"I'm Tired of the Uncertainty of Where This Is Going" - Ep 03

Recorded August 3, 2026. We discuss burnout, Claudeisms sneaking into regular speech, chip butties, how to watch movies, and what brings us joy.

LINKS / ON-SCREEN REFERENCES, IN ORDER

A VESSEL FOR CLAUDE

Rhys "vessel for Claude" tweet - https://x.com/RhysSullivan/status/2072968219741278582

Dolly/zoom shot from "Jaws" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in_mAvHu9E4

/bro https://github.com/backnotprop/bro

"Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tlön,_Uqbar,_Orbis_Tertius

https://sites.evergreen.edu/politicalshakespeares/wp-content/uploads/sites/226/2015/12/Borges-Tl%C3%B6n-Uqbar-Orbius-Tertius.pdf

Ficciones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficciones

Empirical evidence of Large Language Model's influence on human spoken communication https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.01754

Bill Oliver's likely-LLM-generated speech https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/bill-oliver-ai-legislature-reaction-9.7296118

BURNOUT

Dillon tweet about joy & burnout https://x.com/dillon_mulroy/status/2073886986117447715

Scott Tolinski mental health survey tweet https://x.com/stolinski/status/2083217955849195640

Direct link to Scott's survey https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdij87S57ibtMm2yPotcL0Ipd-c4ybQ45FgPqNTvVVW4pGU5w/viewform

Definition of burnout from W.H.O. https://www.who.int/news/item/28-05-2019-burn-out-an-occupational-phenomenon-international-classification-of-diseases

Marcy Sutton Todd on BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tzdj4b4znqjiuau7plthr6f7

Christina Maslach on burnout (video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRPBkCW0R5E

Ethan Niser "Not Holding Back the Ocean" https://ethanniser.substack.com/p/not-holding-back-the-ocean

Kirwin Hampshire, "The Dark Night of Mathematics" https://kirwinhampshire.substack.com/p/the-dark-night-of-mathematics

Arvind Narayanan's thought experiment on LLMs outputting binaries instead of source code https://substack.com/@aisnakeoil/note/c-303550018

Sunil's Pizzo https://github.com/threepointone/pizzo

Counter-Strike 2 reimplementation (there are lots of these demos, but here is one) https://x.com/iamlukethedev/status/2081829763489169636

Dunning-Kruger effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect

Valley of Despair https://medium.com/@amar_mahmutbegovic/dunning-kruger-effect-the-valley-of-despair-63bf98b9d2ed

The Futzing Fraction https://blog.glyph.im/2025/08/futzing-fraction.html

The Everyman Theatre (suitable for manspreading) - https://www.everymancinema.com/

Chip butty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_butty

Not sponsored by Dunkin' https://www.dunkindonuts.com/en

Poirot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_Christie%27s_Poirot

Charlie Marsh tweet re: obsolescence https://x.com/charliermarsh/status/2080388030213636184

Steve James - https://x.com/deathbyknowledg

Spiky profiles (neurodivergence) https://neurodiversity.directory/glossary/spiky-profile-definition/

We are all spiky - https://www.exponentialview.co/p/we-are-all-spiky

Example spiky chart https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spikey_cognitive_profile.png

Colloquial definition of insanity https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/einstein-insanity-quote/

Deslop https://deslop.dev

The Four Seasons on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/81750702

Not sponsored by Hello Fresh either https://www.hellofresh.com

Example of Sunil being happy https://x.com/threepointone/status/2075576737795068288

Dillon on Kent C. Dodds' podcast https://kentcdodds.com/chats/07/03/foundations-feedback-and-agents-dillon-mulroy-on-product-at-cloudflare

MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES

United States & Canada

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Call or text 988 to connect with a trained crisis counselor 24/7.

Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741

United Kingdom & Ireland

Samaritans: Call 116 123 or visit samaritans.org for free, confidential support.

Australia

Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14 or visit lifeline.org.au

International

If you're outside these regions, visit findahelpline.com to find free or low-cost crisis and mental health support in your country.

If you believe you or someone else is in immediate danger, contact your local emergency services immediately.

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Rhys Sullivan - https://x.com/RhysSullivan - https://rhys.dev/ - https://executor.sh/

Sunil Pai - https://x.com/threepointone - https://sunilpai.dev/

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