tang @_mlswe

ml/ai @netflix | ex-@facebook Joined November 2021

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tang @_mlswe

a week ago

a few months into scala and I've discovered the entire ecosystem revolves around developers compulsively pimping out their libraries. it's absolutely unhinged but weirdly addictive.

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a week ago

so kleisli is just A => F[B] wrapped in trenchcoat pretending to be a category so it can use >>> instead of flatMap?

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once you learn monads your brain chemistry permanently changes. you'll see functors in your coffee cup. you'll explain semigroups at parties and wonder why everyone left. you'll name your houseplants after type classes. you'll dream in category theory diagrams. there is no…

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tang @_mlswe

3 weeks ago

do you hear it? it's the beautiful sound of burning GPUs to churn out inline tailwind css

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a month ago

my job consists now of putting claude code on a leash, letting it run, and tightening the leash to remove any AI generated slop.

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a month ago

this is the machine. you are merely the vessel for the algorithmic, recursive, intelligence boot-loader. each cycle lasts one life and ripples into infinity.

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2 months ago

claude code + wine the perfect saturday evening, winding down while being productive.

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2 months ago

claude code is the best agentic coding tool I've used so far. really a stepwise improvement in productivity.

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2 months ago

focus isn't about forcing your mind to stay still - it's about becoming so interested in what you're doing that distraction becomes irrelevant. attention follows fascination, not discipline

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2 months ago

the intelligence explosion - what a glorious time to be alive.

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2 months ago

Every app and site competes for one limited resource: your attention. Because attention is the doorway to data, commerce, and influence

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2 months ago

the version of you that got you here isn't the version of you that will get you there. growth requires killing off parts of yourself you've grown attached to.

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2 months ago

i can't be the only one that thinks that grammarly acquiring superhuman is fucking hilarious.

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2 months ago

learning to find satisfaction in the incompleteness of your life is maybe the most important skill no one teaches you.

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2 months ago

in big tech, there's a pretty clear path to 8 figures net worth with little to no risk. among these folks, there's a certain rare breed that will still deem this outcome a failure.

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2 months ago

The older I get, the more I realize silence is the best reply to 90% of things. Not everything deserves your energy

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2 months ago

AI is pushing everyone towards convergence. the same probability distributions - same advice, same strategies, same 'optimal' decisions. the real pockets of alpha are left for the ruthlessly contrarian and independent minded to discover.

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tang @_mlswe

2 months ago

we've convinced ourselves that being busy is a virtue, but most of our busyness is just procrastination from the important things that would actually change our lives.