@gurupanguji

@gurupanguji
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Mostly irreverent ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I love building products and do that for a jobby job living in #seattle. I do my jobby job to pursue my interests in open web, fediverse, video games, music. Hit me up if you wanna chat about those things / have questions about product management as a career.

#fedi22 #tech #formula1 #blog #pacificnw #technology #product #productmanagement #music

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The Gell-Mann Amnesia effect of generative AI output feels more real to me than ever.

https://gurupanguji.com/blog/2026/04/24/chatgpts-powerful-new-image-engine/

#ai #llm

🔗 ChatGPT's powerful new image engine // @gurupanguji

But if you look closely, there are several errors, and those errors are revealing. For example, the rear center-pull (?) brake is mislabeled as the seat s...

Tool calls are better. But, gemma4 still feels at least one generation lower than the current frontier models. It over thinks, gets itself into unnecessary loops, which most of the current gen models avoid.

https://gurupanguji.com/blog/2026/04/24/the-milestone-of-gemma-4/

#ai #gemma4 #llm

🔗 The milestone of Gemma 4 // @gurupanguji

Google has somehow man­aged to extend Gemini’s visual acuity into these open-weights models. My appli­ca­tion has to do with hand­writing recognition, plu...

NASA built the world's most redundant computer for the Artemis II. I grew up around space scientists and so this article on "Communications of the ACM" was such a thrill.

https://gurupanguji.com/blog/2026/04/23/how-nasa-built-artemis-iis-fault-tolerant-computer/

#ArtemisII #NASA #space

https://x.com/thsottiaux/status/2047387243715916182

He was not kidding about 5 min rollout. Zomg. So fun to see the speedy rollouts.

Tibo (@thsottiaux) on X

Rollout will be complete to 100% of paid users in the next 5 mins.

X (formerly Twitter)

This piece lands on a useful product (and business) question: if AI labs become the cloud layer, the workflow layer, and the consulting layer at once, what survives for builders outside the labs? h/t @vamsinarla and @nikhilramesh

https://gurupanguji.com/blog/2026/04/23/the-great-ai-sherlocking-is-upon-us/

#AI #ProductStrategy

It’s a nice lagging indicator saying something is working. Would never have imagined I’d get even close to this.

I’ll continue to focus on the input metric: writing.

Thank you for reading 🙏https://gurupanguji.com

After being banned by gemini-cli, main quest continues with codex. Bonus: they still support 3P harnesses.

https://gurupanguji.com/blog/2026/04/22/gemini-woes/

#gemini #codex #ai

🔗 Gemini woes // @gurupanguji

https://x.com/Steve_Yegge/status/2046260541912707471

Rail tale. Fuji scale.

Shot from the Shinkansen en route to Kyoto.

#fujisan #japan #photography

🔗 WhatsApp Plus, Minus the Subtlety

https://gurupanguji.com/blog/2026/04/21/whatsapp-is-testing-a-premium-subscription-but-it-is-mainly-cosmetic/

WhatsApp is gearing up for an end to end encrypted messaging app with "privacy preserving" ads. WhatsApp Plus further confirms my thesis. #whatsapp #privacy

🔗 Nuances – Manu Manu nails the weird internet failure mode: every question gets squeezed until it fits a tribe. The spectrum is still there, even when the timeline acts like it isn't. https://gurupanguji.com/blog/2026/04/21/nuances-manu/ #writing #internet