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Michael Pershan @mpershan.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Over the past 15 years few people have been wrong more frequently than Sal Khan.

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Chris Dodds @liquid-chicken.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Wrote about a road trip I took with a friend who's since died. "The Desert" is up in Marrow Magazine, Issue 16. marrowmagazine.com/the-desert/

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dlants.bsky.social @dlants.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

I put together a #reading recs page on my blog. Any recommendations for things I might enjoy are welcome! dlants.me/reading-recs...

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dlants.bsky.social @dlants.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

New blog post! How does #AI change software engineering? dlants.me/ai-se.html

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How does AI change Software Engineering?

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dlants.bsky.social @dlants.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

New blog post! Why I don't think AGI is imminent dlants.me/agi-not-immi... #ai #llm #agi

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Why I don't think AGI is imminent

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dlants.bsky.social @dlants.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Spent the weekend hacking together [a personal knowledge base cli](https:// github.com/dlants/pkb) / agent skill.

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Walker Sumida @sumida.page · 16/11/2025

I’ve released a new Neovim plugin: deepl.nvim. It provides a simple DeepL translation workflow directly inside Neovim — no switching windows or copying text around. #neovim #nvim #lua #deepl github.com/walkersumida...

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dlants.bsky.social @dlants.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

hey @simonwillison.net, I don't suppose you have done any reverse engineering of the skills implementation within claude code? I'm really curious how they instruct the agent to use the skill descriptions, and how they keep the skills from being lost in the early context as the agent works.

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dlants.bsky.social @dlants.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

I wrote a new blog post about the culture of hard work in tech, perfectionism, self-compassion and my dreams for the tech industry. You can read it here: Self compassion and the disposable engineer dlants.me/self-compass...

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self compassion and the disposable engineer

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dlants.bsky.social @dlants.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

@udini.bsky.social really enjoying the book! For me it's been a nice reminder to resume my efforts to let go of chasing measurable strength and chasing fatigue. Leaving the gym when you're not tired is tough!

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dlants.bsky.social @dlants.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Some updates for my #neovim #nvim ai plugin github.com/dlants/magen... - I improved the turn-taking. You can now interrupt the agent by sending additional messages or use the @async prefix to your message to enqueue it to be sent at the next turn-taking opportunity

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GitHub - dlants/magenta.nvim: A tool-use-focused LLM plugin for neovim.

A tool-use-focused LLM plugin for neovim. Contribute to dlants/magenta.nvim development by creating an account on GitHub.

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dlants.bsky.social @dlants.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

After watching @mitchellh.com talk about this, I was inspired to try eliminating tmux from my workflow and using #ghostty directly www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-qt... One thing I missed was being able to have a tmux session per project, and my fzf session switcher github.com/dlants/dotfi...

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dotfiles/scripts/tmux-session-using-fzf at main · dlants/dotfiles

my dotfiles for vim, zsh, i3, etc. Contribute to dlants/dotfiles development by creating an account on GitHub.

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dlants.bsky.social @dlants.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

ok this was actually pretty dope. I asked claude sonnet 4 (using my magenta plugin) what the actual clickable area of a "tick" was in d3. It created a demo html page, opened it using the playwright mcp server, and ran some experiments to give me a grounded answer.

a simple graph illustrating what the target click zones for d3 ticks are in red rectangles

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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 26/07/2025

I'm seeing a lot of commentary blaming the egregious data leak from the Tea dating safety app on vibe coding I'm confident that, in this particular case, that's not what happened: the code at fault looks to have been written back in late 2023 simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/26/...

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Official statement from Tea on their data leak

Tea is a dating safety app for women that lets them share notes about potential dates. The other day it was subject to a truly egregious data leak caused by …

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dlants.bsky.social @dlants.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

I added next-edit-prediction to my #neovim #nvim plugin, magenta.nvim This was pretty interesting to implement! (thread)

a short gif of a terminal demonstrating next-edit-prediction.

You can see that there's a "completing..." virtual text when the completion is in flight. Then the proposed edit is shown by overlaying strikethroughs and new text in the buffer.

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dlants.bsky.social @dlants.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

I just shipped "@" commands for my #neovim #nvim #ai plugin. `@file:<path>` to add file to context `@diff:<path>`/ `@staged:<path>` to add the diffs to your message It was pretty tricky to get fzf-powered matching for files within your repo! github.com/dlants/magen... Check it @neovim.io

a short gif showing fuzzy-matching-powered @file: completion for magenta

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Gergely Orosz @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com · 21/07/2025

Very interesting details shared by Garry: - Windsurf had ~250 employees - ~55 eng, ~185 sales - Hired ~150 ppl (mostly sales) the last 12 months (likely all enterprise sales) - ~40 core engineers went to Google Reads like Google only wanted (most of the) eng team, and no sales

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dlants.bsky.social @dlants.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Got shader-based cursor smear set up in #ghostty nightly. Ahh so smooth github.com/dlants/dotfi...

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dlants.bsky.social @dlants.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

I wrote a new blog post: dlants.me/ai-whiplash.... It's about the skill of using #ai, and my experiences and insights from developing my #neovim #nvim ai plugin, as well as some commentary on the continued relevance of neovim in the AI age.

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AI whiplash, and neovim in the age of AI

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dlants.bsky.social @dlants.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

On July 3d, my wife and I shipped a new human into our family. Since then, between diaper changes and feedings, I've had a lot of downtime, which I have been sinking into my #neovim / #nvim ai plugin github.com/dlants/magen... I've been shipping improvements at a pretty fast clip!

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GitHub - dlants/magenta.nvim: A tool-use-focused LLM plugin for neovim.

