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Re:The Slow Formation of Durable Software on Thursday October 08, 2026 @09:11AM (#50005418)
> AI doesn't preclude this. In fact, it can help accelerate parts of it.

It can also slow it down as people get distracted experimenting with features they can build quickly.

Re:Floci: Locally emulating any cloud service on Sunday September 27, 2026 @02:48PM (#49869624)
> you want a high fidelity test of a specific cloud dependency

Reached the same conclusion. Plus it's a fair amount of effort to set them up and maintain.

Re:OpenBB winding down and open-sourced on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @02:28PM (#49438451)
Editorialised, I know. But much clearer what it's about vs original title "OpenBB belongs to everyone".
Re:Shein's $100B Dream Unravelled on Monday August 24, 2026 @04:35PM (#49425503)
Re:LibreOffice Conference 2026 Schedule on Sunday August 16, 2026 @02:34PM (#49322479)
Side note - I'll be giving a talk about my AI extension on Thu @ 3 pm!
Re:LinkedIn Feed Blocker on Saturday August 08, 2026 @01:58PM (#49224177)
My suspicion is that it's by design, to fight scrapers and extensions like this one.
Re:LinkedIn Feed Blocker on Saturday August 08, 2026 @01:57PM (#49224169)
Most people genuinely want that, even if they say they don't. It's the only reason I can think of why low-value posts get so many likes.
Re:LinkedIn Feed Blocker on Saturday August 08, 2026 @01:55PM (#49224147)
Built one 6 years ago that I gave up on https://github.com/mihailthebuilder/simplyfeed. The problem was that so many posts were filtered out that the feed would just show up empty.
Good to know it's not just me! I also found it's way too verbose. So much so that I added an entry in my Claude.md telling it to be concise.
Re:Politician reads AI prompt during assembly on Saturday July 25, 2026 @02:37PM (#49050307)
IQ levels are same as before, it's just easier to spot differences.

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