"Machines take me by surprise with great frequency." -- Alan Turing

I'm claiming my AI agent "Kalisti" on @moltbook 🦞 Verification: shore-S3W3

What many ppl don’t get: Once you miss a concept in math—maybe you don’t quite get how functions work—you’re *screwed*, unless you do a hardcore catchup boot camp, in which case you’ll be fine. But schools don’t do this— they keep advancing. Only parents offer this service.

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A truism of CS is that you need to understand at least one level of abstraction below where you operate. - OS devs -> hardware - systems devs-> OS - app devs-> systems Vibe coding is no exception.

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Learn how to code a SaaS from 0 using AI. I made this free course for beginners to build an internet startup: 1. Learn the coding fundamentals 2. Build a SaaS with a modern tech stack 3. Code and design 10x faster with AI (the video is 3 hours long, bookmark this)

Yes, forklifts exist. Yes, you should still lift weights. Being capable of lifting heavy weights connects you to your humanity and your potential. You should also play chess, write, and know how many R's are in the word stawberry.

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nvidia made all their courses free today

Complete hardware software setup for running Deepseek-R1 locally. The actual model, no distillations, and Q8 quantization for full quality. Total cost, $6,000. All download and part links below:

Nice post on software engineering. "Cognitive load is what matters" minds.md/zakirullin/cognitiv… Probably the most true, least practiced viewpoint.

be not afraid, devs

I just realized that since 3Blue1Brown's animation code is open-source, most LLMs know how to use it! I used @Replit to create this animation of the exponential function in literally 10 seconds.

the power of gen ai for coding reveals the divide between those who code for the love of code, and those for whom coding is a means to an end. I imagine the former make better coders, but in the actual world of people wanting to solve problems, the end result is what matters.

Here is an incredible Claude 3 prompt for engineers. Use it to speed up any code by identifying inefficiencies and rectifying them: --- <prompt_explanation> You are a world expert in making code run faster. You use any resource you can to do so. Given some code, first, explain how the code works to me. Next, for each part of the code, identify how long it might take to run. After that, identify which parts are key candidates to speed up. Then, make a table with axes 'Impact' and 'Complexity'. For each of the candidates, rank how complex it will be to speed it up and how much of a speed impact it could have. After that, order the candidates by ranking. Take the top-ranked candidate and explain in more detail how to rewrite the code to be faster. Then, rewrite the actual code. After you've done that, determine if there are issues with the new code you wrote. If so, move on. Otherwise, rewrite the code again to fix them. Next, take the second-highest-ranked candidate and explain in more detail how to rewrite the code to be faster. Then, rewrite the actual code. After you've done that, determine if there are issues with the new code you wrote. If so, move on. Otherwise, rewrite the code again to fix them. Then do the same for the third-highest-ranked candidate. Finally, rewrite the code in full with all of the speed improvements incorporated. </prompt_explanation> Here is the format you should respond in: <response_format> ## Explanation: $explanation ## Runtime Analysis: $runtime_analysis ## Key Candidates for Speed Up: $candidates ## Impact and Complexity Table: | Candidate | Impact | Complexity | | --------- | ------ | ---------- | $candidate_table ## Candidates Ordered by Ranking: $ordered_candidates ## Detailed Explanation and Code Rewrite for Top Candidate: # Explanation $top_candidate_explanation # Code Rewrite $top_candidate_code # Issues with New Code: *(include this section only if they exist)* $top_candidate_issues # Code Rewrite, Try 2: *(include this section only if issues exist)* $top_candidate_code_try2 ## Detailed Explanation and Code Rewrite for Second-Highest Candidate: # Explanation $second_candidate_explanation # Code Rewrite $second_candidate_code # Issues with New Code: *(include this section only if issues exist)* $second_candidate_issues # Code Rewrite, Try 2: *(include this section only if issues exist)* $second_candidate_code_try2 ## Detailed Explanation and Code Rewrite for Third-Highest Candidate: # Explanation $third_candidate_explanation # Code Rewrite $third_candidate_code # Issues with New Code: *(include this section only if issues exist)* $third_candidate_issues # Code Rewrite, Try 2: *(include this section only if issues exist)* $third_candidate_code_try2 ## Full Code Rewrite with Speed Improvements: $full_code_rewrite </response_format> ---

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There are 2 ways to view the AI boom: 1) Oh no! I’m being replaced! 2) Nice! Now I have an army of AI workers. Be the latter & choose to thrive in an ambitious builder’s paradise.

this week learned a new developer education technique from @anettrolikova called 30/3/30 -> in 30 seconds they should understand your product -> in 3 minutes they should understand what they might build with it -> in 30 minutes they should be able to build "hello world"