grimcompanion

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by grimcompanion 2mo ago
IMO this definitely helps, but only to a degree, because the more quickly I can read/digest output, the more quickly I've got more output to read/digest. The jargon/quirks aren't as dense per message but they still
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by grimcompanion 2mo ago
Yep, I've heard humans use load-bearing twice in the past week, versus approximately never in a software eng context before that.
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by grimcompanion 3mo ago
> I believed this so strongly that my company built an entire product around this concept. I used to tell folks that "session transcripts were the new oil," that they were more valuable than the code itself. This is infuriating
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The scandal of two-tier degrees Extra time infantilizes students(unherd.com)
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by grimcompanion 3mo ago
Totally agree. I actually got a job off of AngelList back in the day, when I was fairly junior. Was getting messages from hiring managers, founders, and in-house recruiters almost daily. 5 years later, I updated my profile with a much more
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by grimcompanion 5mo ago
OTOH it will provide more surveillance of the police themselves. Humans are also bad at gun detection (sometimes willfully so) and this provides another check.
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by grimcompanion 1y ago
I think there are different solutions for features vs issues. For features - Do developers have ownership? Do they write tech specs, proposals, etc? If so, these should include a section on what problem is being solved. If they don't u
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by grimcompanion 1y ago
I absolutely don't endorse it. I just find it counterproductive to say things like "malice is the point". I do have trouble finding good faith arguments in favor of this policy. It is cruel. But the people who decided to impl
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by grimcompanion 1y ago
It's way too simple to categorize behavior like this into good/evil. It's a worthwhile thought experiment (and habit) to assume that everyone is trying to do the right thing, and try to understand how they might come to a dif