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Matt Ray

@mattray.dev
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Open source geek & breaker/fixer of toys. Co-host of the @SoftwareDefinedTalk.com podcast, living in Australia.

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Chris Washington @cwashington.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is impressive work.
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We Built the Product Apple Gave Up On...
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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 29/09/2026
awoke this morning with a Vision
that diagram showing  the SUV blind spot in the front but it's lowly worm driving his little applemobile
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Matt Ray @mattray.dev · 29/09/2026
Entered into the Sydney Marathon lottery, let’s see if I do this again.
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Jeffrey Keese @jeffreykeese.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hell yeah brother
TexAgs post by infinity ag titled “why not fire our coaches and use AI?”
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Matt Ray @mattray.dev · 28/09/2026
Some people think it's already $10 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl_Q...
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Arrested Development: Lucille Bluth Banana Quote
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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Software Defined Talk @softwaredefinedtalk.com · 25/09/2026
This week, @brandonwhichard.com and @mattray.dev discuss why Sun really failed, the New Kingmakers becoming agents, and AI doom brackets. Plus, the NC State fumble and tech's biggest own goals. www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/591
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Fall Down With the Ball
This week, we discuss why Sun really failed, the New Kingmakers becoming agents, and AI doom brackets. Plus, the NC State fumble and tech's biggest own goals.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”
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Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics. This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.
Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.
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Matt Ray @mattray.dev · 22/09/2026
Nothing better than having kids smarter than you.
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Maybe It Will Happen Today @today-maybe.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
A digital illustration of Max Headroom, a shiny, fast/talking electric man who lived inside a TV who we all liked in the 80s. He has a very tall head with an odd stripey blond hair cut and a goofy grin. He’s wearing white wayfarers and a shiny white, wide shouldered jacket over a lilac colored shirt and black bow tie. The background is intersecting colored perspective lines sort of forming the idea of a box. Colorful type following the perspective of the walls reads ‘MAYBE IT WILL HAPPEN TODAY’.
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Nunchuk tutorial: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatis...
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Musician has crabs shocker (Actually, rather fabulous)
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Software Defined Talk @softwaredefinedtalk.com · 18/09/2026
This week, @brandonwhichard.com and @mattray.dev discuss AI doom odds, WordPress's boardroom coup, and Meta's Muse assistant. Plus, a robot vacuum fire scare. www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/590
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Transparency will save us
This week, we discuss AI doom odds, WordPress's boardroom coup, and Meta's Muse assistant. Plus, a robot vacuum fire scare.
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Matt Ray @mattray.dev · 17/09/2026
This is the best AI Doomsday article I've read so far. www.theringer.com/2026/09/17/t...
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The AI Apocalypse Bracket: Just How Doomed Are We, Really?
Is AI really likely to wipe out humanity within the next decade? We used the most scientific tool in existence to get an answer.
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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Whenever I meet someone who supports the Oxford comma, I find myself encouraged, delighted, and hopeful.
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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
One of the rare cases where “you couldn’t make it these days” is true. You would be sued into the grave.
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Rich Burroughs @somewhattolerable.com · 17/09/2026
They just get weirder and weirder.
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sarcastic parrot @monkchips.com · 16/09/2026
Lovely hopeful story, this. Talk about making a difference.
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A farmer in Burkina Faso revived an abandoned technique of digging shallow pits, filling them with manure and letting termites tunnel underneath to open the hardpan. Land that had been written off as ...
A forgotten trick with termites and manure transformed drought-ravaged soil across West Africa, proving that revival sometimes comes from the ground up.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 15/09/2026
NFL Veterans Offer Advice To This Year’s Rookie Class theonion.com/nfl-veterans-offer-adv…
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Charity Majors @charity.wtf · 14/09/2026
The final post on this topic comes from @bcantrill.bsky.social, two weeks before Matheus and I got ours together. (Typical Cantrill.) It is called "The revolt of the reader." bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/09/05/t... ... and now I am on my way to procure a Pangram browser plugin, by hook or by crook.
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The revolt of the reader | The Observation Deck
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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
25 years since I asked William Basinski to copy some tapes for me and he ruined them. I’m still mad about it.
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Mikel Reparaz @wikiparaz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
PAUL: What’s in the box? REVEREND MOTHER: Pain. [PAUL hesitantly puts his hand in the BOX, then FROWNS IN CONFUSION. He pulls out A BAGUETTE.] REVEREND MOHER: Hōn hōn,
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Matt Ray @mattray.dev · 12/09/2026
Spoiler ICYMI, the Rams played quite poorly.
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Software Defined Talk @softwaredefinedtalk.com · 11/09/2026
This week, @brandonwhichard.com, @mattray.dev and special guest Aaron Delp discuss the VS Code documentary, Ed Zitron's rise to fame, and a 10% AI extinction forecast. Plus, the NFL's Australia travel gamble. www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/589
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He's the Heel
This week, we discuss the VS Code documentary, Ed Zitron's rise to fame, and a 10% AI extinction forecast. Plus, the NFL's Australia travel gamble
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alexandra @bigmoodenergy.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
here come old laptop he come bootin up slowly he got broken touchpad he need one more update he got no space on this pc one thing i can tell you its got no warranty
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Matt Ray @mattray.dev · 09/09/2026
