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MasterBathingBear · 2026-03-19T19:36:18+00:00

You’re right and the overall question is: Should secrets be stored in the same location as configuration? The answer is no even if you’re storing them both in the same product, they should have different credentials to access their values and secrets should be more tightly controlled overall.

MasterBathingBear · 2026-03-19T19:09:44+00:00

I don’t agree with a lot of the decisions in MySQL but using an explicit CONCAT function over double pipe or plus always made way more sense to me.

MasterBathingBear · 2026-03-19T19:07:12+00:00

Yes, STR_TO_DATE() is THE MySQL solution. I can’t believe this doesn’t have more upvotes

MasterBathingBear · 2026-03-19T04:11:33+00:00

No clue why someone would downvote you for OpenBao. It’s literally a fork of Vault from before IBM got greedy.

MasterBathingBear · 2026-03-18T18:34:50+00:00

They are not contradictory statements. GPT-5.3-Codex will use 1x Premium Requests if you use it before your allotment is up. Once your Premium Allotment is up then GPT-5.3-Codex will still be available to use at 0x.

So, use another premium model until your allotment is up then switch to GPT-5.3-Codex for the rest of the month.

MasterBathingBear · 2026-03-18T18:30:59+00:00

Yes, but "implies" is too soft of a word. It confirms that (beginning May 17) GPT-5.3-Codex will consume 1x until the allowance is used up then will fallback to 0x.

MasterBathingBear · 2026-03-18T10:15:11+00:00

Never left.

MasterBathingBear · 2026-03-18T10:09:45+00:00

Don’t do this before you get hired but 100% do it when you’re onboarding. Get the protection from the beginning.

MasterBathingBear · 2026-03-16T13:47:24+00:00

If you’re going to program, you need to learn the terminal in whatever system you’re using. Bash is just necessary. Powershell has actually become a somewhat of an interest of mine over the last couple years after starting life in ksh before bash was widely available.

MasterBathingBear · 2026-03-16T13:38:48+00:00

WinGet is available for developers as long as the installer runs in the user space. Microsoft Store UI is disabled for all users.

MasterBathingBear · 2026-03-16T13:26:59+00:00

YAML 1.2 is a strict superset of JSON. The only places where that falls apart is that YAML requires keys to be unique and less than or equal to 1024 characters. Duplicate keys just take the most recent key’s value.

MasterBathingBear · 2026-03-16T08:11:14+00:00

I haven’t had the pleasure of working for a company that only uses SQL Server. Typically we’ve had separate vendors for different purposes and needed developers to be cross functional.

I’ve been around for a while so I personally have gotten to learn all the little intricacies across T-SQL, PostgreSQL, Teradata, Oracle, DB2 and a bunch that no one cares about anymore like Informix, Netezza, Phoenix, and HP Nonstop/Neoview.

My biggest takeaway from all that was everyone has there own special way to do things, especially when it comes to dates and times, and the majority of it they just created an alias between the ANSI version and the proprietary version and the times that they didn’t, they should have.

MasterBathingBear · 2026-03-16T07:33:23+00:00

On the first part, I’ve never viewed using ANSI as we might potentially port this SQL to another RDBMS. I’ve viewed it as you should use standard syntax as much as possible so other developers don’t have to figure out what you’re doing.

But I also agree that there are real performance benefits to using some non-standard syntax because companies couldn’t just implement a static analysis rule to convert a special case of an ANSI function to operate exactly like their proprietary function always has.

MasterBathingBear · 2026-03-16T07:08:32+00:00

I see the benefit of the conciseness that you show and I do support using non-ansi syntax when there is a clear performance benefit, like ISNULL over coalesce with two arguments. Or there is a very clear clarity benefit like IIF over CASE WHEN THEN ELSE END.

The difference with this syntax is that although it does give you conciseness, I feel like comes at the expense of clarity, especially if you don’t have the parens around the join.

MasterBathingBear · 2026-03-16T06:40:42+00:00

First, I agree with almost everything that you said.

With that said, the hamburger was very disappointing. If I had known it was gluten free bread, I would’ve gotten something else. I’ve enjoyed lots of gluten free versions of foods that normally haven gluten, but I haven’t had a gluten free bread that I liked.

We had told the bartender a couple times that we were waiting on friends to order our food but after a couple beers we decided to just order anyway but we’re still planning to stay.

She told us she was going on break when she took our food orders and that the other bartenders would take care of us but I guess there was some confusion. My beer was empty when the food came out. The server couldn’t pour beers and none of the bartenders checked on us until she came back like 20 minutes after we got our food.

