNS servers 😅
7 months ago
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Someone shared with me how they beat Sven by challenging him to a game of rock paper scissors 😂 but he didn't expect their last move!!
sventhebouncer.com/t/b683c550
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Sven the Bouncer
https://sventhebouncer.com/t/b683c550
7 months ago
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So I was playing around with prompts to create more engaging, live like agent personas, and somehow accidentally created this: running off of llama-3.1-8b, 7 turns, vibe-based scoring. No scripted answers. Curious what weird approaches people find!
sventhebouncer.com
7 months ago
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Andrea Lathrop
7 months ago
I have asked this, before, but is there anywhere else online that good Cog Sci/AI/ML discussions are ongoing, where I can at least eavesdrop academically? Twitter/X and Bluesky both feel kind of... sparse... and I might like a more concentrated topic focus, anyway.
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My side project tech stack these days is Termius on iPhone > raspberrypi 5 running in my living room with tailscale > tmux > nvim, claude code > Gemini Flash
8 months ago
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First time I heard the term "legacy employees" Wellwell
tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/...
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Meta Lays Off 600 From 'Bloated' AI Unit - Slashdot
Meta is laying off about 600 employees from its AI division as part of a restructuring to streamline operations and solidify Alexandr Wang's leadership over the company's AI strategy. "Workers across ...
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/22/2351229/meta-lays-off-600-from-bloated-ai-unit
9 months ago
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So it's always DNS, eh?
9 months ago
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Did you know you can put an LLM into test mode?
10 months ago
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I should give back this compliment by also indicating that Paul is the best partner if you need to derail a meeting - with best intentions, of course!
add a skeleton here at some point
10 months ago
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Alright, I just legendaried all Duolingo Japanese units. No celebration, no badges, that was a bit of a letdown. Ask me anything :)
10 months ago
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OH: "I don't know about AI, I like to do things manually. I mean, I use Arch Linux FFS!"
about 1 year ago
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Summer is for iced coffee beverages
about 1 year ago
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TFW you fire up duckdb to do some quick arithmetics. It used to be irb...
about 1 year ago
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about 1 year ago
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Gradient Flow
about 1 year ago
Why Block Built Their Own AI Coding Assistant (And Open-Sourced It) 👩💻 goose combines LLM reasoning with tool integrations to automate complex engineering tasks from start to finish 👉
gradientflow.substack.com/p/can-a-sing...
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Can a single agent automate 90% of your code fixes? Block thinks so
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https://gradientflow.substack.com/p/can-a-single-agent-automate-90-of
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Sunset over Okachimachi
#photography
about 1 year ago
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Found a book in Japan about why German working culture is so great, and the first thing they mention is that everyone gets up at 6 and start working at 7 and I'm like, sure... that's me... every day 😅
about 1 year ago
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Mikio Braun 💎
re:publica
about 1 year ago
Schlummern bei euch noch alte Handys in den Schubladen? Bringt sie mit zur
#rp25
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#Partner
Berliner Stadtmission sammelt diese für wohnungs- und obdachlose Menschen. 📍Wo? Sammelbox am Info-Point 📱Was? Smartphones & Handys, die funktionieren. Gern mit Ladekabel, aber ohne Daten oder PIN.
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Steglitz at Night
about 1 year ago
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Dr. Casey Fiesler
about 1 year ago
Another week, another research ethics controversy. TL;DR Researchers released a public dataset of 2B+ messages from 4M+ users on 3k+ "public" Discord servers. Usernames/IDs are anonymized. But let's unpack this one... 🧵
www.404media.co/researchers-...
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Researchers Scrape 2 Billion Discord Messages and Publish Them Online
A Brazilian team used Discord’s API to scrape 10% of its open servers.
https://www.404media.co/researchers-scrape-2-billion-discord-messages-and-publish-them-online/
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The new experimental thread view is nice, except that actual threads (as in a string of posts) is sometimes rendered with an additional level of indentation per post. Maybe treat it differently if the author replies to themself?
over 1 year ago
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This field is moving so fast I don't even remember what patches was about which I reposted 3 months ago.
add a skeleton here at some point
over 1 year ago
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