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fhub··on A week of using Codex more than Claude
I just use both. One is doing review work the other is doing planning and coding. I pick which one does which arbitrarily. I have zero proof that the end result is better either way around. But I tend to have the reviewer on "high" and the coder on "medium" for whichever model my instinct thinks is best for the task. I think it is really hard to "prove" which one is better at this point as so much is dependent on AGENT.md/CLAUD.md, prior documentation/plans the code etc. If someone tells me one is better than the other I take it with a grain of salt. When dumb things happen I simply blame both of them - they are team afterall.
fhub··on There's no reason for software to be slow anymore
1-5ms response time is clearly hard for most real world endpoints.
fhub··on There's no such thing as a small software team anymore
> So Uber’s approach to modularity may have seemed extreme at the time, but it could become the new normal.

I doubt it. This seems to conflate code modularity with service modularity. Moving complexity from the codebase into operations is counterintuitive to at least the way I use LLMs.

fhub··on Google buys crashed airline Spirit's data at auction, because AI
I appreciated it fwiw. Also the “fasten your seat belts” ending.
fhub··on I don't enjoy the Internet any more
At least with youtube you can turn off your watch history and a whole bunch of other things. Then proactively curate playlists. Cudos for Youtube for making it really easy to opt out of "the algorithm"
fhub··on Stripe Clinches over $7B Deal to Buy AI Firm OpenRouter
I don’t think it “being bad” is the motivation. It’s about saving money and pooling cheaper resources.
fhub··on Is it all just vapourware?
> Is it all just vapourware?

No. Anyone making this claim is being disingenuous.

fhub··on Grindr CEO Says AI Is Doing the Work of 200 Engineers
Article is light on details but the premise is something I’ve seen playing out for series A and B companies. Head-counts that were growing as some pretty stable function of revenue growth having a sharp trend change starting about 6-9 months ago.
fhub··on Hackers Stalked Me by Hijacking a Smartwatch for Kids
https://archive.is/xNU3i
fhub··on Almost no skill required to cook a steak
I couldn't resist looking up if there was an AI grill that would cook the perfect steak.

https://uncrate.com/seergrills-perfecta-ai-grill/

fhub··on Born Against, or why hobby programming communities are against LLM usage
We programmers had it good for a long time. Paid well, exercised the brain, creators.

I always thought that when I retired I’d do woodworking. But perhaps I’ll also code - to remember what it was like when I was young.

fhub··on Changes at Google DeepMind: Demis Hassabis from CEO to Chair, Jeff Dean departs
Google investing in Jeff Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat is a good result for Google. Means they are less likely to go to the competition and easier to bring them back into the fold if they do something next level.
fhub··on Eight Myths on Software Engineering and GenAI
"Abduction" being the way the article used it as in "explanatory reasoning in justifying hypotheses". https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/abduction/
fhub··on Eight Myths on Software Engineering and GenAI
> I, as the human, still have to do the thinking as Claude still 'can't jump'

I still have to do quite a bit of thinking but the amount of of thinking I do per task is trending down. I agree LLMs are not good at abduction but very few humans are either and very few jobs/tasks require it. I can't talk for researchers jobs though. But perhaps fewer researchers would be desired by these labs (not none).

fhub··on How Hollywood stopped making movies in Hollywood
I think discovery via streaming services also contributes to bland sludge. Decisions are made based on a name, category, maybe an actor and a single "cover" art image.
fhub··on OpenAl, Anthropic ask U.S. government to consider slowing down Al
https://archive.is/l54x8

"The letter warned that companies could be close to automating the work of AI research, a development that it said could lead the technology to careen out of control."

fhub··on Open-weight AI is having its Kubernetes moment
Regulatory capture? One of the two companies that stands to benefit most has a founder who, together with his wife, donated $25 million to MAGA Inc, a pro-Trump super PAC, and another $25 million to Leading the Future, whose stated mission is to advocate for policies “friendly to the artificial intelligence industry.” Open-weight models aren’t necessarily aligned with the commercial interests of the industry’s largest incumbents.
fhub··on Startup founders urge U.S. government not to shut off Chinese open weight AI
More broadly, this is one of the things I dislike about the US political system. When executives or major shareholders can legally make very large political donations while their companies are lobbying on issues that directly affect their businesses, it creates an unavoidable perception problem.
fhub··on Advertise in ChatGPT
I've been thinking along these lines for a while.

It isn't just about building an alternate cheaply, it is about convincing people to switch. I wouldn't discourage anyone from trying, just that building the thing is just the beginning of a long journey.

fhub··on A Koi Pond Mosaic Made from 10 Pounds of 3D Printer Waste
Most of the environmental cost of plastic happens when it’s made. Once it exists, burying it in landfill isn’t nearly as bad as many people think.

95+% of the carbon footprint of plastics comes from production and manufacturing.

fhub··on Kimi Work
The most astonishing thing to me about the AI boom is that nobody really has managed to establish vendor lock-in. Switching is so easy.
fhub··on Qwen 3.8
China is watching world sentiment shifting away from USA. Doing many small things that show both strength and openness is surely very intentional.
fhub··on Kaiser nurses say AI, surveillance are making their jobs and patient care worse
There is an unfortunate cycle that has been playing out this year in USA. Insurance companies are arming up with AI to deny billing codes charged by providers. Providers are arming up with AI to listen in on provider-patient sessions to prove the billing codes are legit (And teach providers to use keywords in session).

The loser, as always, is the patient's quality of care.

fhub··on How Has Roman Concrete Lasted for Millennia? 1,900-Year-Old Latrine Offers Clues
Sydney Opera house comes to mind as something that might still be curious to people in 1000 years.
fhub··on I also filed the corners off my MacBook
I have two Bosch powered e-bikes (gazelle Modeo and Turn GSD) and one DJI Avinox (Amflow PL carbon)

A few years between each bike and very different bikes. But Avinox feels like it has come from nowhere to be on par or superior to Bosch. The charging plug egonicis is 100x better too.

fhub··on Every new car sold in the European Union must include a driver monitoring camera
In my experience, rental cars are the worst. They are configured to make so much noise. My kids sleep in rentals more than daily driving too (longer commutes when traveling). My 2022 Volvo treats me like a adult and makes very little noise. Heads up display shows things that might be important.
fhub··on Factories are just rooms
> libraries full of books about making stuff

Any standouts you recommend? My 6 year old son loves all those David Macaulay books. Haven't taken that to the next level of "How to build stuff" yet.

fhub··on Department of Commerce has lifted export controls on Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5
This won't age well. You just need to code in a way that has fallbacks. Whether that is to older models, different companies. It's going to be a commodity (if it isn't already).
fhub··on We all depend on open source. We will defend it together
If members of Google Project Zero team are involved then I have hope. If they are not then I have many doubts.
fhub··on Fired by Google for creating the Google workspace CLI
The director that did the announcement tweet may have provided some authority. He seems to have left Google voluntarily recently after 14 years.
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