Reposted by Matt Reiderrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 24/06/2026new yorkers en masse have expressed their enthusiasm for democratic socialism. but these forty men surveyed in the waiting room of the coeur d’alene family court have a different perspective 415588681
Reposted by Matt ReiderPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Rep. AOC posts new photo on Instagram celebrating the Knicks alongside Mayor Zohran Mamdani 303230582880
Reposted by Matt ReiderAlan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 14/06/2026The Knicks finally figured out how to do the right thing. 262267354
Matt Reider @mreider.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Highly recommend open.spotify.com/episode/5LfW...open.spotify.comWhy America’s Treasury market needs a fixMoney Talks from The Economist · Episode 010
Reposted by Matt ReiderKatie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 08/06/2026How interesting that Meta called @wired.com "dishonest" and then (quietly) removed the face-recognition system it had previously (also quietly) integrated into an app downloaded onto 50 million phones. Dishonest!wired.comMeta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App After WIRED ReportThe code WIRED identified is gone from the latest version of Meta AI, the companion app for the company’s smart glasses. Meta won’t say why or whether it’s coming back. 191623573
Matt Reider @mreider.bsky.social · 10/06/2025@davidfrum.bsky.social I enjoyed you interview of Marty Baron as I am sure McChesney would have. One little nit. Turn your mic off when you're scribbling notes! 010
Matt Reider @mreider.bsky.social · 11/05/2025@caseynewton.bsky.social / @kevinroose.com / @cloudcastpod.bsky.social I'm pretty skeptical about media hype over agentic and autonomous AI (AGI 🫣 - don't get me started). I spent my Saturday recording my thoughts. I hope you take a few minutes and give it a read. mreider.com/tech/why-ai-...mreider.comWhy AI won't take control - MRCo-Pilot vs. Autopilot in high-stakes environments 011
Matt Reider @mreider.bsky.social · 11/05/2025@kevinroose.com a few mentions of Hard Fork's hype amplification in here. No offense. 😇 000
Matt Reider @mreider.bsky.social · 11/05/2025I considered entitling this blog "You're full of shit about Agentic AI, he yells at no one." mreider.com/tech/why-ai-...mreider.comWhy AI won't take control - MRCo-Pilot vs. Autopilot in high-stakes environments 000
Reposted by Matt ReiderThe Onion @theonion.com · 08/05/2025Signal For New Pope Delayed While Dead Raccoon Dislodged From Sistine Chapel Chimney 583947369
Matt Reider @mreider.bsky.social · 07/05/2025I was wrong about cryptocurrency. It does have a compelling use case. www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/05/...cnbc.com58 crypto wallets have made millions on Trump's meme coin. 764,000 have lost money, data showsInterest in the $TRUMP meme coin spiked more than 50% after the project's website promised the top 220 holders a seat at a dinner with the president. 000
Reposted by Matt ReiderStephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 30/03/2025If Trumpty-Dumpty is working with the Russians to screw up America, he's doing a great job. Eggs, $11 a dozen. Health & Human Services down the dumper, ditto VA. If you call Social Security, they tell you to call back later. Guys 'n gals, this is more fucked up than Peter O'Toole on his birthday. 1866561849302
Reposted by Matt ReiderAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/02/2025We need to save some smoke for voters. Trump was very clear during the campaign that he planned to settle Russia's war on Ukraine quickly and on Putin's terms. 77 million people voted for him anyway, and now he's following through. American voters sold out our ally. 34470441148
Reposted by Matt ReiderKevin Ault @kevinault.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Farrah Fawcett was born #OTD in 1947. She died of a vaccine preventable cancer in 2009, just a few years after the HPV vaccine was approved. 312727
Matt Reider @mreider.bsky.social · 23/01/2025I've been reading biographies about Prince, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Doobie Brothers, and then listening to artists and bands at work. Much better than joining the news cycle of doom. 010
