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New comment by apwell23 in "Three Years from GPT-3 to Gemini 3"

apwell23 — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 16:40:34 +0000

> Just adding an atomic() context manager fixed it.

ok looks like you are intimately familiar with the code that is being produced and are AI as code generator rather than pure vibe coding. That makes sense to me.

Btw did AI add that line when you explained what the error was or did you add that in manually.

New comment by apwell23 in "Three Years from GPT-3 to Gemini 3"

apwell23 — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 16:30:19 +0000

have you ever made a non annoying comment

New comment by apwell23 in "Three Years from GPT-3 to Gemini 3"

apwell23 — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 16:29:47 +0000

atleast you are self aware

New comment by apwell23 in "CS234: Reinforcement Learning Winter 2025"

apwell23 — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 12:44:47 +0000

he said RL sucks because it narrowly optimizes to solve a certain set of problems in certain sets of conditions.

he compared it to students who win at math competition but cant do anything practical .

New comment by apwell23 in "Guests ejected mid-stay from bankrupt hotel chain Sonder"

apwell23 — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 12:41:48 +0000

yea paul graham knew with 10 mins of meeting teenage sam that sama is going to be the next bill gates .

True story from silicon valley ( real one not HBO one)

New comment by apwell23 in "Three Years from GPT-3 to Gemini 3"

apwell23 — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 12:35:41 +0000

god you are so annoying. the site that you posted doesn't even work. so wtf are you even gloating about.

New comment by apwell23 in "Three Years from GPT-3 to Gemini 3"

apwell23 — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 12:34:21 +0000

> Feels like whole generation of skeptics evaporated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR20FWCCjAs&list=PLd7-bHaQwn...

Ilya Sutskever this week.

New comment by apwell23 in "Three Years from GPT-3 to Gemini 3"

apwell23 — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 12:32:36 +0000

did you not run into this problem described by ilya below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR20FWCCjAs&list=PLd7-bHaQwn...

this has been my experience purely vibecoding. i am surprised it works well for others.

btw the current production bug. how did you discover that and why it slip out. looks like site wasn't working at all when you posted that comment?

New comment by apwell23 in "Three Years from GPT-3 to Gemini 3"

apwell23 — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 15:19:03 +0000

> https://pine.town

how many prompts did it take you to make this?

how did you make sure that each new prompt didn't break some previous functionality?

did you have a precise vision for it when you started or did you just go with whatever was being given to you?

New comment by apwell23 in "Implications of AI to schools"

apwell23 — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 12:25:41 +0000

> how could his sister convince the teacher she had actually written the essay herself?

She can't because she didn't write the essay herself, obviously.

New comment by apwell23 in "McMaster Carr – The Smartest Website You Haven't Heard Of (2022)"

apwell23 — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 19:51:44 +0000

i know glassdoor isn't the best review site but in this case its bang on

https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/McMaster-Carr-Reviews-E372...

i know several friends and family who cycled through here ( non tech) . they pay relatively higher salaries for chicago burbs area, so lot of ppl take their chances despite the bad reputation around here.

New comment by apwell23 in "McMaster Carr – The Smartest Website You Haven't Heard Of (2022)"

apwell23 — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 13:11:31 +0000

i live in the area and this place is one of the most toxic workplaces to have ever existed.

New comment by apwell23 in "73% of AI startups are just prompt engineering"

apwell23 — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 19:42:12 +0000

what level of seriousness does "context engineering" deserve?

New comment by apwell23 in "73% of AI startups are just prompt engineering"

apwell23 — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 18:25:00 +0000

pls don't create new guidelines

New comment by apwell23 in "73% of AI startups are just prompt engineering"

apwell23 — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 17:45:48 +0000

Yep I just use chatgpt . I can write better prompts and data for my own usecases

New comment by apwell23 in "73% of AI startups are just prompt engineering"

apwell23 — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 17:40:19 +0000

can you describe what the usecase is ?

New comment by apwell23 in "Superpowers: How I'm using coding agents in October 2025"

apwell23 — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 02:23:07 +0000

it was fine to say this is something new and ppl should maybe look at it. but strongly recommending its and calling it wild is not a nuanced opinion. esp given you have not actually used it yourself in any serious way. is it really that big a ask to only use hype words for things you've actually used and made a big difference to you.

edit: looks like my comments crossed into personally attacking you . i apologize for it.

New comment by apwell23 in "Superpowers: How I'm using coding agents in October 2025"

apwell23 — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 17:56:44 +0000

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New comment by apwell23 in "Superpowers: How I'm using coding agents in October 2025"

apwell23 — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 15:53:15 +0000

well explain why OPost is "wild" and what makes you recommend it "strongly" .

what have u built with to come to those conclusions ? is this too much to ask.

New comment by apwell23 in "Superpowers: How I'm using coding agents in October 2025"

apwell23 — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 15:38:00 +0000

yeah none them can actually prove or even explain it in words why thier own golden prompting technique is superior. its all vibes. so annoying, i want to slap these ppl lol.