hectdev

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by hectdev 4mo ago
If you consider the local llm scene which is closing the gaps, mega corporations become less possessive of all information.
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by hectdev 4mo ago
All of human knowledge (an exaggeration, I know) at our finger tips. It's the most punk rock, anarchist thing tech has done since the internet and it's funny it's shaped as a product.
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by hectdev 4mo ago
If it is a matter of cost of manufacturing and shipping going up, doesn't that make sense? Can't speak to the digital services going up, however.
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by hectdev 5mo ago
Languages evolve
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by hectdev 5mo ago
I'm of the mindset that you can use AI however you want to get the speed improvements you're looking for. Personally, I use Agile methods to incrementally implement manually testable features, refine and debug, then commit. Then I
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by hectdev 5mo ago
It's always going to exist. People still build things with hand tools in the year 2026. Let's call it Artisanal Coding.
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by hectdev 5mo ago
Sounds like you’re using Waterfall Which, if it works for you, go for it. But maybe Agile would feel more dynamic.
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by hectdev 5mo ago
It just becomes more abstracted but the thinking is still there. And who is to say we aren’t going to keep reading books, delving into hobbies, or watching movies. All those concepts will then be mixed into the our brains and who knows what
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by hectdev 5mo ago
Wiki: "With an annual budget of about $9.9 billion (fiscal year 2023), the NSF funds approximately 25% of all federally supported basic research conducted by the United States' colleges and universities.[5][6] In some fields, suc
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by hectdev 5mo ago
I'm curious how this would work with LLMs increasing the speed to prototype. Low stakes changes to try something out, learn from it, and pivot. My company is fully remote so all meetings are virtual and can be set to have transcripts,
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by hectdev 6mo ago
This disregards the benefit of a single device that is easy to carry. Love where this is come from so maybe do both if you can.
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by hectdev 6mo ago
As an app developer it comes down to the full access to phone APIs and the smoothest app experience. The more biased opinion is rooted in preference for the native language over web languages. And I recognize this is an opinion that is self
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by hectdev 6mo ago
Which one is it? Subjective or evidence based? I'm sharing what I know is true for my experience as well as the fact that I proofread what I send with AI and am aware of how terse I usually am.
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by hectdev 6mo ago
Another layer of AI tooling is the cost of spinning up your own version of some libraries is lowered and can be made hyper specific to your needs rather than pulling in a whole library with features you'll never use.
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by hectdev 6mo ago
I work mostly on the tech side of things but my corporate limitation has always been writing up documentation, communicating/translating to stakeholders, and recalling everything relevant when writing PR descriptions. AI has been a bre
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by hectdev 6mo ago
As an amateur astrophotographer, I am both so envious and so happy for you. What a wonderful recognition of your talent and dedication to the craft. Kudos!
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by hectdev 6mo ago
I've been to Copenhagen in the dead of winter with snow on the ground and my mind was blown by how many bikes there were on the streets. It really is an adaptable activity.
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by hectdev 6mo ago
I'm just being snarky here but wouldn't you be concerned that the 3x neighbor would view you as you view the 1/3rd neighbor?
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by hectdev 6mo ago
It's more nuanced than that. Say someone moves from California where their property taxes were based on the purchase price of the home, they then buy a home in Austin where it based on the property value and they size up. It is a stick
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by hectdev 6mo ago
They tend to size up when moving here and are expecting the rates from back home. Not saying it's a logical thing but what tends to happen. This is more of a comment on how people aren't really taking everything into account when
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by hectdev 6mo ago
Take this into account. People move from places with high cost of living where their 2 bedroom house nets them easily $1mil. They sell that and move to Austin where they can afford a much bigger house. They think they win not paying income
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by hectdev 6mo ago
I live in Texas. People move here and are flabbergasted by our property taxes.
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by hectdev 9mo ago
My dog that sheds a lot says otherwise
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by hectdev 10mo ago
Not everyone is your boss. I have 15 years of experience coding. So when the AI hallucinates, I call that out and it improves the code it does create. If someone is passing off Ai's first pass as done, they are not using the tool corre
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by hectdev 10mo ago
I think calling it baseless to claim benefits from AI is more than disagreeing. It's claiming a rightness that is just contrarian and hyperbolic. It's really interesting to me that the skeptics are exactly who should be using AI.
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by hectdev 10mo ago
Unit tests, manual testing the final product, PR with two approvals needed (and one was from the most anal retentive reviewer at the company who is heavily invested in the changes I made), and QA.
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by hectdev 10mo ago
It isn't a universal thing. I have no doubt there is a job out there that that isn't a requirement. I think the issue is the C-level folks are seeing how more productive someone might be and making it a demand. That to me is the w
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by hectdev 10mo ago
In my personal use case, I work at a company that has SO MUCH process and documentation for coding standards. I made an AI agent that knows all that and used it to update legacy code to the new standard in a day. Something that would have t
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by hectdev 10mo ago
This fascinates me. Just observing but because it hasn't worked for you, everyone else must be lying? (I'm assuming that's what you mean by baseless) How does that bridge get built? I can provide tangible real life examples b
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by hectdev 10mo ago
I would say it is like that. No one HAS to use AI. But the shared goal is to get a change to the codebase to achieve a desired outcome. Some will outsource a significant part of that to AI, some won't. And its tricky because I'm t

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