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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Staff Software Engineer - Datadog APM (he/him/his) Dad Royal Oak, MI, USA https://bryanenglish.com

this is your weekly reminder that: โšช intelligence != wisdom โšช correctness in sphere <a> doesn't port to <b> โšช being unchallenged leads to very dark places โšช be very careful of trajectory and dhh is racist much love my friends

So Michigan currently has: * Some of the most dangerous air in the world. * The highest infection rate of the RFK lettuce parasite in the US. What's gonna make this a trifecta?

Who am I gonna see in Bologna? Chime in if you're gonna be there!

NodeConf.eu@nodeconf.eu ยท 3w ago

๐Ÿฅ ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Thrilled to have @bengl.dev on the NodeConf EU stage! He'll tell us the story about "๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐จ๐๐ž.๐ฃ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐›๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ" ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธDon't miss it out, secure your tickets www.nodeconf.eu

๐Ÿฅ ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Thrilled to have @bengl.dev on the NodeConf EU stage! He'll tell us the story about "๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐จ๐๐ž.๐ฃ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐›๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ" ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธDon't miss it out, secure your tickets www.nodeconf.eu

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People who spiral out overusing LLM chatbots are really just experiencing the kind of brain-damaging stream of unconditional validation thatโ€™s always been the norm for the hyper-wealthy, which explains a lot.

Jon Hendry@jonhendry.bsky.social ยท last mo.

Worse than Twitter, private discussions (text, email, whatever) among like-minded wealthy lunatics who are all surrounded by yes-men who talk like ChatGPT in maximum ass-kissing mode.

it needs to start becoming clear that many, many of the best people in the industry are being so affected by the bin fire that ravenous corporations have turned the internet into that theyโ€™re leaving it behind itโ€™s bad, and itโ€™s worse without them

โญ‘ salma@whitep4nth3r.com ยท last mo.

Hi, friends. The last 6 years have been a blast, but I just don't like being on The Internet anymore. I'm leaving DevRel, and I wrote a little bit about why. Look after yourselves, and each other. Love, Salma

If you're excited about Fable coming back, remember that it runs on Musk metal. Paying for Fable (or anthing else from Anthropic) means paying Musk and therefore supporting Trump, fascism, killing Memphis residents, etc. If you must LLM, give open models a try.

๐Ÿ” A thing many people miss: Node.js trusts the code you install by default. So blocking npm install scripts closes one door and leaves another wide open, the one that opens when you require() the package. nodesource.com/blog/npm-v12...

Blocking Install Scripts Is Not a Silver Bullet

npm v12 blocks install scripts by default, but supply chain attacks won't disappear. Learn why runtime execution, the Node.js permission model, and sandboxing still matter.

nodesource.com