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by jasim 17d ago
If tokens are going to get cheaper and faster - then we would stop caring about token efficiency, like how we're all using bloated and slow software, and which keep growing to take up all available hardware improvements.
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by jasim 17d ago
ERPNext (Frappe) is absolutely brilliant. My only complaint was that it is in Python and is a bit heavy weight (setup etc) for quick prototyping. They call a table definition - that defines a table at both the SQL level, and at the domain l
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by jasim 17d ago
It is so hard to predict the future, of all things. But I think there is another approach which is already tried and tested - frameworks. I think frameworks would mutate to be agentic - they'll come with skills and documentation target
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Show HN: Sapporta – build database applications for power users(sapporta.com)
4 points by jasim 18d ago|0 comments
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by jasim 1mo ago
I think this is somewhere in the middle east - Dubai likely - and it is hot there. It is quite predictable that there would be mass opposition with institutional support against turning off air conditioning in a common space, despite havi
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by jasim 1mo ago
I've been paying JetBrains in a personal capacity for about 15 years. Almost from the first year of my professional career. I didn't renew this year. I feel so sad and disheartened that a company that produced such brilliant tools
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TypeStax: A type scale generator with vintage audio hardware interface(typestax.com)
61 points by jasim 2mo ago|20 comments
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by jasim 2mo ago
We might be moving towards putting more intent - in text - into the code itself, for agents. We should've been doing that for other humans in the past, but it wasn't always encouraged - "code should be self-explanatory, and c
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by jasim 2mo ago
But couple that with a deterministic system - the type checker with exhaustive destructing (and pattern matching, while we are it it) - that would become a fool-proof combination.
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by jasim 2mo ago
I hadn't considered that, you are right. Though I would still prefer TS because the language is all about types; the entire ecosystem is well-typed and the type system is quite powerful (I do enjoy an occasional Omit and Pick). But it
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by jasim 2mo ago
I'm curious about the choice of Python, rather than TypeScript. I find Ruby a very beautiful language, and Rails is an excellent web framework, but I need typed functions, record types and sum types. They help not just with correctness
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by jasim 3mo ago
There is no other stack in the last 15 years or so that I look back with the same fond affection as building business applications in Clipper. One important aspect was that software was delivered physically, and I could watch my users using
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SQL(remy.wang)
3 points by jasim 3mo ago|0 comments
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Passing DBs Through Continuations(remy.wang)
1 points by jasim 3mo ago|0 comments
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by jasim 4mo ago
"There was no exploit. No vulnerability disclosure. No CVE for me to write. The attacker filled out my signup form 942 times, made 942 workspaces, sent 942 batches of about a hundred invitations each, and stopped. They used my tool exa
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by jasim 4mo ago
In my early programming days, working with Clipper, I used to look at Delphi from a distance with awe and a bit of jealousy. There also used to be PowerBuilder and Paradox, as competition to the xBase platforms. I'd love to hear more a
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by jasim 6mo ago
Everytime someone mentions Clipper (or dBase or FoxPro, or even FoxBase, but Clipper the most), I feel a sene of productive nostalgia, and a constructive anger at the state of technology today. xBase was a beautiful thing - I haven't h
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A.I. Did What Super-Specialist Doctors Could Not – Claude Opus 4.6(youtube.com)
1 points by jasim 7mo ago|0 comments
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Cache-Friendly B+Tree Nodes with Dynamic Fanout(jacobsherin.com)
99 points by jasim 1y ago|30 comments
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A B+ tree node underflows: merge or borrow?(jacobsherin.com)
43 points by jasim 1y ago|0 comments
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by jasim 1y ago
I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for, but there is a proposal in DataFusion to allow user defined types. https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/12644
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by jasim 1y ago
Parquet files include a field called key_value_metadata in the FileMetadata structure; it sits in the footer of the file. See: https://github.com/apache/parquet-format/blob/master/src/mai... The tec
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by jasim 1y ago
I think this post is a response to some new file format initiatives, based on the criticism that the Parquet file format is showing its age. One of the arguments is that there is no standardized way to extend Parquet with new kinds of metad
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by jasim 1y ago
Well put. It should always be "Created by <person>" rather than "Processed by LLM". We can already see it with Claude Code - its commit messages contain a "Generated by Claude Code" line, and it guarantee
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Embedding user-defined indexes in Apache Parquet(datafusion.apache.org)
144 points by jasim 1y ago|24 comments
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by jasim 1y ago
I'm sorry I don't follow. The fact that you use an LLM to classify a transaction does not mean there is no audit trail for the fact. There should also be a manual verifier who's ultimately responsible for the entries, so that
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by jasim 1y ago
Accounting, specifically book-keeping, really plays to the strengths of LLMs - pattern matching within a bounded context. The primary task in book-keeping is to classify transactions (from expense vouchers, bank transactions, sales and purc
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by jasim 1y ago
I can think of two instances, where the LLM embracing best practices for human thought leads to better results. Claude Code breaks down large implementations to simpler TODOs, and produces far better code than single-shot prompts. There is
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Flat, Stale, and Profitable: Thoughts on Light Roasted Coffee(home-barista.com)
1 points by jasim 1y ago|0 comments
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Teaching Methods: Chaining, Shaping, Chunking [pdf](softball.ca)
2 points by jasim 1y ago|0 comments

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