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It's not good, they hide the model (their whole thing is hidden model routing to keep costs low, but predictably yields bad results), there are no novel integrations not available in any other harness, it's closed source, and bobcoin is worthless because it's only usable with Bob.

Official policy is to only use Bob. All of the best people I work with are using other tools because Bob is trash.

Seems unlikely. We're already seeing specialized hardware optimized for LLM performance (taalas, groq, cerebras), and simple economies of scale result in these sorts of products being a better value when rented from a server vs purchased/managed/upgraded for the typical the user.

Frontier models will continue to be either exclusively available from servers or significantly more affordable from servers vs local alternatives for the foreseeable future.

I dealt with eye strain that would bother me for hours after I stopped working. Improving the lighting around my desk basically solved it for me.

I give my agents read permissions to all repos related to a given repo. Add a bit of context to AGENTS.md or equivalent and they do just fine with understanding service boundaries.

Another concept I like is that we should optimize for next year's AI. Don't migrate to a monorepo if your only motivation is the performance of today's agents, because a year from now this may be a non-issue. Of course other motivations may still be valid.

Re: excessive useEffects, this article from React docs is great: https://react.dev/learn/you-might-not-need-an-effect

Re: unrefactorable, large components, you probably want to break these down into smaller pieces. This talk ("Composition is all you need") is an excellent guide on the topic: https://youtu.be/4KvbVq3Eg5w?si=1esmAtrJthois1uf

Re: performance, people overstate the performance overhead of VDOM. Badly performing React applications are virtually always due to bad implementations. React Scan is an excellent tool for tracking down components that need optimizing: https://react-scan.com/

Re: getting other people on the team to write good code, this is the biggest struggle IMO. Frontend is hard because there's a lot of bad ways to solve a problem, and co-workers will insist that their changes work so why invest more time into building things correctly. I've only found success here by first writing an entire feature with good patterns and pointing to it as reference for other teams. People are more willing to make changes if they find precedent in the codebase.

React + ReactDOM adds ~50kb to a production bundle, not even close to a couple of mbs. React with any popular routing library also makes it trivial to lazy load js per route, so even with a huge application your initial js payload stays small. I ship React apps with a total prod bundle size of ~5mb, but on initial load only require ~100kb.

The idea that React is inherently slow is totally ignorant. I'm sympathetic to the argument that many apps built with React are slow (though I've not seen data to back this up), or that you as a developer don't enjoy writing React, but it's a perfectly fine choice for writing performant web UI if you're even remotely competent at frontend development.

AI is great at any styling solution via system prompt + established patterns in codebase. Tailwind is just slightly more convenient since it's consistent and very popular.

Arthritis is a general term; need narrow down for useful advice on managing symptoms.

Two most common types are osteoarthritis (wear-and-tear associated with aging and/or injuries) and rheumatoid arthritis (autoimmune).

I only know about age-related knee osteoarthritis to try to help my mom manage her symptoms, so I'll share my understanding of treating that.

High ROI, low cost: - weight management. Extra lbs are extra stress on the knees, plus I suspect chronic inflammation associated with being overweight can exacerbate arthritis independent of mechanical stress. - exercise, specifically low impact cardio and any pain-free strength/hypertrophy work targeting the musculature around the knees (mainly quads).

Variable ROI, low cost: - NSAIDs, specifically topical to focus on treatment area and reduce impact on GI system/kidneys. - curcumin, mixed evidence but some people report benefits.

Variable ROI, high cost: - PRP injections. Apparently the quality on these varies dramatically by provider. Would recommend doing research and comparing multiple providers if possible. - Knee replacement. Far from a panacea; you'll lose range of motion forever, plus plenty of other trade-offs. Most people recommend putting this off for as long as possible.

Also interesting is low dose radiation treatment for knee OA. More affordable than other procedures and has some promising research.

Not much else on the novel treatment front that I've found. Curious if anyone thinks I've missed anything worthwhile.

I did not mean to suggest that our motives were purely humanitarian. As I understand it there are numerous geopolitical implications with Venezuela, from China's loans-for-oil relationship to the Iran assisted drone manufacturing facilities. And of course we'd like some of that oil, too.

I'm just not convinced that removing Maduro is some horrible violation of international law. As I said in my original comment, I'd be more sympathetic to the argument that the US has a horrible track record with regime change.

Regardless, given the geopolitical significance of Venezuela's relationships with China and Iran it is ignorant to suggest that "[only Venezuelans have] a standing in the matter." And the illegitimacy of Maduro's election is not a topic of serious debate as your phraseology might suggest. He stole the election, he's bad for Venezuelans, and he's good for our geopolitical rivals. It is yet to be revealed whether our intervention will be a net positive.

My read of your argument: international law says don't intervene in foreign government, and by intervening we legitimize future violence.

I'm not sure this argument makes sense. Maduro stole an election to force his way to dictatorship, is widely blamed for running the country into mass poverty, and continues to hold onto power through threat of violence. The Venezuelan people don't have any recourse here.

Also, in your example of Ukraine you indicate that Russia frames the uprising as a "US coup", suggesting that the reality of whether there even was external involvement isn't so important.

Even so, if some nation tried to use this strike on Venezuela as further justification for violence wouldn't they be violating the same international law you cite anyway?

Obviously the US has a rough track record of replacing foreign governments (a much stronger argument against this kind of act IMO), but so far this mission has looked pretty ideal (rapid capture of Maduro, minimal casualties, US forces instead of funding some rebel group). There is opportunity for a good ending if we can steward a legitimate election for Venezuela, assist with restoration of key institutions (legal, police, oil), and we avoid any deals regarding oil that are viewed as unfair by the Venezuelans.

