Sophie Alpert+

cataloguing these

cataloguing these

meticulously

meticulously

I was

I was

oh my god

oh my god

sophiebits added sophiebits to react/react

sophiebits closed an issue in react

sophiebits contributed to react/react

I keep hearing about RAM prices but no one is talking about the real cost of AI

I keep hearing about RAM prices but no one is talking about the real cost of AI scarcity? I haven’t seen an Anh Phoong billboard in months

got frustrated recently at work about people writing using AI instead of using t

got frustrated recently at work about people writing using AI instead of using their brains! here's my take on it: sophiebits.com/2026/06/25/t...

teachers: “resist peer pressure” autistic kids: “ok!”

teachers: “resist peer pressure” autistic kids: “ok!”

I think it’s maybe if I drag my finger to the edge of the screen. something with

I think it’s maybe if I drag my finger to the edge of the screen. something with the touchcancel listener? experience is that everything works perfectly otherwise. if I place the last wall then the ghost disappears but if I then remove one the ghost comes back. i.e. it disappears iff 0 walls remain

@enclose.horse any idea why sometimes one tile gets stuck as a ghost?

@enclose.horse any idea why sometimes one tile gets stuck as a ghost?

lmk if you need help writing a solver to avoid this from happening! love the gam

lmk if you need help writing a solver to avoid this from happening! love the game

this ngrams chart is delightful to me

this ngrams chart is delightful to me

“I would’ve thought that was so cool if my parents had done that when I was litt

“I would’ve thought that was so cool if my parents had done that when I was little!” no you wouldn’t. you’d’ve thought it was normal

thinking today about how if AI takes the easy parts of our jobs then we'll just

thinking today about how if AI takes the easy parts of our jobs then we'll just spend all day doing hard tasks instead! maybe first written about by @fredbenenson.com www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

thanks for the mention!

thanks for the mention!

saw this @muni.sfmta.com bus last night. what does it mean! this little guy is

saw this @muni.sfmta.com bus last night. what does it mean! this little guy is living two weeks in the future

yeah! for this specific UI it’s controlled by the apple-app-site-association fil

yeah! for this specific UI it’s controlled by the apple-app-site-association file. eg: lapcatsoftware.com/articles/uni... same as what triggers this UI on iOS orionfeedback.org/d/9118-show-...

I’m-a walkin’ here!

I’m-a walkin’ here!

yeah I’m curious like… is it one plugin that everyone already used for something

yeah I’m curious like… is it one plugin that everyone already used for something else? did admins go out and install it specifically? is it five different plugins that all had the same idea

I _think_ that if this is Safari then it’s not directly controlled by the websit

I _think_ that if this is Safari then it’s not directly controlled by the website? the website just provides a meta tag that indicates the app but the UI (and lack of dismissability) is all Apple

why does every ecommerce website now offer me “You’ve earned a mystery discount!

why does every ecommerce website now offer me “You’ve earned a mystery discount!! Which of the following are you most interested in:” as soon as I click on anything I really don’t think it used to be like this

catching up on @dropout.tv's @smartypantsshow.bsky.social and @paulrobalino.bsky

catching up on @dropout.tv's @smartypantsshow.bsky.social and @paulrobalino.bsky.social is amazing

h/t @simonwillison.net for writing a lot about AI security

h/t @simonwillison.net for writing a lot about AI security

More blogging! I don't want AI agents controlling my laptop. Not because that's

More blogging! I don't want AI agents controlling my laptop. Not because that's not useful, but because it's incredibly hard (impossible?) to do securely: sophiebits.com/2025/09/09/a...

yes! I didn’t realize until this week that it used similar techniques

yes! I didn’t realize until this week that it used similar techniques

no need to deviate from the style you use for everyone!

no need to deviate from the style you use for everyone!

love it! (btw I use she/her pronouns)

love it! (btw I use she/her pronouns)

probably cases where all three make sense! I know some providers eg Materialize

probably cases where all three make sense! I know some providers eg Materialize also offer subscriptions on top of materialized views so you can have both in the same system

I wonder why you still need memory turned on at the account level to enable it!

I wonder why you still need memory turned on at the account level to enable it!

I keep getting into conversations with engineers where I talk about how desperat

I keep getting into conversations with engineers where I talk about how desperately I want my database to support materialized views with incremental updates and too often I get a blank stare in response. so I wrote a new post about why you should care! sophiebits.com/2025/08/22/m...

right now I'm at Clay! hiring mostly in NYC and SF only for now www.clay.com/job

right now I'm at Clay! hiring mostly in NYC and SF only for now www.clay.com/jobs

"there’s no way to get at those thinking traces via the API; all you get is sile

"there’s no way to get at those thinking traces via the API; all you get is silence" — this isn't true, you can pass {"reasoning": {"summary": "auto"}} in Responses API to get similar "thinking summaries" streamed

you gotta say which processes!

you gotta say which processes!

@estradiol.bsky.social your username goes hard

@estradiol.bsky.social your username goes hard

I wrote a blog post sophiebits.com/2025/07/21/t...

I wrote a blog post sophiebits.com/2025/07/21/t...

if you’re seeing it in screen recordings then it’s probably this if you’re seei

if you’re seeing it in screen recordings then it’s probably this if you’re seeing it IRL then idk maybe something else