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senko

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About senko

Ex-Pythagora (YC W24), built & sold A Web Whiteboard (acq'd by Miro) and two earlier startups. Runs GoodCode.io (dev agency). Currently doing AI-related consulting.

Interests: AI, startups, open source.

Twitter: @senkorasic

Bluesky: @senko.net

Work: https://senkorasic.com

Personal: https://senko.net & https://blog.senko.net

GitHub: http://github.com/senko

Mail: senko@senko.net

Recent public activity

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    OP here. You're absolutely right, I just want to add that "other things" include being a programmer since the nineties :) Edit to add: instead of "adapt" (which would imply "embrac…

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    Comment #49195213

    Just asking these questions underscores lack of understanding how things are usually done in Django and Python in general. In Django you'd typically use simple classes (models or f…

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    Comment #49194711

    Yes, if you attempt to use Django like you'd use your typical Java, Swift, C#, or Objective-C framework, you're not going to have a good time. I've seen the horrors Java devs start…

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    Comment #49180959

    To everyone saying "this is just REST": no. It's just RPC (in case "jsonrpc" in the payload didn't give it away). If we're talking protocols, it's useful to know the distinction. T…

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    Comment #49180883

    Meta: this reads like a corporate article, info-selling a solution to enterprises. The style is a far cry from anything Mario or Armin usually write. First indication of business s…

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    Comment #49180840

    Some people, when they want to hide an option, think: " I know, I'll use an option. " Well, now they have two options.

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    Comment #49175364

    > Tesla Cybercab has about three or four times the efficiency and like a fifth of the price by having smaller, two person vehicles I read this as Tesla Cybertruck and was mightily …

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    Comment #49167720

    Of course you can beat it (in this context). You can cheat (by shifting the work around). Started to write up a comment, got a bit wordy, turned into a blog post: https://senkorasi…

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    Comment #49166908

    > What would this do to the insurance or pension firms who hold this debt? If the debt is serviced, nothing.

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    Comment #49166893

    So, what happens when it stops in this particular instance ? The article is about hyperscalers which are massively profitable irrespectively of AI. If the lending stops and this le…

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    Comment #49166811

    I've been researching the alternatives as I've been really.annoyed by the Meetup.com enshittification. Any other platforms besides Luma you hear about? I know some lean on WhatsApp…

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    Comment #49134312

    Now, see, when AI does something like this, we call that "hallucination". Thomas explained what he means in a sibling comment an hour before yours.

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    Comment #49122394

    Wow, what an epic misread :)

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    Comment #49108222

    Azul[0] is a great board game inspired by this style. Easy to start, can get quite complex, heartily recommended! [0] https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/230802/azul

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    Comment #49108187

    I still don't understand why tmux authors wasted their time on tmux, tho, when we already had perfectly servicable GNU screen. Why reinvent the wheel? /s

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    Comment #49108153

    Article author here, thanks for sharing! I mainly wrote this as a reflection on many accounts of OSS maintainers burning out. Much has changed since 2016, but I believe the point s…

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    Comment #49084565

    They might be rare, but they do exist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igalia

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    Comment #49084425

    Not an expert, but looks like they did a lot more work on the RL part (9 expert models, full sandbox access for agentic tasks, etc)?

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    Comment #49084403

    Old but relevant: if you read the recently-released Kimi K3 paper[0], you'll see that it's heavily based on Kimi Linear discussed here, scaling it up and adding a bunch more things…

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    Comment #49056860

    You mean like GitHub?

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    Comment #49026043

    It's hilarious. The Economist often has satire columns, mostly related to office or biz absurdities.

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    Comment #49025912

    > Being left handed is fine As a lefty, I would rather never write another word then twist my hand the way he's doing (above the current line) to avoid the smudges.

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    Comment #49025079

    > The Ketgpt takes the kettle into the agentic era. At the front door and fancy a cup of tea? Just woken up and desperate for your first coffee? Get out your phone, fire up the Ket…

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    FWIW my observation was about the models I tested, but I can see how it could be taken as a general statement.