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Why developer experience doesn't matter, as expressed by and - Dev-ex is...
Why developer experience doesn't matter, as expressed by and - Dev-ex is expensive, only developers enjoy it - Punching the developer in the face (metaphorically) is immensely...
Ideas on proving your authorship vs having asked to write it - Screen record...
Ideas on proving your authorship vs having asked to write it - Screen record yourself writing it - Submit the pre-spellchecked version with the spellchecked version - Submit...
I discovered a new `eval` library that reads strings of source and turns it...
I discovered a new `eval` library that reads strings of source and turns it into in-memory data. ## Serialization and deserialization times for 1000 dumps/loads Oneway repr 0.11...
Was the lack of this thing the thing that was causing the problem. Did the guy...
Was the lack of this thing the thing that was causing the problem. Did the guy at the bar punch the other guy because there wasn't a sign on the wall saying, "don't punch the guy...
Lifehack, how to cough. I've been doing it wrong. Now that I broke/bruised a...
Lifehack, how to cough. I've been doing it wrong. Now that I broke/bruised a rib, coughing means excruciating pain, so I put more thought into getting the most...
I'm going to do groundless, wild speculation, I bet Sam Altman got canned for...
I'm going to do groundless, wild speculation, I bet Sam Altman got canned for telling the board that spending was under control and more funding/revenue was on the way and neither...
I thinking about management advice & I it occurs to me that practices that work...
I thinking about management advice & I it occurs to me that practices that work probably also depend on resource availability - Do you have near infinite budget for salaries (i.e....
I'm just a guy before an LLM trying to get it to believe meat-space is real and...
I'm just a guy before an LLM trying to get it to believe meat-space is real and it is possible to say that something is true or false about it* * "Reality" for that LLM is a genre...
I think this is similar situation, it has two objectives: - Give you an answer...
I think this is similar situation, it has two objectives: - Give you an answer that isn't "I don't know", "I'm an LLM and I can't say" - Somehow ground the facts in some sort of...
High trust societies don't "just happen" they happen because sociological...
High trust societies don't "just happen" they happen because sociological mechanisms evolve to enable it. If you pretend you are in a high trust society & a high trust situation...
TODO: Better than an AI build script, I want an ensemble of AI agents - tester-...
TODO: Better than an AI build script, I want an ensemble of AI agents - tester- automates the app and writes exceptions to `bugs.md` - PM- Asks coder how long each ticket will...
Is practical to use ? It appears the limiting factor is memory. You either need...
Is practical to use ? It appears the limiting factor is memory. You either need a lot-32-64GB- of regular memory (cheap) or spectacularly expensive VRAM (GPU), e.g. $4500 for a...
We now have 2 government shutdown dates, Jan. 19--20% shut down, 80% shutdown...
We now have 2 government shutdown dates, Jan. 19--20% shut down, 80% shutdown Feb. 2. So we got 4 outcomes yes/no Jan 19th yes/no Feb 2nd And now all the agencies gotta figure out...
I can create custom GPTs now... ChatGPT will tell you the news & browse for it,...
I can create custom GPTs now... ChatGPT will tell you the news & browse for it, but when it gets to the knowledge cut off, it stopped browsing Me: Tell me the top news item...
Okay, I voted against the reactionary culture warrior fascists. Fox News...
Okay, I voted against the reactionary culture warrior fascists. Fox News culture war conservatives have no place in a school board.
Guy goes to therapist says, 'I'm so depressed' Doctor says, 'Treatment is...
Guy goes to therapist says, 'I'm so depressed' Doctor says, 'Treatment is simple. Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up.' Man bursts...
I got two (count 'em two!) ex wives from a semi-failed country, Russia....
I got two (count 'em two!) ex wives from a semi-failed country, Russia. Survival meant being ready to live off the food you could grow in your garden. These were urban doctors,...
coasts flood, we move inland. Florida & Bangladesh are gone. crops fail in Iowa...
coasts flood, we move inland. Florida & Bangladesh are gone. crops fail in Iowa & ag moves north to Canada, Scandinavia lots of place are uninhabitable unless the we build...
Did the TVA write this? Rule PLR0912** **from ruff:
Did the TVA write this? Rule PLR0912** **from ruff:
I wrote a "install a stackoverflow question as if it were a package" tool as...
I wrote a "install a stackoverflow question as if it were a package" tool as extended joke. While writing it, I thought, "I need AI because I can't convert code snippet to a...
The company behind `ruff` is a startup so I guess we've solved the opensource...
The company behind `ruff` is a startup so I guess we've solved the opensource funding problem. Take OS projects code, rewrite it in rust and get VC funding & come up with a...