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mmarian
1,458karma·1,053submissions·July 28, 2019
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Latest projects:
* AI Copilot for LibreOffice Writer: https://librethinker.com/
* A personal blog about tech and startups: https://developerwithacat.com
* Hacker News alerts for comments and replies: https://hackernewsalerts.com/
I open source my failed projects at: https://github.com/mihailthebuilder
I'm on LinkedIn for anything: https://linkedin.com/in/mihailmarian . Make sure you add a message before you send a connection invite.
recent activity (1,053 total)
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Maybe there just aren't many jobs in Northern Ireland. Small number junior/mid-level remote UK openings. Tech stack is not that much in demand these days, so probably some oversupply, which …
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Is this prediction going to be extended by a year every year, just like Anthropic's CEO did?
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I'd check what Cloudflare's doing, they're in the same boat.
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I've used LiteLLM for my 1k-user service https://LibreThinker.com Works okay-ish, but some vendors now default to MFA on API keys (eg OpenAI) which makes things tricky; I decided to s…
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Added in brackets what it's about
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https://archive.is/IAc0r
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Interesting idea, but I'm not so sure. Let's look at coffee shops for example. First the shop has to be designed around the robot arm. The coffee won't be churned out much faster, most …
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https://archive.is/6VpWy TLDR - mainly smartphones and social media, also some due to housing
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Unfortunate outcome, don't see any way out though. Think we have to accept that discovery via Google/ LLMs is dead. Best way is to share blogs in forums/socials, and hope people sign up…
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They won't, individual content just isn't that valuable and they have plenty of choice; I say this as a blog owner (albeit tiny). Cloudflare is trying something related to this; I wrote a po…
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> I’m taking my blog and my books offline so that I can decide what to do next – especially w.r.t. AI companies stealing my work Why would he take down his content if it's not due to AI?
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Not mine. Added to the actual site title the AI part, just because it makes the subject clearer.
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I miss Jenkins too. A lot more flexible compared to GitHub Actions. Also addresses the supply chain attack vector we've seeing recently, by design. You don't pull external dependencies on ev…
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Businesses tend to choose them because they're cheaper than alternatives.
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By syndicating everywhere you can and inviting discussions (Reddit, HM, etc). The reality is that your blog post would've rarely been found anyway due to the SEO blog spam. I managed to get some …
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Not mine, just figured it would be an interesting topic for discussion.
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Are you saying that Dependabot/Renovate... - raises PRs for security fixes immediately, regardless of cooldown configs - flags the PRs as security fixes - does the above when actions are pinned b…
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https://archive.is/I4etC