Mike McCaffrey

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Senior Architect building Drupal sites for more years than I care to count, with a strong focus on accessibility and best practices. Trying very hard to convince people that the AI craze is a pyramid scheme that is going to crash the entire economy. Opinions expressed do not represent those held by my employer or coworkers; they are totally into AI as well, which makes meetings very awkward.
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Mike McCaffrey1d ago

"Tired of being disappointed by the people in your life? Try being disappointed by computers!"

- The case for #LLMs

Mike McCaffrey1d ago

Used #AI to help diagnose some linux/php memory issues, and I must admit that it is seductively helpful for accomplishing complex tasks that I am not actually qualified to be doing professionally.

Seriously, don't hire me as your sysadmin; I would need to use #LLMs.

Mike McCaffrey2d ago
mhoye2d ago

The kids are alright.

https://glammr.us/@overholt/116653735304880392

Mike McCaffrey2d ago
Kevin Beaumont2d ago

RE: https://techhub.social/@Techmeme/116653554177369852

If anybody is wondering how this bubble hasn’t popped yet - I still run into companies with blockchain teams. Everybody pretended GameStop could buy eBay this month. Businesses are really good at huffing glue.

Mike McCaffrey3d ago

The best explanation of #passkeys that I've seen.

https://youtu.be/1nnOvYHwweE

Passkeys Explained: Are They Actually Better Than Passwords?

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Mike McCaffrey3d ago

Damn, suddenly I wish I were #Catholic.

https://www.instagram.com/reels/DY0fSX0PBug/

#AI

Sky Fisher on Instagram: "Outstanding work, @ Pope Leo #aiworkflow #religiousexemption #corporatesocialresponsibility #psa"

353K likes, 3,459 comments - skyfisherforskyfish on May 26, 2026: "Outstanding work, @ Pope Leo #aiworkflow #religiousexemption #corporatesocialresponsibility #psa".

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Mike McCaffrey3d ago
Charlie Stross3d ago

This is how the AI bubble bursts: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/917380/ai-monetization-anthropic-openai-token-economics-revenue

There is no conceivable way to break even for the AI industry—let alone to repay an investment that requires $2Tn a year from now to the end of the decade. That's about 3% of the entire planetary GNP. Just to break even.

Mike McCaffrey3d ago
Can I just add ^12 || ^13 || ^14 to core_version_requirement so I don't need to keep updating the info file for these custom #drupal modules every single year?
Mike McCaffrey4d ago

Yuuuuuup.

https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-revenge-of-the-business-idiot/

h/t @rayckeith

#EdZitron #BetterOffline

Mike McCaffrey4d ago
John Carlos Baez5d ago

"Every city in the Midwest has a half-finished canal in it."

I love canals, so this makes me want to do a tour of the midwest US and its half-finished canals - and a boat tour of the *finished* canals. But I'm in Scotland so... let me do it online.

First up: Indianapolis!

[image from https://mathstodon.xyz/@susankayequinn@wandering.shop/116635972190246192]

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