new yorkers en masse have expressed their enthusiasm for democratic socialism. but these forty men surveyed in the waiting room of the coeur d’alene family court have a different perspective
Matt Reider
@mreider.bsky.social
Observability 👀 | Kubernetes ⛴️ | OpenTelemetry 📡 | Dynatrace PM in Vienna, Austria 🇦🇹
Rep. AOC posts new photo on Instagram celebrating the Knicks alongside Mayor Zohran Mamdani
The Knicks finally figured out how to do the right thing.
How interesting that Meta called @wired.com "dishonest" and then (quietly) removed the face-recognition system it had previously (also quietly) integrated into an app downloaded onto 50 million phones. Dishonest!
Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App After WIRED Report
The code WIRED identified is gone from the latest version of Meta AI, the companion app for the company’s smart glasses. Meta won’t say why or whether it’s coming back.
wired.com
@davidfrum.bsky.social I enjoyed you interview of Marty Baron as I am sure McChesney would have. One little nit. Turn your mic off when you're scribbling notes!
@caseynewton.bsky.social / @kevinroose.com / @cloudcastpod.bsky.social I'm pretty skeptical about media hype over agentic and autonomous AI (AGI 🫣 - don't get me started). I spent my Saturday recording my thoughts. I hope you take a few minutes and give it a read. mreider.com/tech/why-ai-...
Why AI won't take control - MR
Co-Pilot vs. Autopilot in high-stakes environments
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I considered entitling this blog "You're full of shit about Agentic AI, he yells at no one." mreider.com/tech/why-ai-...
Why AI won't take control - MR
Co-Pilot vs. Autopilot in high-stakes environments
mreider.com
Signal For New Pope Delayed While Dead Raccoon Dislodged From Sistine Chapel Chimney
I was wrong about cryptocurrency. It does have a compelling use case. www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/05/...
58 crypto wallets have made millions on Trump's meme coin. 764,000 have lost money, data shows
Interest in the $TRUMP meme coin spiked more than 50% after the project's website promised the top 220 holders a seat at a dinner with the president.
cnbc.com
If Trumpty-Dumpty is working with the Russians to screw up America, he's doing a great job. Eggs, $11 a dozen. Health & Human Services down the dumper, ditto VA. If you call Social Security, they tell you to call back later. Guys 'n gals, this is more fucked up than Peter O'Toole on his birthday.
We need to save some smoke for voters. Trump was very clear during the campaign that he planned to settle Russia's war on Ukraine quickly and on Putin's terms. 77 million people voted for him anyway, and now he's following through. American voters sold out our ally.
Farrah Fawcett was born #OTD in 1947. She died of a vaccine preventable cancer in 2009, just a few years after the HPV vaccine was approved.
I've been reading biographies about Prince, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Doobie Brothers, and then listening to artists and bands at work. Much better than joining the news cycle of doom.
Sam Harris is a jackass, but this is worth reading as a window into Elon's descent into madness samharris.substack.com/p/the-troubl...
The Trouble with Elon
I didn’t set out to become an enemy of the world’s richest man, but I seem to have managed it all the same.
samharris.substack.com
A blog about writing, AI writing tools, story-telling, and slop. mreider.com/tech/sudowri...
Sudowrite, ChatGPT, and AI Slop
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IMHO good (or any) product strategy is impossible without the pain of sacrifice. mreider.com/tech/trade_o...
Great Strategy Starts with Sacrifice
Chasing weaker opportunities exhausts your team
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We live in a part of Vienna dominated by these big stark apartment buildings. Each building has a unique mosaic art piece by the entrance.
Bluesky has early Twitter vibes and uncertain prospects. mreider.com/tech/blue_sk...
Bluesky is almost like 2012 Twitter
Early Twitter vibes and uncertain prospects
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Another little weekend software project: a static site generator like Hugo, but simpler and easier to control. I think it went faster without ChatGPT this time around. github.com/mreider/krems
GitHub - mreider/krems: A static site generator (SSG) written in Ruby
A static site generator (SSG) written in Ruby. Contribute to mreider/krems development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
I’ve been enjoying writing these every few days, finding my blogging voice—this one’s inspired by a great podcast on ambivalence. aligned.at/posts/certai...
Certainty, Ambivalence and Product Leadership
Software product leader
aligned.at
A short blog about egocentric product thinking, which might come off as "get off my lawn” grumbling. aligned.at/posts/making...
Making It Personal
Software product leader
aligned.at
Last night, I wrote about @vmware.bsky.social Cloud Foundry, and #kubernetes companies / projects that shaped my career and the enterprise software landscape. Quite a few facts and people aren't mentioned - I wanted to keep it short. aligned.at/posts/vmware...
VMware, Pivotal and the rise of Kubernetes | Could work. Might not.
Building a successful platform, spinning out into something new, and facing big shifts in the industry
aligned.at
I built a relatively sophisticayed "subscribe" app using ChatGPT and wrote about it. You can see it running in the upper right hand corner of my (new) blog. aligned.at/posts/buildi...
Building Quacker: A Weekend Project with ChatGPT | Could work. Might not.
Building an app with AI is both impressive and frustrating.
aligned.at