Mike Veerman @mikeveerman

AI-curious fractional CTO Building software is hard, but don't let that stop you. Something with AI newsletter: https://t.co/4n4TT4HAzR mikeveerman.be Antwerpen Joined April 2010

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Mike Veerman @mikeveerman

2 days ago

I find myself using Claude Code more to explain and investigate things than to actually generate code. It's a rubber duck, not an engineer.

Mike Veerman @mikeveerman

3 weeks ago

I find myself using Claude Code more to explain and investigate things than to actually generate code. It's a rubber duck, not an engineer.

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I'm starting to suspect Claude is Gen X... "The mid-90s internet was like a vast library where you could wander and discover. Today's internet is more like a shopping mall where you're constantly being herded toward the stores that pay the most rent."

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Mike Veerman @mikeveerman

4 days ago

Windows Recall, App Store gatekeeping, Google eyeing to disabled Android side loading, Persona, ChatControl being on the EU agenda again.... The time is right for a privacy-centric technological revolution. We need a new Napster.

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Mike Veerman @mikeveerman

4 days ago

How can Omarchy be so much snappier than Windows or MacOS? Opening apps on my 2015 MacBook feels faster than on my 2024 Mac. What are those OS doing that hyprland isn't?

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Mike Veerman @mikeveerman

6 days ago

A year ago, AI-generated images had ridiculous spelling errors. These days, ChatGPT churns out infographics that are actually usable. Another quiet evolution.

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Mike Veerman @mikeveerman

6 days ago

Do you think there is one chef fearing ChatGPT-generated recipes will put him out of a job? Of course not. Software engineers will not be replaced by an LLM.

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Mike Veerman @mikeveerman

a week ago

There's a lot of "80% done" out there. If you managed to ship just one feature this week, you did a lot better than most.

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Mike Veerman @mikeveerman

2 weeks ago

Collect feedback from customers, not stakeholders. A user’s insights are far more valuable than a PM’s opinion.

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Mike Veerman @mikeveerman

2 weeks ago

Ha! I just saw that new Omarchy screensaver in action. Old school cool.

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Mike Veerman @mikeveerman

3 weeks ago

I've added a custom slash command to Claude Code called /pair with these instructions : "Don't code yet. Let's discuss an approach together first. Only when I give the go ahead to build, you can start coding." It prevents Claude from jumping into elaborate-yet-wrong solutions.

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Mike Veerman @mikeveerman

3 weeks ago

Today, after years of not touching Windows, I fixed some issues on my mother's laptop. How can an OS get so terrible? How did we go from workhorses like Windows 98/2000 to Windows Stores and ads in the start menu? What happened?

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Mike Veerman @mikeveerman

3 weeks ago

There was some trouble getting JetBrains IDEs to play nicely with Hyprland, but now that that's fixed Omarchy is the ideal developer environment.

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Mike Veerman @mikeveerman

3 weeks ago

Programmers enjoy that feeling of understanding how the bits flow. That's what makes bugs so fascinating: there is an edge case we don't understand yet. I suspect its also the reason why aggressively vibe coding doesn't feel good : it works, but we don't fully understand why.

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Mike Veerman @mikeveerman

3 weeks ago

Battery life on my 2015 MacBook on Omarchy isn't too great. I'm guessing that's because of the decade-old battery. How many hours of operation can I expect on a new @FrameworkPuter laptop?

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Mike Veerman @mikeveerman

3 weeks ago

After a few hours of playing with Omarchy, I'm very charmed by how gorgeous, snappy and dev-centric it is. My 10-year-old Macbook feels like a modern machine.

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Mike Veerman @mikeveerman

3 weeks ago

Finally got some free time to join the cult. Omarchy on a 2015 MacBook . The installation was a breeze. Let's see how this decade old machine holds up.

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Mike Veerman @mikeveerman

4 weeks ago

The release of GPT-5 has clearly shown that the hype is not real. If we haven't reached the plateau yet, we're getting close.

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Mike Veerman @mikeveerman

4 weeks ago

We can break #ChatControl from day one by open sourcing something in the style of oversec.io Since they claim to only flag harmful content, this kind of encrypted messages will render the backdoor useless. #StopChatControl

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Mike Veerman @mikeveerman

4 weeks ago

An interesting (and rather sad) trend, but when trying to stream GPT-5, it asks for verification through Persona. While I understand the need to fight fraud, giving your ID card to some company to use their LLM is not the future we want. This is only a requirement for GPT-5 📷

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Mike Veerman @mikeveerman

a month ago

Hand-craft everything without AI tools, and you miss out on some real productivity benefits. Give the reins to Claude completely, and you'll build unmaintainable junk. Everything in software engineering is a trade-off, and AI is no exception.