robbs

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by robbs 3mo ago
The CLI is, IME, faster and less buggy than the MCP.
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by robbs 3mo ago
Same way you’d do it without AI. Record sample data, test against that, generate more data, test IRL, record more data, loop until it’s good enough.
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by robbs 5mo ago
I’ve found that if I turn off auto mode, I get much more usage from the $100/mo plan.
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They Write the Right Stuff(fastcompany.com)
1 points by robbs 8mo ago|1 comments
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by robbs 1y ago
Have you found a way to have the AI assist in analyzing?
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by robbs 1y ago
> You're absolutely right Claude! Get off HN and get back to work.
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by robbs 2y ago
Caffeine is an example. Coffee and energy drinks are doing well I'd say.
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by robbs 2y ago
If you haven’t already, get yourself to Wellington and take the tours at Weta. You might even recognize a few of the faces that still work there.
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by robbs 2y ago
Phoenix Channels
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by robbs 3y ago
A set of nice flashlights. Why walk around in the dark? Some that I like: Sofirn SP36 BLF, LT1, SC21, HS10. Wurkkos TS10 (and I’ll be getting a TS11 soon.)
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by robbs 3y ago
It varies. I roast at home, and some beans are great the next day. Some are great the next week. The cafe I used to live next to would rest their beans for a week.
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by robbs 3y ago
SEEKING WORK | Full-stack, Elixir, Python, React, PHP | REMOTE Location: FL, USA Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Do you need a little dev help during this season? I’m available full time December to jump in and squash bugs, clean data o
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by robbs 3y ago
Location: Orlando, FL Remote: Yes, Hybrid OK Willing to relocate: Would consider relocating after Q3 2024 Technologies: Python, React/Redux/Sagas, Elixir, PHP/Laravel, Linux, AWS, MySQL/PostgreSQL Résumé/CV: Upon re
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by robbs 3y ago
It doesn't have to be a small team. See "They Write The Right Stuff".
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by robbs 3y ago
Watch out for “golden” titanium. It could be a titanium nitride coating.
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by robbs 3y ago
A bit late but my desk is a sit-stand-race desk. I built a "wall" from an old 2x8 attached to an electric sit-stand desk and mounted a telescoping TV mount to it. When I want to play racing games, I extend the monitor out to the e
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by robbs 3y ago
Here's another interesting piece by Vice about the Salton Sea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDniDNY03JE
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by robbs 3y ago
Both are characters from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends
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by robbs 3y ago
What libraries are missing? So far, I've only missed having a library for interacting with Google Sheets. I got around that with a Lambda running Python. Everything else either had an Elixir library or there was no library in any langu
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by robbs 4y ago
Something I haven't seen mentioned is a DNS firewall to block phishing domains and newly registered domains. I use NextDNS for that and I'm sure there are others.
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by robbs 4y ago
IMO, this is the hardest part of maintaining a web scraper. We had ~100 scripts to scrape ~1000 clients' sites and it was, at minimum, 50 hours a week to keep up with changes. The second hardest part was 30% of our clients all used the
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by robbs 4y ago
Building your own database is a great exercise. There's lots of topics to explore, like distributed computing, how indexes work, caching, parsing, etc and you can pick and choose what to implement.
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by robbs 4y ago
RaspberryPi can be both a USB host and a HID device. Sounds like a fun project!
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by robbs 4y ago
A high refresh rate monitor does help in measurable ways. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2dPIHPNOeY You don't need to spend lots of money to get 120+hz screens. They can be had for $150 if you're willing to make
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by robbs 4y ago
Try fly.io. They have a nice free tier.
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by robbs 4y ago
Newegg has the same problem as all the other big online retailers, third party sellers.
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by robbs 4y ago
This doesn’t line up with my experience with Drivatars. They seem to have a driving line that they stick to. They often can’t maintain the line in unusual conditions like high powered RWD cars with low traction (like the recent Retro Muscle
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by robbs 5y ago
Make a simple game. Games are fun and keeping it simple allows you to focus on learning. I made a multiplayer, last player standing trivia game to try out LiveView and it was great.
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by robbs 5y ago
React hasn’t really changed since hooks and that’s been several years.
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by robbs 6y ago
The nationwide fibre in NZ means that latency from Auckland to anywhere with fibre is very low. Cloud gaming could arrive in NZ just as soon as Azure does!

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