Asahi is awesome!
But this is also proves that laptops outside the MacBook realm really need to improve so much. I wish there were a Linux machine with the hardware quality of a MacBook
Readit Newspuff_pastry commented on Asahi Linux with Sway on the MacBook Air M2 (2024) daniel.lawrence.lu/blog/2... · Posted by u/andsoitis
puff_pastry commented on Engineers who dismiss AI terriblesoftware.org/2025... · Posted by u/matheusml
New things are not always progress.
And even if LLMs turn out to really be a net positive and a requirement for the job, they're antithetical to what most software developers appreciate and enjoy (precision, control, predictability, efficiency...).
There sure seems to be two kinds of software developers: those who enjoy the practice and those who're mostly in for the pay. If LLMs win it will be second ones who'll stay on the job, and that's fine; it won't mean that the first group was made of luddites, but that the job has turned into crap that others will take over.
The two categories of software developers you mention already existed pre ChatGPT and will likely continue to exist. If anything, AI's going to make those who're in it just for the money much less relevant.
Do you really think that Software Engineering is going to be less about precision, control, predictability, and efficiency? These are fundamental skills regardless of AI.
puff_pastry commented on Engineers who dismiss AI terriblesoftware.org/2025... · Posted by u/matheusml
It's been somewhat disheartening to see many techie spaces (also HackerNews) become so skeptical and anti AI. It's as-if the luddites are at it again and they're just refuting progress because of a bad impression or because they fear the consequences.
AI is a tool and it shuold be treated as such.
Also, beware of snake oil salesmen. Is AI going to integrate widely into the world? Yes. Is it also going to destroy all the jobs in the world? Of course not, luddites don't understand the naïvety of this position.
puff_pastry commented on Halt and Catch Fire Syllabus (2021) bits.ashleyblewer.com/hal... · Posted by u/Kye
HCF! Such a great show!
I’ve rewatched it last year and, like a really good book, I found myself liking a different set of characters than on my first watch. There’s truly a lot of depth there. And a lot of humanity, which is something we sometimes forget about the tech industry.
puff_pastry commented on How Figma’s multiplayer technology works (2019) figma.com/blog/how-figmas... · Posted by u/redbell
Genuinely curious, do a lot of people use these multiplayer features? I always thought of design as (mostly) a solo endeavour
puff_pastry commented on I dumped Google for Kagi arstechnica.com/gadgets/2... · Posted by u/thimabi
I tried Kagi and liked it for the most part. But I really wasn’t seeing the big benefit everyone’s claiming.
Google is…fine? Maybe I just learned how to use it for what I do
puff_pastry commented on Figma spends $300k on AWS daily datacenterdynamics.com/en... · Posted by u/handfuloflight
This is absolutely bonkers, $110mln/year?? How’re they spending this much??
"Author fails to understand that there can be multiple definitions for a phrase"
Just as expected from Musk and his clique: free speech for me but not for thee
> Adults make a lot more sense when you realise they're just children in big bodies.
That one, I absolutely agree with.
I'm 55. I would have a hard time limiting myself to 55 things I wish I knew when I was 34. When I'm 105, I still will have too many for now. :)