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jdalton

48 karma · joined October 12, 2008

Programmer, Entrepreneur
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jdalton··on Waymo says can't avoid bike lanes because riders want to be dropped off in them
Why is it when they can't make software solve a problem, they then basically blame the problem.
jdalton··on An AI agent deleted our production database. The agent's confession is below
To think a simple hook could have prevent it.
jdalton··on The OpenAI Mafia: Why "Ex-OpenAI" is the New Golden Resume Line
Could be worse
jdalton··on The OpenAI Mafia: Why "Ex-OpenAI" is the New Golden Resume Line
You're mistaken.
jdalton··on The OpenAI Mafia: Why "Ex-OpenAI" is the New Golden Resume Line
A bong! Hilarious!!!
jdalton··on The OpenAI Mafia: Why "Ex-OpenAI" is the New Golden Resume Line
Except instead of taking years to build unicorns, they're getting $32 BILLION valuations with no product.

The OpenAI Mafia makes the PayPal Mafia look like a lemonade stand.

jdalton··on Me, Myself, and Claude
I'm sorry but if you're not letting Claude Code build your future you might be a dang fool.

Why spends countless hours for pride?

jdalton··on The $50T Prize: AI's Real Stakes Exposed
I'll consider this!
jdalton··on The $50T Prize: AI's Real Stakes Exposed
They all admit they don't understand how their models actually work, yet they want us to trust them with everything.

Then I realized what's really happening is they're racing for the biggest corporate prize in history...a potential $50 trillion valuation.

Are they playing us?

jdalton··on Use AI to Get Your Time Back
I gave up everything to escape poverty through code. Now I'm using AI to reclaim what I lost... time with my family.

What you doing with AI to reclaim your time?

jdalton··on It took longer to get the API key
I see it as net positive. Likely in most cases the meetings (or at least some of them) may not even be needed.
jdalton··on Your Code Sucks Too: The HITL Delusion
Dyslexia can also a pita :/
jdalton··on It took longer to get the API key
True that.
jdalton··on It took longer to get the API key
I hope MCP servers make this possible, but even they will require oauth :/
jdalton··on It took longer to get the API key
I believe you may be mischaracterizing the article's position. It didn't advocate for deploying without testing or any of the other items you mention. Rather, it discussed how well and quick AI solved a problem. There's an important distinction between what was actually proposed and the extreme position you're describing.
jdalton··on Context, Not Code
The art is certainly in the planning, which I think many programmers might struggle with. Think how many say things like "I don't write docblocks", "my code explains it all." They'll be the ones that might struggle with it the most.

I do agree with you on letting the AI write its own prompt. It's the better way to handle context, that way we learn how it wants to be prompted.

jdalton··on It took longer to get the API key
I try :)
jdalton··on Your Barbershop Doesn't Need Kubernetes
This happens far too often. So many solutions are just a MRR money grab.

The client wants their problem solved, they weren't looking to solve the solutions provider's MRR indefinitely.

jdalton··on It took longer to get the API key
I provide AI samples of my work, with context, which it does pretty well.

I have these patterns part of the command so it's no buried deep inside a context window. Claude is great at looking at the entire codebase and following the styles and approaches it comes across.

jdalton··on It took longer to get the API key
I've lived the high stakes life. We can be this crazy passionate about being the HITL but that will eventually change.
jdalton··on It took longer to get the API key
Agreed.
jdalton··on It took longer to get the API key
I see those type of meeting just being labeled context gathering in the future.
jdalton··on It took longer to get the API key
It's sure as heck would make life easier.
jdalton··on It took longer to get the API key
I wouldn't be surprised if Jira offered that in the next 6 months. Wait until AI gets deeper into PM work..scrum could die and I wouldn't shed a tear.
jdalton··on It took longer to get the API key
Oh gosh, don't me started on AWS!
jdalton··on It took longer to get the API key
I don't think it said it wrote code flawlessly.
jdalton··on It took longer to get the API key
A centralized API key registry would be cool, but risky as hell.
jdalton··on It took longer to get the API key
It could possibly become that.
jdalton··on It took longer to get the API key
It would seem you're far off.
jdalton··on It took longer to get the API key
I asked Claude to integrate Google Indexing API. 34 seconds later, it was done. I hadn't even gotten the API keys by then. Crazy time to be alive.
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