Summing up how the "AI assisted" coding feels those days 🙃
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Thibault Durand
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Thibault Durand
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Tinkering (digital)things : Maps, 3D, AI, Data Viz: https://t.co/UWgRY56HtB, https://t.co/F3psxTTlxs , https://t.co/ZxLVhioY0Z , https://t.co/Cdsbq4qc9G ... @[email protected]
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@slicknet I have seen, I am just getting started at trying to use more than the basic copilot autocomplete 🙃 , very useful tutorial, thanks for sharing.
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@tibbb Yup. Prompt files are the easiest way. Start a new chat each time.
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In case you missed it, I wrote up my approach for coding nontrivial things with AI.
Nicholas C. Zakas@slicknet
In my latest blog post, I discuss how thinking of AI as a team of personas has improved my AI-assisted programming workflow. I've found this approach helpful for building non-trivial features. humanwhocodes.com/blog/2025/06/p…
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@slicknet Okay, I see you did a video about your workflow, watching now : youtube.com/watch?v=JpXUcX… , I guess I will get my answers there
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@slicknet Newbie question, how to you switch from one persona to another one when you are in Github copilot Agent chat, you close the chat and restart with another persona ?
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Bretagne France buildings (200K) generated from 200 point clouds files (LAZ - COPC) using Roofer. This is one of the 146 available point clouds 'blocs' at the moment. bertt.github.io/roofer_demo/3_…
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Enjoyed this piece about the upcoming React compiler 👏
Nadia Makarevich 🇺🇦@adevnadia
#react 19 was just released, maybe React Compiler will be next? 🤞🏼 In the meantime, I measured how the Compiler impacts initial load and interaction #performance, in preparation for the future release. Actual numbers on a real app 😉 developerway.com/posts/how-reac…
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@IGNFrance Updated beta.2 version of 46 million @IGNFrance buildings in 3D Tiles. Improved alignment of buildings with the terrain Live demo: storage.googleapis.com/ahp-research/m…
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Live demo 46 million @IGNFrance buildings in France (mainland + Corsica) in 3D Tiles combined with @CesiumJS terrain storage.googleapis.com/ahp-research/m…
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@tibbb Pensé que esto sería un sitio h4cker pero no tiboo! Encontré lo que buscaba annas-archive.org (dsp de haberle dado mi dinero a amazon claro) 😞
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Keep the open data coming 🚀🚀
Earth Genome@EarthGenome
🚨🚨Announcing the publication of our own global, cloud free Sentinel-2 dataset. 12 bands, all in full resolution, aggregated over all of 2023 — over 33 TB in total! We've partnered w/ the @source_coop team to make this dataset open & accessible. 👇🏽 medium.com/earthrisemedia…
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Thibault Durand retweetet
@douill ça va je navigue pas sous l'eau, en vrai je suis intéressé plus pour des projets futur de storytelling ou autre... j'essaye de garder mon usage perso de la technologie le plus low tech possible.. merci pour le retour, effectivement ça a l'air d'être le futur je suis d'accord...
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Zuck is onto something.
I was forced to do 3000 lunges to cover the full length of a Caribbean beach. And I had the Meta Ray-Ban glasses on.
Hold on.
What’s the deal with the lunges? A 2-hour masochistic challenge to strengthen my mind (and my glutes).
And the Ray-Bans? Strapping a GoPro to your head makes you look like an idiot, or a unicorn, especially on a trendy beach. So I chose elegance instead.
To forget the excruciating pain in my legs, I needed something else to think about. And my mind kept coming back to these glasses and just how surprisingly good they turned out to be. So I spare you the lunges, here is the story
(1/4) They look good
For the first time ever, a pair of smart glasses crossed that thin line, going from creepy tech gadget to cool-looking glasses that just so happen to have cameras. Cameras that people barely notice by the way, and that’s the key point.
