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4,968karma·1,428submissions·May 30, 2021
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For instance if I push 10kloc that are in a lib I would have used if I were not using AI, yes, I have pushed much more code, but I was not more productive.
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To each his own, I guess. I learn by doing. To be clear, I’m not saying there is nothing interesting in the code of others, obviously. However, reading code is, in my opinion, twice as hard as writing…
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I don’t know about other people, but I tend to love architecting and code. Coding time, after architecting, is the “reward” for the brain. Just write what you’ve painstakingly engineered, let your b…
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> I love to write code. I very much do not love to read, review, and generate feedback on other people's code. I understand it's a good skill to develop and can be instrumental in helping…
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This is exactly what I ever dreamed of without even realizing it. I am not sure my partner (the one speaking the language I don’t know) will have the patience to do the lessons, but I’ll definitely …
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I wish I had read that before. It is very interesting and I would probably not have over-engineered my API so much (though I am not even using GraphQL).
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Usually for native iOS/macOS applications. I use it also for a server of mine (and generally any new project I have). I have also a few open-source projects in Swift[1][2], but none known. [1] h…
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> poorly designed String API I wholeheartedly disagree and counterpoint that all other String APIs are wrong (bold statement, I know). Accessing a random index of a String is a complex (slow) opera…
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That’s one of the reasons why I love Swift. Representing and using a state is easy and super readable. It is an incredibly good language.
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> The only way to use Google AI safely is to double-check everything carefully with authoritative sources before trying any of its suggestions, which surely removes much or all of its value.
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> Also, these days, one hardly needs a Markov model to generate gibberish; social media provides an ample supply.
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I found it exceptionally good (season 1 at least).
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More info (in French) https://www.igen.fr/services/2025/12/twitter-pourrait-bien-r... The guy is actually arguing the brand has been abandoned and as such can be reclai…
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I would love if they could pull off resurrecting the brand! I miss this blue bird.
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When it avoids a chrome (and thus google) monopoly: yes. And don’t talk to me about Firefox engine. Its market share is negligible and the whole thing only even still exists because google allows it.
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You can already have Firefox extensions on iOS with Orion.
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People are discovering what it is to download an app (:
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All browsers on iOS are (still, though sadly not for long…) the same browser. Only the skin changes.
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Somehow I expected a downvote, but I'm not really clear on why…
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Oh yeah, somehow I missed it here ^^
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I read on a 16” MacBook Pro. Size and display quality were not an issue. I could have read it entirely with the aliased font, but it triggered me just enough for me to disable it (I’m doing web dev …
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Not a fan personally, but I do recognize its uniqueness and would love to see more pearls like these!
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Yeah I started to read the article, went into the CSS, disabled the custom font, and continued reading. Then I went on HN to read the comments, and found out there is a toggle to get an anti-aliased f…
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