Erik Berlin

@sferik

consistently candid, ineffective accelerationist, loss-of-function researcher, epicurean hedonist, stochocract, Pigovian, 🏆husband, anti-adultist, ex-𝕏

City of Yes, California

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Erik Berlin
@sferik
Oct 21, 2025
6yo: What’s the biggest number? Me: There are an infinite number of numbers so there’s no biggest one. 6yo: What’s the biggest number you know the name of? Me: A googolplex. 6yo: Which is bigger, a googolplex or a googoobazillion? Me: There’s not a number named a
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Erik Berlin
@sferik
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SimpleCov 1.3.0 is out. `simplecov patch` and `simplecov uncovered` now write inline CI annotations for GitHub, GitLab, reviewdog, Azure, TeamCity, and Buildkite. One CI step can annotate the diff and gate the build.
Release v1.3.0 · simplecov-ruby/simplecov
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Erik Berlin
@sferik
Sep 11
We survived the San Francisco heat wave of 2026!
Erik Berlin
@sferik
Sep 30, 2024
Every year, there’s one week in San Francisco where it’s unusually hot and everyone freaks out because most homes don’t have air conditioning and nobody in this city knows how to cope. This is that week.
Erik Berlin
@sferik
Sep 9
When the prompt engineer of the vibe-coded app requests a list of all languages instead of actively spoken ones:
Erik Berlin
@sferik
Sep 9
Apps that I’m most concerned won’t be updated for the iPhone Duo: - Reeder - Mr. Chilly - Dark Noise - Sports Radio - Threes