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mmarian
1,452karma·1,053submissions·July 28, 2019
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Latest projects:
* AI Copilot for LibreOffice Writer: https://librethinker.com/
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recent activity (1,053 total)
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What would vibecoding reveal that analysis wouldn't though?
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I'm not as pessimistic about its impact on scientific publishing. Yes, you can churn articles faster, but if people catch you gaming this system to extreme lengths your reputation will take a hu…
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Yep. I've been using AI to teach myself system design and it's been a god send. Was struggling with other courses because I couldn't have it tailored to what I wanted.
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I'm not so sure. The market is very competitive and trust/reputation is a huge factor. People will notice if someone introduced ads, no matter how innovative they are; and once they do that,…
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I see, thanks!
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> that is helpful it comes to therapy communication and state of mind Right, do you mind expanding on this? I'm curious but I struggle to understand. Maybe if you have an example that might he…
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Totally agree on barriers. If I could find a therapist who's a good fit, at a reasonable price, I'd gladly hire them. But even in that case, I struggle to see how it's possible to have …
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Hmm, has knowing your MBTI helped you though? I did a couple similar exercises in the past at work. It felt like a great revelation at first, but I always forgot about it soon after and stuck to how I…
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I honestly can't think of how to reply to your comment without repeating what I said.
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Hard to see it'll help them much. There's so many other aspects to a successful software business vs just ease of build.
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https://archive.is/vu2R9
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Hetzner. And I used CapRover to spin up / manage the cluster.
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I prefer sticking with Docker. I have a Swarm cluster of ~10 services, all on the same 5$/month VPS.
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I use Procrastinate since I use Django.
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I wonder if this applies to seeing successful people as well.
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Looks interesting, been thinking of moving into tech leadership. I'll sign up to it, thanks for the suggestion!
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Record a video where you talk about any topic in one shot, watch it, be embarrassed of how bad it is, repeat until you're not embarrassed. Extra points for publishing the video on YouTube. Look a…
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Have a look at translators; then you'll see real impact: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OovTIngZtCY …
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Think of this as yet another abstraction layer. People didn't give up on building web applications just because Python with Django can do it much faster than C. Be more ambitious with your projec…
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It's too vague to give advice. And probably hard for an outsider to give you an answer; if there was, it means it's obvious and one of your competitor would've done it. All I can say is…