FinnLobsien

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Infisical Privileged Access Management(infisical.com)
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LLMs and the Curse of the Word Count(butteredtoast.io)
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by FinnLobsien 3mo ago
Yes, and I even think this applies to generally valuable skills. I can be really good at organizing projects, but I shouldn’t channel that into spending hours creating the perfect Jira template with 18 integrations just because I can do it
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by FinnLobsien 3mo ago
Possibly, but I think it’s a bit more intuitive than that. It’s basically just like companies with terrible websites: Most of them are terrible because they no longer exist, have no budget because they’re not making money, or because they’r
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by FinnLobsien 3mo ago
True! And the point isn't that you shouldn't base whether you do something on how much economic value it produces. I think the judgment is more that if you're doing something to produce some kind of outcome (e.g. work), don&#
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by FinnLobsien 3mo ago
> Technology was supposed to make room for life but instead for more and more people life is slowly being rearranged around AI. People fear being replaced by machines and respond by giving those machines more of their judgment, attention
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by FinnLobsien 3mo ago
I've come around to the other side of this in a way. I used to think "wow they don't care at all" the same way I previously looked at menus clearly made in MS Word: The place will probably be cheap and they don't ca
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by FinnLobsien 3mo ago
Yes! It has all the polish and flourish of something that has all the finishing touches, but none of the underlying structure your brain infers it to have due to its polish.
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by FinnLobsien 3mo ago
Sure this is true. And if an AI draft helps in creating quality writing, great! I was thinking more when it comes to stuff other people send me (like a freelance writer) and “editing” is basically writing the first draft because no cognitiv
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by FinnLobsien 3mo ago
Yes some parts of that are easier with AI, but I think comparatively to other activities, architecture is much harder. And I also think what you describe is true in some contexts where you know exactly what you’re after. You also don’t ma
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by FinnLobsien 3mo ago
I think the bigger issue in defining this is that “programming” is too big a task to say whether it got easier or harder. Some YAML formalities now take zero effort while architectural thinking became way more important and difficult.
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by FinnLobsien 3mo ago
It’s the same with writing: AI writing is coherent on the surface, but is impossible to edit because it’s built on no real insight. Now the sharpening of a coherent point, challenging one’s assumptions, and editorial decisions of what (not)
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by FinnLobsien 3mo ago
I think the reason this is so popular is because it's simple and universal and doesn't force someone else's assumptions and workflows upon you. I also think the reason this works is because it forces exactly what AI makes it
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by FinnLobsien 3mo ago
Most people don’t need all the integrations (I‘d even say most need very few). But: 1. As companies grow, customers continue to want more integrations. If you imagine a massive matrix of companies and all the tools they use, you need to exp
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by FinnLobsien 3mo ago
I think this is true, but there's also another thing here: The software market is incredibly complex, and much of the "SaaS is dead because I can vibe-code custom software" voices don't understand why certain products ar
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by FinnLobsien 3mo ago
Disclaimer: Work culture has changed since 2009 and obviously none of this applies if you work with/for someone who can't take any criticism or disagreement and expects subordination. I think the issue is not disagreeing with one&
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by FinnLobsien 3mo ago
I think this is absolutely an issue. The rise of knowledge work made many people far less physically active because moving one's body was no longer a given part of one's job. This led to a lot of people (who assumed sports was exe
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Agnes Callard’s theory of the uni-context(derekthompson.org)
99 points by FinnLobsien 3mo ago|103 comments
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by FinnLobsien 3mo ago
I recently realized this when I started a 30 day „digital declutter“ and banned myself from social media, YouTube etc for 30 days. It’s interesting how ruling out those options of spending my time made me default to reading more. I also not
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by FinnLobsien 3mo ago
I‘ve definitely noticed this over time as spaces (especially public ones like cafes, retail locations, and restaurants) started being designed as props for Instagram/TikTok. This made a big contribution because vertical short-form vide
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by FinnLobsien 3mo ago
I think this missed the emotional experience of using a tool. My kitchen knives are decent knives, but no hand-forged Japanese masterpieces. Using them is a joy though, because I have an ingrained understanding of their ergonomics and how t
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A Guide to Terraform Secrets Management(infisical.com)
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We built and secured support agent with Vercel's eve framework(infisical.com)
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DeepSeek aims to make its own AI chip(proactiveinvestors.com)
74 points by FinnLobsien 3mo ago|16 comments
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by FinnLobsien 3mo ago
This has been true, but I think that promise of middling comfort is being eroded.
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by FinnLobsien 3mo ago
I‘m German, but I no longer live in Germany, so I can’t relate to the experience of immigrating to Germany. I think a big part of the issue is a certain German presumptuousness. There’s a general sense that Germany is a prosperous, influent
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by FinnLobsien 3mo ago
I love this. Even if relatively niche, it’s so important.
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by FinnLobsien 3mo ago
I do think there’s a bit more depth here. One is that he worked as a middling chef for decades and only had his breakout success in his 40s. I think this made him much different than your generic essayist/journalist, and also let him s
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by FinnLobsien 3mo ago
I guess the question is always to what degree one can do those things without being the person. You may admire the reckless behavior and carefree attitude of the rockstar in part because you’d like to worry a bit less about what other peopl
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by FinnLobsien 3mo ago
I think the same happens with startup founders and other tech types who get idolized and speak at conferences. You can admire their dedication to the mission, their wealth, ingenuity, etc. But it’s easy to forget that for many of them, it c

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