Working the same, the nature of the work has changed. Less time spent on the minutia of syntax and project scaffolding. More time spent on how the minutia compose into a larger system.
Readit Newsra0x3 commented on Ask HN: Engineers working AI tools. Are you working more or less? · Posted by u/taariqlewis
I love that it's Rust based, but being busy is exactly why I like Systemd, it Just Works, as long as you don't need to customize the OS at all.
True, but I think the point I'm trying to make is that when it comes to deploying (what are more often than not) web services, getting to the point with systemd where it "just works" requires more pain than I'd like - especially with regard to production deployments (reading logs, checking service status, wondering why my env vars aren't being read, etc).
If at the time when I was cutting my teeth on systemd, I had access to something more lightweight and "do one thing well", I think I would've gotten a lot more sleep :)
systemg - "Systemd, for busy people".
https://github.com/ra0x3/systemg
I'm personally tired of getting stuck in config/deployment hell every time I want to deploy a long-lived web service. Sure I eventually learned how to use systemd, but systemd has SO many things baked into that I simply don't need. systemg is a lightweight process supervisor that features everything you'd typically want when running/managing production web services in the wild.
Would love feedback.
ra0x3 commented on AI can code, but it can't build software bytesauna.com/post/coding... · Posted by u/nreece
So are software engineers. Many can, but there is nothing in the definition of the "engineer" (software or otherwise) concept imply that they can build things.
I have rarely in my 11+ years of professionally writing software, met someone who could _really_ "write code", but couldn't build software. Anecdotal obviously. But I'd say the opposite tends to be the case IMO - those who tend to really know "the code", also tend to know how to effectively build software (relatively speaking).
It kinda makes sense - "knowing how to code" in modern tech largely means "knowing how to build software" - not write single modules in some language - because those single modules on their own are largely useless outside the context of "software".
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ra0x3 commented on OpenAI, Nvidia fuel $1T AI market with web of circular deals bloomberg.com/news/featur... · Posted by u/1vuio0pswjnm7
Upvote because can someone explain to someone as dense as me, whether or not this is likely to make some likely AI bubble worse? Is this just how industry allocates capital?
ra0x3 commented on Ask HN: Tell me about the best programmer you worked with · Posted by u/jvanderbot
Brandon. He was a traditionally trained SWE (CS) but didn't have crazy FAANG names on his resume. Very humble, soft spoken guy. Could write code twice as fast as you, that was 2x easier to understand/grok, and would run 5x more effecciently than yours. Knew the stack all the way from the web layer to the CPU cache level. To this day I think about how he was thee definition of a "10x engineer".
ra0x3 commented on Ask HN: Help me navigate a PIP at a remote startup in the Netherlands · Posted by u/msoad
1) You've already been fired. This is just checking the [legal] boxes. You likely got fired due to no personal fault, and rather mismanagement on their part (e.g. over-hiring, flip-flopping projects, etc.).
2) Start working on your next steps after hours. Feeling like this is a temp situation will help.
3) 100% yes, they're trying to pressure you into leaving. Try to get the best terms you can.
4) Doesn't sound very "strategic" to over-stay somewhere that you call "day-to-day emotional drain of working with a manager who you feel is actively trying to undermine you." You should work on your exit.
You're talking about strategy, but realistically what do you imagine is the fairy-tail ending of this one? You get to drag it out painfully for both sides? Best case scenario you get to find a workplace that makes you happy, and let them continue their dysfunctional hell until they burn through all their runway without any actual product to show.
Excellent, professional, and very valuable response :)