Compressed Thoughts

A blog by Matthew Rease

Macro shot of some kind of pink flowering plant with a large number of tiny intricate flowers. It makes you wish you could zoom in a hundred times more.

Christian, Live for Christ, Without FOMO

Enjoy God's creation and the various (non-sinful) recreations of this earth, but don't worry about not experiencing them all.,

When someone says, "to live is Christ, but to die is gain", or "this life is but a vapor", or some other such remark, do you ever find yourself agreeing externally, but internally thinking about certain (good) things you've yet to enjoy? You think to yourself "yes and amen... but I'd sure like to visit the Italian country-side." If it is God's will, you may yet get to enjoy that snippet of creation, but even if you don't, be assured you will not miss any of it in eternity.
A chat interaction between a user and an LLM. The user says "Vibe me up some code mister AI!", to which the LLM generates some kind of Python script which it claims will draw a bouncing ball.

Skills Exist Apart From Tools

Leonardo da Vinci didn't need a brush to make art. My take on "Vibe Coding".,

AI isn't bad. Using AI isn't bad either. Relying solely on AI is fine too, as long as you recognize it for what it is.
A stupid picture I took with my phone cause I couldn't think of anything better.

Happy Birthday, Me...

This last year has been...,

A wild ride to say the least. COVID contributed to that, though it wasn't the only thing, that's for sure.