Viewing profile — shmolyneaux

Here's a follow-up video by Ben Felix posted more recently about the case for home ownership: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16eA5ebWMQQ In the end, home ownership is more based a…

I definitely appreciated your post about Nano Banana Pro. It's also a genuinely useful time-capsule for how these systems evolve and where they fall short. I've preferred the outpu…

There is a bit more to the story than a 1% wealth being "equivalent" to a 20% income tax. The primary difference is that unrealized gains are taxed by a wealth tax. We need a mecha…

I think more people need to see this. This is how the creator of C++ thinks we should be writing code. This is what he thinks code should look like. To split a string by whitespace…

It's true that it's shorter, but I suspect that the if-return, if-return pattern compiles down to much faster code. Separately, this code was originally written in C then ported. T…

Github Copilot changed to token pricing earlier this week

Opus was the reason I paid for GitHub copilot, but they had the pricing model completely wrong. I could assign copilot to a substantial issue using Opus and have it handle 30 minut…

If you want an architectural overview of the DS, this is a fantastic overview: https://www.copetti.org/writings/consoles/nintendo-ds/

That seems like a GDPR violation waiting to happen. It shouldn't be possible for them to store an email address like that forever and be in compliance.

That's noted further down the page: - `_*` = any string

This was a fun read, but it's a shame it hasn't gotten more attention. I wouldn't have guessed that Bun was using a custom fork of Zig. Since the feature has been closed, I strongl…

Are there output formats that are more reliable (better adherence to the schema, easier to get parse-able output) or cheaper (fewer tokens) than JSON? YAML has its own problems and…

While people can nitpick, the article is pretty clear that there isn't a single answer. Everything depends on how you constrain the problem. How much experience does the developer …

I would encourage you to give it a try anyways. Unfamiliar syntax is off-putting for sure, but you can get comfortable with any syntax. Coming from Python, I needed to work on some…

Instant startup times are really nice. You definitely notice the difference. It also means that you can be a bit lazier when creating wrappers around those tools (running 1000's of…

I don't really do much in the web ecosystem, but I'm surprised how many people have a strong dislike for tailwind. I've had a lot of success using it. I'm really suspicious about t…

The problem for newcomers is something I faced when trying to use Zig, particularly for the build system. I heard a lot about how much nicer the build system is in Zig compared to …

Blender is licensed under GPL, which makes it incompatible with most commercial game development.

What do you think of the Screen Actors Guild? That seems to have been a huge win for workers in the industry, seemingly without the negatives you describe.

I'm not in a position to help get you an interview at the moment, so I'd feel uncomfortable asking for your resume. Participating on Hacker News and GitHub is an avenue for network…

If you're willing to associate your username with your personal identity, you could link to your projects/CV in your profile. Other commenters may be able to identify what recruite…

The Jetson Nano[0] seems like it would be better for students, it's only $99. [0]: https://developer.nvidia.com/embedded/jetson-nano-developer-...

Python runs the gamut. You can make small scripts that automate simple tasks and you can make huge websites that service millions of people a day. As projects get bigger, they can …

Thanks for the reference. Just so it's clear, the definition of "malware" used here is in-browser crypto mining and obfuscation. Only 1 in 600 of the top 1 million sites use WebAss…

An important thing note is that the weights that go into the rankings can be fully customized: https://spectrum.ieee.org/static/interactive-the-top-program... The ranking shown on …