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by kermatt 1y ago
Anything but a markup language / JSON.
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by kermatt 1y ago
Clear pricing makes it easy for you to control costs. Vibe pricing makes it easy for the vendor to maximize revenue. They have a little incentive to make pricing transparent.
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by kermatt 1y ago
Building a submersible without concern for the safety of his customers, or himself.
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by kermatt 1y ago
He believed they were wrong because they got in his way: https://www.businessinsider.com/titan-submarine-ceo-complain...
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by kermatt 1y ago
Another perspective: If you earn a living using something someone else built, and expect them not to earn a living, your paycheck has a limited lifetime. “Someone” in this context could be a person, a team, or a corporate entity. Free may b
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by kermatt 1y ago
If the interviewer is an AI bot, then the interviewee should be able to use an AI Chatbot to answer questions. Garbage out, garbage in.
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by kermatt 1y ago
Integration trades convenience for flexibility. For me, a terminal environment means I can use any tool or tech, without it being compatible with the IDE. Editors, utilities, and runtimes can be chosen, and I'm responsible for ensuring
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by kermatt 1y ago
The "basics": Vim + PythonMode `python -m venv` for local environment separation Git + https://github.com/dandavison/delta for change management When I need a debugger or a Git GUI, VScode, but Zed i
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by kermatt 1y ago
Is this meant to be an alternative to Jq? Jq is very useful, but not using it daily I have to look up syntax often,
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by kermatt 1y ago
I wonder if the exec used AI to write something to write something that tone-deaf.
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by kermatt 1y ago
It would be a party where Musk is the center of its universe.
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by kermatt 1y ago
What is the problem with nulls in F#? I'm one of those weird "I like nulls" SQL people.
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by kermatt 1y ago
With the amount of (potential) money to be made, it was inevitable. "Move fast and break things."
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by kermatt 1y ago
For individuals, yes, and in many cases that is probably still a motivator. For companies however, revenue always has and always will be the primary driver. Altruism for companies is a marketing tag.
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by kermatt 1y ago
I'm not sure we can plan on government to regulate anything with the profit potential (real or imagined) of something like AI. Too many influences. Best to assume it is unstoppable, and from an business and employment perspective wil
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by kermatt 1y ago
And a manifesto: https://ducklake.select/manifesto/
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DuckLake is an integrated data lake and catalog format(ducklake.select)
276 points by kermatt 1y ago|107 comments
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by kermatt 1y ago
"globally consistent, enterprise-wide work model" sounds dystopian.
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VSCode Extension for extra powerful things in the Clojure ecosystem(github.com)
1 points by kermatt 1y ago|0 comments
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by kermatt 1y ago
This is a brilliant idea. It been a very long time since I wanted to listen to a lecture.
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by kermatt 1y ago
https://www.cncf.io/announcements/2025/05/01/cncf-and-synadi...
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by kermatt 1y ago
> software that communicated with other software using custom Excel spreadsheets exported by yet different software, modified by humans This sums up my entire experience of "Enterprise applications".
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by kermatt 1y ago
> "we don't just want someone who checks in does work and leaves, 9 to 5" I do. I want people to work a normal day. The alternative is they run into a wall of fatigue at the worst times, and call out sick. I can plan a pro
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by kermatt 1y ago
The term loyalty is dangerous for an employee. Having seen companies of all sizes lay people off for the exact same reason - Returns did not match expectations - my personal perspective is to treat all employers the same. No company with a
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by kermatt 1y ago
Microsoft and Google are not representative of most companies. They have to invest in the innovation. Investor returns for most other companies are based on copy and paste.
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by kermatt 2y ago
Can you expand on using Guile for shell scripting? I was aware of it, but not familiar until I looked at the link you shared. Looks like a Scheme, which for the uninitiated is a different approach for shell scripts.
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Clojure in New Fields(scicloj.github.io)
8 points by kermatt 2y ago|0 comments
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by kermatt 2y ago
> "You are slow because you don't use enough AI. Or because you spend most of your time unravelling the crap code that AI produces. Creating apps with AI is one thing. Maintaining them is another.
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by kermatt 2y ago
It sometimes seems like business school is becoming a one-liner: "Just say or do whatever keeps the investors happy". I have to wonder when some startup will attract talent with a tag line like "We use AI like we use text edi
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by kermatt 2y ago
Despite the varying opinions about Apple's App Store policies, I am not sure a super quick path from idea to install is a good approach. The result could be a tsunami of AI generates trash apps obscuring those that have actual utility.

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