Dan Egan @dpegan.com · 09/08/2026I may be reinventing the wheel, but check out the wheel *I* invented. 010
Reposted by Dan EganRoss Floate @rossfloate.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Oh my. This is spectacular. sinceyouarrived.world/takensinceyouarrived.worldtaken.A web page that tells you what your browser gave away the moment you arrived. No login, no form, no permission. Most pages do this. None of them tell you. 1553892981
Dan Egan @dpegan.com · 05/05/2026When am I gonna get my AI-data-center warmed hot-tub man? WIN WIN 120
Dan Egan @dpegan.com · 30/03/2026This came out of trying to run numbers for solar power at my house. Claude was helpful, but had LOTS of issues around workflow fidelity, slow performance, slow edits, hallucinated sources etc. This basically fixed the issues I was having, but there very well might be others. 140
Dan Egan @dpegan.com · 30/03/2026I made a plugin for helping claude / AI agents do any kind of numerical analysis: a workflow to improve input provenance, calculation auditability and observability, and templates for final narrative reports. github.com/bestdan/anal... @paulgp.com @jdlong.cerebralmastication.comgithub.comGitHub - bestdan/analysis-process: Claude Code plugin: conventions for auditable quantitative analysisClaude Code plugin: conventions for auditable quantitative analysis - bestdan/analysis-process 1235
Dan Egan @dpegan.com · 26/03/2026I have tried many times to understand this. Now i feel like i actually do. 150
Dan Egan @dpegan.com · 24/03/2026I'm now the caretaker of a pond. Which has been revelatory in odd ways. For example, the lilypad question in the Cognitive Reflection Test is wrong- in interesting ways. - lilypads are shore-bound, they'd never cover a lake - they grow spatially, not exponentially www.dpegan.com/blog/the-duc... 121
Dan Egan @dpegan.com · 24/03/2026That was perfect. Bigger picture: Stevenson has a novel where everybody has a personal AI that filters, news and information for them. Everyone exists in a self tailored reality, few use the same code. Strange to think about that happening with software, but I can see it coming. 040
Dan Egan @dpegan.com · 24/03/2026Why would I depend on foobar.app when I can make *exactly* what i want locally? Why would I make myself dependent on you updating it, not making the UI purple like I want etc. A friend is building a `/memory` system how we wants it... because he can. Obv huge duplication of code, lots of bugs. 210
Dan Egan @dpegan.com · 24/03/2026I've been thinking about this too, differently. Among my techy-not-engineer crowd, the explosion has been in private, local tools. A friend wrote a music player UI he wanted, doesn't care about sharing it with anyone. The lack of apps is because a million cottage apps we can't see are in bloom. 460
Dan Egan @dpegan.com · 06/03/2026I was with you till "merge into main without a PR". I will create my status checks and get my green checks, and click the green button with satisfaction, thank you very much. 😉 120
Dan Egan @dpegan.com · 22/02/2026My kid discovered this last summer walking around at night. They. Are. Everywhere. And they are watching you.media.tenor.coma black and white drawing of many eyes on a dark backgroundALT: a black and white drawing of many eyes on a dark background 100
Dan Egan @dpegan.com · 04/02/2026I really like this, had a similar idea years back. Suppose App1 wants data/a field that doesn't exist in Your Data, like "likes broccoli". Then it stores it, and we're back to the existing model. Any ideas about how to do "recentralization to the user" where Apps generate new data or fields? 120
Dan Egan @dpegan.com · 04/02/2026Days later I'm still chewing on this banger from @gestaltu.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/thechoic... 160
Dan Egan @dpegan.com · 13/12/2025Been doing this for my game, has been fantastic. github.com/bestdan/the_...github.comGitHub - bestdan/the_arenaContribute to bestdan/the_arena development by creating an account on GitHub. 010
Dan Egan @dpegan.com · 25/10/2025For this, i think we need a mobile game, very similar to Mini Metro. Very simple, but makes it very clear how workers don't scale and structural bottlenecks are your key concern. 010
