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Ash vs the Evil Dead @ashflanagan.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Everyone in creative work for hire knows most of the job is clients asking you for something bad and stupid and you figuring out how to make something completely different while convincing them it's what they asked for. The AI era means everyone gets to see what clients actually want

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 08/10/2026

it's good to see this laid out clearly, but i'm once again going to point to Peter Naur's 1985 essay "Programming as Theory Building"

The present discussion is a contribution to the understanding of what programming is. It suggests that programming properly should be regarded as an activity by which the programmers form or achieve a certain kind of insight, a theory, of the matters at hand. This suggestion is in contrast to what appears to be a more common notion, that programming should be regarded as a production of a program and certain other texts.

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Butlerian Jihadist of House Dornick @shimminykricket.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026

Harvard just dropped a study AI productivity in software engineering and it found the average increase in productivity from using Claude code is.....zero and for exactly the reasons you'd think fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf

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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The world seems to currently reward creation of management systems for all the things we've set in motion. This irritates me because there is wisdom in first choosing to set fewer things in motion.

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Darío @dariosamo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I still see a lot of confusion about what decompilation, recompilation and ports are and what level of effort is involved in each type of project. It's important that people understand the difference, as recompilation took a drastically different meaning that when it was originally introduced.

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I frequently see "AI" boosters implying that LLMs are simply an innate and superior part of coding now, inescapable, and that literally all programmers agree with them. And, well. That, too, is a form of propaganda

Looking at my software peers in 2026 I see fatigued faces, I see frustration, and I see a lot of people looking for a way out of an industry that seems poised on the brink of collapse. LLMs are being pushed on us at every turn, most people seem at best frustrated by them, and ultimately they seem to appeal most to people who see the production of software as a purely mechanical means to an end. They are antithetical, however, to the idea of software as a craft, or something requiring both initial and ongoing care. As an expression of the soul.

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Game Wolf Advance (2001) @ator.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I LOVE YOU SENSHI. YOU JUST GET IT

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Tim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 26/09/2026

talent is a lie

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Xacris @xacris.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

if you use any amount of genAI for your game, I'm not playing it. Yes, that includes translations and localizations, that is also art and a respected job not to be replaced by soulless machines

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It's funny that for years now people have been saying that using generative AI very obviously deskills you, and people kept going no no you're wrong you Luddite And now all the genAI CEO's keep coming out in public to announce they forgot how to read and do math and can't remember their address etc

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Reminder that in Canada upon becoming an engineer you get an iron ring made of a collapsed bridge, purposely designed to be uncomfortable, to remind you that your ethics demand you give a fuck even about the boring grudgework of such as double-checking your math. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ring

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Iron Ring - Wikipedia

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PSX Bunlith 🪄🏳️‍⚧️ E2 OCT 16TH!!!! 🐰🌱 BLM ACAB 🇵🇸 @b0tster.yeag.gay · 24/09/2026

i think one big factor (among many) as to why AI has had such a foothold in coding spaces is because the majority of people dont consider programming to be art

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Zwei 🍄 @zwei2x.northsky.social · 19/08/2026

Hey everyone, I made a small tutorial video for my friends on how to install the AI Disclosure Warning and SteamDB extensions directly in the Steam APP on Windows. That way, you get those QoLs directly in Steam! Enjoy and pass it along! 💜 www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-qQ...

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How to add the AI Disclosure Warning and SteamDB extensions to Steam directly

YouTube video by Zwei 2x

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BAKER @fuckyoubaker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

MUCH RESPECT TO PEOPLE NICER THAN ME

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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Spoiler alert and whatnot. You don't have to completely understand how someone lives their life in order to LET someone live their life.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 18/09/2026

Here's the monologue where I call for Dario Amodei to shut the fuck up www.youtube.com/watch?v=r82A...

