sachinag
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Comment · 1 month ago
Sites is so good that it’s changed my workflow - I start in Opus 5.5, have it write a plan to Google Docs in markdown, then have Codex pick up the plan, shave it down, and build the prototype. A little annoying to switch tools, annoying enough to only do this on desktop, but the output is fantastic.
Comment · 6 months ago
Hey folks, I just wanted to drop a quick note here that there’s a way to stop billing in an emergency that’s officially documented on the Google Cloud documentation site: https://docs.cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/disable-bi... . You can see the big red warning that this could destroy resources that you can’t get back even if you reconnect a billing account, but this is a way to stop things before they get out of control. This billing account disconnect goes all the way to implement a full on “emergency hand brake” that “unplugs the thing from the wall” (or whatever analogy you prefer) without you having to affirmatively do it yourself.
https://docs.cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/modify-pro... and https://docs.cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/budgets-pr... are other documented alternatives to receive billing alerts without the billing account disconnect.
The billing account disconnect obviously shouldn’t be used for any production apps or workloads you’re using to serve your own customers or users, since it could interrupt them without warning, but it’s a great option for internal workloads or test apps or proof of concept explorations.
Hope this helps!
Comment · 1 year ago
Ah I think I see based on the other comment but just to confirm - you want to use Vertex provided Gemini API endpoints without having to create a Google Cloud project. Is that correct? (I’m just trying to get as precise about the problem statement and what success looks like - that helps me figure out a path to the best solution.)
Appreciate the feedback!
Comment · 1 year ago
Totally fair. Yes, Google AI Studio [ https://aistudio.google.com ] lets you do this but Google Cloud doesn't at this time. That's super duper irritating, I know.
Comment · 1 year ago
Thanks Chris!
"The Google Cloud Dashboard is a mess, and they haven't fixed it in years." Tell me what you want, and I'll do my best to make it happen.
In the interim, I would also suggest checking out Cloud Hub - https://console.cloud.google.com/cloud-hub/ - this is us really rethinking the level of abstraction to be higher than the base infrastructure. You can read more about the philosophy and approach here: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/application-developme...
Comment · 5 years ago
Good error messages have a template: a UUID, a description, and a suggested solution. This gives folks enough to try to solve it themselves and also enough to Google / grep with.
Comment · 5 years ago
I'm in USA and not censored for me, although I'm logged in and have view sensitive content turned on
Comment · 5 years ago
The greatest HN comment is obviously cperciva's: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079
Comment · 5 years ago
There is a famous story that the engineers wanted to way back when and Eric Schmidt managed to get them to stop by saying "Oracle is auditable" and all the engineers were like "ugh, government regulations" and that was that
Comment · 6 years ago
The "non-N95 masks don't protect yourself" was what we thought in March; it's no longer what we think after the Starbucks contact tracing and other studies.
Regular masks absolutely provide substantial - admittedly, not perfect, but substantial - personal protection.
Comment · 6 years ago
I would love to read a long story on Dave Cutler. I've heard the name but don't know the first thing about him.
Comment · 6 years ago
Techmeme runs on IBM Cloud.
Comment · 6 years ago
The map is right here; you can scroll over and see the locations. https://www.ibm.com/cloud/data-centers/
Comment · 6 years ago
https://cloud.ibm.com/catalog/services/api-connect seems to do a lot of this for free. Probably could also use the community version of Mulesoft: https://developer.mulesoft.com/mulesoft-products-and-licensi...
Comment · 6 years ago
You really need an /s on this one
Been here a long, long time.