bcooke

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by bcooke 28d ago
Very well said. And when you say it like that, I have to wonder how much of this is a natural consequence of RHLF on such a grand scale, when you have millions of people pretty much much skimming chat responses or operating outside their de
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by bcooke 28d ago
The “whining” stems from watching the communication style obviously degrade, and it’s a huge problem for people who want to use this stuff to build and instead continually fight the tools. Like so many other products, people are moving too
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by bcooke 4mo ago
Ah ok thanks for the clarification. And thank you sorentwo for your fantastic work – I've been loving my switch to the Elixir ecosystem thanks to the efforts of folks like you.
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by bcooke 4mo ago
Can you expand on why you chose to use CRDB with Oban? I have no opinion here, I’m genuinely curious as someone using Oban myself (with Postgres). I haven’t hit the point of really needing to scale it out yet and I’d rather avoid the traps
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by bcooke 4mo ago
> (because, you know, I was getting paid to write code and that's the only way I could actually get it done) I'm going to assume you were getting paid to build software that solved problems and created value for your customer
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by bcooke 4mo ago
> No developer was ever unhappy to communicate I've worked with engineers all over the spectrum in terms of their styles, beliefs, and preferences... and some of them are frankly not very interested in getting out of their comfort z
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by bcooke 6mo ago
How do you think it changed the world? I don’t think that was an especially prescient thing to say/write at that time. The idea that software was poised to continue to grow in 2011 was pretty obvious to most people. It is true that som
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by bcooke 6mo ago
They’ve lost a whole lot of people in prominent roles over the past few years. I wonder how much of the misfires and general thrash in product direction is a result of brain drain and/or so many hands changing. Or maybe I’m confusing c
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by bcooke 6mo ago
This project reminds me of a book I highly recommend called An American Sickness. It sheds a lot of light on the same sorts of issues. One underlying, perverse incentive behind many of the problems is that insurers are regulated based on pe
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by bcooke 7mo ago
I originally thought AI-assisted writing would help synthesize what felt like original ideas I had, that I just wanted to get out there without the laborious task of editing. I didn't expect the writing to end up feeling so incredibly
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by bcooke 7mo ago
Maybe that's why the writing feels so terrible. The AI is attempting to maximize every sentence while simultaneously expanding on just a few actually meaningful points. And the net result of that dissonance is this rage-inducing vapidi
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by bcooke 7mo ago
Taking principled stands should absolutely be respected.
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by bcooke 7mo ago
Well yes, but context matters here and this is the US government's decision to take with a US-based company. While I understand why it matters for folks affiliated with prominent AI companies in particular to sign this, the more the Am
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by bcooke 7mo ago
I'd love to see this extended to any American regardless of past/present employment with Google or OpenAI
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by bcooke 12y ago
In realizing that a lot of my best work was effectively walled, I've started taking it upon myself to build up a showcase of work that's strictly my own. I think you should look to have a portfolio online and an active Github acco