Model collapse is not coming to save you
Model collapse is a real failure mode in closed synthetic loops, but the world is not a closed loop, and that changes the whole picture.
Scatterarrow
Thoughts on software development, technology, and more
Latest posts
How Do You Use C++?
A vague recruiter question about C++ kept bothering me, mostly because it reveals how little some interview questions actually measure.
What I want in a programming language
An opinionated wishlist, after working in a dozen programming languages and being disappointed by all of them
All Your Coworkers Are Probabilistic Too
LLMs, humans and the old tricks that still work
I Built My Own Blog. Here's How.
A technical deep-dive into the modular architecture behind scatterarrow.com - from content generation to containerized deployment.
Stop writing constructors that can fail
Why constructors should never fail and how to use named factory functions with std::expected for better error handling in C++.
I Let AI Build My Website
What I learned about vibe-coding while working with VS Code's Copilot agent mode.