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We got a great new word for it now: "slop" (as in, "AI-generated slop"). It can be human generated as well, and the key point is exactly as you wrote it -- it only exists to sell a…

> It also just seems like there's a huge random element, like am I debugging code written by somebody who thinks at the same level of abstraction as me? Did they write comments I u…

This takes deep expertise and a system oriented, long term view with a very precise eye towards the details of what's technically possible at every individual step. This kind of kn…

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All offers get weighed against WLB, perceived bureaucracy, perceived reputation of the company, perceived alignment with role and level, perceived value that the company derives fr…

I'd be curious to see how "packaging for production" is addressed. As described, this is a tool for development purposes: > Think: a single binary that bootstraps your Python insta…

It is getting flagged because transit is a thing, investment in transit is the most glaringly obvious way to reduce our reliance on roads in moderately-and-up populated areas, and …

https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/section-174/ is a good read on Section 174, for those who might be curious.

Might be interesting to also cover areas / specialties like "devops", "security", etc. And count who is only interested in remote. That ratio seems to be _way_ higher here than on …

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Or we'll go back to doing more onsite interviews at a whiteboard.

Could have been the Bombardier C-Series but they have been effectively shut out by a combination of aggressive competition by both majors and "anti-dumping" action when Boeing chos…

I would not suggest people to follow this in 2024 if they are building any system of non-trivial scope and expect it to be adopted by others who are not required to adopt it. Back …

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At a young age, perhaps start with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Commentary_on_the_UNIX_Opera... .

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> Facebook, Google, Amazon and GitHub have sessions that never expire. They think it’s an acceptable risk. I think they are right. Three of these companies have a strong vested int…

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Location: Toronto, ON Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Résumé/CV: https://maxvt.com/max_resume.pdf Email: max@ the domain above Two decades in the industry, variety of experien…