The file on your local drive is the ultimate integration API
Most of what I wanted to say is in the title.An online platform is a company in the business of trying to be your computer and being bad at it.The second part is deliberate.Their applications only have to be good enough for you to use them.Their “file managers” have to be so limited and hard to use that you will never try to move your information elsewhere.There’s no technology they will not break to make it impossible for you to run other people’s applications on the information you gave them.T...
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November 27, 2025
Message-only windows are for messaging, not as a convenient victim for hosting UI
If you want to host UI, use a real window (possibly hidden).
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November 27, 2025
On "AI Brendans" or "Virtual Brendans"
There are now multiple AI performance engineering agents that use or are trained on my work. Some are helper agents that interpret flame graphs or eBPF metrics, sometimes privately called AI Brendan; others have trained on my work to create a Virtual Brendan that claims it can tune everything just like the real thing. It sounds like my brain has been uploaded to the cloud by someone else who is now selling it (yikes!). I've been told it's even "easy" to do this thanks to all my publications avai...
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November 27, 2025
Classic WTF: Teleported Release
It's a holiday in the US today, one where we give thanks. And today, we give thanks to not have this boss. Original. --Remy
Matt works at an accounting firm, as a data engineer. He makes reports for people who don’t read said reports. Accounting firms specialize in different areas of accountancy, and Matt’s firm is a general firm with mid-size clients.
The CEO of the firm is a legacy from the last century. The most advanced technology on his desk is a business calculator and a pencil sharpener...
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November 27, 2025