Mark Downie

I think it's time for Lebron to come off the bench #nba @nba.com

I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be joining Bluesky as interim CEO. I deeply believe in what this team has built and the open social web they're fighting for. More here: toni.org/2026/03/09/c...

A New Chapter for Bluesky - Bluesky After several intense and incredible years building Bluesky from the ground up, I've decided to step back as CEO and transition to a new role as Bluesky's Chief Innovation Officer.

Some personal news: I’m transitioning from CEO to a new role as Bluesky’s Chief Innovation Officer! I’m excited to welcome @toni.bsky.team as our interim CEO.

More here: bsky.social/about/blog/0...

Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Is Stepping Down Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will take over as interim CEO as Bluesky’s board of directors hunts for a permanent replacement.

EXCLUSIVE: Jay Graber stepping down as CEO of Bluesky www.wired.com/story/bluesk...

Abbot Elementary is a treasure and I am mad that you all didn't tell me.

Llms Need Mark as Answer Just like systems like Stack Overflow benefited from having the accepted answer bubble to the top, so too will it become important for LLMs to pull in such information for their future training data.

LLMs Need a Mark as Answer Feature

Otherwise they're not going to be able to effectively mine their interaction data to provide better answers in the future.

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#ai #llms #chatgpt #claude

The way Book creates separation 😮‍💨

Notches his 124th career 15+ point quarter, the sixth-most in the NBA since he was drafted in 2015.

In my conversation with Jeffrey Snover on Coffee and Open Source, he talks about the evolution from when he started to today in developer tooling. Crazy to think what has changed in just 30-40 years. ... TikTok video by Isaac Levin

In my conversation with @jsnover.com on @coffeeandopensource.com, he talks about the evolution from when he started to today in developer tooling. Crazy to think what has changed in just 30-40 years.

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#developer #developertools #powershell #tech

✊⚖️ "I Am Somebody!" 🌟 🕊️
Rev. Jesse Jackson, 1972 Sesame Street

This is not good.

DeepSeek matched top US AI models at a fraction of the cost. If efficiency makes AI cheaper, do we use the same amount more efficiently or way more? This is the heart of Jevon's paradox. https://www.poppastring.com/blog/what-about-jevons-paradox #AI #JevonsParadox

Anthropic reported the first known AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign. Not theoretical — detected and disrupted in real time. The details are worth reading closely. https://www.poppastring.com/blog/an-aiorchestrated-espionage-campaign #AI #Cybersecurity

only ~200k people have watched this video since it went up the other day and i don’t think that’s enough. we should play it in schools.

I am a shocked #wolves fan, we absolutely stink this year.

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Had a great time chatting with @jsnover.com on @coffeeandopensource.com today about all kinds of #tech topics. Video is live on YouTube and podcast is available wherever you find them. Take a look/listen and thanks!
https://www.coffeeandopensource.com/guest/jeffrey-snover.html

I will take a win any way I can this year #wolves

Join the Visual Studio team as a Copilot Product Manager - Shape AI‑powered developer experiences that are deeply integrated into Visual Studio #visualstudio #career #BlackJobsSky

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The V-formation maps cleanly to how we think about leadership: someone sets direction, others align behind. But the murmuration model — distributed, adaptive, leaderless — might be closer to how real teams work. https://www.poppastring.com/blog/leadership-from-birds #Leadership

Spot art. Photo of presenter(s) text reads: Clean Architecture with ASP.NET Core 10

#ASPNET Core provides better support for clean, testable, maintainable architectures than any of its predecessors.

In this #dotNETConf session replay, we learn the underlying principles that apply to project/solution organization. 🎥 buff.ly/Y7oJOyZ

Wow, never fails to amaze!👍🏾💪🏾 I think I have 12 in me right now. Give me 3 months I might get to 20 (and never get any higher 😉).

New pass time. You get out, get some exercise. I love it!

A red headed wood pecker an a near vertical tree branch

Followed by a Red headed woodpecker. Today was a good day.

#columbusmetroparks

A brown hawk sitting on a branch against a cloudless blue sky

Saw what I believe to be a Red tailed hawk today

#columbusmetroparks

A shoo‑in for next year's Peace Prize.

A post from the archive 📫:
AI mistakes are very different from human mistakes


https://www.poppastring.com/blog/ai-mistakes-are-very-different-from-human-mistakes
#musings #artificialintelligence

Upgrading old code with Copilot I finally did it! DasBlog Core has been officially upgraded to .NET 10! This is ...

Upgrading old code with Copilot | by Mark Downie

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#dotnet #copilot #dasblog #csharp #ai

#BlackJobsSky
Greater Washington Urban League, Inc.
President & Chief Executive Officer
Location: Washington, DC
Salary: $190-250k

Maybe the most egregious thing to ever happen to a taco.

Just published 🚀: Upgrading old code with Copilot


https://www.poppastring.com/blog/upgrading-old-code-with-copilot
#musings #dasblog

A great look at what it really takes to grow in tech once you’re past the “breaking in” stage. Worth your time!

Beyond Breaking Into Tech via @ladynaggaga.bsky.social

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