Damien Solimando
@dsolimando
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Father, husband, programmer, musician
Damien Solimando
Dare ObasanjoThe idea that Donald Trump was a temporary anomaly in American politics that will go back to normal when he’s gone is sadly mistaken. He is a symptom, not the cause.
He recognized that 40% of the electorate loves white supremacy and if you throw in homophobia/transphobia and low taxes, you could get up to 50%.
Now the masks are off and they aren’t going back on.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/12/elon-musk-posts-january-white-supremacists
James ThomsonWriters: Generative AI models were built on our stolen works, are deeply unethical, and risk devaluing our entire profession.
Artists: Generative AI models were built on our stolen works, are deeply unethical, and risk devaluing our entire profession.
Developers: Wheeeeeeeeee!
Simon WillisonShort musings on "cognitive debt" - I'm seeing this in my own work, where excessive unreviewed AI-generated code leads me to lose a firm mental model of what I've built, which then makes it harder to confidently make future decisions https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/15/cognitive-debt/
Alex RussellSeems like a dam is (finally) breaking; here's just a small set of the "wow, Apple...really?" posts from the past week:
https://www.loopwerk.io/articles/2026/tim-cook-sold-apples-soul/
https://om.co/2026/01/27/a-ceo-captured/
https://spyglass.org/tim-cook-captured/
https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-crisis-no-5
Liz Lopatto, Anil Dash, and Charlie Warzel were far ahead on all of this.
Tim Cook sold Apple's soul
Apple used to stand for something. Now Tim Cook gifts golden statues to Trump, removes apps at the administration's request, and cozies up to accused rapists at White House screenings. The company I once admired has become morally bankrupt, but leaving the ecosystem feels almost impossible.
TottsAustralia is BURNING
Tuesday’s temperatures reached record-breaking levels in Victoria—49°C—forcing more than 1,000 people to evacuate due to extreme fire danger and leaving thousands of animals without food, water, shelter, or safety. The situation is also dire in New South Wales, with catastrophic temperatures forecast to hit wildlife hard, especially flying foxes whose population is decimated.
You will probably hear nothing about this on the news, but it's happening
Firefox for Web DevelopersCSS module scripts landed in Firefox 147, so you can import CSS directly into JavaScript.
Docs:
Import attributes https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/import/with
CSSStyleSheet https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CSSStyleSheet
A-nom-nom-nom-aly BSC SSC30yrs ago, I started using the internet as an escape from reality.
These last few years, I've started using reality as an escape from the internet.
Guillaume LaforgeThe 50-year quest to replace developers
❌ 1970: COBOL
❌ 1980: CASE tools
❌ 1990: Visual Basic
❌ 2000: Low/No-Code
❓ 2020: #AI
Result? We need more skilled developers than ever.
Blocker isn't the code; it's the complexity. 🧑💻💡
By Stephan Schwab
https://www.caimito.net/en/blog/2025/12/07/the-recurring-dream-of-replacing-developers.html
Smudge The Insult Cat 🐀