Remember how excited we used to get when our IDEs renamed a variable across multiple files?
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Software Defined Talk @softwaredefinedtalk.com · 04/09/2026
This week, @brandonwhichard.com, @cote.io and @mattray.dev discuss rogue AI agent civilizations, why AI can't fix your tax forms, and Chainguard vs. IBM's Lightwell. Plus, refrigerator magnet marketing. www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/588
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Check Your Bank Accounts
This week, we discuss rogue AI agent civilizations, why AI can't fix your tax forms, and Chainguard vs. IBM's Lightwell. Plus, refrigerator magnet marketing.
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Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 03/09/2026
Never too early to check your voter registration. www.vote.org/am-i-registe...
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Matt Ray @mattray.dev · 31/08/2026
Just got notice from the USPS that they’re officially giving up on searching for a package that was last tracked... within their facility.
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Dwight Schrute's Slow Clap in The Office
Alt: Sarcastic clapping
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Brian Honan @brianhonan.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Happy Skynet day to all those who celebrate
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Just when you think you couldn’t love David Byrne more he goes to the Hollywood Bowl playing "Life During Wartime" projecting ICE raids 🔥
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 28/08/2026
Texas has suspended over 1.2 million voter registrations. Many valid voters in Texas have found their voter registrations were somehow canceled when they checked. Check your registration here and fix it immediately - Texas doesn't always honor provisional ballots cast on election day.
goelect.txelections.civixapps.com
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Software Defined Talk @softwaredefinedtalk.com · 28/08/2026
This week, @brandonwhichard.com, @cote.io and @mattray.dev discuss Stripe's singularity letter, its $8B Open Router buy, and AI job anxiety. Plus, Matt plays “Bot or Not” on another podcast. www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/587
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The Singularity Didn't Happen on the First
This week, we discuss Stripe's singularity letter, its $8B Open Router buy, and AI job anxiety. Plus, Matt plays “Bot or Not” on another podcast.
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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
*Does it make any commercial sense that Chinese robots can run even faster than Olympic athletes *No, but Olympic athletes don't make any commercial sense either. Usain Bolt isn't paid to be a courier *The BBC has to stare at it in vague alarm. That's the point youtu.be/FGBLzMESBAo?...
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Historic first as Chinese robot beats Usain Bolt's 100m world record at Beijing games | BBC News
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Matthew Garrett @mjg59.eicar-test-file.zip · 25/08/2026
Weird how "Don't speak ill of the dead" is unnecessary when there's simply no ill anyone wishes to speak of
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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This must be the third video of wonderful voices singing global scales I have seen, and each is mesmerising and has taught me things I didn't know. Such as: That these scales exist and how they, the bare backbone of tunes, reflect and unlock whole world regions' music. This is amazing.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Zoinks, this is brilliant!
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Someone Made A Video Of Trump Enlisting The Scooby-Doo Gang To Solve The 'Mystery Of The Reflecting Pool'—And It's Too Good
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
x.com/historyrock_...
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🎸 Rock History 🎸 (@historyrock_) on X
"I think young people need to start thinking what kind of world they're going to leaving to me and Keith Richards" - 93-year-old Willie Nelson
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Software Defined Talk @softwaredefinedtalk.com · 14/08/2026
This week, @brandonwhichard.com, @cote.io and @mattray.dev discuss Zuckerberg's open source AI manifesto, GPUs as securitizable assets, and who actually gets AI ROI. Plus, Buc-ee's goes to war over beavers. www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/585
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I'm not a total AI hater, I'm a finance hater
This week, we discuss Zuckerberg's open source AI manifesto, GPUs as securitizable assets, and who actually gets AI ROI. Plus, Buc-ee's goes to war over beavers.
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jason grinblat @jfg.land · 10/08/2026
great narrative pacing
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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
this is you in meta’s pervert glasses
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Software Defined Talk @softwaredefinedtalk.com · 07/08/2026
This week, @brandonwhichard.com, @cote.io and @mattray.dev discuss the Situational Awareness meltdown, Airtable getting sold, and review the Java documentary. Plus, what you should actually buy at IKEA. www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/584
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It’s All God Throwing Dice
This week, we discuss the Situational Awareness meltdown, Airtable getting sold, and review the Java documentary. Plus, what you should actually buy at IKEA.
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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 04/08/2026
"it looks like you're using an adblocker to visit our site." yep! ha ha! it rocks!
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Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
New blog entry: On the non-use of AI in my writing process: www.antipope.org/charlie/blog...
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Software Defined Talk @softwaredefinedtalk.com · 31/07/2026
This week, @brandonwhichard.com, @cote.io and @mattray.dev discuss how normal people use AI, Alphabet's Anthropic-fueled earnings, and skills vs. agents. Plus, catching AI-cheating students with a hidden prompt. www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/583
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HuggingFace make me gazpacho
This week, we discuss how normal people use AI, Alphabet's Anthropic-fueled earnings, and skills vs. agents. Plus, catching AI-cheating students with a hidden prompt.
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bakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
that 1995 hbo movie of the vonnegut story "harrison bergeron"
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harpy @harpy.party · 30/07/2026
eating a bunch of books to keep up with ai
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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/07/2026
Rogue AI Agent Autonomously Carries Out Cyberattack theonion.com/rogue-ai-agent-autonom…
“My sci-fi novel ‘The Robots Who Never Caused Problems’ is looking less prescient every day.”

Bruce Thelander, Mural Critic
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Walter Chaw @mangiotto.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Just thinking about the V baby. We had it so good.
Lizard baby from V show
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