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jdalton

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About jdalton

Programmer, Entrepreneur

Recent public activity

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    Comment #47914234

    Why is it when they can't make software solve a problem, they then basically blame the problem.

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    Comment #47914220

    To think a simple hook could have prevent it.

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    Comment #44341487

    Could be worse

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    Comment #44341376

    You're mistaken.

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    Comment #44341125

    A bong! Hilarious!!!

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    Comment #44340572

    Except instead of taking years to build unicorns, they're getting $32 BILLION valuations with no product. The OpenAI Mafia makes the PayPal Mafia look like a lemonade stand.

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    Comment #44337875

    I'm sorry but if you're not letting Claude Code build your future you might be a dang fool. Why spends countless hours for pride?

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    Comment #44300566

    I'll consider this!

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    Comment #44294577

    They all admit they don't understand how their models actually work, yet they want us to trust them with everything. Then I realized what's really happening is they're racing for t…

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    Comment #44289053

    I gave up everything to escape poverty through code. Now I'm using AI to reclaim what I lost... time with my family. What you doing with AI to reclaim your time?

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    Comment #44277404

    I see it as net positive. Likely in most cases the meetings (or at least some of them) may not even be needed.

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    Comment #44276845

    Dyslexia can also a pita :/

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    Comment #44276691

    [flagged]

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    Comment #44276608

    True that.

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    Comment #44276572

    I hope MCP servers make this possible, but even they will require oauth :/

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    Comment #44276562

    I believe you may be mischaracterizing the article's position. It didn't advocate for deploying without testing or any of the other items you mention. Rather, it discussed how well…

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    Comment #44270393

    The art is certainly in the planning, which I think many programmers might struggle with. Think how many say things like "I don't write docblocks", "my code explains it all." They'…

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    Comment #44268503

    This happens far too often. So many solutions are just a MRR money grab. The client wants their problem solved, they weren't looking to solve the solutions provider's MRR indefinit…