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by zwnow 10mo ago
For webdev especially everything I do is basically singletons... For UI state management its just perfect and that's about the hardest thing in web dev. Also easy to recover state with, in a SPA if a user refreshes the site. Or control
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by zwnow 11mo ago
> But there is no "Wikipedia" about the world in the DNA. Im surprised as to how you got to that conclusion by my wording. I never claimed u have something like a knowledge base in ur DNA...
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by zwnow 11mo ago
The brain has intrinsic understanding of the world engraved in our DNA. We do not simply predict tokens based on knowledge, we base our thoughts on intelligence, emotions and knowledge. LLMs neither have intelligence nor emotions. If your b
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by zwnow 11mo ago
The process of breaking a complex problem down into the right primitives requires great understanding of the original problem in the first place. Whats blocking me during programming usually are edge cases I had no idea about. Its still har
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by zwnow 11mo ago
If someone asked you, you would know about the context. LLMs are predictors, no matter the context length, they never "know" what they are doing. They simply predict tokens.
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by zwnow 11mo ago
I choose every single job according to my values. I'd easily pick jobs where I earn less solely due to the company operating on ethical grounds. I did that throughout both of my careers (retail & tech) and will continue to do so. E
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by zwnow 11mo ago
I see, I go the VPS route as well atm. I was just wondering about apps that might outscale a VPS but probably I can just connect application nodes via multiple VPS, afaik Elixir makes that pretty manageable.
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by zwnow 11mo ago
The goal is to eradicate the common man. Turns out you dont need a lot of energy, food, water, space if there aren't 8 billion humans to supply. It's the tech billionaires dream, replacing humans with robotic servants. Corporation
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by zwnow 11mo ago
I can choose whatever stack I see fitting. Our current app runs on an old Laravel version and an old Vue version. Its a monolith. Privately I have built microservices too, but this architecture only really makes sense with bigger teams. I h
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by zwnow 11mo ago
> A piece of unsolicited career advice: at the work place, continue being enthusiastic about software technologies and keep opinions on infrastructure close to your vest. I am a solo developer at a startup and at some point I'd like
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by zwnow 11mo ago
> There seems to be a running theme of “okay but what about” in every discussion that involves AI replacing jobs. Meanwhile a little time goes by and “poof” AI is handling it. Any sources on that? Except for some big tech companies I don
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Ask HN: What does it take to dodge the cloud?
3 points by zwnow 11mo ago|7 comments
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by zwnow 11mo ago
Its not about low latency but memory consumption too. If you have unlimited money to throw at Fly.io or AWS its no issue sure, but other than that you might wanna be mindful with the resources you waste due to using the wrong tool for the p
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by zwnow 11mo ago
Nice concept, why flask though? Just for iteration speed? Because Python in almost 2026 is probably one of the worst choices for a web server, right after Javascript... So quick iterations and rebuild once the SaaS has to scale I guess?
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by zwnow 11mo ago
I dont think you know how whitepapers work then
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by zwnow 11mo ago
Not really true nowadays. Stuff in whitepapers needs to be verifiable which is kinda difficult with hallucinations. Whether the students directly used LLMs or just read content online that was produced with them and cited after just shows h
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by zwnow 11mo ago
How is it a good paper if the info in it cant be trusted lmao
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by zwnow 11mo ago
> and it's based on the manuscript for my next book, "The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI," which will be out from Farrar, Straus and Giroux next June: Yea nah not worth reading as its just advertisement.
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by zwnow 11mo ago
Pretty sure war veterans dont hang out on TikTok or Instagram 24/7
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by zwnow 11mo ago
Unique meaning unique within their social bubble, I agree with the general statement
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by zwnow 11mo ago
People nowadays are just desperate to have a diagnosis. Everybody wants to be special and unique, everybody wants a stamp on their forehead that says "I have [x]" "I am [x]". People cant accept that the issues they have
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by zwnow 11mo ago
In my humble exploited worker opinion, you resemble Samuel L Jackson in Django Unchained. You dont even realize in what position you are in. Get back to the ground bootlicker.
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by zwnow 11mo ago
"Kudos"? This is like the South Park episode in which the oil company guy just excuses himself while the company just continues to fuck up over and over again. There's nothing to praise, this shouldn't happen twice in a
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by zwnow 11mo ago
I dont pay my bills from reasons within.
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by zwnow 11mo ago
People have a working contract and all you have to do is work according to the contract.
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by zwnow 11mo ago
> If not, how do we move it closer to what we want? By going all Ted Kaczynski on the elite and abandon sensationism and most of technology.
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by zwnow 11mo ago
Pride in the quality of my work is a phrase to make one feel bad about themselves. I take pride in my hobbies and in my hobby projects. I take pride in my family and friends. I do not take pride in being exploited for my work so some higher
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by zwnow 11mo ago
Give us a reason to care. It's that simple.
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by zwnow 11mo ago
Work is just a paycheck because I am just a number for my employer. Why would I be proud of my work when apparently according to management I should be replaced by AI at some point because im just a cost factor. Why would I care about the b
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by zwnow 11mo ago
Let AI wing it instead.

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