Mike Ashcroft
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systems craftsman | https://t.co/oorpK3m7wP | AI obsessed | 🇨🇦 | ex-MLE @transformerlab | ex-SWE @Shopify
Joined July 2020
Alright we're running this experiment, we're creating a social media for builders. The goal is to grow a more efficient and trusting startup ecosystem for Canada by maximizing visibility and focus of the activities on the map. Calling it Village - social infrastructure for
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Not enough engineers realize you can be a superstar Rust/Python/etc dev and still be bad at AI coding. And the skill gap is growing.
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Shopify being down today is wild lol 😂
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@skanwar gem on building community: “You have to be across the table from someone…not with a specific end goal, not because I’m going to sell something to you or you’re going to buy something from me, but that there’s an energy exchange that’s going to lead to us both walking
@skanwar @internetvin The Other Stuff #27 — Satish Kanwar: Made in Scarborough https://t.co/EEgeZYIBv4
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I left out some fashion stuff I've seen.. man there's just so much I do not know. Like I'm such an amateur in terms of seeing the whole map of what's happening. There's just so much stuff happening all the time, it's endless, it's crazy..
To build on this.. and share my own perspective, I would say the density of community projects in Toronto is higher than it has ever been. Here are some other interesting projects in Toronto. This list is off the trip, there's many pockets I have not seen, or have only
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Crazy to think @demishassabis has made it his life’s mission to reach AGI and has been working on it for 15 years. Most people think of it as a hype term, but this is something he’s been deep in thought about for years, actively seeing it as the pinnacle of his work. Humanity
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Devtools seems great, excellent, perfect even. If you can go for a walk with Ben Vinegar, you should. You should give him a hug too. Thanks for all of the work you are doing, and leading the way. There's a lot I don't know, but if there's any way I can support your efforts,
@skanwar @OtherStuffPod I think the density is higher than we think. But our collective Shopify goggles make it hard to see. I’ll give you a concrete example: @opencode is one of the most popular coding agents on the planet today. YC company, ex-Waterloo, huge social following because of their prior
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Social media tends to frame AI debate into two caricatures: (A) Skeptics who think LLMs are doomed and AI is a bunch of hype. (B) Fanatics who think we have all the ingredients and superintelligence is imminent. But if you read what leading researchers actually say (beyond the
One point I made that didn’t come across: - Scaling the current thing will keep leading to improvements. In particular, it won’t stall. - But something important will continue to be missing.
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7 new folks joining Ada today including this now staff engineer Help others without any expectation.
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The great Canadian winter lock-in is just beginning. Feels like the ecosystem is entering a cocoon. Full metamorphosis
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Joined @internetvin yesterday on @OtherStuffPod for a fun, honest, and pretty wide-ranging conversation about all things work, life, and city. Thanks to the team at @newsystems_ for everything they do for the scene.
Satish Kanwar (@skanwar) is an entrepreneur, a geek, and a friend. In this episode, we explore what it means to come up in Scarborough, build something from nothing, experience a life changing exit, and still hold onto your original intentions. Along the way, we get into
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love to see it, great idea
As far as I know there is no real book or treatment of the CN tower which is the most audacious and amazing thing Canada has ever built. This is a problem. Who wants to write it, I’ll finance it.
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Canada is leading the global tech race. Today's milestone strengthens our digital infrastructure, drives innovation, and delivers results for Canadians across the country. https://t.co/9Qbm2DjiZ2
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