Tim Lytle

A year ago this morning my mom, brother, and I sat with my dad and said goodbye. Life doesn't stop, and the pain doesn't go away, but it's not as sharp now I guess. tjlytle.medium.com/remembering-my…

@fjhancock We should catch up.

Don’t get me wrong; I love the concept of software factories, but I also love high-quality code. Unfortunately, the current generation of models limits your choice to one.

@shocm @johncongdon Yeah, I've seen it printing in the background. I bet @Philll_T has too.

@tjlytle @johncongdon He got a Bambu, and the quality is really impressive.

It's good to know someone with a good 3D printer. @johncongdon printed me this awesome stand for my HomePod mini.

@launchany "For the same reasons we don't check compiler output." Because the process is thoroughly testable, covered by tests, and completely deterministic? That's got to be an interesting model he's working on.

“Generated code” If it were that good, you wouldn’t need code. Code is for humans, not machines.

If you want the weekly study guide emailed each Saturday, I’m setting up a simple signup. Until that's ready, reply or DM me and I’ll make sure you're on the list.

The weekly study guides (daily readings, questions, reflections, etc.) are something I build as we go. That lets me shape them to what’s happening in our lives week by week.

I’m putting together a Bible reading plan for next year. The full schedule will be ready before January for anyone who wants to follow the larger readings right from the start.

This came up at dinner last night. This is what defines a faithful pastor. This is what sustains a lasting relationship. This is at the heart of every legitimate ministry. This is love.

@shawngorham @AndySwan Goal was to make it accessible to anyone, while making it easy to talk about what was being read. If you only did the short daily passage you were still in some of the same places as those reading yearly.

@shawngorham @AndySwan I put together a plan that has readings in 5 themed tracks concurrently, laid out for 5 days a week reading (make it easy to catch up should you miss a day) and has 5 smaller daily passages that are also in the week's reading.

Have you ever wanted to read the Bible in a Year? I read my Bible every morning at 5am I have not missed in 8 years I have completed Bible in a year 7 times now I have been a Christian for 18 years. For my first 10 years I only read my on Sundays and a weekly Bible study. Why? I didn't understand it. I didn't comprehend what I was reading. I had poor discipline on reading. It didn't make sense. All that to tease out a group I am starting January 1 - Read the Bible in a Year It will be a WhatsApp group I am going to use the NLT translation (easiest to read) and follow the Bible Projects reading plan More to come as I plan this out - but for now, would you pray about joining me in reading the Bible in a Year? Also, IF you don't own a Bible and are curious, send me a DM and I will send you an NLT Bible. More to come, but this is my teaser. P.S. this is uncomfortable for me, but I feel I am being given an opportunity to lead this, so I am putting myself out there.

@Zigmanfreud Missing an option there. Overblown but useful, made those that hyped it money, now just something we're all kind of used to.

Poll question… Ten years from now we will perceive “Artificial Intelligence” as having so far been…

PSA: Feel like getting more engaged here, but not sure what with how the user base here has changed. But I think I'll try to figure it out.

@CalEvans I'd call it a form of pair programming, and for pairing to work out it requires two developers.

As a long-time software developer, starting to with with AI assistance was not easy. I knew what I wanted in my head and dangit, Skippy (My generic name for any AI I am working with) never could just read my mind. That having been said, I now have a repeatable process I've developed over about 5 projects that actually works pretty good. Note, this is not Vibe Coding, it's AI assisted programming. Huge difference. I do not think a non developer would get any benefit from my methodology.

@akalsey @Kickstarter So the field monitor is an additional screen that you dedicate to whatever the video conference software is, right? Interesting that the Kickstarter inverts your method leveraging 'phone as web camera' capabilities.

@tjlytle @Kickstarter Started with a DLSR suspended in front of my screen. x.com/akalsey/status… Then went to a teleprompter x.com/akalsey/status… Have since escalated from the ipad to a Lilliput field monitor. And then again to a 17" teleprompter with a ultralight 17" screen to power it.

Saw this @Kickstarter today, and remembered something @akalsey built years ago I think. kickstarter.com/projects/seanh…

This looks really cool.

From an early morning slack in our dev channel: Developer knowledge / experience / understanding is still the core contributor to productivity, LLM assistance is a multiplier not an addend.

@JasonDJudge Ah, I'm guessing we're looking at different test bounds. I'd end up not changing the test, even if I split concepts into different functions or classes.

@tjlytle No, writing the tests at the same time. The code doesn’t just drop out with refactoring with that to help make it easier to test, and as the code flow ideas are refined. How do I test that particular complex flow? Oh, split into three functions, and repeat.

A question that came up, "are you saying there's no value when writing the test after?" Not at all, I'm saying the value you get from _writing_ the test approaches zero (or even becomes a cost). The value of _having_ the test is completely separate.