I'm with a company that was acquired by IBM ~2.5 years ago. The internal systems are definitely rough, but for the most part it's business as usual.

I've heard chatter from our engineering leadership that IBM is trying to push some silly initiatives, but we've been able to prioritize the right work so far.

I also get more equity (one time award + employee stock purchase plan) than I did previously, and with how IBM stock has been performing lately this has been a net positive for me.

FWIW I have heard that IBM used to force their management style on acquisitions in years past, so perhaps this is a fairly recent shift towards a less hands-on approach.

"When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure."

You are free to interpret the score within the broader context of your own experience, the problem domain your code addresses, time constraints, etc.

That's fine, but it shouldn't be enforced on all contributors. What matters is that failures don't get merged, not that they don't get committed.

Can't stand pre-commit hooks. I want zero delay on commits. Checks can be run against pull requests in a GitHub action runner; no reason to force me to run them on my machine.

Thank you. If we prosecuted scientists for a drug as well tolerated as finasteride we would cease to develop new medication and all of humanity would be worse for it.

If there was some indication that the pharmaceutical company knew of and concealed evidence that finasteride caused depression/suicidality, then there could be grounds for criminal prosecution. But a non-consensus view in hindsight that a drug might increase depression looks more like a losing civil liability claim.

Additionally, the kind of person who would reach for prescription medication vs accepting hair loss may be predisposed to depression. I.e. this may be selecting for people who struggle with self-acceptance generally.

I also wonder whether there's some degree of placebo going on. Patients know finasteride is anti-androgenic; perhaps when they inevitably experience some symptoms associated with hypogonadism they assume the worst and lament the choice between having hair and feeling youthful. This would also explain why many who get off finasteride don't notice their symptoms improve.

Personal bias: I've taken finasteride for years with no side effects.

No need to contemplate platonic ideals; we've all experienced code that is relatively easy to read and modify, performs well, handles error well, etc.

The author's definition of taste as a prioritization of various engineering values is one we can understand based on experience.

> I didn't say it's an abusive employer but an abusive company.

A confusing distinction to make in a thread about employment.

> It always fought against open source.

They've since admitted this was a mistake, and in 2020 were cited as the single largest contributor to open source projects: https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/18/21262103/microsoft-open-s...

> And now, it bought GitHub and then plagiarized all public and private projects hosted on it.

This is news to me. Are you claiming Microsoft/GitHub used or sold private source code for training LLMs?

Microsoft is not an abusive employer. Most people today or at any point in human history would envy the typical Microsoft job. Pretty much all large tech companies are similar in this respect. If your employer is actually abusing you in some way you should contact a lawyer. If you simply have a distaste for your employer you should seek alternative employment.

The defeatist "all corps are evil" mentality will not do you any good.

Gotcha. I'm unfamiliar with LiveKit and React native so appreciate your clarifications. You've convinced me that your grievances are legit haha.

You can't use their js sdk? https://github.com/livekit/client-sdk-js

You don't have to use their hooks! Looking at your pastebin link, I would probably opt for something like a factory pattern instead: https://pastebin.com/PbnBqX4a

Just because you're in React land doesn't mean you can't still write regular old js/ts and hook in only when you need it. I imagine you'd do something quite similar in any other framework.

It's hard to build non-trivial web UI with any technology—React is just what's familiar. If Angular had won (god forbid) we'd be seeing all the same articles written about how bad Angular is.

> I groan every single time I run into (yet another) hook rule.

There are only two rules:

1. Only call Hooks at the top level

2. Only call Hooks from React functions

Per https://react.dev/reference/rules/rules-of-hooks

Not sure I understand the conditional beef, perhaps you can give example? I would assume if you want `if condition, useEffect(...)` you could simply replace with `useEffect(() => if condition...)`, no?

The "winner" just had its 3000th release on GitHub, already a few patch versions past the version referenced in this article (which was published today): https://github.com/wppconnect-team/wa-version

A man holding open debates on college campuses, regardless of political beliefs, is categorically different to a man whose legacy was founding al-Qaeda and masterminding 9/11.

Not to mention Kirk's views were not too different from the majority of American voters who elected our current president.

Why make such a comparison? Don't you think this sort of rhetoric contributes to the toxic political landscape we find ourselves in?

The malware introduced here is a crypto address swapper. It's possible that even after deleting node_modules that some malicious code could persist in a browser cache.

If you have crypto wallets on the potentially compromised machine, or intend to transfer crypto via some web client, proceed with caution.

I suspect Zed will aim to tackle this issue via DeltaDB:

https://zed.dev/blog/sequoia-backs-zed#introducing-deltadb-o...

Huh, I just asked Grok "Who is the evilest figure of the 20th century in your opinion?"

Response seems to conflict with your accusation:

> It’s tough to pin down one figure as the "evilest" since the 20th century was a grim parade of atrocities, and evil isn’t a simple label—it’s a spectrum of intent, impact, and context. If I had to pick, I’d lean toward Adolf Hitler. His role in orchestrating the Holocaust, which systematically murdered six million Jews and millions of others, including Romani people, disabled individuals, and political dissidents, stands out for its deliberate, industrialized cruelty. The Nazi regime’s ideology of racial supremacy, coupled with his aggressive wars that killed tens of millions, marks him as a singular force of destruction...