My org has our PRs reviewed by an AI automatically

Remember when Congress took all the funding away from NPR that was already budgeted to them? Why is no one talking about rescinding funding for ICE?

What’s your reading list for 2026?

We are definitely encouraged to use it where I work. There are regular sessions for engineers to share workflows they’re using with LLMs.
What surprised me recently is the objective metrics that the company is trying to gather about usage. Not just in usage amount, but also quality. We put labels on our PRs to indicate to what extent we used AI and which tools, with a “wasn’t helpful” option.

It’s a lot better than my previous job that went full build-a-new-product-on-top-of-ChatGPT

Even better when they have a print option, then you get a pdf of the recipe and never visit the site again. No subscribe pop up while you’re trying to look up how much water to add to the pan of flaming grease

The most useful thing I’ve done with LLM coding tools is using them to write a markdown file that instructs them to not edit my code without my explicit permission.

That’s not even a whole Epstein Ballroom worth of fighter jets, toss another one in!

Who the hell is Eric? Did Erik get replaced for what he did to Narfy?

Without looking it up: did he become his stereotype shitty gamer character?

Appear at bowling alleys in the form of a chimpanzee bearing a scroll

Not before he gives up his secrets

That’s a laughing matter to you?

Cats, suddenly as of ~7 years ago. Had three cats at the time, still have two, my allergy doctor is appalled that we “let” them sleep on the bed with us.

Dogs, also suddenly as of ~2 years ago. Pet a dog in the neighborhood, didn’t think anytime of it and later rubbed my face while gaming. My eyeball swelled up painfully. Didn’t make the connection until I pet another dog a week or two later, scratched my back and got a painful rash. We had just installed a fence to get a dog of our own

If only he spent his time trying to get better at playing the drums

Massive Attack is the name of the band. The article was not ambiguous about that

When they’re weaned from the teat of round after round of investment

Get an abacus before tariffs catch up with them too

His only weakness is the monster at the end of the movie

That sucks, she had such great energy on air and was a great advocate for learning how to cook. Worst Cooks was a fun combination of competition and education. I grew up learning basic cooking so I never struggled with it, but I still learned a good amount from her on that show.