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Alex MacArthur

@amacarthur
Bossing around computers in made-up languages, Sr. software engineer for @DaveRamsey. Stone → flesh heart transplant recipient (Ezekiel 36:26).
Nashville-ish, TN
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    Alex MacArthur
    @amacarthur
    4h
    Vibe coded a simple Laravel app, threw it on Laravel Cloud, and spun up a small Postgres server on one of my DigitalOcean droplets. It'll be my replacement for Resend as I give Cloudflare's new email service a shot. I'm going to save *dollars* a month.
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    Alex MacArthur
    @amacarthur
    4h
    Ironically, this post itself is riddled with AI tells. As I run into each one, I can't help but wonder how much of the argument was born out of Josh's personal experience & conviction, and how much is an okay-tasking chili made from everyone else's leftovers.
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    Josh Daws
    @JoshDaws
    Aug 14
    I think the AI writing debate is asking the wrong question. The question isn’t: Did AI contribute any words or ideas? The better question is: Who is the author? And that requires us to say what authorship actually is. I’d define it around three things: intent, judgment, and
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    Alex MacArthur
    @amacarthur
    Aug 13
    My dad just got a cell phone ~2 years ago. Yesterday, he texted me for the first time. The convo went about as well I expected. Lol.
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