Brian Barela retweeted
Replying to @CornellSports @CornellBaseball
Despite recording 19 hits, including a five-hit performance by sophomore catcher Mason Barela, @CornellBaseball drops the series finale to Fordham, 16-11, as its ninth-inning, two-out rally fell short, leaving the tying run at the on-deck circle.
#YellCornell
Let’s goooo!
Replying to @CornellSports
Sophomore @CornellBaseball catcher Mason Barela prevents a 1-2-3 inning to begin the game, lasering a solo home run to left field to put the Big Red ahead of Richmond, 1-0, at Pitt Field.
📺: bit.ly/3N7sdGG
#YellCornell
Brian Barela retweeted
Replying to @headinthebox
The real timesink is maintaining all the prompt engineering tricks that stop working 3 months later when the next model just handles it natively.
One UX challenge in GenAI systems isn’t the model itself — it’s how users experience the data behind it.
With data from multiple sources or on different schedules, late-arriving fields or partial records are inevitable.
--> The key is to design for transparency
Brian Barela retweeted
Jeff Bezos explains the idea of “paper cut” teams
“There are big things that are really important to manage — and by the way, it’s astonishingly hard to focus on just the big things. Even though they’re obvious, they’re really hard to focus on. But in addition to that, there are all these tiny customer deficiencies. We call those ‘paper cuts,’ and we make long lists of them. Then we have dedicated teams that go fix paper cuts. That’s because the teams that are working on the big issues never get to the paper cuts. They never work their way down the list. They’re working on big things — as they should and as you want them to — so you need special teams who are charged with fixing paper cuts.”
Video source: @lexfridman (2023)
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Brian Barela retweeted
Jumping ahead early!
Freshman catcher Mason Barela capitalizes on a leadoff walk drawn by sophomore shortstop Kevin Hager, registering his second home run of the season to put @CornellBaseball ahead 2-0 in the second inning.
📺: bit.ly/3EEoIU6
#YellCornell
So proud!!!
Replying to @CornellSports
Mason Barela's first collegiate home run, a towering shot down the left-field line, has put @CornellBaseball on the board in the seventh inning, reducing its deficit against Harvard to 5-2.
📺: bit.ly/4jHQ3n7
#YellCornell
Brian Barela retweeted
Cam Smith, a freshman shortstop from @FSUBaseball will be a household name by the end of this season. Video from @brettpn
Absolutely have seen this first hand!! Exciting times!!!!
Brian Barela retweeted
VCs switching from crypto to generative AI
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Brian Barela retweeted
To recap: the fact that Twitter continues to work is a testament to the 1000s of engineer years spelt building that reliability.
But as engineers, we know that failure is coming without continued investment to protect against the next thing.
Brian Barela retweeted
I’m thrilled to introduce my next endeavor — Backyard, the little house designed for your next chapter in life. samara.com
Brian Barela retweeted
Off-season is here for many fall sport programs!
Do this:
1. Full speed sprints (full recovery)
2. ⬆️ tissue tolerance w/extensive plyos
3. Focus on movement quality
Not that:
1. Stupid boot camps for “toughness”
2. High volume intensive plyos
3. Worry about maxing out
Brian Barela retweeted
Replying to @antoniogm
Gonna be able to get secondhand ping pong tables and beanbag chairs pretty cheap soon
Brian Barela retweeted
Replying to @tomhouse
I had six different pitches which all arrived at the plate like a 58 mph change with zero movement.
I didn't tip my pitches.
I also didn't last! 😉





















