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I was @ Google I/O at live keynote when they announced/demoed it. Ironically, at the exact same time, me and the guy next to me said (in different words), "Why do we need this?" That was a collaborative Google Wave moment IRL.

Almost exactly 20 years ago, two co-founders of Barndoor co-founded Mashery — enterprise cloud API management / governance. OAuth, traffic management (cloud + hybrid on-prem), data transformations, dev portal, and even API design. I was there 16 years ago and worked on developer platform / DX up to when we got acquired by Intel. It’s traded hands a few times, but alas, it’s still kicking as Boomi Cloud API Management. :)

We managed some fairly monster sized platforms through the years — Comcast, Expedia, Macy’s, Starbucks, Best Buy, NYT, USA Today, ESPN.

Memories!

Ask the AI chat agent on the website what a BobCoin is. Because, I really want to know.

> I’m not able to find a definition for BobCoin in IBM’s content. If you have another term or topic you’d like to explore, let me know!

For me, stock Spotify client on Mac is using ~200MB RAM (no videos / canvas). I probably need to try a leaner build on Fastspotify (built it myself from source), bug the damn thing was using ~350MB RAM. Both RAM counts were based on initial load + playing one song.

It’s almost ans if all of the big AI players have an arsenal of model releases and stories ready to volley back if a competitor gets too much attention :)

Working on AI security and governance (MCP + LLM gateways, fine-grained access control, DLP, monitoring, etc.) It's a lot more fun than it sounds. :)

https://barndoor.ai/

"It requires the people losing their jobs not burning the system down before the system has time to redistribute the gains."

Who, and how, will the gains be redistributed?

I was really hoping this was something I could find on CPAN from the author username perlJam.

Anyone else still remember old BBS phone numbers? I’ve got several stuck in my head from 40 odd years ago, but I can barely remember my kids’ cell numbers.

I remember reading gog setup instructions, and thinking, "Create oauth app/client? That's bonkers." And as cool+useful as this project looks, it's quite a bit harder to get going, especially if you're not familiar with Google Console and OAuth (or not a dev).

Reading lots of comments about "MCP vs CLI" -- reminds me a bit of the "agent vs. script/app/rpa" debates. It's usually not one or the other, but rather, both.. or the right tool for the job (and that can shift over time).

Biggest complaint we have about MCP is bigger context windows and token spend. Tools do exist that address this. I have just one MCP endpoint with a half dozen tools behind it, including Gmail, Google Calendar, Docs, Github, Notion, and more. Uses tool search tool (ToolIQ) with tiny context footprint. Give it a whirl. https://venn.ai

Baby don’t hurt me. Don’t hurt me. No more.

“…our cognitive abilities and creative capacities appear poised to take a nosedive into oblivion.”

Don’t sugarcoat it. Tell us how you really feel.

An agent can be designed to run with permissions of a system/bot account; however, others can be designed to execute things under user context, using OAuth to get user consent.

If you have Docker (Desktop) installed, with just a couple of clicks, you can get a local model going on your computer. llama3.2 (3B), llama3.3 (70B), deepseek-r1, and about a dozen others.

AI agent performance coach.

When kids were young (< 13), kept them off it for as long as possible. In fact, it was forbidden. Friends/colleagues thought I was a tyrant (and some thought I was an idiot) for trying to shield my kids this way, but those were the rules. Eventually, I had to capitulate. But even now, I regularly check in with the now much older kids to discourage worthless hours of doom-scrolling.

Yes, this. I also use a service to capture all emails (catch all) so that I can detect any loose ends that might have been overlooked. Services like ForwardMX or Cloudflare can do this for you at relatively low (or no) cost.

Anyone get to Zombocom level?

Glad you’re not refactoring my 2FA. Took me 4 attempts to kill 3 monsters.

Sorry for your loss. Like so many others here, I was a heavy QModem user. My memory is for crap, but I think without it (and Ymodem-G and Zmodem protocols) BBS/warez life would have been unbearable.

You mind mining a few blocks for me?

Good gracious. Just looked at CHANGELOG. It was 20 years ago this month that I made modest code contribution to this project.

I listened to the article yesterday when it was broadcast on NPR, and noticed it was largely focused on starter IT roles and not software engineering.

Interview with Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. Worth the listen. Podcast is “No Priors” with Elad Gil and Sarah Guo.

A clock has never made me feel so anxious.

These also remind me of the Qwest commercials. ("Every movie.. every language.. any time") - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAxtxPAUcwQ

The tone and cadence of the rhetorical questions in the AT&T commercials also reminds me of comedian Tom Papa ("Have you ever..? .. I have") - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhF8MZP-IkM