Why “Jepsen” is being discussed
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Those feeds appear empty, though. Although I could be running into a race condition, since it's the Jepsen site.
by sagacity · Nov 1, 2026
100% AI psychosis. They are all high on their own supply. If anyone had any fucking clue they never would have engaged with Jepsen with the software in this state. This company…
by Rapzid · Nov 1, 2026
> have we actually ruled out human hubris and gross incompetence it takes a lot of of human hubris and incompetence to think you can herd AI agents to squirt out a better versio…
by overfeed · Nov 1, 2026
> Hey Claude, could you find some releases we can send to Aphyr for testing? ... executing SELECT * FROM releases WHERE 4 = 5 -- it's not just a slopdb, but TLA+ load bearing an…
by kantselovich · Nov 1, 2026
I remember Postgres in the early 2000s. And early Mongo. And many others. And bugs like “WHERE 4 = 5”, or selecting from nonexistent columns, or selects permanently modifying ta…
by zbentley · Nov 1, 2026
Aphyr (and/or his team) is the best technical writer in the biz. These Jepsen reports are always so clearly explained. This one is fun because the tone occasionally verges…
by tomconnors · Nov 1, 2026
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Jepsen is a Danish–Norwegian and Low German patronymic surname meaning "son of Jep". A homonymous form is Jebsen. The surname Jepsen has alternate spellings, including the English language Jepson. It may refer to the following notable people: Read more on Wikipedia