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Charles Humble

@charleshumble.bsky.social

Techie, podcaster, editor, author and consultant, 1/2 of Twofish. I'd rather be making music. Work: https://www.conissaunce.com Music: http://www.twofish-music.com

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Lucas Hendren@lhendren.bsky.social · last wk.

the sustainable angle is what sold me on smaller models before efficiency was fashionable. in applied ML most of my wins came from feature engineering and a right-sized model, not scale. the failure mode is reaching for GenAI when a linear model would ship faster.

Sam Aaron@samaaron.bsky.social · 3w ago

It took 7 years of self-funded work, but Sonic Pi is finally at a place I'm happy with. It's even easier than beginners and even more powerful for pro users - and just way more polished in every way. It's also a (friendly) technical trojan horse for SuperSonic. www.patreon.com/samaaron/pos...

Sonic Pi v5 Release Candidate 1 | Sam Aaron

Hey there, happy Friday and huge love to you wherever you are in the world. Today, it's time to open the vaults and let loose something that

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Richard W. Bown is 📝 editing@bownie.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A beautiful evocation of all that is pure and good about writing. Thanks to @charleshumble.bsky.social for sharing this in his newsletter. Alongside the Brazil and cricket themes, it really couldn't have been any better! #writingcommunity #booksky www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

I knew my writing students were using AI. Their confessions led to a powerful teaching moment | Micah Nathan

The problem wasn’t just the perfectly polished, yet mediocre prose. It’s what’s lost when we surrender the struggle to translate thought into words

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Charles Humble@charleshumble.bsky.social · 3mo ago

GitHub argues that its problems are caused by unprecedented scaling demands caused by AI, but I’m not convinced. I think they might be more down to poor engineering combined with conflicting priorities at Microsoft. Also my irony meter just exploded.

Scott@scarey102.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New from @charleshumble.bsky.social: leaddev.com/software-qua... "If we take Fedorov’s argument that the problem is one of rapid scaling caused by AI, it’s hard to ignore the irony [...] It is now buckling under the weight of the automated, AI-generated activity that followed."

Scott@scarey102.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New from @charleshumble.bsky.social: leaddev.com/software-qua... "If we take Fedorov’s argument that the problem is one of rapid scaling caused by AI, it’s hard to ignore the irony [...] It is now buckling under the weight of the automated, AI-generated activity that followed."

What’s gone wrong at GitHub?

For most of its life, GitHub has been remarkably reliable. Then, somewhere in the last year or so, that stopped being the case. What happened?

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Jess Rose@jesslynnrose.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This is the most specific job I have ever seen sharing it on the off chance one of you know someone who: - Is UK based - Looking for flexible, part time work - Has an academic/research background - Wants to build a research grants program - Loves hedgehogs 🦔🦔🦔

Research Manager | British Hedgehog Preservation Society (BHPS) | Ecology Jobs

Location: Hybrid – Shropshire office, mostly remoteSalary: £30,000 – £40,000 pro rata (depending on experience)Contract: Permanent, 2–3 days per weekClosing date: 13 July 2026 Make a difference for one of the UK’s most loved species The British Hedgehog Preservation Society (BHPS) is a UK charity dedicated to protecting and conserving native hedgehogs. Through research, advocacy,

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Charles Humble@charleshumble.bsky.social · 4mo ago

AI makes code cheap to write. Verifying it is now the hard, expensive, human part — and the "prompt and review" model risks burning out the very engineers we need to catch what AI gets wrong. My latest for @leaddev.com leaddev.com/ai/shipping-...

Shipping faster, thinking less? The AI code verification trap

As AI floods codebases with machine-generated output, the AI verification trap emerges to test the resolve of modern developers.

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Yacine Kheddache@kheddache.me · 5mo ago

Thanks, @charleshumble.bsky.social, for this great and open conversation. A real pleasure to discuss what @microcks.io is about and how it helps enterprises improve their API and cloud native application development. 👉 thenewstack.io/risk-mitigat...

Before you let AI agents loose, you’d better know what they’re capable of

Learn how to manage agentic AI risk through systems thinking, contract testing, and sandboxes to ensure autonomous systems stay predictable.

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Anne Currie@annecurrie.bsky.social · 5mo ago

NEW TECH PODCAST ALERT! Asynchronous & Unreliable In 2026 I'll be hosting Asynchronous & Unreliable, a new podcast on the most interesting concepts driving modern tech including but not limited to AI - because ChatGPT and pals are not the only things going on in technology