A tool-use-focused LLM plugin for neovim. Contribute to dlants/magenta.nvim development by creating an account on GitHub.

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dlants.bsky.social @dlants.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

New in github.com/dlants/magen... #nvim #neovim #ai #llm plugin: - @diag / @qf / @buffers quickly populate context into your prompt - @fast keyword in inline edit mode to use the faster model (like claude haiku) - dot-repeat for inline edit actions - better cache usage - stability improvements

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GitHub - dlants/magenta.nvim: A tool-use-focused LLM plugin for neovim.

A tool-use-focused LLM plugin for neovim. Contribute to dlants/magenta.nvim development by creating an account on GitHub.

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dlants.bsky.social @dlants.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Refactoring a personal project with magenta... I converted the first file with a lot of oversight, then had the agent create a markdown file with instructions based on what it learned. Now using sub-agents to do the rest in parallel. github.com/dlants/magen... #neovim #nvim

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dlants.bsky.social @dlants.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

I just shipped basic MCP support for my #nvim #neovim coding assistant plugin: github.com/dlants/magen...

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MCP support by dlants · Pull Request #109 · dlants/magenta.nvim

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dlants.bsky.social @dlants.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

An new hire sent me a message today. He was an intern a year ago, and I briefly paired with him during a project. He was really awed by how quickly I moved around the codebase in #neovim #nvim. Since then, he got really into neovim and wanted to thank me for introducing him to it.

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dlants.bsky.social @dlants.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Hello #neovim #nvim enjoyers. magenta.nvim now supports sub-agents. The sub-agents come with customized prompts for learning and planning. This allows more focused context windows for subtasks and parallel execution. Check it out: github.com/dlants/magen...

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GitHub - dlants/magenta.nvim: A tool-use-focused LLM plugin for neovim.

A tool-use-focused LLM plugin for neovim. Contribute to dlants/magenta.nvim development by creating an account on GitHub.

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dlants.bsky.social @dlants.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

With regards to the #LA protests, there seems to be some confusion about some very fundamental things :thread:

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dlants.bsky.social @dlants.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Love love love absurd.website this perfectly tickles my very particular brand of humor. I think my favorite is the magnetic buy now button. Turn your website from 2% conversions per click to 100% conversations per click instantly!

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ABSURD.website - We are creating absurd products and services!

absurd.website is a playground of creative experiments, blending art, fun, and unconventional ideas into digital experiences that challenge the norm.

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dlants.bsky.social @dlants.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

I shipped thread compaction for [magenta.nvim](github.com/dlants/magen...), my #neovim #nvim #ai #llm #agent plugin. By starting your message with `@compact`, the agent will start work in a new thread, and summarize your thread so far in the initial message.

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GitHub - dlants/magenta.nvim: A tool-use-focused LLM plugin for neovim.

A tool-use-focused LLM plugin for neovim. Contribute to dlants/magenta.nvim development by creating an account on GitHub.

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dlants.bsky.social @dlants.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

@dropout.tv has been an oasis for me lately. It's so nice to be able to enter a space where people are caring, welcoming, kind, celebrate the diversity and showcase the genuine excellence of the people who create the show. It inspires me. Thank you for what you do!

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dlants.bsky.social @dlants.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

I just shipped a big update to my #neovim #nvim #ai plugin, magenta.nvim! It now supports server-side web search for the #anthropic provider. I also recently updated the code editing tools to apply changes directly, so you can now set up agentic loops to iterate over your tests or diagnostics.

a screenshot of neovim, illustrating the search and search result functionality

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dlants.bsky.social @dlants.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Agile on paper, waterfall in practice. That's the catchier title to the blog post I just finished, which discusses the application of Ecological Dynamics to leading software engineering teams. #agile #softwaredevelopment #EcologicalDynamics #cla #ConstraintsLedApproach dlants.me/ed-cla-softw...

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Ecological Dynamics and the Constraints Led Approach to Software Engineering Teams

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dlants.bsky.social @dlants.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

IRL www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKAu... would be 20 cuts of someone saying: - I don't think we need to solve for that yet - our current approach already anticipated that - I think we can solve this problem with this cheaper workaround instead

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*Next-door 10x Software Engineer* [FULL]

YouTube video by Programmers are also human

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dlants.bsky.social @dlants.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

It's a great class! I'm half-tempted to retake it just for fun :)

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dlants.bsky.social @dlants.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

@tressiemcphd.bsky.social I wrote up some thoughts about AI being mid, from the perspective of ecological dynamics. dlants.me/ai-mid.html

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dlants.bsky.social @dlants.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

I wrote about my experience using a coding agent to write a coding agent plugin for #neovim dlants.me/claude-3-7-a... the plugin is: github.com/dlants/magen... #ai #llm

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dlants.bsky.social @dlants.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Our team just shipped the new search page for Amplify Desmos Classroom teacher.desmos.com/search?type=... #mtbos #iteachmath

a search page from teacher.desmos.com, displaying results for "turtles" you can see new filters on the right hand side

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dlants.bsky.social @dlants.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I shipped some updates to github.com/dlants/magen..., my #neovim / #nvim plugin for AI / LLM agents. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPnU... - inline editing - smarter context management - prompt caching - some improved debugging tools and UI - port to node

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magenta update Jan 2025

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Chris Nho @nhoskee.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Life update! Today marks my last day at Desmos Classroom. Holy moly, what an amazing opportunity the last 3.5 years has been. I am so grateful to all of the amazing people there. They patiently taught me so much. 💚

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sea-saw @sea--saw.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Knots made with @desmos.com for the 2024 Art Expo #desmos

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Neal Agarwal @neal.fun · 06/01/2025

My game Stimulation Clicker is out now, enjoy :) > neal.fun/stimulation-...

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