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nbrad

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About nbrad

find me at nsbradford.com

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    This is definitely an issue - We're working on an automated code review product (ellipsis.dev), and while we have a lot of happy Swift users, the speed of breaking changes creates …

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    Comment #40311680

    Hi there! I recommend trying them out to see which one you like best :)

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    Comment #39532212

    You're right; this was my mistake

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    Comment #39532123

    hi @gillh, sincere apology - that wasn't my intent. No excuse. @timpetri, i recommend you try both products and choose the one you like

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    Comment #39527080

    Thanks! Many of our customers actually started with them before switching to us; their feedback is that we have: - higher quality comments - better UX (cleaner and more concise) - …

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    Comment #39527059

    it's super cool! checkout how the Instructor repo uses it to keep various parts of their docs in sync: https://github.com/jxnl/instructor/blob/main/ellipsis.yaml

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    Ask HN: Is Python async/await some kind of joke?

    Returning to Python full-stack development after a stint with Node, it seems like using async/await is not widely adopted enough in the Python ecosystem to actually use? In no part…

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    Comment #38695133

    interesting, thanks!

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    Comment #38691352

    thanks - which FastAPI lib is that?

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    Any Python ORMs worthy of production?

    I’m hoping for something battle-tested that supports async/await and migrations. If your answer is some variation of “real programmers don’t use ORMs”... fair enough, I suppose. Bu…

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    Comment #37948371

    I've heard some reports that Nix is very painful to get working with Python/ML stack - do you know if this is this still (ever?) the case?

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    Comment #37948294

    How is the space trending? Who are the biggest adopters (i've seen a lot of use cases in consultancies, education, and "big gnarly stacks")? What are you most excited about?

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    Comment #37935147

    nice - I've also found VS Code Remote + SSH to be pretty fantastic

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    Comment #37935113

    Cool! I've used a similar workflow with teams that SSH into boxes with GPUs, VSCode makes it completely seamless - surprised i don't hear about it more

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    Comment #37935079

    Nice, thanks! what kind of team are you on (company size, how experienced the engineers, tech stack)? when you say "ironing out some kinks" what were the pain points? if you're up …

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    Ask HN: Is anyone using cloud dev environments (e.g. Codespaces/Replit) at work?

    A lot of devs I know are excited about Cloud Development Environments (CDEs) like GitHub Codespaces, Gitpod, Codeanywhere, Coder, Replit, and CodeSandbox. They seem great, and simp…

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    Comment #37933813

    In general, just providing a schema and asking for the response in JSON with few-shot examples is extremely (99%+) reliable in my experience. I've found GPT-3.5 more than adequate …

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