Hacker News: jkdufair

New comment by jkdufair in "No Man Is an Island"

jkdufair — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 21:36:17 +0000

This was my initial reaction as well. I have been thoroughly invested in the craft of software engineering for 3+ decades. From the blog posts mentioned in the all the way back to Byte magazine at the library as a 10 year old. But those days appear to be perhaps behind us now, as suggested in the article. I am grieving it, despite the fact I have embraced LLMs for creating software.

But I refuse to use LLMs for things like making music. I like your term "purely human". There's no place for fancy statistical engines in human art. Art belongs to human communities and human culture. Which is where, apparently, I will continue to find my refuge if not my living.

New comment by jkdufair in "What ORMs have taught me: just learn SQL (2014)"

jkdufair — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 18:14:31 +0000

I believe efcore is really well designed and handles the ORM tradeoffs in a very usable and mostly efficient way. And someone would have to pry LINQ out of my cold, dead hands. SQL is fine and I'm glad I know it. But I thank god I almost never have to use it.

New comment by jkdufair in "Ask HN: What was your "oh shit" moment with GenAI?"

jkdufair — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:03:20 +0000

It's a single piezo pickup per string

New comment by jkdufair in "Ask HN: What was your "oh shit" moment with GenAI?"

jkdufair — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:02:26 +0000

I think the parent was referring to the Variax, which models guitars, not amps. That line has been discontinued, sadly for me who plays one. I hadn't thought of using AI to reverse engineer the modeling, implemented in firmware in the guitar. That could be interesting.

New comment by jkdufair in "Various LLM Smells"

jkdufair — Thu, 28 May 2026 20:55:43 +0000

If claude says "load bearing" once more, I think I'll vomit.

New comment by jkdufair in "Exploring 8 Shaft Weaving"

jkdufair — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 18:23:56 +0000

I really enjoy and appreciate how @yaxu does work in both textiles and live coding. I appreciate the abstractions he explores and I think it directly benefits the Tidal/Strudel projects.

New comment by jkdufair in "New documentary reveals that 21,000 laborers have died working Saudi Vision 2030"

jkdufair — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 15:35:47 +0000

Getting easier to avoid buying their oil. One of the reasons I switched to an EV.

New comment by jkdufair in "In the US, regenerative farming practices require unlearning past advice"

jkdufair — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 03:50:11 +0000

Pretty sure most corn is grown for animal feed. We could help by eating less - or no - meat.

New comment by jkdufair in "Judge decides against Internet Archive"

jkdufair — Sun, 26 Mar 2023 00:14:55 +0000

Whether or not someone is allowed to distribute creative works without the permission of the author, the point of copyright, is and will contribute to be independent of the technology used to do the distribution.

New comment by jkdufair in "Judge decides against Internet Archive"

jkdufair — Sun, 26 Mar 2023 00:07:16 +0000

Making a copy in RAM, cache etc does not involve distributing it to other people.

New comment by jkdufair in "Judge decides against Internet Archive"

jkdufair — Sat, 25 Mar 2023 02:38:07 +0000

I don’t disagree with the ruling. IA is not lending their copy that they purchased. They are lending a copy of their copy. While that copy is lent out, they are still free to, I.e. read the copy in their possession.

New comment by jkdufair in "Grocery chain is considered “good and fierce” by Walmart"

jkdufair — Sat, 18 Feb 2023 11:35:24 +0000

One of the main reasons I choose to shop at Aldi is that when I am in the store, I feel like the customer vs. feeling like the product at Kroger. Shopping at Kroger (or Walmart, etc.) feels like I am being assaulted.

New comment by jkdufair in "Walmart to close three tech hubs, tells tech staff to return to offices"

jkdufair — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 05:05:14 +0000

Heard they have outstanding mountain bike trails and other good outdoor activity options.

New comment by jkdufair in "Dear Spotify, can we just get a table of songs?"

jkdufair — Sat, 04 Jun 2022 13:56:54 +0000

If you are an Emacs user, check out Smudge. https://github.com/danielfm/smudge

It gives you just such a list.

New comment by jkdufair in "Ultorg: A user interface for relational databases [video]"

jkdufair — Wed, 04 May 2022 03:52:26 +0000

LINQPad

New comment by jkdufair in "The popularity of e-bikes isn’t slowing down"

jkdufair — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 01:52:02 +0000

RadPower bikes have hit the sweet spot between price and quality.

New comment by jkdufair in "The popularity of e-bikes isn’t slowing down"

jkdufair — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 01:50:08 +0000

A 5 mile commute on an eBike is trivial.

New comment by jkdufair in "Show HN: Gitlab Open in Editor"

jkdufair — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 20:40:29 +0000

Add button to GitLab files/diffs to open them in your local editor. Currently supports VSCode and Emacs.

Show HN: Gitlab Open in Editor

jkdufair — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 20:40:29 +0000

Article URL: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gitlab-open-in-editor/gimnckknlihboacimdhckfidphnaihon?hl=en

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26197790

Points: 3

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New comment by jkdufair in "Employees are leaving Facebook and torching the company in departure notes"

jkdufair — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 19:44:53 +0000

Plotting assassinations of governors.