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by jongjong 1y ago
The stuff about the utility of machine-readable Web Service Description Language got me rolling my eyes. WSDL is just pure nonsense. The idea that software would need to decide which API endpoints it needs on its own, is just profoundly mis
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by jongjong 1y ago
At its core, the article was just ramblings from someone being upset that LLMs didn't make things more complicated so that they could charge more billable hours to solve invented corporate problems... Which some people built their care
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by jongjong 1y ago
To me, the article was just rambling about all sorts of made up issues which only exist in the minds of people who never spent any time outside of corporate environments... A lot of 'preventative' ideas which make sense in some co
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by jongjong 1y ago
Yes IMO, the DOM is actually quite good. There are some valid complaints around superficial aspects of the API... For example, the ambiguous boundary between properties and methods being abused... But these are really superficial points. Th
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by jongjong 1y ago
Haha yeah same here. There are a few authors, libraries and ecosystems I avoid entirely. Others I only use in certain contexts.
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by jongjong 1y ago
Damn. The part about quality over quantity really hit home. I also got into software engineering as a way to exert craftsmanship and am disappointed with the state of things. It's potentially a great field for people who are interested
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by jongjong 1y ago
This is a good discussion to have. I spend a lot of effort on evaluating dependencies. I look for a number of things like how popular/widely used it is, who the author is (if I recognize them) and I also look at code quality and number
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by jongjong 1y ago
I don't regret open sourcing my libraries. One of them got some traction and provided me with opportunities which eventually led me to earn passive income for 3 years and I was able to live in Malta, going snorkeling in the Mediterrane
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by jongjong 1y ago
AI is making 10x developers 10x more productive and is making 0.1x devs 0.1x times as productive. When I use Claude Code on my personal projects, it's like it can read my mind. As if my project is coding itself. It's very succinct
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by jongjong 1y ago
Ah well with LLMs, the definition of 'machine-readable' has changed quite a bit.
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by jongjong 1y ago
I appreciate this comment. It does seem like some technologies get credit for solving problems that they created.
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by jongjong 1y ago
When you understand the extreme inequality; that most people don't have $100K and some people have billions, and you understand how the monetary system works to compound the billions, it puts into perspective how the system functions.
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by jongjong 1y ago
JSON serialization is already quite fast IMO so this is quite good. I think last time I compared JSON serialization to Protocol Buffers, JSON was just a little bit slower for typical scenarios but not materially so. These kinds of optimizat
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by jongjong 1y ago
Ease of understanding; JavaScript. That was literally its design goal; JS might have a whole lot of bad parts but it's flexible and easy to understand.
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by jongjong 1y ago
It's interesting to think about what is 'optimal' when discussing LLMs; considering that the cost is per-token. So assembly would be far from optimal as it is not exactly a succinct language... A lot of common operations are
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by jongjong 1y ago
Yes. From experience, for a relatively complex system, 1k+ line PRs from mid-level devs without tests are almost guaranteed to have bugs; often nasty ones which can take many hours to identify and fix. I remember when I started coding (deca
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by jongjong 1y ago
My experience suggests the opposite of what this article claims. Claude Code is ridiculously good with vanilla JavaScript, provided that your code is well written. I tried it with a TypeScript code base and it wasn't anywhere near as g
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by jongjong 1y ago
There are a few forces at play and there is a much bigger overarching problem. Even before AI, it felt like the value of intelligence and knowledge had been dropping over time. This makes sense as the internet has democratized access to inf
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by jongjong 1y ago
Australia.
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by jongjong 1y ago
There needs to be a push for private moneys and more digital cryptocurrencies. Especially as wealth concentration and automation are pushing people out of jobs. People cannot be forced to use the same currency system and compete on a playin
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by jongjong 1y ago
Not to mention the fact that someone would want to cover their entire body and face with tatoos... It points to an underlying social issue; people aren't happy with the body they were born in and/or not getting the attention/
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by jongjong 1y ago
I'm starting to think that banning major platforms is fine, necessary even. These platforms have gained enormous power and they need to be reigned in by whatever means necessary or else countries like Australia will forever remain vass
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by jongjong 1y ago
I like vibe coding. I've always hated bloated code bases with too many files, too many unnecessary abstractions, too many unnecessary utility functions... The AI is now dishing out punishment; giving people a taste of their own medicin
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by jongjong 1y ago
I launched about 7 most requiring about 2 years of relatively intense night and weekend work. About half are still going but none making money atm. Only one made me actual passive income for about 3 years.
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by jongjong 1y ago
I love using Claude Code. What happens is if your codebase is bad, Claude will produce bad code which follows the same general approach. So if the foundation is overengineered, it will produce over-engineered code on top. If your code is su
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by jongjong 1y ago
My experience is that some people who learn too fast don't seem to always fully synthesize their knowledge to resolve internal contradictions. Sometimes when you talk to such people, it feels almost like they can guess what you're
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by jongjong 1y ago
Software is tricky because a software engineer is actually an architect, an engineer and a builder at the same time. Also, they're working on top of other people's work; often many other people's works. The constraints aren&#
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by jongjong 1y ago
True as well but personally I prefer people to regulate themselves though for that to happen, there needs to be very strong punishment for violations. Harm mitigation should be at the forefront of everyone's minds. Not quite compatible
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by jongjong 1y ago
For the sake of saying something positive on HN, Claude Code is great. I haven't run into any limits yet. My code is quite minimalist and the output of Claude Code is also minimalist, maybe that's why. If you work on some overengi
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by jongjong 1y ago
In a nation of 350 million people that's not particularly impressive. The price of the product says it all. It's clearly not competitive.

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