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by frank_nitti 2y ago
Absolutely true. The oldest devs I work with are some of the most enthusiastic about using LLM chat to develop. Among the younger devs, they all seem to use it but the amount that can actually produce working code are few. Now I get a lot o
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by frank_nitti 2y ago
We had a “monolithic” on-prem application that was forced to rewrite for cloud. The original system was blazingly fast — it was actually a set of composable TCP workers and coordinators, but repeatedly called dirty names like monolith, leg
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by frank_nitti 2y ago
I think people in the thread are mistakenly conflating the idea of buying options with writing options to sell, the latter of which can have unlimited downside
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by frank_nitti 2y ago
Definitely true. I’ve also seen even the most technical people benefit greatly from the artifacts produced by CI tools. When each commit (or each RC etc) has automated regression testing for output quality, performance, or XYZ metric critic
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by frank_nitti 2y ago
The most egregious examples of this I’ve experienced are in large corporate environments, where managers are often less technical than their leads. Often only managers/directors are invited to calls with thought leaders, portfolio arch
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by frank_nitti 2y ago
I think your confusion may be the difference between the popular demo people are referencing and the Sky voice actress’s actual voice. Copying a comment from another HN user (not sure if appropriate to name them): * This one: https:/&
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by frank_nitti 2y ago
And almost every thread on HN had its top-voted comments defending and praising Altman, while shrugging off Ilya et al. It was bizarre and disheartening to see that from this community, of all places.
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by frank_nitti 2y ago
For fixing the root cause, are you referring to something like public broadband etc to eliminate the profit incentives (of e.g. comcast/spectrum), or some other antitrust type of action to stimulate actual competition in private sector
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by frank_nitti 3y ago
This took me a while to appreciate, but it tracks perfectly with what I’ve observed from veteran ICs who actually seem content with their careers. Fresh out of school it was almost frustrating to have a senior colleague say “hold off on tha
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by frank_nitti 3y ago
They may not see it that way, but IMO that is the reality as they are heirs to the estate in most cases, presumably. Compared to those whose inheritance will not include a considerable estate, it seems like a win.
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by frank_nitti 3y ago
In my view the difference comes down to accountability. In all of the heavily-regulated environments I’ve worked in, humans are responsible for compliance in systems. If an LLM generates vulnerable code that evades detection and makes it in
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by frank_nitti 3y ago
Although he doesn’t seem to quantify the “computer science” part of his statement (as far as I can tell) he does imply that kids should no longer be learning CS from what I hear at this timestamp: https://youtu.be/Y1pHXV7E4x
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by frank_nitti 3y ago
And some of that domain knowledge will still rely on deep knowledge of computer systems, networks and the like. This headline is being shared far and wide, don’t teach your kids computer science. Though I’m sure that would benefit NVIDIA in
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by frank_nitti 3y ago
Good call-out. The globalization vs nationalization dichotomy is inherently linked to populism in the discussion, at least here in the US. Starting from about ~50 years ago: 1. Owner class outsources manufacturing operations to cut labor co
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by frank_nitti 3y ago
Sanders is a great example case. As I recall, he was ultimately labeled as a populist with a negative connotation, framing him as a demagogue and “reminding” people of the danger of direct democracies (as opposed to democratic republics
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by frank_nitti 3y ago
I am curious about this “non-US-left-wing”, maybe someone can clarify. I consider left-wing to mean the same here in the US and abroad. But the presence of actual “leftists” in the US dialogue has decreased dramatically since the bad old Ro
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by frank_nitti 3y ago
There are extremely talented Indian engineers, but I don’t think this discussion is about the elite “cream of the crop” but more so the rank and file. I have been assigned to lead offshore teams with engineers that need direct guidance on v
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by frank_nitti 3y ago
Methinks they don’t want the rich man to have to give away his wealth, just to “love God more than the money”. So many in these comments (presumably wealthy or aspiring wealthy) seem desperate to assure themselves that wealth-hoarding is no
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by frank_nitti 3y ago
That post is not very damning for Taibbi nor Mate/Blumenthal, at least not in the eyes of critically thinking readers — “these guys have a show that is broadcast on RT” is not any more of a gotcha than saying the same about Al Jazeera,
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by frank_nitti 3y ago
Seems a very liberal use of the word “safe” unless I’m misunderstanding. It could mean either the drug is 100% safe, or that our methods of observation were insufficient to find the risk. Safe until proven unsafe and the class action lawsui
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by frank_nitti 3y ago
Almost certainly, we’re talking about videos where batches of animals are kept suffering in tiny cages and the slaughter is done by machines. Watching a bunch of live hatchlings get sucked into some grinder is not the same as watching a Hal
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by frank_nitti 3y ago
That is a good point. What I take from the article as valid is the value of an engineer’s general attitude toward these matters. Having worked with a fair amount of devs who are very clever, but instead of having a sense of wonder and curio
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by frank_nitti 3y ago
I think the more accurate analogy would be about the people who build and sell vacuums, not people who “plug them in” i.e. the end users. The technology that underlies vacuums is a lot more mature and stable than those that in modern softwa
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by frank_nitti 3y ago
I have the same experience in LA with the weed/tobacco smoke, but also just all of the damn chemicals my neighbors use in their daily life. Before moving to the city, I expected the traffic and crowds would be the primary drawback comp
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by frank_nitti 3y ago
I interpret this as more of a call to greater action, lest people thinking boycotting Twitter is going to address this problem, while happily continuing their use of instagram, google search, tiktok et al.
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by frank_nitti 3y ago
Right, and lot of good insight there. For some reason, headlines like these always make me think that soccer’s popularity is growing in communities where it hadn’t before. I imagine it is growing, but not at the rate I would incorrectly inf
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by frank_nitti 3y ago
I would say that “such matters” are of much higher value to humankind than toiling on APIs and widgets in pursuit of profit for shareholders. Truly, immeasurably more valuable than the bullshit most of us work on. This would be like compari
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by frank_nitti 3y ago
ECS will always have the major disadvantage of strongly coupling your infrastructure and often your code to AWS. They will continue to make it more appealing to lock your software into their platform than to go with their thinner facilities
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by frank_nitti 4y ago
As long as this logic also applied to the “confidence” in the original official narrative that the lab leak theory was a conspiracy theory. In the LA area, many in the science/tech communities were on board with the official story and
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by frank_nitti 4y ago
Exactly - and how many were mocked, ridiculed, cancelled for even floating the idea of the lab leak; it was labeled as a BS conspiracy theory. Many, even some in this thread, are eager to minimize this story if they participated in ridiculi

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