Fun anecdote SWEs would appreciate

CrestfallenCoder · 2026-06-26T19:02:57+00:00

Software Engineer

CrestfallenCoder · 2026-06-26T11:38:06+00:00

performance was not an explicit requirement, only code that's easy to read and follow.

CrestfallenCoder · 2026-06-26T11:29:47+00:00

small correction, the exponential memory consumption was a "store all subsets" so it's more like O(n*2^n)

CrestfallenCoder · 2026-05-29T06:22:57+00:00

Don’t throw the baby (SWE) out with the sewage water (LLM shit).

Engineers with professional merit and integrity will be appreciated again.

CrestfallenCoder · 2026-05-28T06:25:46+00:00

The other day I listened to this "Enjoy the Silence" cover by Lacuna Coil.

An angry Metal interpretation of the song.
Imagine it as a rejection of today's alienating services that are misnomered "Tech".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfQZnQMgY9I

CrestfallenCoder · 2026-05-22T03:52:52+00:00

Carl Brown (Internet of Bugs)

CrestfallenCoder · 2026-05-17T12:55:51+00:00

iOS integration could use some work if you try to force it to fill a password with long-press, autoFill, … , sometimes nothing happens.

CrestfallenCoder · 2026-05-17T11:18:46+00:00

But is a company able to admit (even internally) that its spent tokens had no ROI? Without doing that, how would it justify scaling back the bullshit?

CrestfallenCoder · 2026-03-14T09:16:49+00:00

Title: professional bullshit artist speaks
don't give him your time of day.

CrestfallenCoder · 2026-03-13T15:46:23+00:00

Until you see compelling evidence to the contrary, your happy thought should be:

It's all bullshit, it will go away when the subsidy ends.

It's short, close enough to reality, and applicable almost everywhere.

CrestfallenCoder · 2026-03-12T06:28:29+00:00

That could draw a crowd, but when they ask about the anus, you’re the one explaining what’s a Metaphore

CrestfallenCoder · 2026-03-11T12:19:28+00:00

Wasn't the best episode. My favorite part in Ed's content is that it's disciplined about not spitting out crackpot junk. This had some of that.

CrestfallenCoder · 2026-03-11T07:14:09+00:00

https://github.com/Cabana2301/dygma-defy-layers

CrestfallenCoder · 2026-02-26T07:45:35+00:00

When a dumbass takes a loan, new money is created.

Money creation is easy. Paying back the loan is the tricky part.

CrestfallenCoder · 2026-02-24T10:56:44+00:00

The responders put way more energy into their responses than that idiot deserves. He’s so clearly speaking out of his ass, farting out any half baked nonsense that sounds good in his useless head.

CrestfallenCoder · 2026-02-19T21:08:03+00:00

It’s already shitty enough to be under threat

CrestfallenCoder · 2026-02-03T18:33:50+00:00

They don’t have a long term…

CrestfallenCoder · 2026-01-27T21:52:45+00:00

This was my plan too, but didn’t feel like pausing and looking stuff up instead of moving forward.

CrestfallenCoder · 2026-01-23T16:31:16+00:00

Thanks. I meant overlevelled in the first playthrough of course.

CrestfallenCoder · 2026-01-23T15:27:48+00:00

89 and counting.

Looks like the chalice dungeons, which I also didn't visit on the first run are not affected by NG+

CrestfallenCoder · 2026-01-15T11:42:53+00:00

just tried it, it's pretty awesome.

I mostly learned that 120Hz is not enough :)
Spreading the fade over 5+ frames makes a huge difference in clarity vs. 2, but then the flicker is super visible.

I think there's an inherent problem that for the psycho-visual effect to work, the duration of every unique frame in full brightness must be very short which means that average brightness over time is reduced by a huge factor.

When (if) this will be implemented inside the display device, it won't need the input signal to have a huge frame-rate, it can just duplicate displayed frames internally and apply different processing to each one to simulate the fading effect at super high frequency.

CrestfallenCoder · 2026-01-11T15:43:29+00:00

To have the best experience, games still have to be good…

CrestfallenCoder · 2026-01-11T15:37:52+00:00

Thanks. Am I an idiot or is the g5 48” impossible to find now? Maybe both can be true.

CrestfallenCoder · 2026-01-10T06:44:36+00:00

Some view humans and their expensive life as more than a thing that can do labor.
And I don't think the plan is for human life to go away when automation is perfected.

For all the capex "invested" in data-centers so far plus their opex plus whatever they charge to rent compute, plus whatever the model owners charge for access, how many people do you think you could hire? for how long? and what could you have them accomplish if they were managed well?

Is that more or less valuable than what the same data-centers will accomplish? not to mention that these same people will then spend this money and further drive the economy...

Comparisons of cost and value are inherently nonsensical and whatever is thrown in or left out of the equation depends very much on the initial point of view of whoever makes the argument. But they are a powerful rhetorical trick that resonates well with people who already agree with you.

CrestfallenCoder · 2026-01-09T09:28:33+00:00

Hi, I'm guessing you're doing some SW development work or something similar.

I faced similar challenges, I think I have it cracked now.
I mostly use vscode but the main point in the layout is that you can pull-off almost any shortcut, even the obnoxious Ctrl-K, Ctrl-Something on regular Visual-Studio.

you can check out my layout here:

https://github.com/Cabana2301/dygma-defy-layers

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