Fernando Meyer @fernandomeyer.com · 29/09/2026Okay, so that means we've figured out who won the whole tabs versus spaces debate! Now let's see if we can finally settle the Emacs Vs Vim and move on. 010 1
Fernando Meyer @fernandomeyer.com · 18/07/2026📖 Aurora DSQL: Scalable, Multi-Region OLTP arxiv.org/pdf/2607.13276arxiv.org 010 1
Fernando Meyer @fernandomeyer.com · 18/04/2026Learn from me, 64GB in a M5 is not enough depending on what you do 000 0
Fernando Meyer @fernandomeyer.com · 07/04/2026I love that I have a picture saved for every single situation happening in the world right now. 020 2
Reposted by Fernando MeyerDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 02/04/2026AI CEOs when asked whose jobs they plan to replace next: 77912 79
Fernando Meyer @fernandomeyer.com · 12/03/2026"If you don't credit individuals for great engineering work, who gets the credit?" The answer ... watch here www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApG9...youtube.comRetired Netflix Engineering Director On Leetcode, Regrets, Hiring StoriesYouTube video by Ryan Peterman 000 0
Fernando Meyer @fernandomeyer.com · 09/03/2026Early signs of things are not going well You order the same book twice 😅 010 1
Fernando Meyer @fernandomeyer.com · 09/03/2026Who’s trying to convince @bcantrill.bsky.social to build a mini ensemble of different databases primitives to run on their hardware? Anyone? With all the talk about sovereignty, having a reliable local DB will make a huge difference. 000 0
Fernando Meyer @fernandomeyer.com · 19/02/2026My kids have no idea how fortunate they are to have the mother they have. 000 0
Fernando Meyer @fernandomeyer.com · 01/02/2026How AI Impacts Skill Formation arxiv.org/pdf/2601.20245 In this paper, researchers validate my view that debugging and mental modeling are the true fault lines of AI use. Those who offload the "thinking" to AI suffer a "learning tax," losing in skills compared to those working manually.arxiv.org 140 4
Fernando Meyer @fernandomeyer.com · 29/01/2026Oh Native instruments, are we screwed? :/ Under German insolvency law, most software license agreements are treated as continuing use contracts that the insolvency administrator can either continue or terminate. 100 1
Fernando Meyer @fernandomeyer.com · 08/01/2026I started to print the robocop 2. I want to make a custom 3D face and install a little oled display on it. I spin on some “fake” modeling that kind of nails it when you apply some shaders 100 1
Fernando Meyer @fernandomeyer.com · 08/01/2026@lizthegrey.com 1.8k in here it’s like 18k on twitter 😅 000 0
Fernando Meyer @fernandomeyer.com · 24/12/2025if is there a modern book that need the “stripe press” treatment is @stuffwithstuff.com ‘s crafting interpreters. 020 2
Fernando Meyer @fernandomeyer.com · 19/12/2025I convinced myself I needed a GPD Pocket 4 because I could use it as a KVM for my mini rack and the other headless machines I keep around. Little did I know it would turn out to be a Trojan horse and become one of the best mobile setup I've ever had. 200 2
Fernando Meyer @fernandomeyer.com · 18/11/2025@realgdt.bsky.social really did justice to the Frankenstein story. It goes beyond the usual creator vs creature angle and quietly leans into fatherhood. As a father who grew up with a pretty bad example and is trying really hard not to repeat that, it hit harder than I expected. 010 1
Fernando Meyer @fernandomeyer.com · 18/11/2025You’ve gotta respect the excellence Cloudflare ships. If you’ve ever dealt with real networks, multiple datacenters, real traffic, you know how brutal those problems are. They are not just keeping that complexity under control for themselves, they are packaging it and selling it to everyone else. 110 1
Fernando Meyer @fernandomeyer.com · 06/09/2025I read more and more that LLMs are the future of learning; this belief is shattered when you ask someone what they have learned from assisted writing, or if they can recall information. Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task arxiv.org/pdf/2506.08872 010 1
Fernando Meyer @fernandomeyer.com · 04/09/2025The GPU graveyard 😅 That Titan was one of the two Nvidia gifted me back in 2015. If I had taken the value and bought their stock instead, it would be worth about $600k today 010 1
Reposted by Fernando MeyerRuss Cox @swtch.com · 29/08/2025Heading home from #GopherCon 2025 in NYC. As usual, many people asked how to get one of the amazing Go gopher Hawaiian shirts by Renee French. I've posted the details at github.com/rsc/gophersh.... (I know one person who has made pajama pants with the pattern. Socks might be nice too.) Enjoy! 15712 57
Fernando Meyer @fernandomeyer.com · 05/08/2025Apparently, there’s someone at Discord whose entire job is to make sure we never get a font selection window. 010 1
Fernando Meyer @fernandomeyer.com · 03/04/2025some extra goodies on deterministic simulation testing for distributed systems www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fFD... notes.eatonphil.com/2024-08-20-d... journal.resonatehq.io/p/determinis... www.scs.stanford.edu/24sp-cs244b/... github.com/ivanyu/aweso...youtube.com"Testing Distributed Systems w/ Deterministic Simulation" by Will WilsonYouTube video by Strange Loop Conference 142 4
Fernando Meyer @fernandomeyer.com · 03/04/2025queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?i... Leveraging Formal and Semi-formal Methods for Systems Correctness Practices at AWSqueue.acm.orgSystems Correctness Practices at AWS - ACM Queue 000 0
Fernando Meyer @fernandomeyer.com · 19/03/2025Berlin’s seasons if you’re from a tropical country: despair, depression, allergies, and a brief glimpse of what warmth used to feel like. 010 1
Fernando Meyer @fernandomeyer.com · 28/02/2025"When you upload or input information through Firefox, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information to help you navigate, experience, and interact with online content as you indicate ... fmeyer.micro.blog/2025/02/28/when-y… 000 0
Fernando Meyer @fernandomeyer.com · 20/02/2025You can always tell when a programmer is using a LLM. either a bad coder writes surprisingly decent code, or a great coder drops something shockingly bad. 😅 010 1
Fernando Meyer @fernandomeyer.com · 19/02/2025The joy of receiving a package of stationery directly from Japan. 120 2
Fernando Meyer @fernandomeyer.com · 04/02/2025Need to find a way to cross post from feediverse. In the meantime. fernandomeyer.com/microblog/20...fernandomeyer.com113939992484243141No #fosdem for me this year, so I spend the weekend catching up on some papers that Andy Pavlo mentioned turing a talk last year at p99 conf. 000 0
Fernando Meyer @fernandomeyer.com · 05/07/2023'Crypto' con artists have jumped onto the AI ship. I can't decide who's more pathetic: those buying into their hype or those bankrolling it. 000 0
Fernando Meyer @fernandomeyer.com · 03/07/2023Same folks, echoing past words. Perpetual shallowness remains. 000 0