jstrebel

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Comment · 5 days ago
That's how you do an energy transition! In Germany, the energy transition is based on legal and regulatory schemes, whereas the rest of the world transitions because it makes economic sense.
Comment · 1 month ago
I think it is clear that planning before coding is generally a good idea - it's true for human developers and even more so for AI agents. The question now is more: what is the right way for an AI agent to form a plan and share it with the user? Maybe the dedicated plan mode in the agent harness is no longer needed, but I would like to make very sure that the AI agent has a plan upfront and that this plan is compliant with my requirements, my general expectations and that it is consistent and clear.
Comment · 1 month ago
This article is also a nice visualization on why spec-driven development has not lived up to its promises.
Comment · 1 month ago
I have zero interest in manually creating software for solved problems - no text editors, no games, no utility tools. I like to write software for new problems and I love to solve these problems using code. I am not keen on typing source code by hand. If an LLM helps me speed up code creation, I will happily use it, because it allows me to solve my (business) problem faster. We are talking about efficiency here. If other people like writing code by hand and enjoy it, good for them. But don't complain that your hobbyist approach is unsuited for your career.
Comment · 2 months ago
Although I read that this web site was made using AI, I still feel entertained by it. The topic requires precise language and that's something that an LLM is surely excelling at. Yet I feel that the concepts in the text are a bit repetitive; the write-up could have been shortened a bit.
Comment · 2 months ago
Consent-O-Matic is a bit of an edge case because their last update was more than a year ago and their Github repo looks pretty dead. This makes me not really trust it anymore.
Comment · 2 months ago
Why did you buy such a card in the 90s? Of course you wanted to play Doom or Duke3D with your buddies!
Comment · 2 months ago
What do you think all those IT engineers who were made redundant in the last months are doing? Some of them might prefer founding a start-up to joblessness. It's not the first time that a job market crisis increases the rate of start-up registrations.
Comment · 2 months ago
I really appreciate how Mars Incorporated is actively weaning people off sugar ;)
Comment · 2 months ago
I haven't lost faith in my career and I've been an IT specialist all my life. AI will elevate my game to a new level. I see zero evidence that it will make me redundant in any way. I guess the role of IT will shift - specialized tech companies are less important, while business use of IT will thrive. (Yes, the code-monkey style of work will disappear, but nobody is going to miss this anyway, I hope)
Comment · 4 months ago
It's always good to see improvements around WSL2, but especially this one is not so relevant IMHO, since it only affects WLS2 file access to Windows file system. If you store your dev environment in WSL2 anyway, this won't help you.
Comment · 5 months ago
AI is like TV in that old saying: AI makes the smart ones smarter and the dumb ones dumber.

LLMs can both help you advance your knowledge and do your homework (preventing you from learning).

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Comment · 6 months ago
But you would already have to have shell access to the system to execute those commands, right?

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