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fernandotakai

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About fernandotakai

brazilian developer living in amsterdam and working @ hubs.com

opinions are mine and etc.

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/ftakai; my proof: https://keybase.io/ftakai/sigs/nlRHQuQ4TSxDlh8hs-0OTGjH4Gg1AuWOk0e4IYMbJ00 ]

meet.hn/city/nl-Amsterdam

Socials:

- reddit.com/user/fernandotakai

- github.com/fernandotakai/

- x.com/fernando_takai

Interests:

Programming, Startups, Web Development, Mentorship

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Recent public activity

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    Comment #48883373

    i write code because i love it. it's something that makes me genuinely happy, so why would i give that up?

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    Comment #48860020

    like normal? but i don't use ai to write code for me -- i use it as a companion thing where i ask questions and then, instead of asking for code, i implement everything myself. it …

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    Comment #48746968

    yup, that's exactly what i do. if anything is making me less productive or just plain stopping my job, i raise an IT ticket, tell my manager and go for a walk.

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    Comment #48672662

    it's pocketable! that's the main for me: i also have a kobo and bringing it around with me is just too damn annoying. being able to pocket this thing and read anywhere one handed i…

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    Comment #48025563

    depends on the country, i would guess. but firing because "ai makes us more productive" is basically impossible in most eu countries.

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    Comment #48025539

    >You call someone an author when they use a ghostwriter. i don't know about you, but i absolutely don't. either you write the book yourself or you are not the author. as kendrick l…

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    Comment #47795329

    >The agent angle in this post reflects what we're actually seeing from developers during our private beta. legit question: did you invite anyone that isn't doing agentic whatever d…

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    Comment #47754420

    i tried both and i honestly... i didn't see anything different. i want tmux for three things: 1. easy splits 2. easy scrollback 3. being able to restart a session if my terminal di…

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    Comment #47751684

    great work! i'm started trying it and it seems like it solves a bunch of issues i have with the native docker. the only problem that i have, right now, is colors: i usually have ev…

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    Comment #47728987

    yeah but unfortunately an AI flow can bring promotions, while scripts won't

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    Comment #47508771

    the main things are: 1. pin dependencies with sha signatures 2. mirror your dependencies 3. only update when truly necessary 4. at first, run everything in a sandbox.

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    Comment #47349395

    i do the same thing, but not for typewriter, but because back in my leopard/snow leopard days, i setup -- to transform into —. the thing is, i never setup it again but i kept typin…

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    Comment #47179107

    i've been using twitter/x since 2007 and it has not gotten way worse -- specially if you try comparing to truly bad era of the #failwhale.

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    Comment #47155510

    i've always used double dashes -- because i once i setup a osx shortcut to change those into em-dashes, but i never bother to setup this again in other computers. so now, i just us…

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    Comment #46794127

    same. i still remember how painful it was to setup services without systemd. having to manually deal with daemons was so painful, to the point of being exoteric.

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    Comment #46779081

    i've been to a bunch of concerts here in the netherlands and they do the most basic checks. last time, they checked my wife's purse without a torch (so she could've hidden anything…

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    Comment #46779060

    for people that don't get the reference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj8DzA9y8ls

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    Comment #46662560

    >I wonder who they actually tried to impress with that? investors?

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    Comment #46662441

    yup, same. slack thread with a lot of comments with people praising it. others were quite skeptical, specially the ones that actually perused the code.

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    Comment #46652874

    sure. he wasn't beaten to death. but: 1. do you really wanna get into a fight because of this? because dude, i have a family to take care, so i would rather just not say anything. …

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    Comment #46652856

    i've seen people get beat up because they asked an anti-social c-words to turn the volume down. some people just cannot be reasoned and the amount of people like this is growing HA…

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    Comment #46442654

    >Do you know of anyone declining to work on a project For ethical in their view ( non military non killing) ? o/ i was offered a high paying job, with relocation to a 1st world cou…

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    Comment #45766011

    and i honestly would rather parse json inside ipython and then move to a script, than keep invoking `| jq` time and time again.

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    Comment #45384280

    i did this exact thing literally 15 years ago with a simple django app -- there's no way they are using this kind of example in 2025 year of our lord.

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    Comment #45323371

    most people don't even know how to properly hone a knife since there are specific movements. i would recommend anyone sending their knives to a professional for sharpening -- you w…