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Mike Austin
Oct 21
AI (slaps face)
Ok, I use it a lot to ask technical questions. But the code it generates from other coworkers is bad.
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AI (slaps face)
Ok, I use it a lot to ask technical questions. But the code it generates from other coworkers is bad.
Oct 21
Raoul Duke
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David Barbour
2
Oct 14
food for thought
Tracking user intention and attention as part of a user model is reasonable. But it isn't parsed
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food for thought
Tracking user intention and attention as part of a user model is reasonable. But it isn't parsed
Oct 14
Mike Austin
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David Barbour
4
Oct 1
Snakes vs Camels
Yes, kebab / dash – LISP, Scheme, Dylan, HTML, CSS, etc. If white-space is required between
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Snakes vs Camels
Yes, kebab / dash – LISP, Scheme, Dylan, HTML, CSS, etc. If white-space is required between
Oct 1
Mike Austin
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Raoul Duke
3
Sep 25
GraphQL queries are just too darn big!
Jokingly, I mean SQL is not that bad but it's raw - joining tables manually, non-nested data.
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GraphQL queries are just too darn big!
Jokingly, I mean SQL is not that bad but it's raw - joining tables manually, non-nested data.
Sep 25
Mike Austin
2
Sep 24
What is a database index really?
I keep reading MySQL clustered index make finding primary keys fast - the table itself is a b-tree
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What is a database index really?
I keep reading MySQL clustered index make finding primary keys fast - the table itself is a b-tree
Sep 24
Mike Austin
Sep 23
A Comprehensive Overview of GPU Accelerated Databases
A Comprehensive Overview of GPU Accelerated Databases GPUDirect Storage: A Direct Path Between
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A Comprehensive Overview of GPU Accelerated Databases
A Comprehensive Overview of GPU Accelerated Databases GPUDirect Storage: A Direct Path Between
Sep 23
Mike Austin
Sep 23
return mask == 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFULL;
(unsigned long long) but I see ...FULL! :)
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return mask == 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFULL;
(unsigned long long) but I see ...FULL! :)
Sep 23
Mike Austin
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David Barbour
5
Sep 23
Fun with creating an RDBMS (well, a basic start)
I'm way out of date on SIMD. I looked at it when it was more about stuffing a single register
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Fun with creating an RDBMS (well, a basic start)
I'm way out of date on SIMD. I looked at it when it was more about stuffing a single register
Sep 23
Mike Austin
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Raoul Duke
2
Sep 19
The Binary Search Optimization That 95% of Programmers Get Wrong
train an llm from scratch on everything OTHER than that, then see if it passes the test. On Sat, Sep
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The Binary Search Optimization That 95% of Programmers Get Wrong
train an llm from scratch on everything OTHER than that, then see if it passes the test. On Sat, Sep
Sep 19
Mike Austin
Sep 16
Windows WSL2 can run X Window apps
Run Linux GUI apps with WSL | Microsoft Learn I knew about the Windows Subsystem for Linux, but I
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Windows WSL2 can run X Window apps
Run Linux GUI apps with WSL | Microsoft Learn I knew about the Windows Subsystem for Linux, but I
Sep 16
Mike Austin
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Raoul Duke
7
Sep 5
Grouping data is messy
AHHH LINE NOISE!! On Thursday, September 3, 2026 at 3:19:50 PM UTC-7 raould wrote: meh. maybe a real
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Grouping data is messy
AHHH LINE NOISE!! On Thursday, September 3, 2026 at 3:19:50 PM UTC-7 raould wrote: meh. maybe a real
Sep 5
Mike Austin
Aug 27
Finaly getting the hang of create table SQL
Being primarily a front-end UX developer and with database-as-a-service services, I haven't had
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Finaly getting the hang of create table SQL
Being primarily a front-end UX developer and with database-as-a-service services, I haven't had
Aug 27
Raoul Duke
3
Aug 17
niklaus wirth in hardware
https://computer-museum.ru/english/setun.htm On Mon, Aug 17, 2026 at 11:47 Raoul Duke <raould@
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niklaus wirth in hardware
https://computer-museum.ru/english/setun.htm On Mon, Aug 17, 2026 at 11:47 Raoul Duke <raould@
Aug 17
Paul Tarvydas
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David Barbour
4
Aug 12
FYI - some of my opions on compiler building
The LLMs with big context windows can adapt to non-sequential languages very well, in my experience.
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FYI - some of my opions on compiler building
The LLMs with big context windows can adapt to non-sequential languages very well, in my experience.
