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Having audited one code harness (Qwen Code) in the past on telemetry. Let's say I'm sus of the Zuck offering free candy.

Sandbox and use Local AI. This is the real answer.

As soon as it said "non-commercial" I noped. That is so vague with some of what I do, that it isn't worth even looking further.

I'd made the shift to HTTP/Stateless from MCP a few months ago. It's the right thing to do IMHO. Reliability up, problems down. TOON support is natural, if desired, etc. My only qu…

This is definitely one where wait 2-3 weeks and look again, feels like the right strategy. It could be good, it could not. It is too volatile to say.

What harness/quant did you use for testing?

Not the parts which matter to trust. Which is my point. You can state the math, but not why it won't discuss various topics, etc. Once you see the models waffling on subject with o…

Training data, training methodology. All NOT OPEN. Until we know what a model is trained on, and how it is trained in high detail, I hesitate to call them "Open Source" in any way.…

Opus: Yeah, it can be a little fuzzy at 600-700k, I prefer it 400K and under in general. But, I've had usable sessions to 850k. It really depends on the session, and what you are d…

There will always be abusers. The issue I see is day 1 asks. Not day N. If I'm out a week asking why is reasonable. If I'm out a day, it's more annoying for everyone. And I'm not a…

Misinformation. Incorrect sorting selected to prove a point. Nice try OP.

Disclaimer: I'm a US Citizen / Worker, white collar. My first job had: Unlimited sick time. Take it when you need it. No doctor's note. I think you may have needed one at the week …

Given that they directly compare to GPT-5.5 in their documentation. This comes off as puppy kicking to me. They state it is not SOTA, even IN its domain! Honestly: Think twice befo…

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I could, I hit it in some situations. But I'm running some fair size repos where I do multi-worktree work. That said, it hasn't been enough of an issue for me to want to fix.

Built my own orchestration layer, to allow me to optimize the one thing that is most precious when working with AI. My attention and my time.

It's dead Jim.

When you realize that being a great "programmer", isn't about writing the most code, but getting the job done... AI will click as another tool in the toolbox.

I can't summarize 40~ YOE of programming easily. (30+ professional) I can tell you: Your problems are a layer higher than you think. Coding, Architecture, etc. Those get the face t…

As a Principal SWE, who has done his fair share of big stuff. I'm excited to work with AI. Why? Because it magnifies the thing I do well: Make technical decisions. Coding is ONE pl…

I think you over estimate how valuable really good Principal level talent is when you have AIs that can take over for entire teams. As an older and higher up engineer, I worry more…

Minor note to anyone from taalas: The background on your site genuinely made me wonder what was wrong with my monitor.

LLMs are where you need the most tests. You want them writing tests especially in critical sections, I'll push to 100% coverage. (Not all code goes there, but thing that MUST work …

I disagree. Freedom of Speech guarantees the right to speak. Not the right to have no repercussions. Elon has GREAT interest in Freedom of Speech, it enables him to have far more p…

It can. But I don't want to compete for my slot with others who can give the same talk, or a talk that is similar. I want to make the conference committee choose between "Do we wan…