Let’s be real. Yes, we do use sunglasses to protect our eyes. But the fundamental attribute, driving 99% of their pricing value, is whether they can make you look good. So checking that box is a big step forward!
(2/4) Instant memories
Hear me out. This is the killer feature that I did *not* expect.
Not having to pull out your phone sounds like a nice-to-have type of thing. Kind of like having a 10-foot charging cable - yeah it can be handy, but does it reeeaaally change how you use your phone daily?
Well I was wrong. It’s way more than that.
It’s a guarantee that you won’t miss any incredible moment too fast to capture.
Your kid makes a weird face that they 100% won’t repeat when you ask them to? "Click", saved.
Catching your vegan friend secretly destroying a plate of juicy ribs? "Click", saved.
Oh, and on top of that, you get the picture from a POV angle that captures the moment exactly as you’ve lived it. Clap, clap, clap, well played Meta, well played.
To tell you the truth, the glasses made me realize all the photo opportunities I had been missing because of those few seconds it takes to get the phone from my pocket to a ready-to-shoot position.
It definitely felt like a before/after moment for me. And if there is one thing I know as a product builder, it’s that when users start feeling like they can’t go back to life 'before' your product, you've got a winning formula in your hands.
Oh, and while I've got my product builder hat on, let’s talk about the picture quality.
It’s solid enough to not be an issue. Probably comparable to 2018-ish phone quality so nothing remarkable, but it gets the job done. A good reminder, that as long as you deliver an experience far beyond what’s already out there, not every single detail of your product has to be perfect.
(3/4) I love buttons
Using voice commands to control the glasses is cool, and downright indispensable in situations like driving, or when finishing up the greasy ribs leftovers from that fake vegan friend.
But, in many cases, you don’t want people to know what you are doing. Not because you are a creep, but because you don’t want people to know your business.
I would bet my arm that there has been an internal war at Meta between the no-button, minimalist, Steve Jobsian cultists, and a more reasonable faction in favor of a practical alternative to voice. I am glad the latter won (good call @DavidSven)
(4/4) Sound stage
The integrated speakers had no right to be that good.
Granted I had zero expectations on that front, yet I find myself choosing these glasses over my pricey earbuds more often than not.
The real aha moment comes when you realize you can enjoy a good sound without having a piece of plastic shoved into your ear canal, so you stay more connected to your surroundings. And sure, last gen earplugs all offer "awareness" or "ambient sound" mode, but use it at your own risk I guess.
What works really for me is that sensation of sound bubble. The sound feels like a mini sound stage around your head. It’s great for calls, podcasts, and of course music, especially when you work out outside – although I am aware you may not have the chance to frequently workout on a pristine beach. Sorry! [condescending laugh]
And before you ask, no, people nearby can't hear what you are listening to. They might hear something, but it's definitely too faint to make out. So relax, no one will know about your embarrassing playlist.
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Ok, I know I sound super positive, but that’s the result of a pleasant surprise.
Yet this thing isn’t perfect yet.
The vocal notifications are overwhelming and the voice controls are terribly limited. Criminally limited.
I mean, in this LLM era? and coming from one of the most apt companies in the space? Come on.
But you know what, I will go deeper on this in a different post.
First, this one is getting too long and you may have forgotten that I was doing a 3000 lunges challenge. The whole point was to find an excuse to flex about that. Obviously.
And then, because I shouldn’t do a rush job to explain why I genuinely believe Meta holds the key to create a *generational* product.
For now, enjoy a few pics from that glorious day
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@douill Intéressant , c'est plus lourd que des lunettes classique ou même pas ?
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🤩🤩, 3D maps, so much to learn, prototype and explore
Tom Patterson@MtnMapper
Mt. Timpanogos, Utah, summit detail rendered with Natural Scene Designer Pro. Digital ingredients include 1m NAIP imagery, 1m DEM, texture shading, transparent shadows, haze, and tiny 3D trees.
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