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malyk

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About malyk

CTO at HomeLight (www.homelight.com). Formerly the first engineering hire and senior software developer at Giftly (www.giftly.com). Before that I was a developer for a couple of federal government contractors (FGM, now Novetta Solutions, and High Performance Technologies, Inc). I have a masters degree in Computer Science from American University and a bachelors degree in Computer Science from James Madison University.

mike@homelight.com - for business stuff mike.abner@gmail.com - for personal stuff

Recent public activity

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    Comment #48561775

    Yes, I ran into the same problem last week. But I just said "this is my code in a private repo" and then it just went and did what I asked without question.

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    Comment #48494415

    No, you are paid to provide solutions for your customers.

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    Comment #47618461

    Technically yes, but most employers do not look favorably on this route.

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    Comment #47007124

    Can you give an example to help us understand? I look at my ticket tracker and I see basically 100% of it that can be done by AI. Some with assistance because business logic is mor…

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    Comment #46634191

    Not in the US. It’s kinda why paypal, venmo, zelle exist. Filling a gap. Our banking system is quite backwards.

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    Comment #46535231

    Right. My wife doesn't feel full unless she has protein. I don't feel full unless I have a bunch of carbs. It makes life interesting.

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    Comment #46533607

    I think this is person dependant. A Kale salad makes almost no impact on my hunger, but a piece of bread makes me feel pretty full. Just as an example of an opposite experience. (a…

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    Comment #46212022

    Can't you just say "Hey siri, add a note"? I add reminders, send texts, etc. that way.

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    Comment #45847722

    Isn't that a 35% reduction in police response?

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    Comment #45477273

    Use rails. it’s still great.

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    Comment #45406361

    Using an agentic workflow does not require you to delegate tge thinking. Agents are great at taking exactly what you want to do and executing. So spend an extra few minutes and lay…

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    Comment #45351821

    I've had success here by simply telling Codex which components to use. I initially imported all the shadcn components into my project and then I just say things like "Create a card…

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    Comment #45265652

    Right. The idea here is to kick of 3-8 or something tasks. They finish as you finish writing the next prompt. Then you go and review/test/merge the code from the first task, then a…

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    Comment #43495275

    Because you'll be replaced by those engineers in N months/years when they can outperform you because they are wizards with the new tools. It's like failing to adopt compiled code a…

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    Comment #43464132

    I've had a chevy volt since 2014 and it's amazing at this. 30+ mile range gets me all the local travel that I need daily plus the gas range makes roadtrips completely stress free s…

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    Comment #42408205

    Yes. Startups need and should be accustomed to working with a lawyer. They are needed very frequently in any real business.

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    Comment #40458131

    At HomeLight we migrated from Heroku to Porter and it has been great. The team has been super helpful, the platform as stable as you can get, and the cost savings have been tremend…

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    Comment #39931660

    The disposable economy is pretty shit.

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    Comment #39633375

    I ride a public bus from oakland across to SF a couple mornings a week (used to be every morning before covid) and that trip is basically like this. 3/4 full bus, no one standing, …

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    Comment #39609613

    Shortcut maybe? It's definitely not the same exactly and I haven't used PL in a ton of years, but I think it works pretty well overall. The general organization is Milestones -> Ep…

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    Comment #36624206

    I agree. I also drive a volt and 98% of the time it's driven with the battery, but those 2% of the time where I need/want the engine (like a camping trip this past weekend), it's r…

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    Comment #35732457

    if it's in your iphone photos library you can just type "passport" and then copy/paste the number out of the image.

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    Comment #34547892

    44m and my primary for of exercise these days is cycling. I clocked aust about 4,300 miles riding last year (down from 5,000 the year before). I ride 3-5 days a week normally. Some…

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    Comment #34247684

    If I'm going to be shown ads I might as well see ones that I'm more likely to be interested in.

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    Comment #34107456

    You might consider starting with something like the CIS Controls Framework: https://www.cisecurity.org/controls/cis-controls-list .