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kermatt commented on Microsoft adds AI in Excel, warns not to use it in any task requiring accuracy   pcgamer.com/software/ai/m... · Posted by u/greyadept
kermatt · 6 hours ago
They way I have seen people force things into Excel until they get some output that "looks" right, I can see this causing a few fire drills.
kermatt commented on Zed for Windows: What's Taking So Long?   zed.dev/blog/windows-prog... · Posted by u/janjones
karunamurti · 4 days ago
Isn't Skia controlled by Google?
kermatt commented on Zed for Windows: What's Taking So Long?   zed.dev/blog/windows-prog... · Posted by u/janjones
mxhwll · 5 days ago
This is why you don’t make your own cross platform toolkit.
kermatt · 5 days ago
What should they have used instead?
kermatt commented on Why Semantic Layers Matter (and how to build one with DuckDB)   motherduck.com/blog/seman... · Posted by u/secondrow
aszen · 6 days ago
I like the idea of a semantic Layer but don't think defining it in yaml is the right way to go about it.

Semantic Layer needs proper language and tooling support which Malloy provides.

kermatt · 6 days ago
Anything but a markup language / JSON.
kermatt commented on AWS pricing for Kiro dev tool dubbed 'a wallet-wrecking tragedy'   theregister.com/2025/08/1... · Posted by u/rntn
mns · 7 days ago
Reading the article and the linked Github post, as well as the original pricing announcement and the clarification post afterwards, this whole thing seems like some sort of Monty Python sketch. I can't believe that an actual enterprise targeted product comes up with something like:

> "AWS now defines two types of Kiro AI request. Spec requests are those started from tasks, while vibe requests are general chat responses. Executing a sub-task consumes at least one spec request plus a vibe request for "coordination"".

I still don't understand why pricing can't be as simple as it was initially and presented in a clear and understandable way: token cost this much, you used this many tokens, and that is it. Probably because if people would see how much they actually consume for real tasks, they would realize that the "vibes" cost more than an actual developer.

kermatt · 7 days ago
Clear pricing makes it easy for you to control costs.

Vibe pricing makes it easy for the vendor to maximize revenue.

They have a little incentive to make pricing transparent.

kermatt commented on US Coast Guard Report on Titan Submersible   news.uscg.mil/Press-Relea... · Posted by u/rwmj
stavros · 20 days ago
In his way towards what?
kermatt · 20 days ago
Building a submersible without concern for the safety of his customers, or himself.
kermatt commented on US Coast Guard Report on Titan Submersible   news.uscg.mil/Press-Relea... · Posted by u/rwmj
stavros · 20 days ago
One thing to keep in mind here is that the CEO didn't hide the flaws to make a profit, otherwise he wouldn't have been on board the submersible. He hid them because he believed they were wrong.
kermatt · 20 days ago
He believed they were wrong because they got in his way: https://www.businessinsider.com/titan-submarine-ceo-complain...
kermatt commented on Ollama Turbo   ollama.com/turbo... · Posted by u/amram_art
smeeth · 20 days ago
Their FOSS local inference service didn't go anywhere.

This isn't Anaconda, they didn't do a bait and switch to screw their core users. It isn't sinful for devs to try and earn a living.

kermatt · 20 days ago
Another perspective:

If you earn a living using something someone else built, and expect them not to earn a living, your paycheck has a limited lifetime.

“Someone” in this context could be a person, a team, or a corporate entity. Free may be temporary.

kermatt commented on Job-seekers are dodging AI interviewers   fortune.com/2025/08/03/ai... · Posted by u/robtherobber
kermatt · 22 days ago
If the interviewer is an AI bot, then the interviewee should be able to use an AI Chatbot to answer questions.

Garbage out, garbage in.

u/kermatt

KarmaCake day6756October 6, 2010View Original