Joe Beda
@h.olysh.it
Out of retirement to be CTO @ Stacklok. Did k8s, GCE, gtalk and IE. Figuring shit out. Protect Trans kids 🏳️⚧️. Seattle. Signal: jbeda.99 he/him
Sleeper Agents but for AI. (This is a real concern for foreign open weight models.)
Wife: How'd your day go? Me: Not bad. Argued with Claude. Same as always.
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So that’s the thing to know, if you’re a tabloid that’s going to name-check me in another round of transphobic shit about Bluesky discourse. I don’t stand with you. I stand with my trans friends and family members. ⏹️
I know not everyone is into the AIs and all but... Opus 5 was *rough*. Overly verbose, expensive, trying too hard and getting confused. I was having a hard time with it. Switching effort from high to medium improved my experience *dramatically*.
there literally are no good-faith concerns about trans girls participating in high school sports. it is children playing games with their friends, its about confidence and relationship-building. let kids play with their friends.
Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 6d agoGood-faith concern on this issue would be going, "hmm, professional sports leagues should probably have some standards in place to ensure trans competitors aren't getting an unfair advantage," googling for 5 minutes, realizing every sports league already has those standards and dropping it.
joe.dev/posts/new-20... Love this from @h.olysh.it - this is the conversation about ai I’m having now with upper level engineers. Not the technical impacts but what are the cultural impacts. Who benefits is a big question in that.
The new 20% time, minus the time
Attention is replacing hours. But is it 120% time all over again?
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I moved Claude Code onto a spare NUC so closing my laptop doesn't kill a running session. 2 interesting things: - I was able to set up a seamless config that includes things like pasting images - This stuff is so *easy* when you are working with an AI agent. joe.dev/posts/always...
An always-on home for Claude Code
Running Claude Code on a spare NUC sounds simple, but the devil is in the details.
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I’m at the Cubs game. Against the Twins. Bottom of the 4th and the Cubs are destroying the twins. 9-0. Oof. Beautiful day though! Only a little smoky.
Video as extracted from that Insta post: baby Jimothy, before his cedars were torn down.
[to the rhythm of the “Kennedy Kennedy Kennedy” ad] JIMOTHY JIMOTHY JIMOTHY JIMOTHY JIMOTHY JIMOTHY JIMOTHY JIMOTHY JIMOTHY JIMOTHY JIMOTHY JIMOTHY JIMOTHY JIMOTHY JIMOTHY JIMOTHY
Joe Beda@h.olysh.it · 3w agoHot Jimothy summer.
Trans people have always and will always exist. Gender-affirming care is incredibly important. It should be a decision between individuals, families, and doctors — not the government.
Rubber duck debugging is when you just talk about your problems and the process of verbalizing them helps you solve them. One of the best ways to use AI, IMO, is as an "animatronic rubber duck". It can really help you sharpen your thinking. Blog post: joe.dev/posts/animat...
The animatronic rubber duck
One of the best ways to use AI is as an active listener to build understanding and expertise.
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I think one of the most patriotic things you can do is hate this government and still love America
🤷♀️ lol nobody is going to read this
The Telegraph@telegraph.co.uk · last mo.The progressive version of Twitter offers a world of vicious, sneering odium that only those who see themselves as kinder humans dish out 🔗 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/07/03/is-there-anything-more-pathetic-than-a-bluesky-user/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_li_pathetic-than-a-bluesky-user/
AI can make stupid people feel smart. None of are immune. That includes you. (Stupid people = stupid in a domain. People are multi-dimensional and IQ is bullshit.)
@h.olysh.it built an interesting OSS project: modelith.sh With AI driven development high levels of specificity upfront drives efficiency. 1. "grill-me" style skills to drive specificity 2. hybrid generated views (yaml + md w/ mermaid charts) 3. imperative linting forces correctness Super neat.
Modelith - Domain Model Tooling | Modelith
Author, validate, and render domain models by talking to an AI agent.
modelith.sh
Says something that they fight harder against those who want to fight trump than actually fighting trump.
Axios@axios.com · last mo."There's going to be a war": Centrist House Democrats plot Mamdani Caucus counterattack
"Broom the soup." A lot of centrists are freaking out right now, and people are both reading too much and too little into the DSA victories, but a metaphor from my career may be helpful here. 1/?
Julianne McShane@juliannemcshane.bsky.social · last mo.“All of us are a little frustrated with the Democratic Party. But you don’t blow it up. That’s what MAGA has done.” - Tish James on Mamdani 👀😳
These are the types of organizations I love to help. They helpi trans people be their best selves in a safe environment. Please donate to them if you can.
The Buckeye Flame@thebuckeyeflame.com · last mo.We’re broke, but determined.’" Ohio trans-affirming organization makes plea for support to keep their doors open Margie’s Hope was founded in 2011 and opened Margie’s Closet, a trans-affirming Cleveland clothing store in 2021. Their current situation? "Dire." thebuckeyeflame.com/2026/06/22/w...
I'm really enjoying the latest album from @deathcabforcutie.bsky.social. This song, Stone Over Water, is my favorite currently. Give it a listen. It seems to capture my mood quite a bit these days.
Death Cab for Cutie@deathcabforcutie.bsky.social · 2mo agoStone Over Water (Acoustic). Full live performance out now on YouTube: found.ee/DCfC-SOW
I don’t know man, who is “the Democratic Party” if it’s not the voters?Democratic voters choose candidates, not party leaders. And party leaders need to listen to what voters are telling us - and right now they are demanding our party be bolder.
Jaime Harrison@jaimeharrison.bsky.social · last mo.I say this with no ill will or animosity: if you hate the Democratic Party, then please don’t run for our nomination. Don’t use our resources. Don’t rely on our volunteers. Don’t use our infrastructure. Don’t ask Democrats to invest their time, money, and energy in your campaign.
My brother, if we win the Democratic Party primaries then we ARE the Democratic Party
Jaime Harrison@jaimeharrison.bsky.social · last mo.I say this with no ill will or animosity: if you hate the Democratic Party, then please don’t run for our nomination. Don’t use our resources. Don’t rely on our volunteers. Don’t use our infrastructure. Don’t ask Democrats to invest their time, money, and energy in your campaign.
Baseball players get hit with a pitch and they shake it off and take their walk. Soccer players trip on their own shoelaces and it’s like they broke a leg. And then they get up, limp a few steps and then are miraculously healed. Some Keyser Söze type shit.