Reposted by Matt Reiderryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 17/01/2025Sam Harris is a jackass, but this is worth reading as a window into Elon's descent into madness samharris.substack.com/p/the-troubl...samharris.substack.comThe Trouble with ElonI didn’t set out to become an enemy of the world’s richest man, but I seem to have managed it all the same. 4656682
Matt Reider @mreider.bsky.social · 07/01/2025A blog about writing, AI writing tools, story-telling, and slop. mreider.com/tech/sudowri...mreider.comSudowrite, ChatGPT, and AI Slop 120
Matt Reider @mreider.bsky.social · 01/01/2025IMHO good (or any) product strategy is impossible without the pain of sacrifice. mreider.com/tech/trade_o...mreider.comGreat Strategy Starts with SacrificeChasing weaker opportunities exhausts your team 020
Matt Reider @mreider.bsky.social · 20/12/2024We live in a part of Vienna dominated by these big stark apartment buildings. Each building has a unique mosaic art piece by the entrance. 020
Matt Reider @mreider.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Bluesky has early Twitter vibes and uncertain prospects. mreider.com/tech/blue_sk...mreider.comBluesky is almost like 2012 TwitterEarly Twitter vibes and uncertain prospects 020
Matt Reider @mreider.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Another little weekend software project: a static site generator like Hugo, but simpler and easier to control. I think it went faster without ChatGPT this time around. github.com/mreider/kremsgithub.comGitHub - mreider/krems: A static site generator (SSG) written in RubyA static site generator (SSG) written in Ruby. Contribute to mreider/krems development by creating an account on GitHub. 010
Matt Reider @mreider.bsky.social · 02/12/2024I’ve been enjoying writing these every few days, finding my blogging voice—this one’s inspired by a great podcast on ambivalence. aligned.at/posts/certai...aligned.atCertainty, Ambivalence and Product LeadershipSoftware product leader 020
Matt Reider @mreider.bsky.social · 29/11/2024A short blog about egocentric product thinking, which might come off as "get off my lawn” grumbling. aligned.at/posts/making...aligned.atMaking It PersonalSoftware product leader 020
Matt Reider @mreider.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Last night, I wrote about @vmware.bsky.social Cloud Foundry, and #kubernetes companies / projects that shaped my career and the enterprise software landscape. Quite a few facts and people aren't mentioned - I wanted to keep it short. aligned.at/posts/vmware...aligned.atVMware, Pivotal and the rise of Kubernetes | Could work. Might not.Building a successful platform, spinning out into something new, and facing big shifts in the industry 031
Reposted by Matt ReiderKara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 27/11/2024My sentiments exactly 2456874
Matt Reider @mreider.bsky.social · 27/11/2024I built a relatively sophisticayed "subscribe" app using ChatGPT and wrote about it. You can see it running in the upper right hand corner of my (new) blog. aligned.at/posts/buildi...aligned.atBuilding Quacker: A Weekend Project with ChatGPT | Could work. Might not.Building an app with AI is both impressive and frustrating. 010
Matt Reider @mreider.bsky.social · 22/02/2024Count me out. go.theregister.com/feed/www.the...go.theregister.comBoeing-backed Wisk wants to be the UberX of the skyAbsence of an on-board pilot will lower costs and raise blood pressure, starting soon in Texas 010
Matt Reider @mreider.bsky.social · 21/02/2024Someone just showed me how to create an app from any web page. Perfect for Bluesky. youtu.be/1o9Eoy28ec8youtu.beCreate an app from any web pageUse Safari's "Add to Dock" feature to create an app from any web page. 010
Matt Reider @mreider.bsky.social · 20/02/2024The CEO of Perplexity if full of spin. @kevinroose.bsky.social @caseynewton.bsky.social write.as/mr-grumpy-pa... 020
Matt Reider @mreider.bsky.social · 18/02/2024Clearly @kevinroose.bsky.social and @caseynewton.bsky.social need a good long shower, and a stiff drink, after interviewing @aravindsrinivas.bsky.social on podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h... So. Much. Bullshit.podcasts.apple.comHard Fork: The State of A.I. + Will Perplexity Beat Google or Destroy the Web? on Apple PodcastsShow Hard Fork, Ep The State of A.I. + Will Perplexity Beat Google or Destroy the Web? - Feb 16, 2024 010
