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The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Trap: https://htmx.org/essays/code-is-cheap/#the-sorcerer-s-apprentice-trap.

Good analogy of application of LLM usage in the wrong hands. This goes by another name, Expert Beginner: https://alchemists.io/articles/expert_beginner

</> htmx ~ Code is Cheap(er)

In this essay, Carson Gross argues that as AI makes code cheap to produce, understanding code becomes the expensive and scarce resource. He warns of the complexity that LLM code can generate and proposes the subtractive, constraining engineer as the discipline needed to keep systems comprehensible & stable.

Brooke Kuhlmann 1d ago

Added `git reset --hard ORIG_HEAD` to my Dotfiles aliases today: https://github.com/bkuhlmann/dotfiles/commit/a86c06f3609049f167940e7d65dfce1c02895801

I rebase a LOT but sometimes I mess up. Usually, I use `git rebase --abort` or `git reflog` to undo but `git reset --hard ORIG_HEAD` is super handy for when you want to undo a rebase *after* it has finished.

I update the Conflict Resolution of my Git Rebase article to capture more details if it's of help: https://alchemists.io/articles/git_rebase#_conflict_resolution

Enjoy!

#git

Added Git reset hard origin head alias · bkuhlmann/dotfiles@a86c06f

Useful, as an undo operation, where you want to reset back to where you were before finishing one of these commands: * `git rebase` * `git merge` * `git reset` * `git apply mailbox` This only wor...

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Brooke Kuhlmann 2d ago

The Last Technical Interview: https://steve-yegge.medium.com/the-last-technical-interview-bc13ddcf4564.

This is interesting because this is, essentially, the same thing I've been defaulting to and preaching about for years: https://alchemists.io/articles/interviewing

I would, generally, call this contract-to-hire but "campfire" has a nicer tone to it.

The Last Technical Interview

Today we will pour one out for the vaunted technical interview process, which is on its last leg. And we’ll talk a little about what’s…

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Brooke Kuhlmann 3d ago

Liking the "Di Hotel Malibu" album by Thee Marloes: https://theemarloes.bandcamp.com/album/di-hotel-malibu. The album is an interesting fusion of their Indonesian roots, soul, and laid back sound.

#music

Di Hotel Malibu, by Thee Marloes

14 track album

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Brooke Kuhlmann 5d ago

Good introduction to the Data Center problem that is plaguing communities across multiple states: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hQLn5MbsEI

Erin's report, mentioned in the interview, can be found here: https://brockovichdatacenter.com/index.html

The lack of transparency, confusion, and significant toll on local resources is hard to justify. Like fracking, this is another example of extraction for the wealthy without any clear benefit for the effected communities.

Erin Brockovich on AI data centers: 'People aren't being heard'

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Brooke Kuhlmann 6d ago

Good article on the chilling effects of Project 2025 and the overarching goal of the felon, his corrupt administration, and his sychopants: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/05/chilling-effects.html

We beat back the Red Scare and we can also beat back the cruelty and lawlessness of the current administration. It's not a time to be scared, it's a time to be angry and constantly fighting back!

Chilling Effects - Schneier on Security

Younger Americans have soured on the second Donald Trump presidency, but they are not protesting it. Despite an unpopular Iran war and an even more unpopular Trump administration, college campus protests nationwide have gone silent. And at many schools, student activism is virtually nonexistent. This silence comes in the wake of a relentless Trump administration war on campus speech that has involved lawsuits, arrests, deportations and expulsions. Reports cite a range of complicated factors for the restraint, from apathy to technology-induced incapacity. But as ...

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Brooke Kuhlmann May 27

Happy to announce I'll be speaking at Big Sky Dev Con (https://bigskydevconf.com) this year on htmx View Transitions (scroll to the bottom of the page to see the speaker line up).

If you like htmx, CSS View Transitions, and ePaper devices please attend and we can talk more!

Hope to see you there if you make it.

#htmx #ruby

Big Sky Dev Con 2026 — Montana's Summer Tech Conference

Two days of talks on htmx, AI, Rust, Flutter, game dev, space tech, and more. July 24-25 in Bozeman, Montana. No corporate keynotes — just real people shipping real things.

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Brooke Kuhlmann May 27

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