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EMM_386

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About EMM_386

Senior Software Engineer

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AI inference/training/orchestration C#/.Net Python TypeScript Angular SQL

Too many other things.

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    Comment #49218860

    I found this on Vimeo. Very interesting. https://vimeo.com/127605643

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    Comment #48909967

    > but you don't see "load bearing" nearly as often in prose written by people Unfortunately, we're starting to now. Thanks to Claude.

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    Comment #48884568

    Yes but one of the key things about subagents is they keep all of their tool calls and exploration out of the parent context. If you plan on continuing on in the parent, and aren't…

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    Comment #48850265

    Yes - Anthropic badly needs this same "here's a reset, use it when you want". It's vastly better this way. Sure, it may impact the bottom line but it's a huge customer satisfaction…

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    Comment #48629612

    Although they can technically do it, I wouldn't be asking LLMs to generate binary files like PNG with alpha channels, no matter how simple that may seem. If it's easy enough to man…

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    Comment #48383786

    This is an excellent and very interesting write-up. It's so refreshing to read technical articles that are clearly written by a knowledgeable human and explained perfectly like thi…

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    Comment #48372015

    Be careful with this sort of logic ("reflection=expensive"). Everything should obviously be measured. I've worked with large .NET code bases that used attributes for things like pl…

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    Comment #48346178

    I always use a standard workflow and it has never been a problem. - Define the task and the goal, write a short spec document (markdown is fine) - Point the agent at it in plan mod…

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    Comment #48214389

    "I don't see them be making the next great song" Meanwhile, songs are hitting number one on some charts on Spotify that people think are humans and are actually AI. And Spotify has…

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    Comment #48096995

    If an AI agent finds zero bugs in a software utility, how can that be viewed in the sense the AI agent is not very good at finding bugs? What if there are actually zero bugs? > Fiv…

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    Comment #48094689

    There are terminal libraries that do this: https://github.com/vadimdemedes/ink Which is what Claude Code CLI uses (or was using?) and it caused many issues such as flickering, thra…

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    Comment #48090398

    You don't need to go back to coding by hand if you know how to do it already. There is a middle ground. If you understand good software architecture, architect it. Create a markdow…

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    Comment #48037254

    I think Firefox applies more aggressive subpixel rendering and path smoothing before stroking. It resamples the glyph outline path at a higher precision level before handing it to …

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    Comment #48002007

    > "in September 2025, Banksy painted a mural on the Royal Courts of Justice depicting a judge bludgeoning a protester with a gavel" His other works aren't subtle.

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    Comment #47828580

    You can read the latest Claude Constitution plus more info here: https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-new-constitution

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    Comment #47826115

    That's just ... absurd. The flaw itself is absurd but then just accepting it as "by design" makes it even worse.

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    Comment #47809415

    > Tools like Figma are for an era (and persona) who still wants to have all the various knobs and dials to dial in exactly what they want The Anthropic video on that page at 0:53 l…

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    Comment #47661932

    How expensive can it be? I just randomly looked at Railway and for $20 a month you get a whole lot. I've hosted many a web project (successful personal projects and enterprise proj…

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    Comment #47587068

    This might make things worse not better. Yes - the postinstall hook attack vector goes away. You can do SHA pinning since Git's content addressing means that SHA is the hash of the…

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    Comment #47415091

    This is getting really out of control at the moment and I'm not exactly sure what the best way to fix it is, but this is a very good post in terms of expressing the why this is not…

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    Comment #47375965

    > But you REALLY need to know your stuff to begin with for they to be of any use. Those who think they will take over are clueless. Or - there are enough people who know their stuf…

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    Comment #46944124

    > It cannot, however, synthesize new facts by combining information from this corpus. That would be like saying studying mathematics can't lead to someone discovering new things in…

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    Comment #46933945

    > An automated way to achieve this would be awesome. The author can easily do this by creating a simple memory tool call, announcing it in the prompt to the LLM, and having it call…

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    Comment #46919305

    What is wrong with "claude --chrome"?