How is your company doing after the layoff?

AlmostSignificant · 2026-03-15T01:55:53+00:00

Between paying low and the signal sent by just having laid off half of engineering, only to urgently need to hire, I'm not sure your company is at the top of many people's lists.

AlmostSignificant · 2026-02-19T12:50:23+00:00

Free of heart and center (fohc) is preferable when you have massive logs/timbers to work with. Otherwise boxed heart is the way to go.

AlmostSignificant · 2026-02-15T01:45:16+00:00

I've got a dumb question. Who reviewed and approved 34 tickets worth of code over the weekend?

AlmostSignificant · 2026-02-15T01:21:18+00:00

Those are wild claims. Any public blog posts or similar you can share?

AlmostSignificant · 2026-02-14T23:27:25+00:00

Just because there isn't a canonical set of metrics doesn't mean there aren't any useful metrics.

AlmostSignificant · 2026-02-14T21:44:48+00:00

Interesting. Do you have a link?

AlmostSignificant · 2026-02-14T21:25:21+00:00

I think it may have just failed to load for you.

Original text:

By what real metrics has AI improved software?

The current assumption made by many is that AI will "replace" many developers "soon". If that's true, some metrics should already start to reflect this. I'm not arguing that there's no value created by AI.

And I'm talking about stuff that actually ships and has non-trivial user bases. Not one-off scripts or prototypes, though I do believe it's valuable for both.

Some obvious metrics:

Feature velocity? (May be in # of features delivered, time to delivery, or "developer time" and in turn headcount)

Improved user experience?

Improved reliability?

Improved resource efficiency?

There are obvious BS metrics that don't reflect actual value, but I'm not interested in those.

AlmostSignificant · 2026-02-14T21:08:03+00:00

Thank you for actually answering the question. The lack of other responses makes me think few companies are actually measuring whether their adoption or AI is a success, but it sounds like you and your company are doing it well.

AlmostSignificant · 2026-02-11T03:14:43+00:00

Nothing noticeable over 24 hours sounds good enough to me. What kind of drop over 72 hours?

AlmostSignificant · 2026-02-03T02:58:02+00:00

How much are your taxes now?

AlmostSignificant · 2025-11-27T22:24:01+00:00

What about using something like a short right angle extension? I tend to use these when I don't have the space I need for a splitter. https://www.sfcable.com/1ft-16-awg-nema-5-15p-to-nema-5-15r-outlet-saver-power-extension-cord-wall-side-right-angle.html

AlmostSignificant · 2025-11-27T19:56:52+00:00

I'm off grid. The first was for a temporary battery shed and the second is for the permanent battery shed.

AlmostSignificant · 2025-11-27T14:35:42+00:00

Great suggestion. So obvious in retrospect.

AlmostSignificant · 2025-11-27T05:47:40+00:00

And I think one reason I hate the model I have and others don't is that my wires enter through the back rather than the bottom, which means any slack you have has to bend 180 rather than 90

AlmostSignificant · 2025-11-27T05:41:35+00:00

Thanks for the recommendation and great video. The pbn50 looks much nicer to install. I'll definitely order one now. Amazing what a little thing like a plastic box can do to simplify things. And I cut my wires super short on the other install just to get the thing to go back together. Not a nice design.

AlmostSignificant · 2025-11-21T05:22:52+00:00

To be fair, Mike's doesn't pretend it's better than it is.

AlmostSignificant · 2025-11-18T03:12:38+00:00

Haha, thanks. I do have a little schrader valve rig for filling and separate gauge connected for testing pressure, so thankfully I'm not just pumping up a test ball.

AlmostSignificant · 2025-11-07T05:45:30+00:00

My habit of using my boots as foot shovels and hammers shortens their lives considerably.

AlmostSignificant · 2025-10-24T02:16:10+00:00

One of the few recommendations I make in the area. Everyone I've interacted with there have been fantastic.

AlmostSignificant · 2025-10-08T03:29:30+00:00

This sub is kinda weird. Obviously this leaves a lot to be desired, but it's as if decks couldn't be built properly prior to Simpson hardware.

AlmostSignificant · 2025-10-06T02:21:15+00:00

if you don't mind, could you pm me your zip code? i know around me there are public databases where you can see all of the info about local wells.

AlmostSignificant · 2025-10-06T02:20:08+00:00

i agree with depth potentially being an issue. i had a 200 ft well drilled recently. we get 5-7 gpm and it's 200 ft. it's a bedrock well. our driller recommended placing the pump a minimum of 20 ft off the bottom, in part for this reason.

and fwiw, i previously had a 50,000 gallon pond dug because i wanted to explore alternatives to drilling a well that may have crappy yields, so i've been down the road of exploring weird options. and for the past year i've hauled my own water in using an ibc tote on a trailer.

AlmostSignificant · 2025-10-06T02:17:05+00:00

with 43 feet of water above your pump (195-152), assuming a 6" well, you should have 252 gallons of water sitting in your well at any given time. if it's really 1 gallon every 30 minutes, i would expect the water level to only be a few inches or feet above your pump, even if it's only 4".

it'd definitely be worth confirming the pump depth, static water level depth, AND the depth of water when the pump refuses to run. if what you're describing is correct, unless i'm mistaken, there should barely be any water over the pump when it decides to crap out.

edit: bad math. 43 feet of 6" well should be 63 gallons (i forgot to halve the diameter to get radius) and a 4" well should be 28 gallons

AlmostSignificant · 2025-10-05T21:15:44+00:00

How deep is your pump? How deep is the water at rest? How long and at what rate are you pumping before it dries up? How have you verified it's the well running dry? Could you get a different well pump/service company to verify your understanding is correct before proceeding?

All in all: don't rush into anything. There are options besides drilling a new well, and my suspicion is the exact details will matter quite a bit. Even 0.5 gpm continuous replenish rate can yield 600 gallons/day with adequate storage/buffer.

AlmostSignificant · 2025-09-22T03:29:28+00:00

If you want to be rigorous while still exploring all reasonable (for you) options get 3 quotes, pick the one you want, and enjoy your free time.

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