bensyverson

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   by bensyverson 8mo ago

   I think the distinction is that a passkey is meant to be used for authentication (logging in), and is usually not the only way you can authenticate. If you delete your password, passkey, or 2FA method, you can still go through a "for
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   by bensyverson 8mo ago

   I recently experimented with Apple's Foundation Models framework, and I came away impressed at the speed and accuracy of the LLM. You can't ask it to build you a web app, but it can reliably translate a written instruction into to
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   by bensyverson 8mo ago

   Also an 80s child, and can I ask: would you ever consider a CD player? We gave our daughter a CD player when she was 3, and it did the trick.
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   by bensyverson 8mo ago

   Highly recommended. We got a 4K Blu-ray player recently, and I've been accumulating Blu-rays and 4Ks. You can often find kids movies for $2-5 used. Given that the same movies are as much as $20 to "purchase" on digital, and g
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   by bensyverson 8mo ago

   This would be an interesting pattern for a coding agent or orchestrator.
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   by bensyverson 8mo ago

   I’ve been self-hosting my personal email for over 20 years, but I would never use it to send transactional mail. That belongs on a different domain using an ESP that has the reputation for it (I prefer Postmark).
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   by bensyverson 8mo ago

   Oh I don't know, I think AI is very helpful at maintaining and modernizing legacy codebases. And in the old days, the "build" option was often not really cheaper once you factored in four salaries for developers to maintain t
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   by bensyverson 8mo ago

   Or how about a robot vacuum that knows not to turn on during important Zoom calls? Or a fridge that Slacks you when the defroster seems to be acting up?
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   by bensyverson 8mo ago

   Yes, LLMs can basically short-circuit the entire product design and development process if you want them to. You can write "Give me a goal tracking app" and pretty reliably one-shot it. Success? I think a lot of folks would benefi
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    by bensyverson 8mo ago

    I agree generally, but some of these enterprise contracts are eye-watering. If the choice is $2M/year with a 3-year minimum contract, or rolling your own, I think calculus really has shifted. With that said, the entire business world d
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    by bensyverson 8mo ago

    This is absolutely glorious. We used to talk about "smart devices" and IoT… I would be so curious to see what would happen if these connected devices had a bit more agency and communicative power. It's easy to imagine the dow