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byhow.me
fullstack dev in mostly typescript react. learning Nix and Clojure atm. opinions are my own. internet abode: byhow.me
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LLM as a coding completion tool has got so good that its framework agnostic time (for the popular ones)

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programming languages provide very succinct, accurate and specific instruction sets that natural languages just can’t match

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

it was a huge mistake to use nix on macOS

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

more convenience = less agency

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best part of ZK is it enables outsourcing computation in a verifiable way

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

leave no rooms for doubt in your craft

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Our new research track is called Universal Version Control and it's about exploring how to bring the power of version control to every person, on every kind of document and every kind of collaboration. www.inkandswitch.com/universal-ve...

submitted 28 days ago • 7 comments

The future of identity in radicle.xyz - a sneak peak #radicle #decentralized #identity

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Bad AAPL

submitted 23 days ago • 199 comments

but also realistically tho, it has a much larger context window that if are trying to take actions in bulk where it is beyond human perception (which is typically solved by breaking up the tasks into smaller more manageable ones), LLMs can be very impressive in improving productivity.

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

This is actually a crazy show. Just binge watched season 2. Compete speechless right now. Will embark this whole journey of getting into David Deutsch now...

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

“Permissionless innovation we call it now – how can you do new things without hitting coordination problems.” interconnected.org/home/2022/08...

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

realistically LLMs are unable to get the full context window of you inquiries, thus there's no way it actually does what you want them to do. over-reliance of them only leads to convergence of solutions, suppressing creativity and innovation.

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the revolution will not be televised

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I've been begging @zeit.de Online editor @wegner.io to translate and open their stellar coverage of America's fall for Americans. Here is a fine example: A European Declaration of Independence from America. Highly recommended. Vielen Dank, Jochen, mein Freund. www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-...

submitted 33 days ago • 23 comments

So, the DOGE kids intend to rewrite the social-security administration's COBOL code-base! and they want to do it ... ... in *a few months* I did a huge dive into COBOL a few years ago (www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazi...) ... ... so let me explain why DOGE is *way* over its skis here 1/9

submitted 33 days ago • 531 comments

this is much more open than the Warpcast/Farcaster side of things, feeling hopeful

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

there’s real damage that the current generation of young people have been dealt upon from AI and all the politics worldwide

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

it’s fascinating that learning something new evolved from reading books / documentations to YouTube videos to AI summarized instructions

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earth is just a rock within the voices of god

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

specific technology only matters if it does the exact specific job that we want it to do

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All you need to know about Twitter

submitted 40 days ago • 3178 comments

if you don’t self host your software you can never guarantee longevity and reliability on other services

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

consume only curated content say no to automated algo

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the age of no repercussion has come

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albums > playlist

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AGI will never come until you host and own your data

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docs + nextcloud = self host ftw

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

the revolution will not be televised

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

just finished the Mr. Chow documentary. sensational work and what a life

submitted 119 days ago • 0 comments

rip net neutrality 🫠

submitted 120 days ago • 0 comments

i think this is pretty much right. not a shock that the political economy of apartheid south africa produced a bunch of reactionaries who hope to replicate that political economy for the 21st century www.ft.com/content/cfbf...

submitted 124 days ago • 90 comments

Internal cloud infra is so bloated

submitted 127 days ago • 0 comments

You can virtually do anything with software development that if you try to learn everything is like sucking up the water from the ocean

submitted 130 days ago • 0 comments

be purpose driven

submitted 133 days ago • 0 comments

if you can’t guarantee immediate quality under time constraints, guarantee iterations

submitted 141 days ago • 0 comments

Information should not be gate kept / paywalled on the internet. Only acceptable form of monetization should be services

submitted 144 days ago • 0 comments

Spent another 3 hours looking at peculiar functional programming languages that I prolly never get to use to write anything meaningful

submitted 151 days ago • 0 comments

You will be fine building your product with whichever framework or tools because more or less you will get the job done anyways. They are meant to streamline problem solving, but it is true that every problems have the best tool to tackle them.

submitted 154 days ago • 0 comments

Any bookclub starter packs?

submitted 161 days ago • 0 comments

More key figures are moving off Twitter to bsky. This is super good

submitted 167 days ago • 0 comments

Svelte is pretty cool

submitted 168 days ago • 0 comments