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Any steak can be delicious with a butter bath and then hit it with that A1 :).
> hit it with that A1 Sir, I regret to inform you that you are going straight to hell.
ah, more of an HP person I take it?
Software development with AI is starting to feel like cooking steak
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Re: Software development with AI is starting to feel like cooking steak
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I'm more of a coffee nerd than a steak aficionado but I've often made the comparison between those two. In both cases, the enthusiast considers their skill in making coffee/cooking steak to be a differentiator and they immerse themselves deeply into the process, skills, and tools. But for both coffee beans and steak the most important factor for a good end product is starting with high quality inputs. In other words,…
To achieve the best outcomes, I agree. But even a cheap steak can be decent if it's cooked properly. And an expensive prime cut can be ruined by cooking it improperly.
Yes. It is about learning all of these things. Knowing what kind of cut you have, and how to treat it to best effect.
A very tough gristly cut can be improved by tenderizing. Going low-and-slow/sous vide to melt the connective tissue. Even grinding it up to make a hamburger steak / loco moco.
Once you know all of those things, choosing the right approach and executing it is not that hard. The steps themselves are simple.
It's this story all over again:
Re: Software development with AI is starting to feel like cooking steak
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Coffee is a good metaphor here too, because bad technique can ruin a good steak just as surely as good coffee. "knows how to use a meat thermometer and reverse sear" describes like 10% of the population or less, same with coffee - there are people who use a bad grinder and a not-regularly-cleaned Mr. Coffee with good beans and get gas station coffee, and there are people out there making solidly B+ class coffee using…
I know people who can cook a lot of food pretty well, but don't understand why they can't use a laser thermometer to check their meat. Knowing really is half the battle.
Ok, using a laser thermometer for food is hilarious. Thanks for this xD
Re: Software development with AI is starting to feel like cooking steak
#104I do not appreciate when authors use the royal "we" to speak for all software engineers when admitting to low quality-control standards. I suspect that it is an attempt to broach an uncomfortable topic through vulnerable self-disclosure, but we need to be serious about admitting when there is a problem somewhere. "Bugs" are not any more cute or fuzzy or entertaining or harmless than the engine "gremlins" that haunted…
The author didn't say "we (all software engineers)", so the only person including you in his class is you.
Re: Software development with AI is starting to feel like cooking steak
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I know people who can cook a lot of food pretty well, but don't understand why they can't use a laser thermometer to check their meat. Knowing really is half the battle.
Ok, using a laser thermometer for food is hilarious. Thanks for this xD
It's not wrong for all food, surface temperature measurement has its place, you just have to understand it is surface measurement.
Re: Software development with AI is starting to feel like cooking steak
#106Earlier quoted context omitted.
Coffee is a good metaphor here too, because bad technique can ruin a good steak just as surely as good coffee. "knows how to use a meat thermometer and reverse sear" describes like 10% of the population or less, same with coffee - there are people who use a bad grinder and a not-regularly-cleaned Mr. Coffee with good beans and get gas station coffee, and there are people out there making solidly B+ class coffee using…
I know people who can cook a lot of food pretty well, but don't understand why they can't use a laser thermometer to check their meat. Knowing really is half the battle.
What I've really gotten out of this is that I'd like to learn how to use a (proper) meat thermometer when I make steaks.
Re: Software development with AI is starting to feel like cooking steak
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How do you get around the idea of poisoning oneself? Keeping meat part raw feels uneasy.
You are protected in two ways: The first, and by far most important is that unlike ground meat, your bacterial concerns are almost entirely on the surface. Unless something very very very wrong has occurred in the processing and transport chain, bacteria will not have penetrated into the meat. And if it's gotten bad enough that they have, you will almost certainly be able to see and smell it. And the surface is cooke…
This is why rare steak is ok, but rare ground beef hamburgers are not. Although less cooked through burgers are sometimes served in restaurants that grind their beef fresh right before cooking
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To achieve the best outcomes, I agree. But even a cheap steak can be decent if it's cooked properly. And an expensive prime cut can be ruined by cooking it improperly.
Any steak can be delicious with a butter bath and then hit it with that A1 :).
For a moment I thought it is hitting with AI.
Re: Software development with AI is starting to feel like cooking steak
#109I take the point, but I think the author picked a poor analogy. Cooking even an excellent steak is actually not that hard. In fact, I'd argue that it's among the easiest things to master/make at a top level quality at home. Does it require some modicum of attention and understanding? Sure. But starting with a high quality cut, owning a meat-thermometer, and knowing about reverse searing is about all it takes to relia…
How do you get around the idea of poisoning oneself? Keeping meat part raw feels uneasy.
Understanding how bacteria contaminates food in the first place is the first step.
In the case of steaks, bacteria is only on the outside (they can't penetrate the muscle) so the sear makes it safe to eat somewhat raw on the inside.
Re: Software development with AI is starting to feel like cooking steak
#110God dammit I thought this was going to teach me how to cook a steak, not talk about AI.
HN has also covered steak cooking before:
Show HN: I Derived a Steak https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48691840