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This has not been true in my experience. The bar of what is possible has been moved dramatically. So my daily quest is not to continue to achieve our old objectives, but rethink worthy objectives for our new tools.
Re:Intellectual Fly Is Open on Sunday September 06, 2026 @04:02PM (#49590305)
I have found LLM’s to be a really good thinking partner for writing. I start with a rough idea then proceed to argue for hours challenging ourselves and throwing away a lot of drafts until something materially useful emerges. It is a very different approach to writing… much morel like attaching a debugger to my thought process.
Re:The Forward Deployed Engineer on Wednesday July 29, 2026 @03:11AM (#49094312)
Is the most expensive bodyshop in enterprise software history.
Re:Claude Platform on AWS on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @04:24AM (#48105643)
I recently received AWS startup credits and claude models via AWS Bedrock are included.
Re:What Is an AI Decision Engine on Monday March 09, 2026 @03:08PM (#47313872)
I've been thinking about the gap between analytics and action in software systems.

Most companies have dashboards and analytics tools, but someone still has to interpret the information and decide what happens next.

This article explores the concept of AI Decision Engines - systems that convert data, rules and reasoning models into operational decisions such as approvals, routing actions or recommendations.

Curious whether people see this emerging in real systems.

Re:Claude Code for Infrastructure on Thursday February 05, 2026 @02:18AM (#46896698)
Conversely, good developers can now leverage LLM’s to master any domain.
I just want to say thank you for your python courses. I learned a lot over the years from your teaching style.
Re:System Initiative: Second Wave DevOps on Thursday June 22, 2023 @05:07AM (#36429644)
I feel you – I had heard a _lot_ about dark launching and never actually worked at a company that actually did it until I worked at Hashicorp. Now in my mind it seems mainstream. I truly am in a bubble.
this 100%. I have experienced flow as I watch with awe as my fingers move on the keyboard to play chords/keys that my conscious mind could not have conjoured up. I later stop and use my conscious mind to learn the new thing that `I` just played.
Re:Is Web3 anything? on Friday December 10, 2021 @07:34AM (#29509121)
I understand your context 100% as I am an African currently living in Europe. It is almost impossible for anyone who has grown all their lives in the western economic system to fully grasp what is wrong with the status quo and the need to engage in a plausible alternative. Heck even I get so comfortable sometimes here and forget the context I grew in and question the need for change.
Re:Margaret Mitchell fired from Google on Friday February 19, 2021 @10:36PM (#26201278)
naive is an understatement
As a POC, I find this comment and line of thinking demeaning, and out of touch with the reality we face daily.
If you are unable to hire elsewhere the skill-set that your ex-colleague brings to the table, what happens to your startup in the short to medium term ? i.e would that set your MVP back by x months ? I would try to frame the question in those terms and balance it against the commitment/culture fit concerns.
Re:How Men’s Bodies Change When They Become Fathers on Thursday August 22, 2019 @06:53AM (#20766626)
This has been a very useful thread.I have struggled with weight for many years. I have sufficient motivation to exercise and I am normally able to keep a disciplined schedule. But with our 2yr old daughter, sleeplessness has kind of messed me up and I struggle to keep any form of discipline now. It's hard. I am just glad to know that I am far from the only one :)
I attended the ultimate go course last year. I loved the in-depth nature of the curriculum... oh and yes, Bill is simply the best :)
Re:Red Hat Satellite to standardize on PostgreSQL backend on Thursday February 14, 2019 @02:35AM (#19160281)
I am quite surprised that companies still use Red Hat Satellite Server. In 2010 while I was still at Red Hat, deploying and managing it was the mainstay of the consulting business, and it was based on Oracle RAC. It was to my mind already legacy software at that time.
Re:K3s: Kubernetes without the features I don't care about on Thursday September 27, 2018 @04:24AM (#18082851)
The pod abstraction can be implemented as a vm. Take a look at clear containers
Re:Ask HN: What was the best decision you made in your career? on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @07:06AM (#18074674)
This resonates with me so much. I am currently trying to do the same.
Re:Why Sitting May Be Bad for Your Brain on Monday August 20, 2018 @05:46AM (#17798688)
I second this, I have no idea why it's been downvoted.
LOL, I thought for a brief moment that my brain must be replicating things.
Re:Defensive BASH programming on Tuesday December 15, 2015 @05:19AM (#10736927)
Re:Why Docker Is Not Yet Succeeding Widely in Production on Tuesday July 28, 2015 @10:55AM (#9961927)
containers provide a reasonable level of abstraction/isolation for applications, and have been used in production for some years now. Docker may be shiny, but containers not so much.
Congratulations Ludovic! I just want to echo that this is absolutely an underserved market. Yes there are definitely challenges, but also great opportunities. African content is just really beginning to emerge; Nollywood and the like are just scratching the surface and yet to unearth the richness of 1000's of years of heritage. Kudos also to YC buying in :)
Re:Kubernetes: The Future of Deployment on Thursday June 04, 2015 @06:00AM (#9658281)
Thanks for this, it cleared up some confusion in my mind. A blogpost capturing these thoughts would be great.
Re:Kubernetes: The Future of Deployment on Thursday June 04, 2015 @05:53AM (#9658253)
yes, flannel works very well in the VxLAN mode on AWS

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