Aug 12
Paul Tarvydas
Jul 14
Implementing The Experiment ST Meta-Syntax
Maybe of interest?... This is a screencast of how I implement a new language. It's a long (80-
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Implementing The Experiment ST Meta-Syntax
Maybe of interest?... This is a screencast of how I implement a new language. It's a long (80-
Jul 14
Paul Tarvydas
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David Barbour
3
Jul 13
Experiment - Separating Architecture From Code
At the moment, most AIs will ignore architecture docs when implementing new features. Unless you
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Experiment - Separating Architecture From Code
At the moment, most AIs will ignore architecture docs when implementing new features. Unless you
Jul 13
Paul Tarvydas
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Raoul Duke
2
Jul 11
Languages That Stretch Your DI Capabilities and Imagination
hear hear On Sat, Jul 11, 2026 at 09:28 Paul Tarvydas <paulta...@gmail.com> wrote: I've
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Languages That Stretch Your DI Capabilities and Imagination
hear hear On Sat, Jul 11, 2026 at 09:28 Paul Tarvydas <paulta...@gmail.com> wrote: I've
Jul 11
Raoul Duke
,
David Barbour
5
Jul 10
i hate gradual typing
yeah ...but what if due to the way the code is, the only reasonable type is something akin to void*?
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i hate gradual typing
yeah ...but what if due to the way the code is, the only reasonable type is something akin to void*?
Jul 10
Raoul Duke
Jul 10
visual syntax dx
rxjs proves to me that plain 2d ascii is not good for anything much with concurrency, parallelism,
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visual syntax dx
rxjs proves to me that plain 2d ascii is not good for anything much with concurrency, parallelism,
Jul 10
Raoul Duke
Jul 1
dante's unanswerable dx circles of heck
but maybe ai-agents can help some day: if you have no schema, no good constraints on cardinalities
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dante's unanswerable dx circles of heck
but maybe ai-agents can help some day: if you have no schema, no good constraints on cardinalities
Jul 1
Paul Tarvydas
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David Barbour
22
Jun 30
Anti Assimilation
On Mon, Jun 29, 2026, 3:01 PM Paul Tarvydas <paulta...@gmail.com> wrote: "Coherence
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Anti Assimilation
On Mon, Jun 29, 2026, 3:01 PM Paul Tarvydas <paulta...@gmail.com> wrote: "Coherence
Jun 30
Paul Tarvydas
,
Raoul Duke
2
Jun 14
The Hardware Changed. The Software Didn't.
Sounds to me: Not wrong directionally, but a bit pie in the sky. The devil is in the details. eg
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The Hardware Changed. The Software Didn't.
Sounds to me: Not wrong directionally, but a bit pie in the sky. The devil is in the details. eg
Jun 14
Mike Austin
Jun 12
AI Everywhere
https://www.google.com/search?udm=2&q=ai+everywhere+meme Slow down there, we don't need AI
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AI Everywhere
https://www.google.com/search?udm=2&q=ai+everywhere+meme Slow down there, we don't need AI
Jun 12
Mike Austin
May 15
https://typescript-eslint.io/rules/strict-boolean-expressions/
A way to finally stop allowing string truthyness if (!string) { } which should be if (string.length =
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https://typescript-eslint.io/rules/strict-boolean-expressions/
A way to finally stop allowing string truthyness if (!string) { } which should be if (string.length =
May 15
Paul Tarvydas
,
Mike Austin
3
May 4
From State Machine to Python
It's not magical. You still have to think. When you dissect someone else's code, you can
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From State Machine to Python
It's not magical. You still have to think. When you dissect someone else's code, you can
May 4
Mike Austin
,
jido
4
May 4
Normalizing logic
https://youtu.be/AGyjo2DLxjM Refresher for De Morgan's Law. I needed that. On Wednesday, April 29
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Normalizing logic
https://youtu.be/AGyjo2DLxjM Refresher for De Morgan's Law. I needed that. On Wednesday, April 29
May 4
Mike Austin
,
Raoul Duke
3
May 2
Natural language queries
I started looking at autocomplete. It could be done without text parsing – just a decision tree. ----
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Natural language queries
I started looking at autocomplete. It could be done without text parsing – just a decision tree. ----
May 2
Mike Austin
May 1
New (old kid on the block) utility TypeScript library
https://www.npmjs.com/package/remeda vs ramda vs rambda vs ts-belt: https://npmtrends.com/@mobily/ts-
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New (old kid on the block) utility TypeScript library
https://www.npmjs.com/package/remeda vs ramda vs rambda vs ts-belt: https://npmtrends.com/@mobily/ts-
May 1
Mike Austin
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Paul Tarvydas
6
May 1
The death of non-domain types (int, string)
Nice. Yeah, diagrams go a long way. I watched some of the videos and would like to see something like
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The death of non-domain types (int, string)
Nice. Yeah, diagrams go a long way. I watched some of the videos and would like to see something like
May 1
Mike Austin
Apr 28
Software Engineering
For me, Solving Problems (first understanding them). Managing Complexity (abstract but not too far).
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Software Engineering
For me, Solving Problems (first understanding them). Managing Complexity (abstract but not too far).
Apr 28