David Hariri

Reflecting on a month of shipping a lot, but with a noticable trade off to understanding.

On using LLMs to write shorter letters, not longer ones.

The one in which I refute the recent arguments against MCP and where I think it's coming from.

Reactions to a recent HBR article and my own experience with over-delegation to Claude Code

A man can dream and this man dreams of an iPhone that puts the power of the iPhone 17 Pro in the palm of my hand.

How I made macOS feel as fast and productive as Linux without leaving the walled garden.

I pulled the plug on pocket-rss.com

Jack Hopkins tests LLMs in his 'FLE' - Factorio Learning Environment.

A few lessons I've learned about testing code while building Ada

A short post about why I write on the web

This site is now served via SSG (static-site generation) on Netlify.

A rant about my growing concerns over safety while using the TTC.

Learn about artificial intelligence with Brit from 'Art of the Problem,' who excels in creating engaging and educational videos.

Exploring the benefits of switching from Flask to Quart for improved performance and asynchronous capabilities in Ada's application.

Insights from a podcast about the impact of RISC vs CISC in chip production and how giants like Apple and Amazon have shaped the landscape.

Exploring the nature of reasoning in AI models, questioning if making LLMs express their thoughts out loud limits their potential.

Enjoyed a unique tart experience with Tartvillain, hand served by the creator Carlos.

Updated my site so posts also share on Bluesky.

Tim Urban's quote illustrates the vastness of the universe, with 10,000 stars for every grain of sand on Earth.

Significant improvements to Ada's knowledge retrieval enhance customer support accuracy, thanks to innovative team collaboration and ML advances.

Exploring how different LLMs perform at chess, with most failing except turbo-instruct.

Exploring the miraculous adaptation of the wood frog, which survives winter by freezing like a stone but remains alive.

A humorous take on asking ChatGPT to illustrate a depiction of one's life, featuring mysterious 'Horchar Blend'.

Balancing work and family life, the author reflects on the joys and challenges of prioritizing weekends as family time.

Site updates including improved AI description generation, updates to personal pages, and the shutdown of Stitch to focus on Ada.

I just discovered that halp.com redirects to Atlassian Service Management—love that Atlassian has such a great sense of humor!

Sharing my thoughts on the greatness of small phones while typing on my iPhone 13 mini.

Thoughts from my chat with Tom MacWright about finding the right balance with tech debt in startups.

Just found an incredible guide on building LLMs as a judge by Hamel Husain!

Reflecting on my 2016 days of binge-reading High Scalability while working on scaling Ada.

I just got access to the new ChatGPT search feature on macOS!

Just tried out Anthropic's Computer Use demo in a Docker setup!

I stumbled upon a fun little experiment with ChatGPT tonight—someone mentioned it might have Easter eggs, so I asked for a random YouTube link.

Just checked out the new Perplexity MacOS app and it’s a game changer!

I’m officially a dad to my now four-month-old son, Jasper.

Reflecting on the mind-boggling growth of #ChatGPT and how it shattered expectations.

Exploring my dad's deep conversations with ChatGPT about the Bahá'í faith and the rich religious texts that may influence its knowledge.

Reflections on the beauty of finding stillness and clarity in the mind amidst life's chaos, inspired by a passage on the transformative power of attention.

Insights from Drew Houston on the Latent Space podcast about his founder journey, the challenges of leadership, and the evolution of "Founder Mode."

Streamlined blogging: I'm sharing my thoughts faster than ever, with instant publishing to both my RSS feed and X account.

Exploring the importance of thinking probabilistically when working with LLMs, this post highlights insights on effective eval methodologies, the quirks of model behavior, and practical tips for building robust evaluation processes that go beyond traditio…

Reflections on Tyler Cowen's insights from a captivating interview with Rick Rubin, exploring Japan's economic evolution and my personal experiences that highlight the contrast between the country's past vibrancy and its current state.

Exploring the Micropub spec and its integration with iA Writer, I’ve implemented a way to post directly to my blog from the app, embracing the #indieweb ethos along the way.

In this blog post, I share a recent enhancement to my website's intake endpoint that utilizes LLM technology to automatically generate short descriptions for my blog posts.

I made a thing that converts your pocket saves into an rss feed

Quick notes on my interview on the Hard Part Interview podcast.

My answer to the question 'What is the most important yet often overlooked aspect of scaling software?'

Science is writing it down

A reminder to myself that duty to ones nature is reason enough