alexwhb

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by alexwhb 9mo ago
Ha.. I did the same thing. Massive speed boost for things like this.
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by alexwhb 9mo ago
Ya migrated about 50% of a code base to a new architecture from a legacy architecture. I've seen a massive speed improvement in my app since doing this and significantly less bugs. The code base is probably on the order of 150,000 line
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by alexwhb 9mo ago
Sure thing. I work on a few projects for my company. The main one is an Android and iOS audiobook-media-player app. I had to update the Android side to use the Google Media3 library instead of the legacy ExoPlayer library. In a typical app
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by alexwhb 9mo ago
As much as my first gut reaction to this article was to be excited about its conclusion, I can’t say my experience matches up. Are LLMs perfect? Absolutely not, but I can point to many examples in my own work where using Codex has saved me
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by alexwhb 2y ago
Ya that’s a solid point. Though many startups give their employees equity options… so you have to factor that in too. Also buying a start up for talent seems risky since many people that join startups are looking for a totally different ene
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by alexwhb 2y ago
It’s unclear to me from the article if these volumes had never been discovered before or if the editions of these volumes are unique? Meaning are there wholly unique stories that have been discovered?
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by alexwhb 3y ago
Ya honestly that’s a great question. I think more public awareness would be helpful and pressure on state representatives. But honestly you see where it can go badly wrong in Austin TX. A majority (as far as I’m aware) are against the DoT h
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by alexwhb 3y ago
I think the argument of induced demand is not so much we should never build or expand road infrastructure, that’s obviously asinine, but rather we should consider alternative transportation investments. Rail, dedicated bus lanes etc all inc
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by alexwhb 3y ago
Really interesting read. I’ve had this exact thought but not in a well defined sentence before. Especially regarding entities like turboTax or DoT (Departments of Transportation) where they will expand highways even though it’s a well known
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by alexwhb 3y ago
> but oftentimes better than a master of one I like that. I think that's an accurate statement.
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by alexwhb 3y ago
That’s a pretty shocking figure even by tech company standards. I wonder why so much? And how they can justify that?
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by alexwhb 3y ago
I find it a bit disheartening that the new wave of “open source” with regards to AI is open weights. That’s like giving someone compiled and obfuscated binaries and saying that’s open source.
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by alexwhb 3y ago
I generally agree with this. And so much of modern dev… especially in the app/web dev space is just pattern recognition and hooking up different systems to each other. That’s not to discount its difficulty… but you can be good at sever
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by alexwhb 3y ago
Agreed. Additionally taxation in our modern Fiat currencies is a farce, since the central banks can literally take as much buying power as they want from you. Taxation is literally just an illusion to make you feel like you are directly pay
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by alexwhb 3y ago
I can attest to this. 100k in Brooklyn… especially the nicer areas is barely enough honestly. Especially now in 2024.
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by alexwhb 3y ago
Really interesting read. Thanks for posting. Pretty sad how many people seem to not have enough close friends, but it is understandable the more self isolated and individualistic our culture gets.
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by alexwhb 3y ago
This is a really good point. And one of the reasons I hardly ever use cash is having to deal with so much annoying change. If you eliminate most change… cash becomes not a big deal
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by alexwhb 3y ago
Very true. Actually fun fact… historically LA had the biggest rail network in the U.S. i believe it was over 1000 miles. The ripped it all out for lots of reasons, but arguably one was that the car companies bought many of the rail lines an
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by alexwhb 3y ago
I think this is true in the US where everything is designed around the car, but not as true in Europe. Somewhere like Amsterdam it’s actually generally faster to ride a bike than anything else. Also for longer trips high speed rail can be s
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by alexwhb 3y ago
I think it depends on what type of rail you’re referring to here. If you’re in a city like LA where more or less no matter what your car drive will take hours… I think a dedicated rail would actually save people time. Obviously there would
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by alexwhb 3y ago
Totally agree. The only exception to this is buses with dedicated lanes. Not say they are as good as trains, but at least don’t have the traffic issues.
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by alexwhb 3y ago
This I definitely agree with. A bus is the worst mode. Most of the downsides of a car with very few if any of rail especially in places with significant traffic. If you replaced that bus experience with light rail, almost certainly you’d be
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by alexwhb 3y ago
Totally agree. I’d actually prefer this type of system if it’s in fact faster than checkout with a cashier. Especially now that it seems many markets have dramatically cut down on staff and it can take shocking amounts of time to checkout.
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by alexwhb 3y ago
While the methods in this post may not be a super accurate depiction of reality.. I did find it entertaining. Additionally I agree generally with the point the post is making. It is shocking to me that we accept so whole heartedly the risk
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by alexwhb 3y ago
Love the idea of this. Hope it takes off
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by alexwhb 3y ago
Absolutely! Happy to share, and totally agree. Very strange times.
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by alexwhb 3y ago
I now remember what metric I was thinking of… participation rate. There was a charter data storytelling post about it a while ago that I’m not able to find. But apparently participation rate on the workforce are down. I don’t remember what
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by alexwhb 3y ago
I believe the technical economic term is “discouraged workers”. Someone correct me if I’m wrong. This is a useful resource on aspects not included in the unemployment metric: https://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/
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by alexwhb 3y ago
Sorry autocorrect. i meant warehouse. Have you seen these? https://youtu.be/ZWonAz7Kczs?si=a0yF-YRRmXYsYj-Q They are not the robots I assume you’re referring to that move the crates of orders around that roll on the groun
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by alexwhb 3y ago
Fair point, but then again… self checkout sucks!! And it’s everywhere. point being maybe it doesn’t have to be very good if it saves companies money. I hope that I’m wrong, but I honestly wouldn’t be surprised

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