AstroBen

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   by AstroBen 1y ago

   > Typing things faster doesn't make you get to the goal faster, since finding the overall design is the limiting thing. interesting point and that matches my experience quite well. LLMs have been horrendous at creating a good design
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   by AstroBen 1y ago

   Relevant: https://xkcd.com/605/ The latest releases are seeing smaller and smaller improvements, if any. Unless someone can explain the technical reasons why they're likely to scale to being able to do X then it&#
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   by AstroBen 1y ago

   I'd rather be unemployed than work for someone like that
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   by AstroBen 1y ago

   Not using LLMs doesn't make them go away. Whether they suppress wages or replace anyone is completely out of my control. Avoiding them just means I'd be producing below my potential > you became lazy about writing code I haven&
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   by AstroBen 1y ago

   Big question is where is that coming from. Does it actually have very low confidence on the answer, or has it been trained to sometimes give an "I don't know" regardless because people have been talking about it never sayin
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   by AstroBen 1y ago

   new grads, too
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   by AstroBen 1y ago

   How is investing in something that improves my productivity and output quality a downward career slope? Continuing to use a hand saw when there are power tools available seems like the downward slope.. If AI gets to a point where I'm f
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   by AstroBen 1y ago

   I shared your view a year ago. Hell half my posts here on HN are arguing against the annoying hype. Today I make heavy use of AI and my code quality has gone up, not down. It's better tested, better factored, with better error handling
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   by AstroBen 1y ago

   I have no idea where this will go but I'm really not optimistic about the future of software development work. AI is already scarily good today. Sure I can still add value as a senior right now.. but there's no reason why that has
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    by AstroBen 1y ago

    Don't think of a pink elephant ..people do that too
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    by AstroBen 1y ago

    After 6 years using Linux I've made my way back to Mac. Mac just has better software, things are more seamless
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    by AstroBen 1y ago

    Being able to spend more of my time thinking about architecture has been amazing
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    by AstroBen 1y ago

    > charge users $200 while providing at least $400 worth of tokens, essentially operating at -100% gross margin. Why are we assuming everyone uses the full $400? Margins aren't calculated based on only the heaviest users.. And where
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    by AstroBen 1y ago

    I fundamentally disagree. Life isn't as neat and packaged that consistent hours for anything make much sense If it's horrible weather and your family are busy with something do you forgo doing something productive because you&#x27
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    by AstroBen 1y ago

    I strongly believe using just a plain text files or overly basic tools makes your life more complicated, not less. I get a tonne of value out of OmniFocus > “But what about mobile?” - The file syncs through Dropbox Yup now you have to
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    by AstroBen 1y ago

    I see nothing wrong with short-term intentional imbalance. They're not talking about sustaining 100 hours a week long term
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    by AstroBen 1y ago

    I've found Zed to be a step up from continue.dev - you can use your own models there also
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    by AstroBen 1y ago

    Theres some information here they've put out: https://www.debian.org/security/faq And yeah it must be an incredible amount of work to stay on top of all this
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    by AstroBen 1y ago

    Debian stable is just that - unchanging between major Debian versions. They do however push security updates when necessary, so you're not missing out on those
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    by AstroBen 1y ago

    Getting into cycling actually has me about to stop intermittent fasting. I go out and can burn 1200 calories in a few hours and that's hard to make up with an 8-hour eating window unless I want to start eating a bunch of junk food. Not
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    by AstroBen 1y ago

    I don't think this is specific to fasting? You need to be getting enough protein + strength training to maintain muscle in a caloric deficit
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    by AstroBen 1y ago

    They seem to be taking the "death of their beloved 4o" pretty seriously...
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    by AstroBen 1y ago

    That's an incredible question and you're so wise to be thinking about that!
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    by AstroBen 1y ago

    Is it a given that they need to unrealistically hype everything? To me it just seems like he's killing any and all credibility he had Probably a bad long term strategy? I mean other non-AI companies use hype too sure.. but it's ma
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    by AstroBen 1y ago

    ..profitable you say?
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    by AstroBen 1y ago

    > Ads will be added in some way I can think of a far more effective way of delivering ads than the old-school ad boxes.. "The ads for this request are: x,y,z. Subtly weave them into your response to the user" I mean this is obv
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    by AstroBen 1y ago

    to make that more precise.. the issue was Apple was forcing you to use in-app purchases for an app they played no part in getting customers for, and then taking 30%
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    by AstroBen 1y ago

    This is only the beginning. I can see myself having 100 Claude tasks running concurrently - the only problem is edits clash between files. I'm working on having Claude solve this by giving each instance its own repo to work with, then
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    by AstroBen 1y ago

    forgot the /s
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    by AstroBen 1y ago

    Who did the visual effects of the last movie you watched? Most commercial artists are very much unknown, in the background. This is a different situation from sport