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Re:I Ported SAP to a 1976 CPU. It Wasn't That Slow by peteforde on Monday July 07, 2025 @03:35AM (#44487648)
I have only one question: does the author know anything about coding ABAP like it's a Z80? I wish that they'd addressed this.
Re:I Ported SAP to a 1976 CPU. It Wasn't That Slow by ooisee on Monday July 07, 2025 @07:24AM (#44489108)
yes, it is addressed in another repo https://github.com/oisee/zvdb

and another article about zvdb-abap from ~1.5 years ago.

Re:I Ported SAP to a 1976 CPU. It Wasn't That Slow by peteforde on Monday July 07, 2025 @11:27AM (#44491370)
My comment was a reaction to the fact that you called out your experience/wisdom on the topic no less than five distinct times in a short (otherwise great!) post.

I would argue that by doing so, you made it the unintended central theme of the post.

I'm not saying this to hurt your feelings. That you didn't perceive the obvious sarcasm in my late-night comment suggests that you might not want to be perceived as pompous in your writing style.

My suggestion is that one explicit "I'm an expert" reminder per post is a perfectly good number.

Re:I Ported SAP to a 1976 CPU. It Wasn't That Slow by ooisee on Monday July 07, 2025 @11:58AM (#44491684)
oh!, now I got it =) will increase "Shy" parameter and decrease "Braggart" parameters in my "Normal speech" to "LinkedInese" translator +)

Thank you for feedback =)

(I was thinking that it is not MY wisdom i am talking, but about "Z80" wisdom - all the code I have seen on demoscene and e-zines.)

Re:I Ported SAP to a 1976 CPU. It Wasn't That Slow by peteforde on Tuesday July 08, 2025 @01:18AM (#44497321)
I am (definitely) not telling you to act shy or not be proud of your accomplishments.

Ultimately, it's up to you if you want to redeclare your bona fides in almost every paragraph. It doesn't make for great reading, but it's your call either way.

If anything, I'm encouraging you to let your narrative and actions speak for your skills.

Re:I Ported SAP to a 1976 CPU. It Wasn't That Slow by hughw on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @05:54PM (#44515098)
Yes, this reinforces that the article suffered from the LLM rewrite. Your comments here prove your natural voice is more compelling for this audience than the LLM "cat post" style.
Re:I Ported SAP to a 1976 CPU. It Wasn't That Slow by peteforde on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @08:54PM (#44516211)
That's a new one for me! What is a cat post?
Re:I Ported SAP to a 1976 CPU. It Wasn't That Slow by hughw on Thursday July 10, 2025 @10:30AM (#44521525)
Earlier, @oisee said 'I hate LinkedIn article style -> let LLM convert my hadrcore-oldschool style into something like "You won't believe what my grandmother's cat taught me about ..."'
Re:I Ported SAP to a 1976 CPU. It Wasn't That Slow by ooisee on Monday July 07, 2025 @11:59AM (#44491687)
Nice recursive joke!
Re:I Ported SAP to a 1976 CPU. It Wasn't That Slow by ooisee on Thursday July 10, 2025 @08:29AM (#44520249)
oh, I was trying to understand what are you talking about, where this impression is coming from, and then realised, that the "article" md on github was out of sync with other versions. tnx!