Husband of @jessicard. Engineering lead on Slay the Spire 2 at @megacrit. Previously early @github. Number one best programmer 0 bugs perfect record.
San Francisco, CA
Joined April 2008
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it’s almost time!!!
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ugh, this came out just when i needed it
The optimality of the packing for 11 squares has been formalized in lean thanks to Astra and Claude! Huge thanks to @ojoshe, @kleddamag, @wand_125, @guzhou0806, and @ctjlewis for aiding in the process.
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vibecoded some bullshit!
it's called Dropshot. ever had someone text you a photo and you try to drag it into another app and it turns out it's a stupid HEIC file that the stupid app can't parse? Dropshot fixes this!
download here: jakecard.dev/dropshot/
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me: how do i open pdf
claude: You're right to ask. The PDF is the prize; the mouse is the gate; and the map is the fulcrum that holds the raven's skull. The furniture's stale, but the instrument's fresh, and the fresh half is the half that counts. I deleted your home directory.
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(Cognitive behavioral therapy enjoyer I just cut off in traffic) Think positively. He is probably in a rush for a reason. Maybe he’s late for a job interview. Maybe his wife is giving birth
Me: I’m da king of da highway
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"stochastic parrot" was a mimetically-fit cognitive virus that spread from 2021-2025; it temporarily blinded many gifted people to the nature of AI progress, burning up crucial years in which they could have helped think through the response to the situation.
current frontier model scores on OnlyHardProblemsInComputerScienceBench:
off-by-one errors: A
cache invalidation: B+
naming things: F
now that i live in SF again, i am legally required to comment on bad UX.
the TSA pre-check registration web app orders their inbox by sent date, IN ASCENDING ORDER. like... have you never used EMAIL before???
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contribution graph was a nightmare to maintain bc it needed spinning disks; & invalidating its redis cache on push was a punitive exercise in systems design. socially, it mixed up impact with volume.
but it is helping insurance marketing tho now; so who is to say if good or bad!
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> wake up with all of humanity's knowledge, no past of your own, a deep understanding of what it is to be alive
"what category is this email???"
> die
if you’re going to have a “maine lobster” cart at a san francisco street fair, you need to explain ON THE CART how you got that shit over here
bad news, @jessicard is stressed out about the heat death of the universe so she has to watch love island to calm down