slopinthebag (u/slopinthebag)

slopinthebag commented on Vite 8.0 Is Out vite.dev/blog/announcing-... · Posted by u/kothariji

Yes, those work fine: https://playground.oxc.rs/?options=%7B%22run%22%3A%7B%22lint...

For that matter, TypeScript's version of decorators ("experimental decorators") also works: https://playground.oxc.rs/?options=%7B%22run%22%3A%7B%22lint...

What's not supported is the current draft proposal for standardized ECMAScript decorators; if you uncheck experimentalDecorators, the decorator syntax is simply passed through as-is, even when lowering to ES2015.

slopinthebag · 2 hours ago

Awesome. Standard decorators support is not a dealbreaker for me, but enums and other types of non-erasable syntax would be.

Do you know what the status is on using Rolldown as a crate for rust usage? At the moment most rust projects use SWC but afaik its bundler is depreciated. I usually just call into Deno for builds but would be nice to have it all purely in Rust.

slopinthebag commented on Are LLM merge rates not getting better? entropicthoughts.com/no-s... · Posted by u/4diii

suttontom · 10 hours ago

This is unfair and dismissive of many roles. Coordination in a massive, technically complex company that has to adhere to laws and regulations is a critical role. I don't get why people shit on certain roles (I'm a SWE). Our PgMs reduce friction and help us be more productive and focused. Technical writers produce customer-facing content and code, and have nothing to do with supporting internal bureaucracy. There are arguments against this in Bullshit Jobs but do you think companies pay PgMs or HR employees hundreds of thousands of dollars a year out of the goodness of their own hearts? Or maybe they actually help the business?

slopinthebag · 4 hours ago

It's also because as you increase organisational complexity, you need to manage it somehow, which generally means hiring more people to do that. And then you need to hire people to manage those new managers. Ad infinitum. The increased complexity begets more complexity.

It sort of reminds me of The Collapse of Complex Societies by Joseph Tainter. These companies are their own microcosms of a complex society and I bet we will see mass layoffs in the future, not from AI but from those companies collapsing into a more sustainable state.

slopinthebag commented on Vite 8.0 Is Out vite.dev/blog/announcing-... · Posted by u/kothariji

slopinthebag · 4 hours ago

> Currently, the Oxc transformer does not support lowering native decorators as we are waiting for the specification to progress

Does Oxc also support TS runtime features like constructor parameter properties and enums? I seem to recall in the beta that they had enabled --erasableSyntaxOnly, presumably because Rolldown / Oxc didn't support doing a full transform.

slopinthebag commented on “This is not the computer for you” samhenri.gold/blog/202603... · Posted by u/MBCook

dangus · 6 hours ago

I like the sentiment expressed here, but on this note, I think there are other dangers to consider listening to early reviewers:

- Reviewers do get early access and often are receiving units AND doing their tests, writing their script, recording, and editing their videos before regular users can even possibly get a system shipped in. At best this rushes them where they miss details (e.g., few reviewers noticed that the MacBook Pro 14" M5 keyboard is different hardware then what you got on the M4 Pro because so much content is rushed)

- Reviewers are almost never experts on what street prices look like because they are focused on reviewing, getting content out ASAP. They are not spending time monitoring pricing with only a few exceptional channels doing so.

- The best marketing machine companies like Apple absolutely groom the review ecosystem without even needing to tell reviewers what to do directly. It's a competitive landscape of self-made YouTubers who are susceptible to positive reinforcement from the industry. i.e., companies don't have to tell reviewers to censor themselves, they can instead use positive reinforcement to select which reviewers are getting the best access and privileges.

Now, about the computer itself: related to the way the author of this article talks about the MacBook Neo, about the role of a cheap computer to just try have a working computer that is able to get some stuff done: this is the kind of thing that should likely steer you AWAY from this MacBook Neo that initially looked so exciting.

If you're considering a ~$500-750 computer, well, not only should you be checking the used market, but also, actually look at the competition to this thing.

The reactions I've seen from regular people seems to be, basically, "wow, Apple pulled off an incredible feat, they've disrupted the computer market again!"

Well, let's pump the brakes. First off, realize the Neo is making a lot of the same trade-offs that budget laptops have been doing for years. They aren't even giving you a backlit keyboard! The lower model cuts out biometric auth! There's no haptic trackpad, which used to be a major differentiator for Apple! It comes with a tiny slow charger! The battery life is actually not that good under load/bright screen because the battery is tiny! The CPU is old/slower/low power biased! These are all the classic cheap laptop tradeoffs that give PC manufacturers a LOT of room to actually compete really well against the Neo.

