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DaveMcMartin

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About DaveMcMartin

https://www.davidmartins.net

Recent public activity

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    Comment #43537332

    I would like to test it with a large database to see how it handles a 3–5 GB database sync. In the example, it shows syncing returning a promise. Is there no way to track the progr…

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    Comment #43481206

    I love to see this competition between companies trying to get the best LLM, and also, the fact that they’re trying to make them useful as tools, focusing on math, science, coding,…

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    Comment #43460277

    I wish Musk had stayed out of politics. I still think his companies have done more good than harm.

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    Comment #43422373

    TBH, while I feel like this is the way, I’m noticing more and more politicians using this as a way to simply gather more votes with a "cause US bad" angle. Companies are eager to g…

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    Comment #43422256

    I’m not enjoying this either. I get that it’s necessary for the EU, but I’m still in favor of free trade.

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    Comment #43422184

    Good. Apple fanboys, no need to worry! If you’re in the US, all these features will be geoblocked, so you can enjoy your walled garden as much as you like. If you’re in the EU, jus…

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    Comment #43361710

    We use OVH at my company too. They are pretty good and affordable. My only complaint is that one day, they had an electrical problem on their datacenter and we were down for an ent…

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    Comment #43352344

    The iPad is in a kind of gray landscape because it is not phone and it is not a Mac but they are treated special like the iPhone so they can put any greed-based limitations they wa…

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    Comment #43342338

    For those of you who, like me, use Neovim, you can achieve "cursor at home" by using a plugin like Avante.nvim or CodeCompanion. You can configure it to suit your preferences. Just…

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    Comment #43320262

    It’s genuinely sad to see the world splintering into waves of nationalistic protectionism. Not long ago, we had something promising, a slow but steady crawl toward a united global …

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    Comment #43319592

    I use Contabo for my personal projects, not on the list, they are from Germany. My company uses OVH and I have also used UpCloud, it is pretty good.

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    Comment #43198399

    This feels more like a release they pushed out to keep the "hype" alive rather than something they were eager to share. Honestly, the results don’t seem all that impressive, and co…

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    Comment #43049153

    They're even censoring internal discussions, how ironic. I wonder if there will be retaliation if the next administration is Democratic, after all, Trump set the precedent.

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    Comment #42947002

    This is something that only works in America where "everyone" has an iPhone and you are poor if you have an Android...

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    Comment #42931400

    Does this only apply to usage, or does it include training the model as well? Training a model is extremely expensive, and it’s hard to imagine a company investing a huge amount of…

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    Comment #42863727

    This brings back good old memories. Sublime was my editor from 2010 until 2016, when I switched to VS Code. Eventually, I got hooked on Neovim, and I still use it to this day since…

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    Comment #42812152

    I also have this pessimism. That's why I'm pivoting to hardware and embedded programming.

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    Comment #42779212

    In academia, respect for complexity still exists, but industries prioritize simplicity to enable mass production, reduce costs, and make things easier for people to understand, rem…

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    Comment #42779079

    Although this solution is as cool as Coolify and will probably improve in the future, I still prefer to Dockerize my applications because, after that, switching between cloud provi…

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    Comment #42756339

    Yeah sure, let’s copy the censorship tactics of a dictatorship

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    Comment #42751327

    I was never able to get a job through applications on LinkedIn, Indeed, etc. Every job I got was through a referral, and the same is true for my friends who are also programmers.

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    Comment #42751296

    That’s why tools like Jobs Applier AI Agent are proliferating as well. Fight fire with fire, I guess?

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    Comment #42736343

    This only reinforces my bias against AI agents. At this point, they are mostly just hype. I believe that for AI to replace a junior, we would need to achieve at least near-AGI, and…

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    Comment #42489138

    SQLite is getting better and better. I am using it in production for a bunch of websites and never got a problem.

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    Comment #42440758

    I feel much more productive with Ruby on Rails than any other solution