thor_molecules

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by thor_molecules 1y ago
I think there is a bit of cognitive dissonance that comes with trying to build stuff with LLM technology. LLM’s are inherently non-deterministic. In my anecdotal experience, most software boils down to an attempt to codify some sort of desc
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by thor_molecules 1y ago
The apologists be damned. This article nails it. A grand reduction. Not a bicycle; a set of training wheels. Where is the dignity in all of this?
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by thor_molecules 2y ago
> ...far too many unknown unknowns often paired with expectations of prompt (and cheap) solutions to complicated issues. That describes pretty much all of my "full-stack" experience. What sort of job/background do you have
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by thor_molecules 2y ago
> Many people who first entered senior roles in 2010-2020 are finding current roles a lot less fun. This resonates with me. I find that the current crop of new tech (AI) produces a lot of cognitive dissonance for me in my day-to-day work
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by thor_molecules 2y ago
I reach for the ~/bin/thing approach when I want the utility to be useable from vim. For example, if I define an alias thing , vim won't know about it. But as a executable on my $PATH, I can do any of the following: :%
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by thor_molecules 2y ago
https://github.com/tpope/vim-fugitive/blob/b068eaf1e6cbe35d1... for reference, an example from a tpope plugin
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by thor_molecules 2y ago
Consider exposing commands that the user can then assign to their own preferred keybindings instead of choosing for them
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by thor_molecules 2y ago
After reading the comments, the themes I'm seeing are: - AI will provide a big mess for wizards to clean up - AI will replace juniors and then seniors within a short timeframe - AI will soon plateau and the bubble will burst - "Ps
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by thor_molecules 2y ago
That's very interesting! Love finding little nooks and crannies like this
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by thor_molecules 3y ago
I have an iris, I would highly recommend. Similar to a Moonlander (not as many keys though). https://keeb.io/collections/iris-split-ergonomic-keyboard/pr...
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by thor_molecules 3y ago
You pretty much summarized what I've been thinking about for the past couple years. Question is, what can we do about it? Thats where I really start to feel powerless, the challenge seems insurmountable.
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by thor_molecules 3y ago
Hi! :)
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by thor_molecules 3y ago
Yeah the huge time sink aspect is definitely real. It gets much harder to justify when you already working 40+ hrs a week or have kids or whatever. Going back to the earlier analogy, music has the same problem as programming in that the stu
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by thor_molecules 3y ago
Whoa how cool to spot you in the wild on HN! I listen to your podcast, thank you for the awesome content. When I was younger and more idealistic I took a chance and got a bachelor's in music. It didn't work out, but when I later
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by thor_molecules 3y ago
yeah this is really good - thank u
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by thor_molecules 3y ago
are you me? hah :/
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by thor_molecules 4y ago
So in this case, you've let a new dev commit to a code base without review. Then, instead of informing them of best practices and giving them time to re-work the code, you'd just fire them? Interesting strategy.
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by thor_molecules 4y ago
Very interesting, and frankly inspiring to see you get this creative.
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by thor_molecules 4y ago
The Bone Clocks is fantastic - probably my #1 go-to when someone asks me for a book recommendation.
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by thor_molecules 4y ago
Sounds like a Lisp or Jupyter Notebook workflow (or maybe more broadly, the "literate programming" paradigm) I'm not sure how to do this with a SpringBoot/NodeJs app that you would find in 90% of shops
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by thor_molecules 5y ago
Genuinely curious - why do you value "overall productivity" so much?
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by thor_molecules 5y ago
If you like symbols and fancy terminal stuff, I'd also like to recommend any of the Nerd Fonts - all free. https://www.nerdfonts.com/
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by thor_molecules 5y ago
I second the recommendation for "NotJustBikes", very eye-opening in regards to city planning and infrastructure
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by thor_molecules 5y ago
awesome, thanks!
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by thor_molecules 5y ago
What is the "Bryan Cantrill at Joyent" you're referring to?
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by thor_molecules 6y ago
If UHK would make a bluetooth/wireless model I would buy one in a heartbeat