jconley

I wrote some code with an IMAP lib. Wasn't too happy with out of the box things.

The smaller Deepseek models are most interesting for self hosting LLM's at the moment. Impressive! Many other ML Things need a lot less compute, though. Like facial recognition, spam filtering, etc.

awesome! how do you do email delivery? i still have to route things through an external service to get that to really work. oh yeah, i gave my son access and he hosts Rust and Minecraft servers.

i'm looking into doing security cam + AI. just canceled my Nest subscription.

The standup questions are awkward motivation killers. The people that look good in those meetings are usually just pandering. I'm convinced standups have stuck around because they make managers feel like they're adding value. If people are waiting until the next workday to be unblocked your team is moving too slowly.

On the flip side having the team chat regularly is a value add. Maybe you can talk about upcoming product things, ideas people have, the market in general, and any other thoughts people have top of mind. But forcing everyone to talk about what they're working on is counter productive. Everyone on the team knows if they want to know. If there isn't team visibility to what everyone is working on then something else is broken.

It seems to me that this is the risk you take when you create an unofficial add-on to any product.

I've helped reverse engineer vehicle ECU's to reprogram the fuel injection, turbo pressure, and spark timing systems. But, we wouldn't have expected the manufacturer to do anything except officially discourage the use of the aftermarket tools. That is the name of the game with unofficial add-ons with access to sensitive control systems.

Disclaimer: I did work for a Middleby subsidiary at the time but I don't know anything that isn't public about this situation. We were all very separate companies.

Unity's just outgrowing the early adopters. The starving indies will move on to the next up and coming engine. Professionals will continue using Unity (and UE, which also charges royalties) because of the breadth and depth of the toolsets.

I first used Unity when their WebGL system was in private beta. IIRC they tried charging royalties early on but then reverted that for marketshare, but I don't have time to look it up. In any case the royalties aren't burdensome at that scale. I don't think it'll affect much. Vocal minority, yada yada. Maybe it'll even get them to profitability next year!

I'll have to try this! I have reflux or heartburn daily if I don't do things right. A few things help me.

1) Don't have an empty stomach. My stomach goes crazy. 2) Don't overeat. Large portions cause it nearly every time. 3) Don't eat anything within 2 hours of bed time.

So, basically, if I eat small meals often I am usually fine. And then there are trigger foods like too much coffee and alcohol and red sauces, and garlic and other things that cause indigestion.

Yeah this is my experience as well. You can share a ton of code if you think about it up front. But the UI is not worth it. So different.

React Native. TypeScript. NestJS backend, NextJS frontend. The ability to easily share code across the full stack is underrated. Of course you need someone that thinks at that high level building it.

The biggest confidence boost as a new programmer was the first time I wrote some software on my own, other people used it, it worked, and they liked it. This happened within about a year of starting out. I suggest everyone try to build products and give them to people. Nothing more validating to me than building stuff people want.

Housing is not a right in the US. It's a for-profit endeavor. Unless that fundamental thing changes expect rents to go up as much as the market will bear and landlords to do everything to make as much profit as possible.

Side note: I doubt this is actually "AI". Probably some heuristics.