8 August 2024

29 links · Thursday

"BuT, aUtH iS HaRd"

No, it's not. It's boring, red-tapey, a solved problem... but don't call it hard as a blanket statement.

Antisocial Club

If you’ve ever replied to me on social media, you might have also received a reply from me telling you to can it. I’ve got a bad attitude about this, I’m stubborn about it, and I’m not proud of it.

Row Embedded Cache: KISS at its finest

I've been experimenting with a new pattern of caching which uses types in Postgres to cache all relations of a particular record, within that record. It sou...

A Heck of a Wild Bug Chase

I just tracked down a bug with more twists, turns, and interconnecting weirdness than I’ve seen in years - maybe ever. I feel like I’m going to be telling the story of Olympic-level Bug-Chase-2024 for years, and I feel compelled to write about it. To be clear,…

Turn off your camera

Normalize turning video calls into audio calls

Internal CRM: A Recurring Nightmare

Uncover why recurring CRM project struggles happen and gain insights on organizational growth stages and tool choices

Why Social Media Is Toxic

Understand why social media is toxic and how it captures your attention. Learn how to spot wasteful activities and create a desire to escape the online wasteland.

Software I Pay For

Software and services I pay for and the evolution of software monetization

Natural solutions

Solutions fall naturally out of well-defined problems.

Back on track!

Hi everyone! I’m Yan, the creator of Marta.

q What do I title this article?

I have been an llm skeptic. I evaluated them early on11 Before ChatGPT, to give it context!, but at the time my experience was that useful results required a lot of work. A lot of things coincided, and I decided to give llm​s another shot.

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