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Genuinely tempted to move to Iceland

To be fair, some customers may prefer portions that are less unhealthy.

I'm realising that Google's AI mode is the fastest for quick questions. Like questions about how to do X in library Y. Is it possible to use it from the CLI? Alternatively, what is…

Really? Well that's sad. I'll be going to see my first partial eclipse this week.

Not the person you're replying to, but this is genuinely the killer feature of the UK. Yes, we get heat waves and more of them now, but it's much better than mainland Europe. Espec…

I don't think that's the reason. The fact is that HTML/CSS gives far more flexibility for design than any native framework has ever done. Also, nope, it's not easy to make a UI usi…

I've used GTK in the past and I wouldn't consider it robust nor easy to use. But most importantly, it doesn't look good, especially on macOS. No matter how hard you try, you cannot…

I hope and believe that some great companies and teams will use LLMs to build higher quality software. We built Electron because writing UIs using native desktop frameworks is toug…

That's not what "this year" means lol

> Models just got good at writing code this year That's not correct, is it? Opus 4.5 came out in Nov 2025. Some might say models were good at coding even before that.

We can get the best of both worlds: privacy and age checks. The governments just need to implement ZKP passports/IDs and give them to everyone.

Yeah, I wasn't planning to run the cold loops through the existing radiator piping. I just want the ability to cool at least 1 room by reusing the air-to-water system, even if that…

Meanwhile their toilets are all completely down because of water supply failures[1]. A sad and funny juxtaposition. 1 - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/26/water-supply…

The annoying thing is that UK at least has a bigger grant for air-to-water systems. I've been doing some research into this, because I would ideally like to get this system so I ca…

> The thing is, programs that can be also written in GC powered languages, often don't need unsafe at all That's true, though it's worth noting that they do still need unsafe for t…

I love LLMs too, but I am concerned about their cost. They are all still very subsidised. Is there any guarantee that I'll be able to run a Opus 4.8-level model on my personal comp…

Well, the creator of Bun is certainly someone that deserves professionalism. But even random people you get on GitHub sending you PRs. You shouldn't reject them with "this code is …

What I don't understand is where are the Starlink competitors. Supposedly the UK government owns a stake of 10% in OneWeb and yet they are planning to use Starlink for trains. Is i…

Calling something "slop" is dismissive, vague and not constructive. That's why it's not professional. If you want to tell someone their code quality is poor, then you better do so …

And for those interested in Mitchell's take on it: https://x.com/mitchellh/status/2075261972061594106?s=20 . TL;DR: No comment.

Reminds me of another language that I used to know... For real though, if your goal as a language isn't to become popular then why should anyone learn it? Why should anyone spend t…

I know you said you don't care to know. But for others wondering: being professional is important because it reduces conflict. Having a leader of the language personally insult som…

That’s a good attitude to have. Any tips for identifying projects which have leadership which does this?

Calling someone’s code “slop” surely isn’t professional nor courteous.

Agreed. This article should have stuck to the cold facts, rather than a series of personal criticisms that you wouldn’t see written out in the workplace. Sadly there are far too ma…