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by dagmx 1y ago
Having worked in VFX: almost all of those studios use a Mac for video editing and many of the larger ones for their review rooms as well. Most of them are on Apple silicon by now specifically because of the video decoder performance and lar
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by dagmx 1y ago
One of the knock on benefits of this too is increased security across all platforms as long as someone exercises that code path on one of apples new processors with a hardened runtime. In theory it makes it easier to catch stuff that you ca
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by dagmx 1y ago
Metal does have to support AMD and Intel GPUs for another year after all, and had to support NVIDIA for a hot minute too.
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by dagmx 1y ago
I’m not in LA so I haven’t ridden it but that’s a moot point to the discussion. Having tens of thousands of drivers over an unspecified time period rather than simultaneously isn’t really a flex imho.
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by dagmx 1y ago
So then saying “ Tens of thousands of riders” is a lie since they weren’t actually using the tunnels to ride in at the time.
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by dagmx 1y ago
The LVCC Loop has demonstrated a peak capacity of ~4,400–4,500 passengers per hour in testing. How did you arrive at tens of thousands of riders?
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by dagmx 1y ago
You’re talking about completely different aspects of the product though? The second top level comment also suggests that this the cameras manual suggests the camera itself might be corrupting things.
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by dagmx 1y ago
A lot of companies do have levels. See http://www.levels.fyi
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by dagmx 1y ago
I’m confused by your response. You expect the candidates to show code from their current/previous employer ? Or side projects that most people aren’t allowed to do by employers?
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Ken Parker, famed luthier, has died(kenparkerarchtops.com)
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by dagmx 1y ago
That’s also something any number of people can fake easily. There’s a ton of smooth talkers who can hype up a project and talk in abstract about their previous projects but weren’t on the side of delivering it.
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by dagmx 1y ago
While your lldb use is interesting,, I’m very much interested in what you said you’re doing greenfield. What is the scope of that? Clojure has enough code out there that it’s well covered by the major LLMs.
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by dagmx 1y ago
It doesn’t need to explicitly be an iterable. But can you loop through an array as part of the problem solve.
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by dagmx 1y ago
We have the coding test as the second phase now for specifically that reason, and might have more once they’re doing the full interview set.
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by dagmx 1y ago
I don’t test rote algorithmic knowledge in our coding tests. Candidates can pick their language Candidates can ask for help, and can google/llm as well if they can’t recall methods. I just do not allow them to post the whole problem in
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by dagmx 1y ago
So you’ve made a decision based on three months of use. I am legitimately interested in your experience though. What are you creating where you can see the results in that time frame to make entire business decisions like that? I would real
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by dagmx 1y ago
Please re-read the original comment. All your suggestions are addressed there and I explain why this is inadequate.
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by dagmx 1y ago
It’s not just the language but the domain within the language. I see both the latest Claude and GPT models fall over on a lot of C++, Swift/ObjC and more complex Python code. They do better in codebases where there is maximal context w
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by dagmx 1y ago
It’s never nothing, but it’s a matter of whether that something is enough of a differentiator. More so, can they demonstrate that in interviews. We specifically structure our interviews so coding is only one part of them, and try and suss o
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by dagmx 1y ago
For me, in a coding test, basic data structures are (using Python terms for brevity): - lists - dictionaries - sets - nested versions of the above - strings (not exactly a data structure) strings are tenuously in my data structures list bec
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by dagmx 1y ago
A senior to me is someone who can tackle complex problems without significant supervision , differentiated from a lead in that they still need guidance on what the overall tasks are. They should be familiar enough with their tech stacks tha
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by dagmx 1y ago
Yes, I fore warn all candidates that they will do a coding test, with examples of similar tests. They are allowed to suggest the language they’re most familiar with, they’re told they don’t need to finish and they don’t need to be correct.
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by dagmx 1y ago
Except I’m not hiring someone to do 20 things. I’m hiring them to do the one thing they say they can do. Would I hire a taxi driver who can’t drive to drive me somewhere? Why would I hire a software engineer who can’t demonstrate their abil
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by dagmx 1y ago
I said it’s an averaging factor not an absolute match. A senior with a LLM will likely still outperform a junior. A CS major with an LLM will out perform an English major. But is the senior out performing the junior at a level that warrants
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by dagmx 1y ago
Truthfully, in my experience, they both end up performing near the level of the LLM. It’s an averaging factor not an uplifting one.
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by dagmx 1y ago
In your scenario though, how do you avoid hiring based on blind faith? How do I know you aren’t just a lead with a very good team to pick up the slack? How do I separate you from the 20 other people saying they’re also good? Why would I hir
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by dagmx 1y ago
If someone needs to continuously google how to use the basic data structures in a language they use every day, then I worry about their ability for knowledge retention as a whole.
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by dagmx 1y ago
Atrophy has really been an issue in my recent hiring cycles for good senior engineers. 80% of senior candidates I interview now aren’t able to do junior level tasks without GenAI helping them. We’ve had to start doing more coding tests to w
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by dagmx 1y ago
A big issue there is that there’s a massive backlog of patches to land in the kernel and Asahi are currently working on reducing that. Once that’s done, any distro should be able to work.
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by dagmx 1y ago
The changes to the site are very recent, and they continued doing stellar reports after he left too.

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