manfre

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by manfre 3mo ago
I was interested until bezos. Hard pass.
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by manfre 3mo ago
It's a combination of different activity metrics (commits, PRs, comments, etc) with AI thrown in to figure out substance/complexity of the work. I originally thought the summaries were simple metrics without factoring quality. The
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by manfre 3mo ago
With access to view usage for my org and conversations with developers, I think much of the high token usage is a result of people not knowing how to right size the model for the given task. The trend seems to be to pick the most powerful m
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by manfre 5mo ago
llm-wiki is a popular topic. I've found it to be very helpful with keeping details of the random web pages I visit and want to remember. I create a claude plugin designed to work with Obsidian's Web Clipper and qmd for search. ht
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by manfre 6mo ago
Create .claude/commands/ when you have well defined repeatable, multi-step actions you want to take. I have a command `/triage` where I provide it a bug report and it asks me questions to start scaffolding a work area, lookup
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by manfre 6mo ago
There is a clear correlation between the rise in LLM use and the volume of PRs and bug reports. Unfortunately, this has predominately increased the volume of submissions and not the overall quality. My view of the security issues reported,
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by manfre 6mo ago
Any take home test trivial enough to complete in under 20 minutes could be completed by an AI. The only signal you get from a take home test is whether or not they can submit answers. It doesn't let you know if the candidate is capable
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by manfre 8mo ago
Creating, possessing, and distributing CSAM is illegal in the US and many other countries. Can you explain why you think it should be legal to create something that is illegal to possess or distribute?
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by manfre 8mo ago
Why? To avoid using Google search. It's been an inferior search product for years. Last time I used the default launcher on a pixel, I couldn't change it to a better search product, so I changed launcher.
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by manfre 9mo ago
Most hobby and small business sites can easily run on a $5-10/mo VPS. If you need a bit more, hetzner server auctions should suffice. It's always safer to use a fixed cost service, instead of the cloud hosts that don't let yo
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by manfre 9mo ago
I've noticed a pattern in the security reports for a project I'm involved in. After a CVE is released, for the next month or so there will likely be additional reports targeting the same (or similar) areas of the framework. There
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by manfre 1y ago
He's an addict. If he's not removed, this will keep happening.
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by manfre 1y ago
Revoking visas and deporting University students and professors.
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by manfre 1y ago
correct, their vote says "I'm okay with everything this candidate says they'll do." You can't cherry pick policies from a candidate and pretend your vote is not culpable for all the harm it inflicts.
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by manfre 1y ago
Thank you for sharing the perspective of some doctors. You'll likely get down votes because it comes across as condescending and elitist.
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by manfre 2y ago
For most of the US, there are few or no stores within walking distance.
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by manfre 2y ago
Playing cards and sneakers would be a more stable investment.
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by manfre 2y ago
It only dies when we give up the fight.
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by manfre 2y ago
I've had a company give me full admin access to their cloud account. Thankfully, I learned the lesson earlier in my career and immediately created myself of more mundane user. Break glass access is important, but definitely not as the
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by manfre 2y ago
When the group in power is following the laws and procedures, it is usually quite easy to obstruct. When the group in power is not following the laws and procedures, you have the current situation.
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by manfre 2y ago
Instead of env conditionals, I strongly recommended feature/functionality conditionals or variables. E.g. var.create_s3 is better than var env == 'prod'
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by manfre 2y ago
Dismissed idea: acting in a way that wouldn't cast them in a negative light.
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by manfre 2y ago
It's not the IC who needs to find their replacement for a team. That's the responsibility of a team lead or VP. In my experience, those who think it is the ICs responsibility, they lack proper boundaries and contribute to an unhea
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by manfre 2y ago
They're following the plan where if you don't track any data, there is no problem. The head in the sand strategy.
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by manfre 2y ago
Healthy foods are not healthy in an excessive quantity. Diets don't need to be tracked to the individual calorie. We don't burn the same amount l number of calories each day and food labels show an average of the nutritional value
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by manfre 2y ago
Do the Chinese EVs meet US safety standards? Those requirements add a non trivial amount of weight to the vehicle.
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by manfre 2y ago
Status pages are rarely honest. The company will lie to salvage their SLA. "Degraded performance" or "some customers are experiencing an elevated error rate" should be interpreted as "service unavailable / outa
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by manfre 2y ago
Any time I see a post with the "Follow" link, I click the X or triple dot to hide or signify disinterest. They appear as a flood, but the system gives up and I get a several week reprieve from unwanted suggestions.
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by manfre 2y ago
Aggregators are references to content. Frontends are copies. You can't sidestep copyright with a "according to Reuters" preamble for the entire article text.
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by manfre 2y ago
Counter example, if they raised their price by more than $1-2, I'd cancel it. The music discovery hasn't been great and it mostly suggests playlists of the songs I already listen to. Inertia is the only reason I haven't cance

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