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by jappgar 1y ago
Sudden catastrophic failure is of the reason carbon fiber mountain bikes are a dangerous development. Modern mountain bikes live in this weird consumer space. They are designed to stand up to incredible stresses while remaining light and ag
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by jappgar 1y ago
I agree that the current crop of IDE integrations really leave something to be desired. I've been using Roocode (Cline fork) a lot recently and while it's overall great, the UI is janky and incomplete feeling. Same as Cursor and a
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by jappgar 1y ago
The underlying process might be extensible, but the TUI likely isn't. It makes sense I guess if a TUI is easier to build and ship than a GUI. It does make we wonder why devs don't just use the TUI to vibecode a GUI and compete wit
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by jappgar 1y ago
Terminal UIs is such a step backward. It's only attractive to people who have a preexisting emotional attachment to the terminal. I should be one of those people, I guess. I love shell scripts and all the rest... but interactive termin
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by jappgar 1y ago
For this use case, old fashioned radio is a lot more reliable.
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by jappgar 1y ago
You're right but the knee-jerk response to this realization is to cut taxes and starve the government of its only legitimate fundraising mechanism. While government sponsored monopolies certainly exist, monopolies themselves are a natu
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by jappgar 1y ago
Downvotes because HN is essentially a knowitall collective and these types are very resistant to anything being "cultural" and not universal.
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by jappgar 1y ago
HN is not a good place to ask questions on Anthropology, so I'd encourage you to read primary source materials. You have a common misconception about human longevity. The "average" lifespan of humans was only 30 -40 years bec
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by jappgar 1y ago
Observability maximalism is a cult. A very rich one.
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by jappgar 1y ago
Real arguments would be fine. The problem is that the LLM always acquiesces to your argument and then convinces itself that it will never do that again. It then proceeds to do it again. I really think the insufferable obsequiousness of ever
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by jappgar 1y ago
This is precisely why there is not and never will be a fountain of youth. Sure, you could be cloned, but that wouldn't be you. The process of accumulating memories is also the process of aging with death being an inevitability. Softwar
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by jappgar 1y ago
These people all have cell phones or know someone who does.
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by jappgar 1y ago
Sadly this just doesn't pan out in larger more complex projects. It will write an implementation plan, not follow it, then lie and say it did.
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by jappgar 1y ago
Well then I don't care what "productivity" means I guess. Everyone glued to their smart phones, AI making decisions on tarrif policy. ML algorithms dictating who stays in the country and who is dissappeared... But it all amou
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by jappgar 1y ago
People who can't admit when they are wrong are absolutely insufferable.
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by jappgar 1y ago
A human would learn it faster, and could immediately teach other humans. AI clearly isn't at human level and it's OK to admit it.
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by jappgar 1y ago
You're overthinking it. It's like this coupon booklets they used to sell. "Over $10,000 of savings!" Yes but how much money do I have to spend in order to save $10,000? There was this funny commercial in the 90s for some
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by jappgar 1y ago
Are we still writing code?
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by jappgar 1y ago
I find it funny that vibers trust AI to write their entire platform but don't trust it enough to eval a curl statement.
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by jappgar 1y ago
Is this like 10 years ago when you could find a Directory of GraphQL Servers? Seems silly in retrospect no?
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by jappgar 1y ago
Http?
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by jappgar 1y ago
Right but not Gemini.
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by jappgar 1y ago
We all delegate. Did you knit your own clothes or is that too boring for you? Enjoying to code/knit is fine but we can no longer expect to get paid well to do it.
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by jappgar 1y ago
To me THIS is the most stressful part of the whole thing. I like programming but I have other hobbies I find fulfilling, and nothing stops me from programming with a pen and paper. The bad vibes are not caused by lack of programming, they&#
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by jappgar 1y ago
Consumers may not be brand loyal, but companies are. If you're doing deep deals with MSFT you're going to be strongly discouraged from using Gemini.
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by jappgar 1y ago
I'm kind glad that the industry is distracted by vibe-coding, "tools" and MCP. It's so clearly a dead-end. It gives freethinking developers and innovators time to focus on the next generation of software.
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by jappgar 1y ago
Amazing to see so many comments out here in support of a very new and very boring protocol. I have to think the enthusiasm is coming mostly from the vibe-coding snakeoil salespeople that seem to be infecting every software company right now
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by jappgar 2y ago
I said the Typescript ecosystem . Java, as a language is fine I guess, but the culture around it sucks.
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by jappgar 2y ago
Don't worry, the Typescript ecosystem is fast becoming Java. And that's the exact reason I'm done with it.
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by jappgar 2y ago
The awe is really just technofetishism. To be in awe of software instructure but not espouse the same feelings about say, biology, is sad.

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