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   Ruth — of systems & em dashes (ruthmalan@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Dec-2025 00:18:16 JST Ruth — of systems & em dashes

   “The five qualities: Be curious. Think in systems. Communicate with precision. Own what you build. Become a polymath.”

   https://www.implicator.ai/werner-vogels-hands-out-newspapers-at-his-likely-final-re-invent-the-man-who-built-the-cloud-isnt-done-teaching/

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     Ruth — of systems & em dashes (ruthmalan@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Dec-2025 00:18:14 JST Ruth — of systems & em dashes

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     • Pavel A. Samsonov

     “He [Werner Vogel] coins a term: verification debt. AI generates code faster than humans can comprehend it.”

     Earlier this year:

     “Those people may be churning out deliverables, but they are also racking up comprehension debt. No one understands what they are on about because it is not possible to derive rationale out of the output alone.” — @PavelASamsonov

     https://productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/all-your-problems-are-people-problems-don-t-just-do-things-part-2

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     Ruth — of systems & em dashes (ruthmalan@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Dec-2025 00:18:15 JST Ruth — of systems & em dashes

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     I’m reading that because I was curious after reading this from Matt …

     https://hachyderm.io/@mweagle/115664042889012824

     Thomas 🔭🕹️ repeated this.
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     “Coco built ATM-like machines dispensing ethanol in small canisters. Walk up, plug in your canister, buy five cents of gas. Enough to cook dinner.”

     oh oh! I want detergent, etc., dispensed to reusable canisters. To reduce plastics.