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javajosh commented on Postgres Language Server: Initial Release github.com/supabase-commu... · Posted by u/steinroe
Hey HN!
We have released the initial version of the Postgres Language Server we started working on almost two years ago[0]. You can try it out by downloading the binary from the repo[1]. It is also available on npm, as a vscode extension and via nvim-lspconfig and mason.[2]
We fell into plenty of rabbit holes along the way, but dug our way out of each. We're now using mostly pragmatic, almost naive solutions for our problems.
You can find more details in this blog post.[3]
Try it out and let us know what breaks. Bug reports, ideas, and contributions are all welcome-especially if you want to hack on some Rust.
Last, but not least, we want to give a shoutout to Biome[4]. We spent a lot of time studying their codebase and have been adopting many of their approaches. We wouldn't be here without their work.
[0] Announcement Show HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37020610
[1] Repository: https://github.com/supabase-community/postgres-language-serv...
[2] Installation Guides: https://pgtools.dev/#installation
[3] Blog Post: https://www.supabase.com/blog/postgres-language-server
[4] Biome: https://biomejs.dev
What are some of the most impactful/eye-opening lessons you learned from biome?
They used to call this "peer pressure". Admittedly this is a narrower form of it where you harness the power of vanity and shame for purposes of good, not evil.
javajosh commented on Show HN: Physical Pomodoro Timer with ESP32 and e-paper screen github.com/Rukenshia/pomo... · Posted by u/rukenshia
Indeed.
I tend to like quiet visual timers, though.
Something like:
https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/63f18bde-f179-4b8e-a32a-8e4...
That's a very unhelpful link if you want to buy or comparison shop. Online walmart sells over 300 different styles of countdown timer, including ones shaped like a tomato. Note that the Pomadoro Technique recommends a timer that ticks or makes some other unobtrusive sound to remind you that you are in focus mode, and to associate the sound with focus.
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It is incredibly relevant.
Thomas Payne published "Common Sense" anonymously, and had that not happened the United States may not exist. It is a relatively obvious fact that there can be no freedom of speech without anonymous speech. Especially in the face of tyranny.
I agree that anonymous speech is an important right in free societies. A novel attack on such a right in the Internet Age is to allow so much speech, anonymous or otherwise, ensure that most of it of is of very low quality, that thoughtful criticisms are ignored or, more accurately, overlooked. A related attack is to "flood the zone with shit", low-quality but emotionally resonant criticisms of speech, generated by hired humans and/or software. (Anecdotally most readers will see any coherent pushback as a signal about the OP's veracity.)
javajosh commented on How much are LLMs boosting real-world programmer productivity? lesswrong.com/posts/tqmQT... · Posted by u/gatinsama
What’s that old (and in my experience pretty accurate) adage? The last 10% of a software project takes 90% of the time?
In my experience, AI is helpful for that first 90% — when the codebase is pretty simple, and all of the weird business logic edge cases haven’t crept in. In the last 10%(as well as most “legacy” codebases), it seems to have a lot trouble understanding enough to generate helpful output at more than a basic level.
Furthermore, if you’re not deliberate with your AI usage, it really gets you into “this code is too complicated for the AI to be much help with” territory a lot faster.
I’d imagine this is part of why we’re not seeing an explosion of software productivity.
Yeah, I've been disappointed in a lot of code generation within my field of expertise. However, if I need to whip up some bash scripts, AI works very well. But if I want those bash scripts to be actually good, AI just can't get there. It certainly cannot "think outside the box" and deliver anything close to novel or even elegant (although it may give some tactical help writing boilerplate lightly adapted to your codebase). The analogy I use is that LLM AIs are like a new car mechanic tool that can generate any nut, bolt or gasket, for free and instantly (just add electricity!). It's great addition to the toolset for a seasoned mechanic, distracting for a junior, and is not even in the same universe required to fix an entire car, let alone design one.
I've heard from several people the one somewhat reliable in is knowing somebody on the inside of the place you're applying to. At this point having somebody being able to vouch for you is helpful to separate your resume from the slosh pile.
It's rough out there. Wishing you luck.