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Austin Poor

@austinpoor.com

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Hi, I’m Austin. I’m a software engineer living in Los Angeles, CA. My Site: austinpoor.com Blog: austinpoor.com/blog GitHub: github.com/a-poor

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Austin Poor @austinpoor.com · 07/05/2025

it's cool to start to see llm-friendly markdown versions of docs. it would be helpful to have an html link tag to point to the definitive md docs.

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Austin Poor @austinpoor.com · 03/02/2025

Especially if it starts to be used in contexts like this

Article screenshot: "During the briefing on Capitol Hill, Mr. Weil showed the technology gathering information about Albert Einstein. He asked the tool to put together a detailed report about the physicist for a hypothetical Senate staff member preparing for a congressional hearing where Einstein is a nominee for U.S. secretary of energy."

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Austin Poor @austinpoor.com · 03/02/2025

Deep research's inability to distinguish authoritative information from rumors seems like a pretty big gap. I'm sure it's something that will continue to improve but in the meantime, how can you use it without needing to re-do the work to verify?

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Austin Poor @austinpoor.com · 16/01/2025

ChatGPT Tasks must have firefighting on the mind

A screenshot of the ChatGPT app showing a recurring task to generate an image of a dog doing a job. The first image generated is of a firefighter dog.

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Austin Poor @austinpoor.com · 16/01/2025

The song lyrics, for posterity

Song lyrics: "BIG PROBLEM WITH LIKE BUTTON:I CAN'T LIKE SONGS! IT'S WORKS RANDOMLY! FOLLOWING BUTTON IS DEAD! WTF! CAN'T INTERACT WITH ANYONE. AM I THE ONLY ONE I also can't add new fans or connect to fans"

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Austin Poor @austinpoor.com · 15/01/2025

Me after the tiktok ban

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Austin Poor @austinpoor.com · 28/12/2024

And then later…

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Austin Poor @austinpoor.com · 28/12/2024

Thomas signing Count Orlok’s contract in Nosferatu

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Austin Poor @austinpoor.com · 20/12/2024

I started watching 9-1-1 when I saw the poster about the bee-nado. I think guilty pleasure shows are Ryan Murphy’s bread & butter.

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Austin Poor @austinpoor.com · 12/12/2024

The wording in the WP / Automatic post about "Protecting the Future of the Web" is a bit off-putting... "Will my WordPress site still work? Yes...unless it doesn't" "Are plug-ins being removed? No...unless they are"

A screenshot of the FAQ section of a blog post by Automatic describing how their actions will affect WordPress users.

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Austin Poor @austinpoor.com · 06/12/2024

@fallthroughfm.bsky.social I know it’s so pedantic, but shouldn’t the “case” in the logo be de-indented?

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Austin Poor @austinpoor.com · 01/12/2024

Look at this AI generated ad in the nytimes app. Where do they get these?

A screenshot from the NYT iPhone app showing an AI generated advertisement.

A zoomed-in screenshot of an add in the NYT app showing an AI generated image.

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Austin Poor @austinpoor.com · 25/11/2024

My pitch for a Hallmark Christmas movie… The RZA, the GZA, and the Ebeneza: A Shaolin Christmas It’s A Christmas Carol meets Wu-Tang Clan

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Austin Poor @austinpoor.com · 21/11/2024

I guess I thought “exact match” meant “exact match” 🤪

Screenshot from the “XLOOKUP” function documentation for the “match_mode” option, which says “exact match”.

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Austin Poor @austinpoor.com · 27/05/2023

An oil portrait of a dog wearing a coat. It looks circa 1800s.

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Austin Poor @austinpoor.com · 27/05/2023

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Austin Poor @austinpoor.com · 27/05/2023

An oil portrait of a dog in an 1800s military-y coat. Like napoleon.

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Austin Poor @austinpoor.com · 19/05/2023

I see the tables have turned @thedevil.bsky.social

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Austin Poor @austinpoor.com · 13/05/2023

No offense to Johnny Depp but I don’t see this picture and think “Wow! I wanna smell like that guy!”

A photo of Johnny Depp for a Variety article about how he now has the largest fragrance deal for a men’s fragrance

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Austin Poor @austinpoor.com · 06/05/2023

Glasses fit really well on Sandwich’s ears and snout @weratedogs.bsky.social

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Austin Poor @austinpoor.com · 05/05/2023

My post made it to the front page of hacker news yesterday! 🥲

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Austin Poor @austinpoor.com · 28/04/2023

Harbour look like Sandwich’s cousin! 🐕

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Austin Poor @austinpoor.com · 28/04/2023

This is Sandwich

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Austin Poor @austinpoor.com · 27/04/2023

After thinking about all the grimes AI royalty stuff… if anyone wants to tell GitHub Copilot to write code in my “voice” I’d also be willing to split half of your salary. LMK 🧑‍💻🤳👍

Screenshot of Grimes’s tweet saying she’d split royalties with anyone using her voice via AI in their music

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Austin Poor @austinpoor.com · 27/04/2023

Is it preemptive? Or maybe self-fulfilling?

If you use hashtags they will come…and add hashtag support. (A modified screenshot from Field of Dreams)

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Austin Poor @austinpoor.com · 27/04/2023

It’s quiet quitting!

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Austin Poor @austinpoor.com · 22/04/2023

Sandwich + Griffith Observatory 🐕🔭

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Austin Poor @austinpoor.com · 22/04/2023

This is my dog sandwich 🐕🥪

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