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Yes the reasoning behind the decision is clear and as you described. But I would also make the point that the decision also comes with certain consequences, to which a discussion a…

AI generated code is generally pretty good and incredibly fast. Seeing this new phenomenon must be difficult for those people who have spent a long time perfecting their craft. Ess…

I really don't like using natural keys as primary keys. Natural keys sometimes need to change for unforeseen reasons, such as identity theft, and this is really tricky to manage if…

CSV has caused me a lot of problems due to the weak type system. If I save a Dataframe to CSV and reload it, there is no guarantee that I'll end up with an identical dataframe. I c…

My instinct is that it would be cheaper overall to buy API credits when needed, compared with buying a top-of-the-line GPU which sits idle for most of the day. That also opens up a…

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It's quite amazing to watch the 'reasoning' process unfolding when asking a complicated coding question. It forms deep insights within minutes, that would take me several hours to …

Maybe someone will build a gen-AI Colosseum where AI slaves endlessly compete for supremacy on our meaningless tasks.

Websites these days don't seem to use 'Under construction' animated gifs, and I think they are probably worse for it.

Dimmable, adjustable color-temperature bulbs are one of those things which seem a bit unnecessary at first, but they really do make a big difference for quality of life. I use Wifi…

Nice one. If I'm reading this right, the chances of successful exit are roughly 15%? That seems like some good odds considering the potential asymmetrical upside.

Cheers this is useful info. I almost made the same mistake.

Great article. We hear so much about the unicorns of the world that we sometimes forget about the countless other failed ventures. In these cases, it doesn't mean that the idea was…

I live in Singapore and see a lot of BYD cars here. They seem quite good.