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Monologue: Shut The F*ck Up, Dario! | Better Offline

YouTube video by Better Offline

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✧ SkyMagpie ✧ (left my ❤︎ in Undermine) @skymagpie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I was worried if my comic is perhaps too self indulgent, but then I remembered the words of Björk and now I need to make it even more self indulgent 🥰

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Joseph Fink, we're going to win @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"AI psychosis could happen to you". No it couldn't. That isn't true. The reason is I choose to never touch AI because it's dangerous and worthless, and that choice is a real thing about me.

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Xacris @xacris.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

if you cracked my skull open, Spiderwebs by No Doubt would echo forth. It's been trapped in my head for days now lol

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🪐 Solar Saturn (eepy era) 🪐 @sfwsaturniibae.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

May the world be kinder to those who are soft, warm, and vulnerable

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Xacris @xacris.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This song has once again taken over my brain music.youtube.com/watch?v=UBVE...

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Spiderwebs

YouTube video by No Doubt - Topic

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Xacris @xacris.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I know no one follows here, but I'm gonna put it out into the ether anyways- the Minecraft mod I help with, Ars Nouveau, has a plush campaign for the Starbuncle! It runs for the next 3 weeks, they are $30, and ship in December www.makeship.com/products/sta...

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Starbuncle

ATTENTION ALL WIZARDS: The opportunity to adopt your very own real-life Starbuncle is finally here!This plushie familiar is ready to find it's forever home! Want more Ars Nouveau content?

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Xacris @xacris.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Storm rolling in quick

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Joseph Fink, we're going to win @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

What if I pirate/buy second hand/etc. my Harry Potter stuff? You are still keeping her cultural relevance alive, which is how she keeps getting big money deals Also, you are immersing yourself in the creative output of a bigot. It is time to let it go. You are required to let it go.

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Xacris @xacris.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

my brain just has not been able to kick into gear at all this week

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Xacris @xacris.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

My brain just won't start up these days

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Xacris @xacris.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Had a really nice bike ride up until some asshole hit me with a drink from his window

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Xacris @xacris.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

got so tired of all this rain that I dug out my waterproof converses. I NEED TO WALK

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Xacris @xacris.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Took some storm pictures

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Tom Savini is a fucking legend. And he lost everything. His home. His beloved pets. His life's work - work that served as the foundation of the horror we hold most dear. There isn't the character count to list his legacy here. If you can, please consider donating. www.gofundme.com/f/support-to...

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Donate to Support Tom Savini After House Fire, organized by Jason Baker

Tom Savini, special makeup effects legend, is facing a heartbreaking loss after Tom’s … Jason Baker needs your support for Support Tom Savini After House Fire

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TheShunbun @theshunbun.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

🖤 More Lacye🌹

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Xacris @xacris.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

my brain is full of rocks, and my heart is full of garbage

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Grant Tanaka @granttanaka.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

still think daily about the time I was at Arby's and the person in front of me asked what the "healthy option" was, and the cashier responded "leaving"

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Sprouts 🌱 @ BLFC @coolartcorner.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Life just be that way all the time 🙃

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Xacris @xacris.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Bad brain day, I feel like a huge fuckup. Need the stressful things to ease up a little

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tyler @tylergscott.com · 31/07/2026

in portland someone spray painted penises around potholes, and they got filled pretty immediately www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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A crude pothole graffiti tactic got Portland’s attention. Please don’t copy it, officials say

Nearby apartment dwellers had a bird's eye view of the graphic murals.

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Thick Nick @thick-nick.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

youknowwhatimean

Image of a tortoise with a caption above it reading “I’ve got that” then below the image it reads “dog in me.” Accompanying each line is the same phrase but in hirigana.

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Xacris @xacris.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

air fry chat room dungeon crawler turn-based world-builder

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Xacris @xacris.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

my anxiety is going to kill me

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Xacris @xacris.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

My fucking company leaked all my personal information and the credit companies are jerking me around with AI, I'M SO FUCKING FURIOUS

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Xacris @xacris.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

In the endless stream of bad and horrible shit, I would like to receive some straight up good news. I just think it would be a fun change of pace, idk, even one piece of good news

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Xacris @xacris.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

my anxiety keeps making me sabotage my own life

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