ggregoryarms

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by ggregoryarms 1mo ago
You managed to blame feminists and immigrants in one paragraph, impressive. I'm sorry to hear about your experiences tho.
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by ggregoryarms 2mo ago
Yeah it really flips things upside down when a journalist has so much access to info that they can essentially pick their own story from the data. Maybe they can't credibly fudge the numbers, but they can find enough data to agenda-set
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by ggregoryarms 8mo ago
I suspect Newton is rolling in his grave at your words. Standing on the shoulders of giants also means respecting the giants. That means dedicating time to learning what they have to teach. Not treating them as a black box with no credit or
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by ggregoryarms 8mo ago
Maybe that's because you're not using your time well in the first place
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by ggregoryarms 1y ago
To be fair browsers/CSS have been solving a lot of use cases you'd normally turn to js for, lately. We should continue escalating this effort.
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by ggregoryarms 1y ago
I fear this is an analogy for what's happening with LLMs and context engineering.
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by ggregoryarms 1y ago
I find this a bit like saying that we can't understand East of Eden because Steinbeck is dead.
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by ggregoryarms 1y ago
Seems like more of a subtextual/accidental ability than an emergent ability.
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by ggregoryarms 1y ago
Exactly. If I'm going to be solving bugs, I'd rather they be my own.
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by ggregoryarms 1y ago
Building a basic static html landing page is ridiculously easy though. What js is even needed? If it's just an html file and maybe a stylesheet of course it's easy to host. You can apply 20 lines of css and have a decent looking
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by ggregoryarms 2y ago
There's a balance. Not every team is made up of infallible devs, even at decent companies. Human nature is never full-trust. I've known talented devs who are great people who still need more oversight than you describe. Usually th
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by ggregoryarms 2y ago
Maybe that other dev has a unique ability you should reward. Sound awesome. Focus on that.
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by ggregoryarms 2y ago
Try "Way of Being" by James Bridle.
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by ggregoryarms 2y ago
At some points, new improvement and occasionally ingenuity need to find a healthy way back into the workflow. Moreso early on, but consistently over time as well. If we just create copies of copies forever, products degrade slowly over time
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by ggregoryarms 2y ago
Yeah, that commenter wildly misunderstands what "progressive" means. Like full on got the definition of the word backwards. Is this common? People think "progressive" means "complete government control"? Progre
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by ggregoryarms 2y ago
Politicians do come in different flavours. There are some elected officials with good intentions. See again the AOC/Pelosi rift. The more we regulate to get money out of politics, the more good people will have a shot at being elected.
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by ggregoryarms 2y ago
Trickle down economics isn't something you either "believe in" or "don't believe in". It's a disproven theory that does not work.
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by ggregoryarms 2y ago
At least you're in control of when to look at the updates in new versions. A monorepo gives you less control. If you're unable to enforce control through other means, sure use a monorepo. But it's limiting.
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by ggregoryarms 2y ago
"If the whole world was a monorepo" is a great point made me laugh.