I built an interactive guide on how Shazam (the music identification app) works!
This is the next installment in my newly coined "How The Heck?" series, where we explore everyday tech that can feel like magic (QR Codes, GPS, and now this one).
Hope you enjoy it!
perthirtysix.com/how-the-heck...
Initially read this as 10 years and didn't bat an eye, you're ahead of schedule imo
I also think the general consensus sits somewhere near "unbelievable + awe-inspiring" while my view sits near "all that + collective efforts culminating in outcomes indistinguishable from magic"
I have only passing familiarity with a small subset of the technical challenges involved. And even with that limited view, I think human spaceflight represents a collective triumph an order of magnitude larger than the general consensus
Turns out I *do* remember how to change a tire, hoping the next time is long enough from now that I doubt myself again
Nothing's gotten close to Opus 4.5 for me. Kimi K2.5 feels close to Sonnet 4.5 for my use cases, but still feels sub Sonnet 4.6
I've been thinking of trying vim again for similar reasons
Any #julia devs able to point me the right direction for checking package status? ❤️💚💜
github.com/JuliaLang/Pk...
Not yet but I may get nerd-sniped into adding that now!
My favorite part of adding more robust testing was working with mutants to inject + catch potential bugs
Big backend overhaul to my mlcheck CLI tool! Quick way to scan R + Python files for minimal ML best practices (no promises, but may get less minimal in the future 👀)
ICYMI my latest newsletter has: early themes from interviewing folks about using my Learning-Opportunities Claude Skill, the power of self-regulated learning, and interview with @mcmullarkey.bsky.social and...
www.fightforthehuman.com/cognitive-he...
A more recent version of that talk
I think about the @rmcelreath.bsky.social Science as Amateur Software Development talk at least once a week
Had the weirdest dream where Vanderbilt and Nebraska played one of the best basketball games I've ever seen
Anyone else spoiled by R's pkgdown and find python's mkdocs or sphinx a bit tedious and config-heavy. Check out @richmeister.bsky.social 's awesome new {great-docs} as a batteries-included alternative to spin up an effective docs site in <15 min!
1/n 🧵
github.com/posit-dev/gr...
Agreed it's definitely not a 1:1 for pydantic or other schema validation-focused kinds of tools!
MLE seeking team
About you:
- Your organization is looking to do something new in ML.
- You want to build a new team, a new product direction, a new capability.
- You care more about what gets accomplished than about the tools used to do it.
- You foster accountability and high trust teams.
These interviews with developers about learning have been so great I've turned this into an open research call
+ a couple high level take-aways so far (with a few links to research to help you immediately learn more about the themes coming up):
catharsisinsight.com/open-researc...
The learning opportunities skill from @grimalkina.bsky.social is so good. Sooo helpful at my new job. For thoroughly understanding code before I modify it. Catching bugs others had missed because it helps me think through the code so thoroughly!
github.com/DrCatHicks/l...
Building stuff where I can't tell if I'm cooking or getting cooked
Hello this is also me
Nothing quite like people using stuff you helped build to learn!
I like this tweak a lot! @grimalkina.bsky.social and I have talked about the pros/cons of Claude Code chats' default to ephemeral. We could consider baking this option directly into the skill
I'm still holding my breath watching, and man it's good to see Jayson Tatum playing basketball again
And there's more!!
@mcmullarkey.bsky.social and I got together to record a special Developer Science Office Hour where we talk about how our experiences as both psychologists & technologists informs how we think about dev tools, learning in the era of AI, & our collab 🥂
youtu.be/eW3OwDtmaDs?...
a shiny app with code on the right in the Positron IDE. Shiny app has an action bar on the left with "Upload" and "Analysis" with a file input and geometry input and a layer summary. The middle is an interactive map with puple and orange points.
interactive sidebar dashboard visualizing penguins dataset.
{calcite} v1.0.0 is out 🎉
Oh and {mapgl} has esri-basemap support now 👀
Try it out with
calcite::open_example("page-sidebar-penguins")
🤖 using Claude? Feed it calcite context! r.esri.com/calcite/llms...
A release post coming soon....
#rstats
So glad that validation is happening!
Extremely relatable!
