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what do you think about plumbers and carpenters not being considered engineers?

The reason it is easier for programmers to transform into software engineers is the same reason we are having this conversation. For the most part, I think this is because software…

I thought I was over this argument because it always hits a dead end, but Hillel took a really entertaining approach with this series. Looking back, I'm almost always having this a…

There seem to be a lot of components like this that need to be developed. For example, there are plenty of tools to create ML model endpoints (send data, receive prediction) but ma…

Have you shared the code or any more details for that custom search engine anywhere? I'd love to see how you did that. I'm considering doing the same thing soon

The title says it all. To me, the most important component of a wiki is search. With that said, why is confluence wiki search basically unusable? (by unusable, I mean I can never f…

my biggest problem with this idea is that many people are already hesitant to write/post online. limiting the number of posts they are allowed to make might make their post anxiety…

I'd love a high latency app as well, but there is undeniable magic in instant communication. My best writing is often when I'm "hot" on a topic and can quickly go back and forth wi…

my experience is exactly like this, but wayyyyy slower

Great writing about an optimistic future: https://www.rhyslindmark.com/

Thanks! Turns out an easy google search answered my question as well... this post https://medium.com/distributed-computing-with-ray/ray-for-th... does say that ray uses the actor m…

Pony actors look similar to the python ray package actor api. If anyone from the Pony teams sees this, are actors in Pony conceptually similar to actors created with ray?

Snapchat also has some sort of phenomena that makes it feel like a much lower barrier to entry than a text message. Snapping a new person is much lower pressure than texting them. …

There really needs to be some sort of mix between chat and a collaborative note-taking app. How can we transform chats into a reasonable, permanent reference materials? Maybe it wo…

Seems like there is just a general lack of emphasis on the improvements that have been made. It makes sense that progress cycles from a big breakthroughs to years of seeing how far…

I recently started sending long form voice recordings to friends as a new way to stay connected (I explain that idea here https://nicktorba.com/brain/voice-memo-experiment ). I'm e…

This would be super useful. Based on this thread, the comparison should include * metaflow (model training on AWS Batch) * polyaxon (model training on kubernetes) * pachyderm (expe…

I really like the combination of these two tools. I've played with cortex before, and it is easy to use, but I am still questionable if automating kubernetes deployments through an…