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New comment by zabriel_goss in "IBM Bob"

zabriel_goss — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 21:27:53 +0000

My first thought as well!!

New comment by zabriel_goss in "Any Human Ever – One life, drawn at random from all who have ever lived"

zabriel_goss — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:50:46 +0000

I had a similar sensation. I often think about a friend of mine who mentioned, in passing, a sense of having won the lottery of life for being born in this day and age, in a first-world country

New comment by zabriel_goss in "We are rebuilding Monica"

zabriel_goss — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 17:01:23 +0000

I enjoy using it! I don't tend to it as often as I could, and there are some ways in which the fields available on profiles/marking touch points don't exactly match my preferred mental model.

But this is one of those instances where I appreciate opinionated software reminding me to invest in what matters in relationships.

New comment by zabriel_goss in "What will be left for us to work on"

zabriel_goss — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 22:26:17 +0000

For certain functionality, we import libraries. For others, we've handwritten solutions. Even so — sometimes we have to crack open the repo for a library to really dig in to what's going on. That seems to go for domain experts as well.

I think we've always been working with the scenarios of what's solved for us and what we need to solve manually. AI is certainly not an abstraction layer, but there are ways to use it where you are still driving, learning, and shipping.

New comment by zabriel_goss in "RAG Is Simpler Than You Think"

zabriel_goss — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 21:47:07 +0000

Helpful framing, thanks for sharing!

New comment by zabriel_goss in "My Friend Aaron"

zabriel_goss — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 22:18:02 +0000

Gripping! Wonderful surprise to read this today

New comment by zabriel_goss in "AI is removing the middle class of software engineering?"

zabriel_goss — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 21:21:12 +0000

I understand your point and ultimately agree with the systemic problems here.

And, as a "Learn to Code" guy who's had a successful and interesting career filled with self-study and continual improvement, I'll call you a gatekeeper.

New comment by zabriel_goss in "Letter to Governor Abbott on responsible AI infrastructure in Texas"

zabriel_goss — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 19:30:03 +0000

As someone who lived in TX through the winter storm power crisis in 2021, I approve of the pause.

New comment by zabriel_goss in "'VPNs are lawful technical tools,' says EU Court in landmark copyright ruling"

zabriel_goss — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:31:02 +0000

FYI, this recently changed to only apply to the mobile app. Browser access and 3rd party apps are not restricted.

New comment by zabriel_goss in "Apple Will 'Watch Everything Burn' When the AI Bubble Bursts"

zabriel_goss — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:42:05 +0000

Enterprise certainly wouldn't fit. This argument seems to be targeted at the consumer market, which Apple deals in. Consumers are not paying varying Disney+ subscription prices based on how much they watch. So many points are still interesting. Though, I'm not convinced the consumer market is the primary target for AI firms.

New comment by zabriel_goss in "Advertise in ChatGPT"

zabriel_goss — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:12:37 +0000

It begins.

New comment by zabriel_goss in "Are readers generating fiction with AI models?"

zabriel_goss — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 18:02:20 +0000

Books and fiction were some of the first to be democratized as a result of the internet.

New comment by zabriel_goss in "The 80% Problem: The Last 20% Is Where the Engineer Used to Live"

zabriel_goss — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 19:08:41 +0000

Generated? Or are we all reading so much generated material in our workflows that it's seeping into our authentic dialogue

New comment by zabriel_goss in "OpenAI unveils its first custom chip, built by Broadcom"

zabriel_goss — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 18:53:42 +0000

I agree with you. Stepping stones are still a part of getting there, if only to be briefly useful.

New comment by zabriel_goss in "India's surprise baby bust"

zabriel_goss — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:39:41 +0000

Well put. Adding that for those who are looking to have kids, there are generational considerations. It's not only the parents wanting the middle-class life for themselves, but it's also understanding that raising a child with that level of access to resources is what ideally sets the child up for a better life onward. The impact is exponential down the line, and no one wants to be responsible for a move in the opposite direction generationally.