c-hendricks

> MCP pollutes agent context even when you are not using it

MCP in some harnesses bloats context. MCP in some harnesses doesn't bloat context.

The agent doesn't, the harness does. It's separate from a normal conversation / agent runtime environment. How do you suspect auth keys can leak from an MCP that's been added to chatgpt.com?

> No MCP needed

Definitely helps that the home assistant api is documented online most likely in the training data.

Either way still seems like the issue is people giving influencers too much power over them.

The idea of an `sx` prop kind of implies runtime. If there's any logic in those objects it can't be pre computed

> What even is "product and software development" anymore?

The ideation of features, their requirements, getting code for features written, testing the features, seeing how they fit in with the rest of the landscape, and maintaining those features. Same as before. Do those go away in your future? Even with the aid of AI agents, do you really think billions of people will want to go through that process every time they want a device to do something? Do you really think the younger generations who are being told AI will replace them will also embrace AI?

Similar to how even your hypothetical devices of the future still very much have an operating system (a kernel, libraries for software to interface with hardware, a standard suite of apps and tools, an environment for the user to kick things off)

> You might as well just say "I think you're overestimating the general public's interest in using computers"

I might, because I think the general public doesn't much like to "use the computer". It's what they need to use for work, or school, or how to listen to music or watch what they want to watch.

We're only just starting the general public's introduction to agentic AI with Siri and some Android devices. I'm betting there will eventually be some horror stories.

I think there's some irony of this reply. You're a software developer, I think you're vastly overestimating the general public's interest in product and software development. Almost like https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2501:_Average_Fam...

FWIW I do kind of see your point. I have lots of software / hardware with a user base of one to a handful of people. I also know it sucks having to maintain software that drives your life, even if that maintenance is AI supported.

Just with the bit I quoted above, that seemed like a big misread of the market and the implications of everyone writing their own apps.

In this future, are people paying the API pricing of traffic providers? In this future, who's supplying the traffic data if no one is using their mapping apps?

> Forget the map, just tell me if I should get off the Eisenhower Expressway and take Roosevelt, Madison, or Lake back home?

> Is there a meeting happening anywhere right this minute that I’m supposed to be in?

> You can go on and on like this. These all sound trivial. That’s the point. They’re normal-life problems nobody would have built serious programs around, because the audience sounds too small.

Waze and Calendars. Both have huge audiences.

Not even sure I'm talking to a person at this point.

It's funny the different schools of thought around smart homes. While it's neat what this level of tracking can provide, I'd hate to not feel like a valid person in a home because I forgot to don various pieces of technology.

Personally I just have presence sensors and eink tablets on the walls.

This is a good solution to "who" vs cameras and facial recognition, but doesn't it still tie you to a phone / Bluetooth emitting device? What do you do for guests?

Based on his demos I don't think his statement is that overlapping windows are a relic, more that overlapping windows are a thing people deal with and we need something in between overlapping windows and Expose-style fanouts.

Then try watching the video: https://youtu.be/V7AfAcQwLW0?t=1747

It's linked multiple times in the article, time stamped and everything.

> overly burdensome regulatory bodies that are concerned about such things like ... how low i set my ac temp leads to an incredibly hostile business environment and stagnant culture

Like the US of A?

Also various stars have introduced more bottle cap regulations. One such state is a hotbed for inflated software developer salaries.

To me that's said more about Instagram than the feasibility of building an app for a tablet.

Didn't have timers for one, or the same level of support around sockets.

Love my FCB1010. Absolute beast that's no worse for wear after 20 years and countless moves.

If only the Steam Frame had a decent pass through mode.

I'd love it if Siri does, but I don't expect big corps to keep supporting MCP since MCP gives so much control to the end user, can't charge for eg. Google integration when someone can just add an MCP to handle it.

I tried "turn off the lights in [room a] and [room b]" in the new Siri app and rather than Siri saying they can't do compound commands they just turned off the lights in one of the two rooms listed.

So, progress?

Any agent with the Home Assistant MCP hooked up can do it fine.

I've been using the web client for over a year and that hasn't been the case the whole time, gallery view is an option.

There's one that at least works fairly well, but it's paid. aSPICE Pro.

How do you reconcile ...

> I hate when UI teams constantly redesign perfectly fine software

... with ...

> Having the UI layer completely abstracted from pre-written code and dynamically generated "on the fly" based on the context of the user is, I believe, the future

In this scenario there's still no guarantee that the UI won't randomly change. There's no guarantee that the ui generated for the user will be the same visit to visit.

Ever since I learned about full story / datadog RUM I've been writing my replies in a notes app then copy and pasting back in the browser

Genuine question, are there open source solutions to this? I use HomePods so audio can be controlled from any device and any rooms audio can be synced to another. Would love something more open.

Or like, cut the traces to the antenna?

> Typescript/Javascript notwithstanding

Also, gulp / grunt weren't package managers.

Try quoting the full line, not just the part that scares you:

> Uploading content deemed illegal by English law (indecent depictions of minors)

> Did you want to see my slack messages to my mentor too?

Are they relevant questions? I've often commented on lines of code in a PR that "so and so gave me the idea".

> Or how about all the stack overflows I read?

Would be nice to link to them either in a code comment (if they're not changed very much) or again somewhere in the PR discussion

> Maybe I should voice record all the times I swore about Gary the junior dev not documenting something?

If you noticed something severely lacking that would help other people out if that wasn't the case then yes I hope you would bring it up?