mchaver

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by mchaver 6mo ago
Definitely not in my experience. The most changed are the change logs, files with version numbers and readmes. I don't think anyone is afraid of keeping those up to date.
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by mchaver 6mo ago
My take is that there are probably multiple systems out there than can help you achieve mastery, but it depends on your personality, life circumstances, etc. Just like there ten thousand paths up the mountain. It is a good idea to try out a
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by mchaver 6mo ago
> The thing is, agents aren’t going away. So if Bob can do things with agents, he can do things. Following the model of how startups have worked for the last 20 years or so, I expect agents to eventually be locked-down/nerfed/a
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by mchaver 6mo ago
Agreed. I am crossing my fingers that local open models can catch up in the future. Otherwise the big LLM companies will have everyone by the balls.
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by mchaver 6mo ago
I agree that humans should continue to value various forms of literacy even in the face of AIs that can do everything better than us. I too will continue to dig deeper into tech literacy. There was a Terence Tao paper recently that mentione
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by mchaver 6mo ago
These conversations can add to the nuance. Anyway, you can just vibe code the filter you want and be done with it.
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by mchaver 7mo ago
I think there are many ways to connect deeply to humanity and you are being dismissive of those other experiences. Yours is just another anecdote amongst the ones I presented. Would you dismiss your kids experiences if they decide not to ha
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by mchaver 7mo ago
> people who choose to be child free are not complete human beings Hmm, this seems pretty condescending, but hopefully it is just in jest. With four kids I understand there is a unique set of skills and emotions that come along with it a
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by mchaver 7mo ago
I could envision the style even before clicking on the site.
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by mchaver 7mo ago
> And there is the problem. Then you start arguing about brace positions and function names and whether simple data classes should have docstrings on properties or not. In my 15 years of experience I have not worked at a place like this.
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by mchaver 7mo ago
I've heard good things about Clojure, and it'ss different from what I am used to (bonus points because I like an intellectual challenge), so trying it out is definitely on my todo list.
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by mchaver 7mo ago
I find languages like Haskell, ReScript/OCaml to work really well for CRUD applications because they push you to think about your data and types first. Then you think about the transformations you want to make on the data via functions
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by mchaver 7mo ago
Really the issue is about cultivating a culture of caring and willingness to learn. That generally threatens the powerful so it is always an uphill battle to protect said values.
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by mchaver 7mo ago
Unfortunately the source doesn't matter when there so much. It is really hard to differentiate things when you are inundated. Did you try a Show HN here? It requires more luck than ever because of the same problem, but worth a try. I&#
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by mchaver 7mo ago
I wonder how much cost savings there are in the long term when token prices go up, the average developer's ability to code has atrophied, and the company code bases have turned into illegible slop. I will continue to use LLMs cautiousl
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by mchaver 7mo ago
I will have to checkout Magit, but, as an already heavy Emacs user, my time in Emacs has remained constant even with increased use of agentic coders.
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by mchaver 7mo ago
Without telling us what kind of code you are talking about it is hard to compare. I would say that is true for CRUD web code because there is so much out there that the LLMs can reference.
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by mchaver 7mo ago
No worries. I enjoy debugging UIs and giving a few pointers. PDF generation works now. The "Enter Zen Mode (upgrade plan)" button is unreadable (white text on grey background) and if I click the button it says "Your form subm
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by mchaver 7mo ago
Nice! University-level math would be great. That is my end goal as well, but I probably won't get to that until the end of the year. I am focusing on lessons that my kids will use, then switch focus to ones that I will use. Do you have
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by mchaver 7mo ago
I took a look at it because you do PDF generation (I am doing front-end PDF generation in my project as well so I wanted to compare), not because I know anything about knitting or crocheting. I made a design, drew on the grid a bit, but was
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by mchaver 7mo ago
I really like https://math.growingswe.com nice job! I did the foundations page. I will work through some more lessons and give you some feedback later this week. I am also working on some math projects. Take a look at my other c
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by mchaver 7mo ago
I am working on some math education tools. One is free and open-source, the other is paid. Free Math Sheets is a tool to generate math worksheet PDFs (and the answer keys if required). Currently it supports K-5 but I want to expand it to hi
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by mchaver 7mo ago
Children are afforded more lenience in sane societies (before the law and in social contexts) because they are still developing and not as well socialized/experienced as adults. I assume most pro-piracy people support personal use and
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by mchaver 7mo ago
Then society needs to collectively decide how to allocate resources. Uh oh!
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by mchaver 7mo ago
I assume because the public has been consumed by narratives over data. Narratives have probably always been more powerful than data for us humans, but we now have really powerful tools to generate the narratives we like. Combine that with a
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by mchaver 7mo ago
Do you really intend to make such a blanket statement? If taxes are evil then it follows that any public service (police, roads, airports, hospitals, public education, libraries, publicly funded research) is evil since they are funded by ta
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by mchaver 7mo ago
> All AI has done for me is give me the power of how good search engines were 10+ years ago So the good old days before search engines were drowning with ads and dark patterns. My assumption is big LLMs will go in the same direction afte
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by mchaver 7mo ago
I have updated the project. I added "First Grader>Subtraction>Subtract (No Regrouping)" and now it makes 10 problems per page. Also added an About page.
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by mchaver 7mo ago
Thanks for taking a look. Yes, getting 10 problems in a single page sounds like a good idea. And I'll make it able to generate "no carry" subtraction.
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by mchaver 7mo ago
I am sure it helped his wallet though. Be wary of the aging sophist that repents.

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