Dan Egan @dpegan.com · 10/10/2025Hey, I was there at 15:38 (the last off peak train) on the same day. Close, but no two-Dans. 110
Dan Egan @dpegan.com · 20/07/2025It's funny how distance from problems makes it easier to handle them, whether you're an expert or not. Triggered by this from @davenadig.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/davenadi...open.substack.comHolding the CenterWe can be falcon, or falconer. 051
Reposted by Dan EganAndrew Mendelson @andrewmendelson.bsky.social · 25/05/2025Check out the Meet Your Mayor quiz from @thecity.nyc and @gothamist.com! projects.thecity.nyc/meet-your-ma...projects.thecity.nycTake the Quiz: Meet Your Mayor 2025Candidates for NYC mayor told us where they stand on issues. Which is the top match for you? Find out before heading to the polls. 0104
Dan Egan @dpegan.com · 08/05/2025The k+3 implication is "why offer any course you can llm your way through" AND their degrees aren't worth anything? Man that's a darker future. Learn to plumb i guess... 000
Dan Egan @dpegan.com · 05/04/2025I'm gonna have this problem soon... Now that you've done the jigs, would you recommend a panel lift? 100
Dan Egan @dpegan.com · 27/03/2025Reflecting on GhibliGate: If the "meaning" we value is devalued by an abundance of it, perhaps what was valuable wasn't the quality itself, but rather its scarcity? Is arts value it's evocation, or that it's singular? NFTs etc - catalyzed by @davenadig.bsky.social and @gestaltu.bsky.social 120
Dan Egan @dpegan.com · 09/03/2025- We thought AI would be the super logical Data from StarTrek, we got a very expensive vibes-based parrot. - Because we over-anthropomorphize, we'll see AGI in randomness, just like faces in toast. 120
Dan Egan @dpegan.com · 09/03/2025Great discussion from @aptshadow.bsky.social and Sam Arbesman on all things scif, speculative evolution and our short track record in the cosmos. Love the idea of "cathedral values" where you work on sometime you know won't be finished in your lifetime. open.spotify.com/episode/1PmU...open.spotify.comAdrian Tchaikovsky on Bio Trajectories and the Importance of Long-Term ThinkingThe Orthogonal Bet · Episode 1231
Reposted by Dan EganFlorian Ederer @florianederer.bsky.social · 19/02/2025WFH increases productivity by 12% in the public sector. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 3470150
Dan Egan @dpegan.com · 24/12/2024Me, to the three year old hitting his mom on Christmas Eve: "It's time for some game theory." 040
Dan Egan @dpegan.com · 05/12/2024Every time I see a post ranting about CI I'm not sure if it's Confidence Intervals or Continuous Integration. Either way, I click. 000
Dan Egan @dpegan.com · 01/12/2024Also, perhaps nothing specific to do with the video aside from them trying to communicate to "the algorithm" that "i don't like this". Good reason for dislikes to be private. 000
Dan Egan @dpegan.com · 01/12/2024Yeah, I was thinking - design a template job that covers requirements - have each do the template job using different tools - track time & difficulty - present to each other on experience - vote - cage match fight if democracy fails 110
Dan Egan @dpegan.com · 01/12/2024Do they "win the pot" if others choose the same thing? Or do they "pay" if their top choice wins? 100
Dan Egan @dpegan.com · 01/12/2024Similar idea, but with their time: "which of these would you contribute hours to, in order to make them happen" I think I might be unclear on context, but this worked well for most hackathons I've been in. 110
Dan Egan @dpegan.com · 01/12/2024If it's framed as "voting" you'll get some coordination - both organized (QpQ) and implicit (niche preferences under-reported). I'm not sure what the money is doing, but.... 200
Reposted by Dan EganDave Nadig @nadig.com · 29/11/2024He ButterFi/BlueFin folks: Let's have an impromptu meetup on Tuesday/3rd at CELON in NYC on Bryant Park at 5:15. I will be there. I'm pretty sure @dpegan.com @ritholtz.bsky.social and @tomowenmorgan.bsky.social will be there at least. Come have a drink and say hi! Please spread the word! 4174
Dan Egan @dpegan.com · 27/11/2024All i can think ofmedia.tenor.combart simpson and homer simpson are sitting on a couch and bart is holding a bar of butterfingerALT: bart simpson and homer simpson are sitting on a couch and bart is holding a bar of butterfinger 110