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New comment by dep_b in "Rust is tier-1 language at Microsoft"

dep_b — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 13:46:26 +0000

Firefox is a virtual container that executes web applications safely. It’s too much memory still, but OTOH half an OS. It also doesn’t share anything with the OS like Safari

New comment by dep_b in "Astra for Coding: Why Are We Doing This Again?"

dep_b — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 09:56:11 +0000

I tried Astra and it started to fix issues in my code when I just asked a question about it. Then I spent half an afternoon to make sure we really didn’t need that change.

That felt so counter productive.

These models+harnesses seem to be getting better at yolo mode one shotting stuff at the cost of being a useful tool for more controlled software engineering.

New comment by dep_b in "SwiftUI After 7 Years"

dep_b — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:57:26 +0000

The odd thing is that UIKit can easily be transformed into a much more pleasant experience if you just fix some of the worst API’s, like embedding ViewControllers and adding constraints in code.

New comment by dep_b in "EU Exempts Apple Watch and AirPods from Battery Removal Requirements"

dep_b — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 08:46:30 +0000

Loss or breakage.

I had the original AirPods and vowed to never buy them again because replacing the battery was so expensive.

Just ridiculous to throw away expensive audio equipment because battery replacement is as expensive as 50% of a new pair.

While good headphones from the 70s are still good, maybe with some foam replacements.

New comment by dep_b in "Mouse: Precision Editing Tools for AI Coding Agents"

dep_b — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 11:09:45 +0000

Reminder me of all those “{trivial thing}, on the internet” patents 25 year ago

New comment by dep_b in "Microsoft new Outlook takes 10 seconds to do what Outlook Classic does instantly"

dep_b — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 22:05:58 +0000

Yet I never had issues doing any design thrown at me using AppKit, UIKit or SwiftUI.

Only storyboards and XIBs were hard to style globally.

All of the flexibility, but a lot faster than web

New comment by dep_b in "Apple reveals new AI architecture built around Google Gemini models"

dep_b — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 06:18:45 +0000

And Intents

New comment by dep_b in "I think Anthropic and OpenAI have found product-market fit"

dep_b — Thu, 28 May 2026 07:33:06 +0000

It’s funny how a US$30 ReSharper license that would give me a 20% performance boost in programming was out of the question, while me burning US$3000 per month on tokens for a 40% boost in performance never was questioned

New comment by dep_b in "The bottleneck was never the code"

dep_b — Wed, 06 May 2026 14:29:25 +0000

True

New comment by dep_b in "How I write software with LLMs"

dep_b — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:23:13 +0000

“…if you give it good context…” that’s what the architect session is for basically. You throw around ideas and store the direction you want to go.

Then you execute it with a clean context.

Clean context is needed for maximum performance while not remembering implementation dead ends you already discarded

New comment by dep_b in "Please Do Not A/B Test My Workflow"

dep_b — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 12:33:50 +0000

I think stable API versions are going to be really big. I’d rather have known bugs u can work around than waking up to whatever thing got fixed that made another thing behave differently.

New comment by dep_b in "Peter Thiel's Antichrist Lectures"

dep_b — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:30:07 +0000

Poland is quite intertwined.

But Catholicism has its own government, which prevents individual catholic countries to veer off too much.

New comment by dep_b in "Peter Thiel's Antichrist Lectures"

dep_b — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:11:17 +0000

It’s almost like they reject the parts of the bible featuring Christ, and only cling on to the Old Testament and the parts after Christ as their guide.

In lack of a better word, that sounds more like anti-Cristian

New comment by dep_b in "PC processors entered the Gigahertz era today in the year 2000 with AMD's Athlon"

dep_b — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 20:59:16 +0000

C64 1982 Amiga 1985

Never witnessed anything before or after with that jump in specs

New comment by dep_b in "Halt and Catch Fire: TV’s best drama you’ve probably never heard of (2021)"

dep_b — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 06:57:17 +0000

Thanks that’s correcr

New comment by dep_b in "Man accidentally gains control of 7k robot vacuums"

dep_b — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 19:33:42 +0000

Internet connections on devices are an anti feature to me. I need something to work reliably without internet. And then maybe add some extras through internet access through open and secure protocols, so I can always write my own implementation.

New comment by dep_b in "Halt and Catch Fire: TV’s best drama you’ve probably never heard of (2021)"

dep_b — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 08:24:53 +0000

Not in Europe?

New comment by dep_b in "ASML staffing changes could result in a net reduction of around 1700 positions"

dep_b — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 07:37:24 +0000

Hungary was outpaced by all WU countries in the last 20 years:

https://gki.hu/language/en/2024/06/18/hungarys-20-years-in-t...

I guess it’s attractive for its low wages? But not because of something Orbán pulled off.

New comment by dep_b in "ASML staffing changes could result in a net reduction of around 1700 positions"

dep_b — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 08:12:37 +0000

Bloomberg also has a link, but doesn’t mention ASML is actually adding 1400 engineers while cutting 4500 managers:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-28/asml-plan...

New comment by dep_b in "ASML staffing changes could result in a net reduction of around 1700 positions"

dep_b — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 08:02:42 +0000

Apologies for the Dutch source, but I couldn’t find any source in English yet.

“ ASML plans to eliminate approximately 3,000 of its 4,500 management positions in engineering. The expectation is that approximately 1,400 people will be able to move into new engineering roles.”