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Where’s the balance between quality and cost in software? Take a look around and you’ll see where companies have prioritized.

Deepseek r1 initial thoughts with coding: good, especially if the cost claims are true. Good luck US ai companies!

System design back of the envelope math every time: shit ton of traffic and data

My favorite part of Zuckerberg's Joe Rogan interview is when he suggests there is not enough masculine energy at his company, where two out of every three employees is a man.

‘how to restart windows without installing updates’ should not be something i have to google. not looking for an answer i figured it out but come on

Layoffs on Jan 6th is pretty rude

Giving Amplify a shot to see how fast I can get an Expo app up 👀 so far built in auth is pretty cool. No support for RN web is a bit of a bummer though.

Remember how ten or fifteen years ago, if you really loved a movie, you WANTED it to have a sequel? Now when I really love a movie and I hear it’s getting a sequel, I’m like 😔 damn

When determining how to become a 10x engineer, it can be useful to look at how _not_ to become a 10x engineer. I present: Factorio Engineering, yes. IRL results, no. Just the world’s largest time sink without you even realizing. 11/10 game though 👀

The never ending quest for a platform that doesn’t make me want to never use the internet again… is this it?