Matt Reider @mreider.bsky.social · 17/02/2024Say more of this and louder @nytimes.com podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comThe Ezra Klein Show: Democrats Have a Better Option Than Biden on Apple PodcastsShow The Ezra Klein Show, Ep Democrats Have a Better Option Than Biden - Feb 16, 2024 010
Matt Reider @mreider.bsky.social · 22/08/2023I just had my thyroid scanned (everything is fine). Compared to the USA this was an amazingly efficient process. Dozens of people getting different kinds of scans. Clean, modern, spacious, fast, and free. (I live in Vienna) 010
Matt Reider @mreider.bsky.social · 21/08/2023Who would have predicted NFT startups would implode like this (besides anyone rational)? decrypt.co/153124/nft-platform-recu…decrypt.coNFT Platform Recur to Shut Down Despite $50M Raise and Big Name Backers - DecryptGary Vaynerchuk and Nickelodeon characters like Tommy Pickles from “Rugrats” weren’t enough to keep the business afloat. 010
Matt Reider @mreider.bsky.social · 17/08/2023I just published this re: Dynatrace and Spring Micrometer. www.dynatrace.com/news/blog/best-of…dynatrace.comBest of breed observability with Spring Micrometer and DynatraceSome years ago, I worked closely with the Spring Framework team as a product manager at Pivotal Software. In 2015, the Spring folks already regarded Dynatrace as the gold standard for performance moni... 010
Matt Reider @mreider.bsky.social · 12/08/2023My 15 year old daughter just said "let's go hiking tomorrow," and suddenly things seem bright and beautiful. 010
Matt Reider @mreider.bsky.social · 07/08/2023@coindesk.com using Hanna Arendt's image for Bitcoin articles is icky. Have you read any of her writing? Her writing pre-dates Libertarianism, and contemporary libertarian-crypto-utopia, but she's clear on the importance of state government in guaranteeing "the right to have rights." 010
Matt Reider @mreider.bsky.social · 26/07/2023Once upon a time I taught Science with Wilson Powell's daughter. He worked with Lawrence and Oppenheimer on magnetic igniters for the bomb. I re-connected after seeing the movie. Excited to talk about it with her. I feel haunted by it - can only imagine how she's feeling. 020
Matt Reider @mreider.bsky.social · 11/07/2023@carnage4life.bsky.social not enough critical thinking re: Threads in the Mastodon community. So far all I see are "we'll wait and see" and "this will be net positive." I don't see it that way. fosstodon.org/@mdr/1106943176601658…fosstodon.orgMatt (@mdr@fosstodon.org)@Floppy@mastodon.me.uk Mastodon will present federated posts from any Threads friend of anyone on our local server, or boosted posts from any friend across the Fediverse. It's inevitable that we'll be... 010
Matt Reider @mreider.bsky.social · 09/07/2023Why is #bluesky obsessed with Grimace and what am I missing? 010
Matt Reider @mreider.bsky.social · 05/07/2023Four days ago Reddit blocked bots that post via APIs. Predictably - most crypto subreddits are, like Elmer Fudd, vewwy vewwy quiet. 020
Matt Reider @mreider.bsky.social · 02/07/2023I wonder if @bsky.app will perform when it flips from centralized to distributed. I'm sure the team wonders the same thing. And I imagine there's a possibility it never flips over at all - though the protocol is horribly inefficient in that case. 010
Matt Reider @mreider.bsky.social · 01/07/2023The cliff notes on what happened last week in Russia? Authoritarianism in Russia is always complete chaos. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-e… 000
Matt Reider @mreider.bsky.social · 17/06/2023If you want the full Viennese experience - living in the 22nd district is a bad choice. But if you have a dog, and enjoy the outdoors, it's perfect. 010
Matt Reider @mreider.bsky.social · 17/06/2023@alexsuraci.bsky.social what do you think so far? Sort of like crashing a party you weren't invited to, where people know the hosts, but you don't? 100
Matt Reider @mreider.bsky.social · 17/06/2023Especially salient episode of Hardfork. What can #bluesky learn from the implosion of trust and safety on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hard-… @kevinroose.bsky.social @caseynewton.bsky.socialpodcasts.apple.comHard Fork: Reddit Revolts + MrBeast’s YouTube Empire + Peak Trust and Safety? on Apple PodcastsShow Hard Fork, Ep Reddit Revolts + MrBeast’s YouTube Empire + Peak Trust and Safety? - Jun 16, 2023 010