taylorbuiltsolutions.com
Software Engineer (C++, C, Linux, CMake, etc), Consultant, Father, Barbershop Chorus Singer
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It's just syntax. If you've got the logic you need to write understood well you can do it!
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100% ... I'm a software engineer by trade but haven't delved deeply into security. Which means I treat security like I treat electricity: I know enough to know how dangerous it is and to be terrified of it. And I take baby steps to learn :-D
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And write suggestions bearing in mind that I'm primarily a software guy not an ops guy so I was kinda figuring stuff out as I went :-D
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See here for the main page of the blog:
blog.taylorbuiltsolutions.com
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Ok, ok. It’s shameless advertising and I’m sorry. I’m an engineer and love building stuff and not selling it. This issue came up for our family and so, like an engineer, I overbuilt a solution to the problem and am a small hosting company I guess 🤷🏼♂️
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Very cool! Sounds interesting :)
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You can hustle for the things important to you. But please take time to make sure you’re not running yourself ragged
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I don’t have a good recommendation unfortunately but wanted to like and comment for reach. What kind of data will you be processing?
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Good luck! What’re you planning?
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Yeah. It’s gonna be some 💩 … keep looking out for one another and we’ll survive together
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It might pass like a kidney stone but pass it shall 🤦🏼♂️
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The code I initially wrote myself for this was more complicated than what the LLM generated. I separated concerns into classes to make things more maintainable and readable. That is essential on a big project. But this is a small tool for a simple job where it doesn't need that complication.
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This is how I feel. I use Visual Studio at work because that’s what our workflow is setup for. But I want to use neovim because I go through the process of making it mine
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I hear you on this. It’s easy to forget a review because you’re involved in your current project. For me, the longest running task is often hammering out the requirements.
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Also, don’t be a jerk about not giving full expectations if you’re in a situation where you need to give full expectations
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This post was about me providing a prompt to an #LLM. It’s also great #relationship advice
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This hits close to home. The optimism of the fresh mind in the morning tends toward the hope that nothing will go wrong and everything will go right the first time. And boy does that thought get smashed pretty hard almost immediately upon starting on the first problem of the day 🤣
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Yeah it’s unfortunately easy to forget how much time can be spent on tooling setup just to get started. I’m in the same place on a side project
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So, TBH, this is the way you grow yourself and your career. If you only take jobs you’re comfortable doing *now* you’ll be bored in the span of a month. Even if you don’t get the job you’ll have gained knowledge in the process which is still a win. You got this. You’ll come out ahead no matter what
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It’s your greatest enemy … for now 🤣 … anything the hive mind can help with?
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I think the key here is understanding those cherry picked situations and why there are best practices for that situation. I work on embedded software and the “no memory allocations once the main loop is running” is incredibly important. But it’s much less important elsewhere.