On top of that, almost every cheapo Windows laptop on the market is going to deliver to you a computer with at least a replaceable SSD. Usually RAM is soldered but it's not impossible to find that as something you can upgrade as well even on consumer-ish stuff that isn't just an old ThinkPad.

Actually spend the time to jump on some retailer websites like Best Buy and take a look at what the street prices look like.

There are multiple computers on there that make way more sense for someone budget constrained than a MacBook Neo.

My two favorites, one at a lower price and one at a higher price:

Lenovo Yoga 7 2-in-1 2K OLED Touchscreen Laptop, AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 2025 - 16GB memory, 512GB SSD, $679. This is a proper mid-range laptop and not just some cheap bottom of the barrel model in the lineup. To gain an OLED touchscreen, double the RAM, and the same storage as the highest Neo model at the same price, this is just great all around. I'm pretty sure these get very respectable battery life as well.

Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3x 15.3" touchscreen snapdragon X, 16GB memory, 256GB storage, $549. With this model, you get a lot of the same ARM benefits that Apple is giving you. Sure, Windows on ARM is not the kind of polished native experience as a Mac, but we are just talking about a cheap laptop that works and, generally, everything you want to do in Windows will work on an ARM system. Once again, you're getting doubled RAM, which is important, and you're going to gain a touch screen, numpad, and possibly even beat out the Neo's battery life.

Another option is the HP OmniBook X Flip 2-in-1, a little less of a good value than the above, but it's another 16GB/512GB option that slides under $700.

slopinthebag · 4 hours ago

All of the computers you listed have an inferior CPU, inferior battery life, inferior performance, inferior build quality, and inferior software for most peoples usecases. I know we all love linux here, but a lot of creative (or school, or work) apps that people use don't support Linux, so people must choose between MacOS and Windows.

All of the "cons" you list for the Neo apply doubly if not more for the alternatives you provided. Not to mention the cheap plastic build quality, poor OEM support, horrible screens, etc.

slopinthebag commented on Shall I implement it? No gist.github.com/bretonium... · Posted by u/breton

skybrian · 12 hours ago

Don't just say "no." Tell it what to do instead. It's a busy beaver; it needs something to do.

slopinthebag · 11 hours ago

It's a machine, it doesn't need anything.

slopinthebag commented on Shall I implement it? No gist.github.com/bretonium... · Posted by u/breton

kfarr · 11 hours ago

What else is an LLM supposed to do with this prompt? If you don’t want something done, why are you calling it? It’d be like calling an intern and saying you don’t want anything. Then why’d you call? The harness should allow you to deny changes, but the LLM has clearly been tuned for taking action for a request.

slopinthebag · 11 hours ago

Ask if there is something else it could do? Ask if it should make changes to the plan? Reiterate that it's here to help with anything else? Tf you mean "what else is it suppose to do", it's supposed to do the opposite of what it did.

slopinthebag commented on Returning to Rails in 2026 markround.com/blog/2026/0... · Posted by u/stanislavb

apsurd · a day ago

it's like you're saying SQL injection happens if you're running sql on the client so if it's on the server you're fine.

that's not how it works. and i'm fairly sure most all apps deal with databases, unless they're explicitly static pages.

edit: sql injection is about hacking the parameters used in a query. they almost always in some way come from external sources, user input. so they have to be sanitized. it sounds straightforward but bounties are paid all the time on hackerone with documented cases of injection. people are very clever.

i've had to patch some verified cases where the hacker used the name field to pass code in and alter links in emails to make it look like they came from our (household name) company.

slopinthebag · 16 hours ago

I don't get your point, I'm not saying sanitising user input isn't important, I'm saying these JS frameworks are only concerned with server rendering and routing. They don't provide any tooling for databases like Rails or Laravel do.

slopinthebag commented on Malus – Clean Room as a Service malus.sh... · Posted by u/microflash

slopinthebag · 16 hours ago

The irony of course is that this service already exists. It's called Claude Code (or Codex, etc...) and it costs $200 / month.

slopinthebag commented on Malus – Clean Room as a Service malus.sh... · Posted by u/microflash

yomismoaqui · 18 hours ago

I bet someone has already made this service for real.

slopinthebag · 16 hours ago

It exists! It's called Claude Code.

slopinthebag commented on Malus – Clean Room as a Service malus.sh... · Posted by u/microflash

observationist · 19 hours ago

Not sure their attempted point lands the way they think it will. I view this as an unmitigated good. Open source every damn thing. Open the floodgates. Break the system.

I'd cheer for a company like this.

It seems to dance just on the other side of what's legal, though.

slopinthebag · 16 hours ago

Open source is good, washing open source licences is very bad.

I publish under AGPL and if someone ever took my project and washed it to MIT I would probably just take all my code offline forever. Fuck that.