josh
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@JoshCaughtFire
I build tech stuff and travel. Meta-programming, ML and breaking stuff. Lost less than $100m. Want to work at @Chilis or @McDonalds
This simple meal cost me $301 Government needs to fix food prices
Steve Ballmer reveals the interview test Microsoft used to separate problem-solvers from gamblers: "I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100. First guess, I give you $5. Then $4, $3, $2, $1. After that, you pay me." "There are far more numbers on which you lose than win."
A large, fast food value meal costs ~$20 with tax. What are they supposed to do?
SpaceX in IPO filing: "We believe we have identified the largest actionable total addressable market in human history. We estimate that our quantifiable TAM is $28.5 trillion, consisting of $370 billion in Space from space-enabled solutions; $1.6 trillion in Connectivity across $870 billion in Starlink Broadband and $740 billion in Starlink Mobile as well as additional opportunities in enterprise and government; $26.5 trillion in AI across $2.4 trillion in AI infrastructure, $760 billion in consumer subscriptions, $600 billion in digital advertising, and $22.7 trillion in enterprise applications. For illustrative purposes of sizing our addressable market opportunity, we exclude China and Russia from our global estimates."
Deferred Hydration is a huge for performance, and it's only (AFAIK) on TanStack.
Who says you cant get full on $10?
Tactical vs Strategic Programming, and why I'm nervous for juniors: Good programming involves a mix of tactical and strategic decision-making: - Tactical: on the ground, short-term. The soldier doing the fighting. - Strategic: high-view, long-term. The general planning the war. You need to be a tactician to write good code. To choose the right syntax. To figure out the file structure. To figure out how best to test your changes. But you need to be a strategist to build code that lasts. To design the architecture. To automate away problems. To think beyond today. Agents have eaten the tactical part of programming. When you can pay below minimum wage for code, there's no point going into the trenches yourself. But AI cannot code strategically. Agents need someone at the top of the pyramid to tell them what to do. They need oversight. So, a developer's day-to-day job has become 100% strategy. Long-term thinking, all the time. (maybe this is why I'm so tired all the time now) If you identify as a tactical programmer - a code monkey - then you are out of luck. The job has changed. Personally, I like it. I always preferred thinking strategically about code. If you asked me what my job was about, I'd say 'building apps', not 'writing code'. But what makes me nervous is that we've pulled down the only bridge that brought juniors into the industry. We used to train juniors like this: 1. Give them only tactical tasks 2. Let them build up their strategic experience slowly Eventually, they are a good enough strategist that they are no longer a junior. But what happens when all tactical code is written by AI? What is the point of a junior? We obviously need juniors. We need new lifeblood coming into the industry. We need to leave paths open for extraordinary hires to enrich our companies. But how do we train them? How do you train strategic thinking? These are the questions I'm thinking about. I'd love to know your thoughts.
this is why i always say im seeking people who actually care about being right in the end almost everyone is satisfied with feeling right in the moment
What number do you stop when eating your chicken wings?¿
Jeff Bezos: The bottom half of tax payers pay 3% of all taxes, I think it should be zero.
Ohhh wait, wtf am I thinking there's no point in hashing email OTPs lol
