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mixto commented on Anthropic Explicitly Blocking OpenCode gist.github.com/R44VC0RP/... · Posted by u/ryanvogel

lemming · 2 months ago

I’ve used both Claude and Codex extensively, and I already preferred Codex the model. I didn’t like the harness, but recently pi got good enough to be my daily driver, and I’ve since found that it’s much better than either CC or Codex CLI. It’s OSS, very simple and hackable, and the extension system is really nice. I wouldn’t want to go back to Claude Code even if I were convinced the model were much better - given that I already preferred the alternative it’s a no-brainer. OpenAI have officially allowed the use of pi with their sub, so at least in the short term the risk of a rug pull seems minimal.

mixto · 2 months ago

What is pi?

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mixto commented on Chrome now tracks users and shares a “topic” list with advertisers arstechnica.com/gadgets/2... · Posted by u/edvinbesic

mixto · 3 years ago

You mean the guy who created JavaScript and Mozilla?

mixto commented on Ask HN: What was your favorite job? · Posted by u/mixto

mikewarot · 3 years ago

In the 1980s, I was the sole developer/support person for an inspection system based on MS-DOS, Turbo Pascal, Norand corporation handhelds running code in PL/N (Their variant of PL/1). I wrote a set of libraries to do field based data editing, cooperative multitasking, and all the code for it all. I supported the system in the field, and learned a ton of things about software usability.

My moment of self actualization happened when I walked up to one of the customers locations, and I realized that no matter what... they were going to be happy by the time I left.

mixto · 3 years ago

Thanks for sharing. Do you think being a subject matter expert is a crucial part of job satisfaction?

mixto commented on Ask HN: What was your favorite job? · Posted by u/mixto

austin-cheney · 3 years ago

A/B testing. It was fast paced, high risk, you actually had to know how to program on the front end, and everything was measured. It’s what programming for the web should be but absolutely isn’t. It was like comparing special forces to being an army cook.

Edit for clarity:

When I say you had to know how to program I mean you know to know the environment and not fail. It’s not about knowing some tool, framework, or pretend gimmick. If your test executes properly you are helping the employer form massive revenue making decisions. When it break you break existing functionality in production and nobody will forgive you. If you know what you are doing you can squeeze absolutely anything you can imagine in an A/B test and most of it can be tested in a browser console.

mixto · 3 years ago

Do you still do A/B testing? As in, was this a specialty or just a project you were assigned?

mixto commented on Ask HN: What was your favorite job? · Posted by u/mixto

ian0 · 3 years ago

I worked in a small inner-city video rental shop during the dying days of video. It had a staff of 4-5 amazing characters - We ate popcorn, drank vodka, watched hundreds of random movies (black spine chosen at random from the back of course).

We would stay after hours, well into the night, with film nerds and random people with nowhere else to go. Our boss, the manager of the branch was a nuclear physicist turned asylum seeker - who had our backs, brought us take outs and was an all around gent.

This was during college for me. I had some great, interesting, jobs afterwards both in tech and other random things. But I think this will always be my favorite. Those I keep in touch with seem to agree.

mixto · 3 years ago

Wow, that's amazing. Do you have any favorite lesser-known movies you watched during that time?

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