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efields commented on This is not the future   blog.mathieui.net/this-is... · Posted by u/ericdanielski
efields · 9 days ago
Humans making the most of the situation they're in is inevitable.
efields commented on Has the cost of building software dropped 90%?   martinalderson.com/posts/... · Posted by u/martinald
adriand · 17 days ago
Currently three main projects. Two are Rails back-ends and React front-ends, so they are all Ruby, Typescript, Tailwind, etc. The third is more recent, it's an audio plugin built using the JUCE framework, it is all C++. This is the one that has been blowing my mind the most because I am an expert web developer, but the last time I wrote a line of C++ was 20 years ago, and I have zero DSP or math skills. What blows my mind is that it works great, it's thread safe and performant.

In terms of workflow, I have a bunch of custom commands for tasks that I do frequently (e.g. "perform code review"), but I'm very much in the loop all the time. The whole "agent can code for hours at a time" thing is not something I personally believe. It depends on the task how involved I get, however. Sometimes I'm happy to just let it do work and then review afterwards. Other times, I will watch it code and interrupt it if I am unhappy with the direction. So yes, I am constantly stepping in manually. This is what I meant about "mind meld". The agent is not doing the work, I am not doing the work, WE are doing the work.

efields · 17 days ago
I maintain a few rails apps and Claude Code has written 95% of the code for the last 4 months. I deploy regularly.

I make my own PRs then have Copilot review them. Sometimes it finds criticisms, and I copy and paste that chunk of critique into Claude Code, and it fixes it.

Treat the LLMs like junior devs that can lookup answers supernaturally fast. You still need to be mindful of their work. Doubtful even. Test, test, test.

efields commented on Programming peaked   functional.computer/blog/... · Posted by u/Antibabelic
Kuyawa · 22 days ago
I am still a happy programmer after all these years using only node, express, postgres and sublime. I try not to listen to the sirens singing on the rocky shores...
efields · 21 days ago
Postgres and Sublime user here. Life is pretty good!
efields commented on Google Antigravity   antigravity.google/... · Posted by u/Fysi
bgrainger · a month ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45968731

  Why can I not authenticate into Google Antigravity?
  Google Antigravity is currently available for non-Workspace personal Google accounts in approved geographies. Please try using an @gmail.com email address if having challenges with Workspace Google accounts (even if used for personal purposes).
https://antigravity.google/docs/faq

efields · a month ago
Thanks. Actually did use my personal account and got the issue nonetheless.
efields commented on Google Antigravity   antigravity.google/... · Posted by u/Fysi
efields · a month ago
MacOS/Safari User here. Stuck on 'Setting Up Your Account' once I've authorized it in the browser. /shrug
efields commented on Winamp clone in Swift for macOS   github.com/mgreenwood1001... · Posted by u/hyperbole
theoldgreybeard · a month ago
Why does the title call it OS/X? It's macOS and it's described that way on the repo.

Unfortunately his is just a recreation rather than an actual port, since the license for the source that was released prevents derivative works.

Foobar2000 is the spiritual successor to Winamp and it runs on Windows and macOS as well as mobile.

efields · a month ago
Foobar2000… now there's an app I haven't heard of in (checks calendar) nearly 20 years. Glad it's still kicking.
efields commented on Why is there no Uber for plumbing/HVAC? (and why there ought to be)   nikolaihlebowitsh.substac... · Posted by u/nhlebowitsh
ekropotin · a month ago
Which are 100% scam
efields · a month ago
That depends. We got one paid for by the seller of our house and in the first year it paid for an HVAC repair and plumber. I renewed it once for $600/year and wound up getting our refrigerator replaced in-kind, probably a $1500-2000 machine.

I decided my luck had run out and so I _did not_ renew it again, and we haven't had any other issues that _would have been covered_ since then, so I think I played my cards right.

I don't think they are a scam, but they are an insurance product, and insurance products have a lot of detail that need to be understood before you can decide whether it meets your needs or not. It's not a panacea to home-ownership woes.

efields commented on Claude for Excel   claude.com/claude-for-exc... · Posted by u/meetpateltech
qsort · 2 months ago
You wouldn't believe the amount of shit that runs on Excel.
efields · 2 months ago
This. I work in Pharma. Excel and faxes.
efields commented on Claude Skills   anthropic.com/news/skills... · Posted by u/meetpateltech
kbar13 · 2 months ago
i’m letting the smarter folks figure all this out and just picking the tools i like every now and then. i like just using claude code with vscode and still doing some things manually
efields · 2 months ago
same same

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