Nobody speaks about the way larger spacing between "AND THE" in comparison to the other spaces...
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> widely regarded as terrible and slow to adapt
I know you are saying you do work mainly in Angular, but for others reading this, I don't think this is giving modern Angular the credit it deserves. Maybe that was the case in the late 20-teens, but the Angular team has been killing it lately, IMO. There is a negative perception due to the echo chamber that is social media but meanwhile, Angular "just works" for enterprise and startups who want to scale alike.
I think people who are burned on on decision fatigue with things like React should give Angular another try, might be pleasantly surprised how capable it is out of the box, and no longer as painful to press against the edges.
Strong disagree. Angular is cursed to the bone. It got a bit better recently but its still just making almost everything totally overcomplicated and bloated.
chris_engel commented on Locating a Photo of a Vehicle in 30 Seconds with GeoSpy geospy.ai/blog/locating-a... · Posted by u/kachapopopow
Unless someone posts a photo of the stolen car with the numberplate still on, how would you identify YOUR car that way? Its not like cars are unique pieces. Same for bikes or anything else...
chris_engel commented on The future is not self-hosted drewlyton.com/story/the-f... · Posted by u/drew_lytle
Why do you claim that Hetzner won’t screw you over with your data?
What you’re doing with Hetzner is just a few less layers of abstraction compared to AWS or Azure. They can still theoretically take down the machine or steal your data, if they wanted to.
I don’t know what the correct definition of self hosted is, but there is a big ideological difference between what you’re doing and self-hosting actual, physical hardware in your home.
Sure, in theory Hetzner could pull the plug or access the data on my VPS. But that’s true of any infrastructure... just like someone could break into my house and steal my self-hosted server.
In fact, I’d argue the physical risk of loss, theft, or data compromise is much higher at home than in a professional datacenter with power redundancy, security controls, and constant uptime monitoring.
It’s a bit like saying, "Don’t trust the bank, they could take your money and freeze your account — keep all your money under the mattress." Technically possible, yes. But come on.
chris_engel commented on The future is not self-hosted drewlyton.com/story/the-f... · Posted by u/drew_lytle
I am irritated that "self hosted" seems to mean "in your own house" and everyone just agrees.
To me, self hosted also means I rent a machine with Hetzner and run the server software on it. Its cheap, stable, fast, secure and Hetzner wont screw me over with my data. I have a LOT less headache and I can rent a vserver for a long time until the hardware cost for a server running at home is surpassed.
I can also very simply assign a domain to it and am pretty sure that software like nextcloud offers oauth access so my friends would NOT be required to sign up for my "weird app". Well, technically they do but oauth automates it.
Am I missing something?
I’m a founder/CTO of an enterprise SaaS, and I code everything from data modeling, to algos, backend integrations, frontend architecture, UI widgets, etc. All in TypeScript, which is perfectly suited to LLMs because we can fit the types and repo map into context without loading all code.
As to “why”: I’ve been coding for 25 years, and LLMs is the first technology that has a non-linear impact on my output. It’s simultaneously moronic and jaw-dropping. I’m good at what I do (eg, merged fixes into Node) and Claude/o3 regularly finds material edge cases in my code that I was confident in. Then they add a test case (as per our style), write a fix, and update docs/examples within two minutes.
I love coding and the art&craft of software development. I’ve written millions of lines of revenue generating code, and made millions doing it. If someone forced me to stop using LLMs in my production process, I’d quit on the spot.
Why not self host: open source models are a generation behind SOTA. R1 is just not in the same league as the pro commercial models.
i've been using llm-based tools like copilot and claude pro (though not cc with opus), and while they can be helpful – e.g. for doc lookups, repetitive stuff, or quick reminders – i rarely get value beyond that. i've honestly never had a model surface a bug or edge case i wouldn’t have spotted myself.
i've tried agent-style workflows in copilot and windsurf (on claude 3.5 and 4), and honestly, they often just get stuck or build themselves into a corner. they don’t seem to reason across structure or long-term architecture in any meaningful way. it might look helpful at first, but what comes out tends to be fragile and usually something i’d refactor immediately.
sure, the model writes fast – but that speed doesn't translate into actual productivity for me unless it’s something dead simple. and if i’m spending a lot of time generating boilerplate, i usually take that as a design smell, not a task i want to automate harder.
so i’m honestly wondering: is cc max really that much better? are those productivity claims based on something fundamentally different? or is it more about tool enthusiasm + selective wins?
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chris_engel commented on Launch HN: Issen (YC F24) – Personal AI language tutor · Posted by u/mariano54
Sorry but the approach is too naive and the tech isnt there yet.
You can't make up a couple of conversation topics and expect the LLMs to do the rest by just switching languages. People approach the same topics completely different in different languages. The app looks like someone picked a couple of topics and the rest is "just" ChatGPT advanced voice mode.
And the worst thing is that the LLMs in TTS do not sound native and cannot teach you pronounciation and learning to listen and understand (which is the whole point in having spoken conversation).
And the other way around, the STT will not notice pronounciation mistakes made by the student - so the app cannot tell you: oh, its pronounced like this.
I wonder about the mentioned application in mobile devices. with mobile and tablet devices one usually has a very durable glass layer between the screen and the outside world - not sure if sound would ve able topass through that.
chris_engel commented on Experts have it easy (2024) boydkane.com/essays/exper... · Posted by u/veqq
Or set up SFTP on the Linux machine, and find whatever Windows crapware that's able to connect to it... Filezilla, maybe?
Or just... put in a usb thumb drive, move the 50gb on it and call it a day?