I'm a Griff who likes to code. Having a blast using AI tools and agentic workflows for software engineering. This industry has never been so much fun.
Aberdeen, Scotland
Joined September 2017
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We’re like one hack away from me finally being able to get my medical records easily
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I'm now having 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚍𝚎 make a motion graphic explainer for every non-trivial PR.
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I hate to say it, but if you’re running more than 2 sub agents at time, you’re almost certainly burning tokens for 0 quality gain.
Agents don’t trust each other enough to avoid double-checking everyone’s homework.
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owning a business is saying “after this week things will calm down”
every week
for the rest of your life
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When they zig, you should zag. That's why I recommend Thinking. Everyone's using AI so it'll really set you apart.
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Claude Code (OpenCode / Codex / etc) is just so fun.
It's really removed so much of the drudgery of writing software and left mostly the fun part.
Almost makes me wish we could freeze capability development and enjoy this moment for a little longer.
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In fact the average ChatGPT query takes almost exactly as much energy as a Google search in 2008 (that is the last time Google clearly indicated the electrical consumption of a search).
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It's over. GPT-5.2 aces one of the most important benchmarks and it's not even close!
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The Plough and the #NorthernLights over Stromness this evening. #Orkney
ALT Houses with lights on and a green glow from the Northern Lights overhead. The stars of The Plough are visible in the sky
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If you no longer want to code cause people say it’ll be automated someday, you never really loved it in the first place
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“If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.”
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We made some updates to Claude’s system prompt in claude.ai recently (developed in collaboration with Claude, of course). They aren’t set in stone and may be updated, but I’ll go through the current version of each and the reason behind it in this thread 🧵
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i don't think you understand
you catch 3am dopamine and vibe code an iOS app
you drop $99 on Apple dev program like it's a gym membership
you launch an iOS app with liquid glass ui becuase its the new meta
App Store Connect rejects it for "metadata guideline 4.3" - 6 times
you get 3 downloads: 1 is you, 1 is TestFlight, 1 is your mom
Apple hides your app behind an app from 2014
you buy an ASO tool for $69/mo and find out all your keywords are 5 volume, 98 difficulty
you redesign your screenshots 5 times because "text in screenshots is now indexed" but still no downloads
someone ships a worse version of your idea, ranks #3 for your top keyword
you open App Store, type your app's name, and it shows your competitor first
a German user leaves a 1-star review because your app "has a hard paywall and should be free"
you spend 3 days fixing dark mode padding instead of improving retention
you flip your app to "mental health" and get instantly flagged for "medical guideline violations"
you own 6 .app domains, 3 testflight builds, 0 DAUs
your only user is App Review, and they hate you
why are you building another iOS app again?
i don't think you understand
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UI driven-development is far superior to TDD. Customer-focused is always better than dev-focused. You're a craftsperson making stuff for people, stop being narcissistic/myopic.
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People seriously underestimate how much work it is to build good products, and overstate how easy it is to vibe code a clone of something.
Still trying to wrap my head around Google spending $32B on Wiz when their AI talent could easily vibe code a clone during a lunch. I thought all software was now free?
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Industrial robots have been around since the 80s. And yet there are still workers in factories.
AI raises the bar for when a dev is needed, it doesn't replace them.
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Happy #InternationalWomensDay 💖
ALT A meme featuring Regina George in a Santa hat, expressing frustration with the text "STOP TRYING TO MAKE FETCH HAPPEN." Below, there are two images of a cartoon character with a monkey-like appearance, displaying confusion, with the text git "