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Wow! Reading this after watching PHM I almost cried...again. Now, this is what impressed me the most: ""... and wrote software flexible enough to be updated from Earth decades afte…

Do programmers actually write in wasm or automatic tools port/compile other languages to wasm?

My words: This feels like don't buy at Walmart, support the local small shop. We passed the no return sign miles ago. Gemini's: This is like advocating for artisanal blacksmithing …

Seems the robotaxi saved a life.

For us that started doing web apps as soon as the web was invented, JQ was a miracle. Thanks guys!

The Gospel According to forever list My terminal has ceased being a tool and has become a digital confessional. I approach the prompt seeking a status update on my code, but the Gr…

I increasingly see programmers choosing Next.js to build simple single-page websites or basic CRUD apps. This feels like an over-engineered approach where the complexity of mainten…

Compliance. If you wanna sell your SAAS to big corpo, their compliance teams will feel you know what you're doing if they read AWS or Cloudflare on your architecture, even if you d…

So they read the chats?

Not in my experience. I still spend much of the time thinking before prompting. Then I spend time reviewing the AI written code before using it. Does not feel like a trap. It mostl…

Luck favors the bold. One acts boldly because one feels lucky.

I've said this before: for most web apps, React is like hiring an 18-wheeler to deliver a pizza. Years ago, the same was true for Wordpress. An engineer designs solutions. That inc…

I'd bet she was probably scrolling through the endless stream of fear (war, poverty, crime), guilt (diets, fitness, beauty), and shallowness (jokes, celebrities). In those moments …

Let them be rich. Stoicism would recommend you not try to control what isn't in your hands to control; just accept it. Can you imagine that centuries ago, the same rules of class, …

It's been many years without social networks for me. At gatherings, I'm often the only one without a phone in my hand, and it feels strange. Eventually, the "phoners" make eye cont…

Did I read Firebase? I assume you stayed on the free side? Or your attackers were mean enough to have you wake up to a five figure bill?

Super ugly and super pricey.

Been there since 0.5% :)

Care to explain how this dissolves the ego like I am 5?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rationalist_community "In particular, several women in the community have made allegations of sexual misconduct, including abuse and harassment, which…

The value is in keeping the code running. Unless you are doing something very complex from scratch, you are mostly writing code for hire or for your startup. Nowadays, that code do…

Wonderful work! If 0.13% are in jail, how many do you estimate are positively changing the world?

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How does a solo developer/maintainer with a production app and thousands of active users take a "disconnected" long-week vacation?