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thomasben

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thomasben··on Thanks to social media, canned sardines are a scarcity on the supermarket shelf
What a sad world we live in :( Social medias have such a significant impact all over the planet, from overcrowded tourist spots dedicated to taking instagram pictures, to canned sardines diets. Why do people fall for this kind of thing ? I still can't understand it. Is it all just an ego war ? That worries me
thomasben··on Hackers Stalked Me by Hijacking a Smartwatch for Kids
Even if social popularity has always been of high importance in children’s and teens lives (just pause 1 min and try to remember how you were when aged 10 or 12), making a business of out it is quite sad. What a world we live on…
thomasben··on Ex-Tech –> Homeless in SF
It is scary. We live in a harsh world. I hope you made it through.
thomasben··on Ask HN: Senior engineering mngrs: how has AI changed your day-to-day work?
It made me code again.

Before I had not enough time to gather context, be in the flow, code and test.

Now I work throughout the day, as soon as I have 10/15 minutes I send a prompt to one of my Claude Code so they can make progress on tasks that the teams cannot undertake because too time consuming versus business needs (major migration, architecture changes, etc…)

I love it to be able to contribute more

thomasben··on Context Engineering with Claude Code: Building Smarter AI Workflows
Great sum up of the Claude Code ecosystem, well explained. The formula 1 analogy is perfect. I was looking for some resources to onboard ca 50 engineers in my company, and make sure all have the basics in mind. I might take some insights from your article :)
thomasben··on How Postgres stores data on disk – this one's a page turner
Easy to read, well written and well structured. Great work Drew !
thomasben··on Show HN: Every mountain, building and tree shadow mapped for any date and time
Nice projet ! I didn’t know such a tool existed. Will definitely use it when changing home !
thomasben··on Show HN: TestFast – A Tool to Test Your Business Ideas
Hi, I tried it, it was pretty fast, and the UI/UX is nice :) Nice idea overall, I like it.

The top black bar asking you to pay at the end may however be somehow stressfull, especially when you see that a countdown has started, and you need to run to your credit card to not loose your page :p