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Cake day: August 19th, 2023

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  • I actually like it a lot for stuff that is user specific, not repo specific. I imagine someone could have a “build.log” to view the build output in some specific way that hooks up to a mini taskbar app or some other random shit.

    I’ve personally added some files that don’t relate to the project at all and has no reason for being inside a .gitignore and I’ve had to add it many times.




  • I used to be anti AI generated code but now I’m leaning into it. The thing is you need to engineer your context a lot and make sure that the AI has all the relevant information in the context and everything else is minimised.

    The code it outputs is usually 7/10 which is below standard for many parts such as auth, access layer, abstractions etc. but completely adequate when creating a dialog for editing data as an admin user.

    Don’t get me wrong also, I spent 10 years coding and I fucking loved it and it’s a damn shame what’s happening to our craft. It’s like being a guitar player and everyone uses music production software now to create what you did by just describing it instead of playing. That’s the crux of the issue the way I see it, my most valuable skill is now deprecated and instead code review, explaining tasks to a junior, linking relevant quick start documentation, clarity of English explanations, architecture, knowledge of the code base, designing guidelines for how to work (like SKILLS.md files), security and creating dirty internal tooling to save you or your LLM a step are now in.

    The way I see it is that a large portion of our job has changed for the worse, I don’t get to just spend a day solving a problem and make the code flow through my fingers anymore, I make my “junior” do it, fix obvious bugs if any and spend the rest on QA.





  • My tip is rice for calories, veggies for nutrition, dry beans/chicken for protein. Frozen veggies can get very cheap.

    Potatoes are also super good and allow for a lot of variety. To make something tasty like mashed it does require butter and milk.

    Side tip for rice, rice cookers are pretty cheap and save you plenty of time. You just toss in rice, water and salt in the correct quantities and good rice comes out. You can also make whole meals with it by putting some oil and frozen veggies.

    For taste spices are key and big quantities of spice don’t cost much per dish. It takes some experimenting but once you get a hang of it it becomes very nice and easy. Garlic/onion powder, cayenna pepper, salt and pepper improve almost every dish.

    One caveat is that seed oils are just not healthy so if the budget allows for olive oil, butter or coconut it’s better.



  • For anyone considering running a marathon then they should know it’s easy to train for it. Elite runners train with 80% of their weekly distance as easy and going 100% on that is totally ok.

    So going out there, running at a comfortable/enjoyable pace is all you need as long as you’re consistent. It’s literally that easy. Increase weekly distance by 10% a week and do a long session ideally once per week. Long distances should also follow a 10% per week max increase to avoid injury.

    So basically, you end up chilling, listening to podcasts and plodding along for a year and you end up being ready for a marathon.

    One quick side note: If something feels weird in any of your tendons, just chill and take some days off and do quick warm ups before running.






  • I mean, it’s kinda true. A rocket just makes fire which expands and pushes whatever it burns out to make it go fast. You got the fire, the fire pushes things away from whatever you’re burning and the rest is just optimisation.

    If you manage to make a helium balloon that floats in the air, attach a burning log fire to the bottom of it and enclose it in a way that the air intake is on the top and outlet is on the bottom you’ve made an engine that you just need to aim with a ballast weight.

    Still wrong, but you were onto something.




  • nzb360 that I got a perpetual license for at 10eur. It’s so easy and convenient to torrent stuff for my Jellyfin.

    Niagara launcher is free but I paid for the perpetual license. It’s a third party launcher that I really like.

    I’m also a Jetbrains fan depending on the language, they have so much support for everything just out of the box and are on Linux.

    Also games, but I guess people don’t want to hear those here. Factorio was definitely worth.


  • I’m really bad at spending stuff on myself also. I like prioritising paying back loans, buying stock and so on since it pays itself back later on.

    The way I look at it is that the less I spend on luxuries the less I have to work (currently and in retirement) so I don’t feel weird about it.

    Another rule of thumb is to delay purchases by 3 months and it doesn’t set back your financial goals. If you’ve been wanting this Macbook now for 3 months and you have the money for it and you feel comfortable with your current financial situation I’d tell you to get it. If it’s an expensive car it’s a financial catastrophy usually so don’t get it even if you’ve wanted it for 3 months.

    No idea if that helps but don’t feel weird about being frugal. Frugality is incredibly useful and can set you up for an easy life.