Alejandro Martinez

@alexito4
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Software Crafter, Mobile Captain at LifeWorks & Fake Youtuber l APIs are UX for developers. | languages geek #swiftlang lover ❤️ and self proclaimed async-pro
Webhttps://alejandromp.com
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Show threadAlejandro Martinez6d ago
Duh, I think I found it: links like /web/statuses/... seem to open in browser, while canonical links like /@user/id open the app much more reliably on iOS.
Alejandro Martinez6d ago
Mastodon+iOS pain point: external links usually open in Safari, not the app.
Is there a known way to make Mastodon links consistently open in-app? Tips welcome.
Alejandro MartinezMar 9

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@pointfreeco/116200369552646802

Let the fun begin!

Alejandro MartinezMar 9
Just finished Young Sherlock, 9.5/10! It's fascinating how it's more Moriarty's origin story than Sherlock's. Great show, I wish it continued.
Alejandro MartinezMar 6
Sad. Swift is still better in every aspect except the one that matters. It’s unfortunate, but the shadow of Apple has kept this great language on the sidelines of people’s attention. A clear case of qualities not mattering compared to momentum.
https://ladybird.org/posts/adopting-rust/
Ladybird adopts Rust, with help from AI - Ladybird

We're adopting Rust as our C++ successor language, and using AI agents to accelerate the transition.

Alejandro MartinezMar 5
Christine Lemmer-WebberMar 5

I am convinced we are on the verge of the first "AI agent worm". This looks like the closest hint of it, though it isn't it quite itself: an attack on a PR agent that got it to set up to install openclaw with full access on 4k machines https://grith.ai/blog/clinejection-when-your-ai-tool-installs-another

But, the agents installed weren't given instructions to *do* anything yet.

Soon they will be. And when they are, the havoc will be massive. Unlike traditional worms, where you're looking for the typically byte-for-byte identical worm embedded in the system, an agent worm can do different, nondeterministic things on every install, and carry out a global action.

I suspect we're months away from seeing the first agent worm, *if* that. There may already be some happening right now in FOSS projects, undetected.

A GitHub Issue Title Compromised 4,000 Developer Machines

A prompt injection in a GitHub issue triggered a chain reaction that ended with 4,000 developers getting OpenClaw installed without consent. The attack composes well-understood vulnerabilities into something new: one AI tool bootstrapping another.

Show threadAlejandro MartinezMar 4
It's so cool to see how they show why Swift is best language in the world (yay i know nobody else cares but i still love it) and how all folks that kept saying language is getting complicated for no reason were wrong.
hyped for next episodes!
Alejandro MartinezMar 4

The new Beyond Basics @pointfreeco series is already looking awesome! How they keep delivering best programming content in the interwebs is unbelievable.

https://www.pointfree.co/subscribe/personal?ref=4Fj20c5I

Alejandro MartinezMar 4
I'm glad I'm not the only one that still calls the bird network for the real name :D @pointfreeco
Alejandro MartinezMar 4
John SiracusaMar 3

Dianna Cowern (aka Physics Girl on YouTube, and possibly @dianna) has been fighting COVID-induced ME/CFS since 2022. She just posted her first video in three years:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3m3AMRlYfc

You can learn more about her battle and amazing comeback here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqeIeIcDHD0

My first science video in 3 years

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