In my division we have 1000 IT workers. I'd guess the number born in the USA is less than 10%, probably less than 5%. Americans just dont work hard enough, I think now they are a minority they probably dont want to stay either.
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rr808 commented on Static sites with Python, uv, Caddy, and Docker nkantar.com/blog/2025/08/... · Posted by u/indigodaddy
Not saying you're wrong here, but if that 30 minutes doesn't include running tests it sounds like your Dockerfile is setup poorly. For a ci/cd setup it should take like...a minute at most, if you don't have heavy ML dependencies, etc. Maybe less, depending on how well you cache things.
Thanks, yes probably. Our company is great on adding new functionality but has a huge amount of tech debt including infrastructure and SDLC processes that are really slow.
rr808 commented on Looking back at my transition from Windows to Linux scottrlarson.com/publicat... · Posted by u/trinsic2
The only thing I need Windows for is citrix to connect to my work machine. I'm thinking of getting a laptop just for this one task.
rr808 commented on Looking back at my transition from Windows to Linux scottrlarson.com/publicat... · Posted by u/trinsic2
I want to second this point, but from a different experience. I'm definitely a linux "evangelist", in that I've convinced a lot of friends to switch over. But the biggest thing that's enabled me to convince people to give linux a try is... linux has changed.
Linux is just much easier to use than it was a decade ago. Much simpler than ever 5 years ago.
A decade ago I'd have to fret over updating a nvidia driver and wonder if I'm going to spend a few hours or more recovering my display. God, there were so many pains. They helped me learn a lot and helped me gain mastery, but that's not for everyone.
But now, projects like SteamOS, System76, EndeavourOS, Manjaro, PopOS, and others have really moved the space in usability. Things have just changed. There's more effort than ever being put into linux and with that comes a lot of people willing to put effort into design. I think it is easy to lose sight of design when resources are scarce, but it is also important for drawing people into the cause.
Now the biggest problem of getting people to switch is actually with the nerdy/techy friends. They have heard too much about how linux is difficult and all that stuff. They are judging by the state of where things were than where things are now. Whereas for the most part a normal person switching to linux will have a similar experience as if they were switching from Windows to Mac or vise versa. There's pain points and a lot of "why is this here and not there" stuff, but things are very doable. But this initial learning curve can also put many people off (just like switching between Windows and Mac or Android and iPhone). But it is harder to make that transition when you have confirmation bias on your side.
Hardware has changed too. Previously installing from CDs only spinning hard drives was a big investment in time. Now I'm really not scared of doing a fresh install, its often so easy I can switch distros without much trouble.
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rr808 commented on Static sites with Python, uv, Caddy, and Docker nkantar.com/blog/2025/08/... · Posted by u/indigodaddy
This just seems like several unnecessary layers of complexity to me.
For making a static site that you're personally deploying, exactly why is Docker required? And if the Docker process will have to bring in an entire Linux image anyway, why is obtaining Python separately better than using a Python provided by the image? And given that we've created an entire isolated container with an explicitly installed Python, why is running a Python script via `uv` better than running it via `python`? Why are we also setting up a virtual environment if we have this container already?
Since we're already making a `pyproject.toml` so that uv knows what the dependencies are, we could just as well make a wheel, use e.g. pipx to install it locally (no container required) and run the program's own entry point. (Or use someone else's SSG, permanently installed the same way. Which is what I'm doing.)
At my work we use docker for everything now. Makes no sense. Literally we have a dedicated server for each application. Instead of copying python files to the server in 5 seconds we take 30 minutes to build a docker container, copy to repo, scan it, deploy.
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rr808 commented on AGENTS.md – Open format for guiding coding agents agents.md/... · Posted by u/ghuntley
We're in a transition phase today where agents need special guidance to understand a codebase that go beyond what humans need. Before long, I don't think they will. I think we should focus on our own project documentation being comprehensive (e.g. the contents of this AGENTS.md are appropriate to live somewhere in our documentation), but we should always write for humans.
The LLM's whole shtick is that it can read and comprehend our writing, so let's architect for it at that level.
One of the most common usages I see from colleagues is to get agents to write the comments so you can go full circle. :)