Brian Woodward -makes open source used by millions

@doowb

Software developer. Building software that enables building software and systems. Follow me for updates, here and at github.com/doowb

Cincinnati, OH

Joined April 2009

Brian Woodward -makes open source used by millions
@doowb
Aug 17
"I ignored the package’s established testing pattern and wrote synthetic unit tests instead. That was my mistake." - AGI
Brian Woodward -makes open source used by millions
@doowb
Jul 15
This happens too often if you don't read the code: "I overcorrected to avoid a circular dependency that I had created myself."
Brian Woodward -makes open source used by millions
@doowb
Apr 3
After `gpt-5.4` updated a helper function implementation to be entirely incorrect, I asked why and was told that it "inferred" the correct signature from the documentation. I asked it which documentation and pointed out in the documentation, I gave it, the correct signature.
Brian Woodward -makes open source used by millions
@doowb
Mar 4
When using a LLM, how often do you start a question with, "Why did you"?
Brian Woodward -makes open source used by millions
@doowb
Feb 25
"once you understand what LLMs are *actually* capable of, and what they are not, then you start to realize that they truly are just doing next token completion, and they have no real ability to reason." - Jon Schlinkert