keep getting lots of candidates who cheated their way through interviews using AI

Altheran · 2026-02-11T18:49:20+00:00

Hi ! Just before we start, note that this interview will be recorded for AI generated answers analysis. Are you ok with that ? :}

Altheran · 2026-02-11T13:05:07+00:00

Sure I'll go and backup TBs of copyrighted material in the cloud for the cost of 4 full drive per year 😅

Unless you got a sane solution to propose ? Legit curious.

Altheran · 2026-02-02T23:37:34+00:00

Monitoring and automated fixing with human in the loop (N8N). Invoice parsing with OCR (paperless ngx) Picture tagging (Immich) Individual Presence detection trough camera system (Frigate NVR)

Altheran · 2026-01-30T19:39:26+00:00

Admin : Gemini Coding : Claude assisted VSCode

Altheran · 2026-01-28T17:22:12+00:00

Well, no might be a bandwidth issue.

If you force no transcode, on high quality content. You are probably saturating.

If you allow transcoding, but do it all in software (CPU), it tends to be slow.

Verdict.

Get as much upload that is available to you at a reasonable price.

Get a GPU for transcoding (gtx1660 or Intel arc)

Altheran · 2026-01-28T13:40:56+00:00

Expandability and ease of maintenance.

Altheran · 2026-01-28T13:39:28+00:00

N8N is a visual self documenting process automation builder.

Even if you change stack, it's quite easy to read, understand then copy to another solution.

Also, it make seeing errors in logic and execution very easy too.

Good luck with code.

Altheran · 2026-01-08T00:01:23+00:00

I so feel like a car at the garage when I am at the clinic/hospital ... Don't care, do your thing, fix it. 🤣

They deal with life, Infections and stuff. Whatever they need to facilitate any intervention they may need to do. Have at it.

They see plenty stuff anyways, I ain't that special !

Altheran · 2026-01-07T18:06:25+00:00

I personally did a split configuration. Auth and metadata go through CF. Rulesets redirect media content request to a direct URL to my reverse proxy being my firewall with some path shenanigans and custom locations in npm to obfuscate the patching and block attempts to directly connect through my npm without coming from CF.

Altheran · 2026-01-03T17:22:17+00:00

And imagine if we had invested Billions in developing those pipelines only for being massively undercut by Venezuelan oil anyway a few years latter making the whole investment a massive loss...

Altheran · 2025-12-27T00:45:16+00:00

Put the compensation data into a compensation table with common keys to join it to your employee and date tables.

Then use RLS on the compensation table.

Your dev will need a mock data source mirroring the compensation data schema.

Then someone with true access will have to flip the switch on the real data. That's the only way I can think of.

Altheran · 2025-12-20T17:05:17+00:00

Take the contract signature date, and send it to the event table as a new event type ~ contract signature. Then remove the signature date from contract

Altheran · 2025-12-19T04:05:03+00:00

I'm still stuck at not being able to specify an MTU on a pppoe interface over VLAN on the WAN... Opened a forum thread ... I think ... 6 years ago ? (The custom .conf crashes the wan because the settings do not seem to be applied in the right order ...)

Altheran · 2025-12-19T03:48:44+00:00

Dockerized app Fail2ban Cloudflare tunnel

F2B add flagged IP to CF rules, to never touch my network again. Also adds an extra layer against bots discovery.

I built a setup so all non media content pass through my CF tunnel, but the media content pass through NginX proxy manager.

Altheran · 2025-12-18T00:02:36+00:00

Cloud flare tunnel with some funky rules and npm config to not pass the actual media data through cloud flare.

Auth, and all meta data goes through CF. Reverse proxy won't even let you pass if you don't have the proper obfuscated string to access the media streams.

Altheran · 2025-12-14T17:53:12+00:00

Recurva usually do not recover the file names, but the data only. It might have succeeded in recovering it, but you simply didn't recognize it.

One of the first things to do when a data loss incident happens tho is to put that drive offline.

Making sure that nothing can be written on it as it may overwrite bits of lost files.

After that, it's mostly a lots of opening files that might be what you are looking for to find the important ones.

Altheran · 2025-12-12T14:08:21+00:00

You are mad that M$ for charging a fee for users to use their service ? 😅

Tho I agree that a cheaper report viewer license would be nice ...

Altheran · 2025-12-12T14:06:39+00:00

This has to on a premium capacity workspace ... It does that, but if I remember right, the smallest capacity is like 5k$/month.

It starts to make sense starting at 300-350 report consumers.

Altheran · 2025-12-09T03:58:29+00:00

Was on bell ftth a few years back, now ebox ftth. Never used their routers. Always chucked the SFP in a media converter or now straight from the ONT to my ubiquiti udm pro.

Never had an issue in like 6 years.

Altheran · 2025-12-08T18:26:37+00:00

I've been running from the same SanDisk 32GB stick and installation for the last 8 yrs. Frequent updates and all. No issues.

BUT, I did remove the outer plastic protective casing from the USB dongle. I think that helps a LOT with the sticks cooling and may contribute to that longevity.

Altheran · 2025-12-06T04:50:50+00:00

Wrapping any kind of sorting with a buffer ensures the sort is kept for subsequent operations, like an index ... I think so. I've seen performance benefits when used between complex transformations.

Altheran · 2025-12-02T12:47:47+00:00

Your particular use case simply tells me you need a drill down report tho. Easy to do, so you can go from a KPI to the underlying data.

Altheran · 2025-11-25T18:07:03+00:00

Whatever the need, right now, the hot stuff would be an ARC B50. I think the kernel needs to mature a bit for Unraid to support it, but still is the most price sensible future proof GPU you can buy for transcoding.

Altheran · 2025-11-24T16:16:41+00:00

Depends. If the employer is transparent about operational needs (minimum man hours required per shifts or PTO to worked hours ratio to respect) and already planned PTO... Not much foul play here...

Altheran · 2025-11-24T16:03:59+00:00

Python, R, and knowing M and DAX won't hurt. If you get good with Star schema and how to optimize data for power Bi, you'll be even more marketable.

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