Samuel Clay

@samuelclay

Building better interfaces for human computing ❂ newsblur.com, tavus.io, turntouch.com ✺ We belong to nature

San Francisco, CA

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Samuel Clay
@samuelclay
Sep 16
I’ve been sporting an iPhone SE for the past three generations and I’m finally upgrading to the Duo. Not at all put off by the Touch ID since that’s what I’m used to… happy about it in fact. Seen enough goofy faces trying to unlock phones to know that I prefer a Touch ID that
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Samuel Clay
@samuelclay
Sep 13
The “empty calories” framing is an insightful way to think about the increasing number of PRs I’m layering on top of my repos. Statistically nobody’s batting 1000, so if you’re not rejecting PRs you’re introducing weakness and incoherence. Rejecting PRs is a necessary step to
Cindy Sridharan
@copyconstruct
Sep 13
One thing I don’t see many talk about is how coding agents can often *amplify* weaknesses, both individual and organizational. I think of this as the “empty calories” problem, which is exacerbated when “hyperproductivity” originates from your team’s “lowest common denominator”.
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Samuel Clay
@samuelclay
Sep 10
Use your own original voice, esp. for things like email, but also in presenting your work. People dig people. That comes across in our websites and blogs. Agents are great for getting things done. But communicating with potential users isn’t about getting things done, it’s
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Samuel Clay
@samuelclay
Sep 10
Why code when you can talk? I joined the team at Tavus back in April to build the next interface for computing. My previous projects were all on this trajectory. NewsBlur is an interface for news aggregation. Turn Touch is an interface to home automation aggregation. Sol Reader
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Samuel Clay
@samuelclay
Sep 1
Glad we submitted, #1 on TurnBench @code_brian pulled it off
Freeman Jiang
@freemanjiangg
Aug 28
Replying to @samuelclay
We'd love to have you! We have instructions for public submission actually on the turnbench.sesame.com website. The dev set is available to check your work.