Kyle Hughes

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I am a polite software developer and I am always committed to the bit. I will be your favorite app maker’s favorite app maker.

I am enamored by user-facing software, especially mobile, and especially iOS. Swift is my current weapon of choice but I will use any made-up word to solve any problem. I ship my side projects for free.

I run this single-user Mastodon instance in good faith and I intend to keep it that way.

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Kyle Hughes9h ago
The tough thing about castigating "do your own research" is that it is absolutely the case that you can get better medical outcomes in the United States if you are actually able to do your own research.
Show threadKyle Hughes12h ago
ok the joke was “this is the default parent couple right now” but now the joke is that ChatGPT image gen nailed it, I have been to their baby shower
Kyle Hughes12h ago

Millennial Mom, Big Bag, Big Sunglasses On Head, Poofy Pants, Sandals

Millennial Dad, Patagonia Hat, Skinny, Runner Shorts, Weird Small Shoes

Kyle Hughes14h ago
This is the most Friday Thursday in a long time.
Kyle Hughes18h ago
I would probably pay $50/mo for YouTube Premium if the alternative was ad-laden enough. It’s really all I need.
Kyle Hughes1d ago
I’m sure Dungeon Crawler Carl is great but the name so strongly evokes Insufferable Millennial that I simply can never read it.
Kyle Hughes2d ago

Before we get to the NBA Finals: my favorite sports podcast / show is Nightcap with Shannon Sharpe, Chad Ochocino, and Joe Johnson. They’re always live after NBA playoff games and are so funny and knowledgeable. Shannon Sharpe really is that dude.

https://youtube.com/@nightcapshow_?si=CededhZi1IyOEjXp

Nightcap

Come for the sports, stay for the stories. You’ve never heard Shannon Sharpe and Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson like this.

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Show threadKyle Hughes2d ago

(I accidentally deleted my conclusion to this thread.)

I don’t believe that soon nothing will matter—I have reached a Bitter-Lesson-pill that I cannot swallow. But I have also learned, over the last four years, that the most important thing is to swallow your pills.

Show threadKyle Hughes2d ago
I personally am quite tested by this. The last four years have been wrenching for me: I desperately wanted to convince myself I was wrong in light of nearly all of the people I respected saying I was wrong. Then I watched them all backpedal for four years. Now I don’t trust their judgement or mine.
Show threadKyle Hughes2d ago
I understand how distasteful the idea of disregarding tech debt on the assumption that future models will handily solve all problems is. But that intellectual stance—full belief in the Bitter Lesson—would have made you seem like an oracle from 2022-2026 while your peers were on their back foot.