peterhadlaw (u/peterhadlaw)

peterhadlaw commented on Republican governors oppose 10-year moratorium on state AI laws in GOP tax bill politico.com/live-updates... · Posted by u/MilnerRoute

siliconc0w · 2 months ago

There are about a zillion examples of them citing a principal like, 'states rights' and then immediately abandoning it when it suits them for things like gun control, abortion access, seizing control of a state's national guard, gender affirming care, etc.

The problem is that they are directionally correct in that it would be bad to have a patch work of laws around AI but the alternative is we leave it to congress which has consistently shown an inability to thoughtfully regulate or reform anything - just pass mega spending bills and increase the debt limit.

peterhadlaw · 2 months ago

"care"

peterhadlaw commented on Switching Pip to Uv in a Dockerized Flask / Django App nickjanetakis.com/blog/sw... · Posted by u/tosh

ericfrederich · 2 months ago

I am totally against Python tooling being written in a language other than Python. I get that C extensions exist and for the most part Python is synonymous with CPython.

I think 2 languages are enough, we don't need a 3rd one that nobody asked for.

I have nothing against Rust. If you want a new tool, go for it. If you want a re-write of an existing tool, go for it. I'm against it creeping into an existing eco-system for no reason.

A popular Python package called Pendulum went over 7 months without support for 3.13. I have to imagine this is because nobody in the Python community knew enough Rust to fix it. Had the native portion of Pendulum been written in C I would have fixed it myself.

https://github.com/python-pendulum/pendulum/issues/844

In my ideal world if someone wanted fast datetimes written in Rust (or any other language other than C) they'd write a proper library suitable for any language to consume over FFI.

So far this Rust stuff has left a bad taste in my mouth and I don't blame the Linux community for being resistant.

peterhadlaw · 2 months ago

I had a situation, admittedly niche, where some git based package dependency wasn't being updated properly (tags vs. commit hashes) and thanks to poetry being written in Python I was able to quickly debug and solve the problem. I think it's more a matter of core functionality (that affects everyone) vs. more esoteric or particular use cases (like dataframe libraries) that make sense to FFI.

peterhadlaw commented on Anthropic co-founder on cutting access to Windsurf techcrunch.com/2025/06/05... · Posted by u/jawns

ramesh31 · 3 months ago

Cline all the way: https://cline.bot/.

Haven't found anything else that even comes close.

peterhadlaw · 3 months ago

Dang, was hoping for something terminal based <3 but thank you

peterhadlaw commented on Anthropic co-founder on cutting access to Windsurf techcrunch.com/2025/06/05... · Posted by u/jawns

ramesh31 · 3 months ago

Nobody is actually using Windsurf. It was an acquihire and a squashing of competition that caught ground in the enterprise contract market really early. Anyone doing agentic coding seriously is using open source tooling with direct token pricing to the major model providers. Windsurf/Cursor/et. al are just expensive middlemen with no added value.

peterhadlaw · 3 months ago

Which open source agentic tooling are you using. I'm a fan of Aider but I find it lacking the agentic side of things. I've looked at Goose, Plandex, Opencode, and etc. Which do you like?

peterhadlaw commented on Open Source Society University – Path to a free self-taught education in CS github.com/ossu/computer-... · Posted by u/saikatsg

iamleppert · 3 months ago

You can definitely make the self-taught path work. I'm proof of that and have been working in industry for over 20 years. However, what I will say is the following: there are certain companies and roles which you will never be able to access. These are often times the best roles, best companies, have the most money, etc. A degree isn't just the time spent studying and knowledge -- you can do that part yourself. What's more valuable is the network and access to the alumni network of others who will hire you into their company just because you went to the same school as them. It's a big club and you won't be in it if you decide to self-study. That's the cold, hard truth.

So what's left for someone self-taught with no degree? You are left with all the jobs the others don't want. You'll be flipping through the crazies, outright scams, poorly capitalized companies, or places that are already in a state of distress. VERY rarely you will find a real job that you can plan to stay at for any length of time. You WILL be paid less, and you're more likely to get taken advantage of. You will have a harder time getting multiple offers at once, because your overall demand is lower. So that erodes your position in the market and over time it will feel like you're on a completely different tract financially. You will need to work twice as hard, because finding a new job is much harder, even if you're good. You will constantly be doubted, by first yourself and imposter syndrome and next by those around you who have degrees. Make one mistake and the consequences are that much more dire.

It's better than nothing, but if you have the opportunity to go to school (I didn't), do it over the self-taught route.

peterhadlaw · 3 months ago

I've been personally involved in the hiring process of our startup and I give you my word the school you went to makes no difference. In fact one of my favorite coworkers that I had an honor to work with was self taught and had a philosophy degree. In fact I've seen big school degrees go straight to heads and egos and been actively an obstacle to those folks.

peterhadlaw commented on Show HN: Lnk – Git-native dotfiles manager github.com/yarlson/lnk... · Posted by u/yar-kravtsov

peterhadlaw · 3 months ago

How is this different from GNU stow?

peterhadlaw commented on Claude Code SDK docs.anthropic.com/en/doc... · Posted by u/sync

CGamesPlay · 4 months ago

No, I just tried this on the latest version of Aider and it automatically made the change with architect mode enabled.

peterhadlaw · 4 months ago

https://aider.chat/docs/config/options.html#--auto-accept-ar...

peterhadlaw commented on Designing Cities for Families bloomberg.com/features/de... · Posted by u/toomuchtodo

peterhadlaw · 4 months ago

Maybe control the crime. If you can't fundamentally live in peace, there's no point in continuing the conversation.

peterhadlaw commented on "Europe Is Jailing People for Online Speech," by Prof. Yascha Mounk reason.com/volokh/2025/05... · Posted by u/mdp2021

camgunz · 4 months ago

This is a good example of what I'm talking about

peterhadlaw · 4 months ago

No I agree with you. We _definitely should_ arrest people for silently praying within 50 meters of an abortion clinic. That's progress! :)

peterhadlaw commented on "Europe Is Jailing People for Online Speech," by Prof. Yascha Mounk reason.com/volokh/2025/05... · Posted by u/mdp2021

camgunz · 4 months ago

The discourse I would trust here is: "hey it seems like there's a rise of literal Neo-Nazism; is this a free speech issue or something else?" Or maybe something like "misinformation in the social media age". 100% of what I see from the right is, "bawwww free speech", also "I should be able to spread as much misinformation as I want: free speech." Leaving out the fact that this clearly leads to serious social problems is deeply suspect.

peterhadlaw · 4 months ago

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