cjalmeida

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by cjalmeida 6d ago
>In my research and tests simply taking the change in the number of LOCs has been a surprisingly effective metric for sloppiness, with the ironic caveat that if we started optimizing for it, it would cease to be a meaningful measure. Thi
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by cjalmeida 1mo ago
In my experience Grok 4.5 codes at Opus 4.8 level, and being much faster as cheaper, I can just ask it to do self-review and the final reviewed code is _better_ than Opus 4.8 for the same time/budget. But Opus 5/4.8 was better for
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by cjalmeida 1mo ago
Fable-like intelligence, beats GPT-5.6-Sol on most benchmarks, cheaper than Kimi K3 on API and quite generous usage on Cursor subscription.
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by cjalmeida 1mo ago
There are decent plugins for the essentials you’d find in other harnesses. Pi shines in opinionated things you won’t find elsewhere. For instance the XMPP integration someone mentioned allowing agents to talk to each other and to you remote
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by cjalmeida 4mo ago
One could argue the death toll of WW I and WW II would not be possible without large scale manufacturing of firearms and explosives.
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by cjalmeida 9mo ago
I believe you’d have a very different opinion if the size did change and she had the opportunity to treat it at a very early stage.
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by cjalmeida 1y ago
It was too complex. Just making system calls require white listing libraries goes a long way of preventing a whole class of exploits. There’s no reason a color parser, or a date library should require network or file system access.
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by cjalmeida 1y ago
You know life expectancy in Portugal is higher than in California, right?
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by cjalmeida 1y ago
Definitely don’t dismiss it. While there are limitations, it’s already very capable for a number of tasks. Tweaking it to be more effective is skill itself.
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by cjalmeida 2y ago
100% agree. This is a low quality post both setting unrealistic expectations for a dynamic language and at times straight up making false claims. Suggesting OOP as a solution is probably the most laughable “solution” though. What does this
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by cjalmeida 2y ago
You’d be surprised by the amount of companies handling critical infrastructure that are OK with using PyPI directly
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by cjalmeida 2y ago
There are no sources, this is completely made up.
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by cjalmeida 2y ago
It gets worse. ICP-Brasil, the AC mentioned in the bug reports, the the government run agency responsible for all things related to digital signatures. Digitally signing a contract, a deed, accessing tax returns…
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by cjalmeida 2y ago
Except it is literal “pcap” as they capture all packets at layer 3. I don’t know the exact specifications of Pico appliances, but it would not surprise me they’re running Linux + libpcap + some sort of timeseries DB
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by cjalmeida 2y ago
You’d be swapping an open-source vendor independent API for a cloud-specific vendor locked one. And paying more for the “privilege”
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by cjalmeida 2y ago
If developers can’t produce code without bugs, what good are they? /s
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by cjalmeida 2y ago
I strongly recommend Acemoglu, Robinson classic book "Why Nations Fail" https://www.amazon.com/Why-Nations-Fail-Origins-Prosperity/d... It's very accessible, no economics background required. Along with
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by cjalmeida 2y ago
Indeed.All exponential growth curves are sigmoids in disguise.
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by cjalmeida 2y ago
This is no excuse. At least in larger companies, you have safety inspectors that routinely visit shops unannounced and will give you and your manager trouble if you’re not following procedures. They answer directly to higher up and can’t be
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by cjalmeida 2y ago
If a 787 crashes and kill all passengers due to improper maintenance, the airline is liable. Does that make FAA regulations on maintenance unnecessary? Would you put your family in such aircraft?
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by cjalmeida 2y ago
>might need to migrate over to something else for the blog, with a proper cache Never Update _Anything_ :)
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by cjalmeida 2y ago
Well, if only he had updated his server stack to something more scalable...
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by cjalmeida 2y ago
One-week turnaround to open a port would be a dream in most large companies.
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by cjalmeida 2y ago
>The analogy isn't very good, because the natural French language isn't a minefield full of undefined behavior. As someone who has been trying to learn it, this sounds exactly like French.
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by cjalmeida 2y ago
Motorcycles are substantially more dangerous than cars. We can’t even convince people to buy European style compact cars instead of large trucks and SUVs
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by cjalmeida 2y ago
This smells like the supplier is running some sort of insurance fraud scheme
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by cjalmeida 2y ago
PE shops are great targets for being the “bad guys” in whatever situation, of course they are no different than your run of the mill investor or founder when it comes to greed.
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by cjalmeida 3y ago
The "issue" is Julia is not Just-in-Time, but a "Just-Ahead-of-Time" language. This means code is compiled before getting executed, and this can get expensive for interactive use. The famous "Time To First Plot&quot
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by cjalmeida 3y ago
Maybe, but those multi-million transfers are usually going to known trusted counterparties (other brokers, bank treasuries), not random vendor accounts.
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by cjalmeida 3y ago
Well, no variance in opinions it seems.

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