Paul Hoffer

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2026-08-26 01:04:41 UTC

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I have so many things I want to write lol. Primarily 1) the aforementioned post, 2) something that is essentially “I can’t take you seriously if you are pro-AI,” and 3) a software license similar to do no harm license but expanded to prohibit a variety of current things, such as obvious bad actors, and also less obvious bad actors (ie you’re a member of an org whose major public facing people are bad actors. You can probably guess who

2026-08-25 20:03:01 UTC

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I have been wanting to write an article about this concept myself. I think of it as necessary evils and voluntary evils. Similar to the conversation about Rails. It’s one thing to use it. It’s another to prop it up (joining the foundation, being on core team). With an additional aspect of unnecessary good. Ie actively doing something good when it’s not necessary or even disadvantageous.

2026-05-17 17:38:36 UTC

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assuming you’re referring to Schmidt. I went to Arizona and it’s extremely disappointing to see him give the commencement. Pair that with Harrison Ford giving an incredible speech at Arizona State where he admits that younger generations have been failed and everything is going to shit. Quite a stir down in Arizona right now

2025-09-19 16:54:11 UTC

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it’s hard to give ANY benefit of doubt right after the surprise keynote decision at RailsConf