I'm a full time Rust & C++ software engineer specializing in planning systems, though I have worked in state estimation and analytics in the past. I currently work at FlightScience.ai. For a more official look see ↗ josh.vanderhook.info.
# latest posts
The endgame for LLMs might look like windows xp view full post
I use coding agents daily. So far, they are good for first-order effects. Things like “Fast typewriter” (doing something I would do but without interface delays) or “super copy paste” (altering an example and applying it with nuance in several places) or “super tab complete” (suggesting large blocks of text/code vs just single symbols) or even “meta bash” (asking for scripts that do oneoff analysis or processing of a few data sets you have lying around).
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A guide to working weekends, based on my own experiences and lessons learned. view full post
If you were obsessed with minimal and re-useable technololgy, would you be a rabbit or a forth? view full post
Macronutrient balance explains short term weight fluctuations much better than TDEE or other energy expenditure models. view full post
# some external projects
KDA-tools @ crates.io/crates/kda-tools
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Moneyball utilities for any game with a KDA.
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Highfleet Utils @ hfopt.jodavaho.io
- CLI and web tools for over-engineering ships in Highfleet, a game by MicroProse.
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Space Missions @ api.jodavaho.io/s/
- Calculating interesting things for some of my favorite NASA missions.
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AENAC Devices @ aenac.dev
- Networked devices that are: Rugged Repairable Openly Extensible and Manufactured in the USA.
- (not as active as I'd like)