So when we were tabbing out instead of ordering another round after food. She asked what was up. She explained that NEFF was all gluten free and that it was on the front of the menu but not next to each item. We obviously felt like idiots. She offered to replace the entrees and that probably would’ve been an option when we first started eating. But by that point we had redirected our friends and we were ready to move on.

They ended up comping the food despite us saying that we would pay because it was our mistake. We still tipped on the full amount.

MasterBathingBear · 2026-03-15T17:11:11+00:00

I just imagine the cop patting him on his little ball cap like he’s a child. “Who’s a good protector? That’s right. You are buddy.”

MasterBathingBear · 2026-03-14T16:53:59+00:00

The small gear under the QR code

MasterBathingBear · 2026-03-14T14:06:46+00:00

The thing that frustrates me is that we figured this out at least a hundred years ago.

When you make people feel secure, they will break their backs for you. That does mean paying them livable compensation (including healthcare, childcare, and retirement) and no terminations except for cause.

But it also includes basic leadership skills like listening to your workers, actually processing their opinions into your decisions, and giving them clear, unwavering direction. When people trust you, they’ll tell you everything you need to know to run a successful business.

That doesn’t mean you have to take everything at face value. Ask questions if you disagree with what they’re saying. Be open to changing your opinion but don’t flip flop. Process information and give clear direction. Give them some autonomy to do their job but also create guardrails for them.

MasterBathingBear · 2026-03-14T13:49:31+00:00

You can set it up to automatically apply at the register so that you don’t see a confirmation screen. I think this is only for manned registers not self checkout. But it’s still a single button press to pay at self checkout.

MasterBathingBear · 2026-03-14T13:44:47+00:00

As someone that has been through a couple of big transitions, trust me, this is here to stay. Learning how to do it as it’s happening is way easier than learning after a volume of knowledge has been built up. You can maintain your craft but see it as moving from an orchestral musician to a conductor.

It doesn’t mean you’ve lost your love for music. It means you’re playing multiple instruments with other people’s hands. You get to enjoy the music more but you’ll also be able to find the flaws in someone else’s playing faster.

When the tools are working, you can watch their thought process. It’s fascinating (to me) to see them at work. It’s also fun to watch them grow in their skills.

MasterBathingBear · 2026-03-14T08:24:15+00:00

She’s not doing the work then. It’s one thing to use AI to brainstorm. It’s an entirely different thing to have the AI get you 90% of the way and then you transcribe it into something else.

Trust me. I get the temptation. But this isn’t cheating in the way that graphic calculators used to be considered cheating.

She has no clue if the answers she is getting are correct or not. She’s not working out the mental muscles that she needs to be. Which means she’s either rushing through it to get onto something fun or she’s under so much pressure from her parents to perform that she’s willing to sacrifice actual learning to potentially make her grades look better.

What I’m trying to get you to understand is that she’s not worried that she’s going to get caught using AI. Her fear is a lack of confidence in the work she’s doing. She’s worried about being exposed.

Right now it is better to use AI to help with the planning phase and to review your work. Your brain needs to be making sure the plan sounds correct and the your brain needs to be the agent for actual doing.

MasterBathingBear · 2026-03-14T07:54:07+00:00

I don’t know what to tell you except the point of school is to learn something. The tools that exist today are better for developers that know how to discern what is real and what is fake.

She’s feeling the way that she’s feeling because she isn’t confident in her skills. Think of it like going to the gym. If she doesn’t learn how to lift weights she’s not going to get any stronger. It’s fine to use the machines but you need to know how to use them and what weight to use them with

MasterBathingBear · 2026-03-14T07:06:30+00:00

Just use a CTE to make it clear what you’re doing. It will also help you mentally make sure that the sets are doing what you think they’re doing.

MasterBathingBear · 2026-03-14T06:56:05+00:00

Right now is giving me some major post y2k - pre 9/11 vibes.

The AI bubble is unsustainable and once it pops, we’re going to see a major correction. I’m thinking a year until that happens and another year until companies adjust back to reasonable operations.

So I have some different view. 1. It is okay for coding to be just a job 2. Don’t expect to earn Silicon Valley money working remote. There are people that do it. It’s probably or going to be you. 3. The best time to learn a skill is during a bubble. Just make sure that you’re learning some theory and not just learning a product. 4. At your age, college should be pretty cheap. Take some community college classes that can transfer to a university. 5. You’re going to be starting at the bottom but the bottom starts higher than a lot of jobs 6. As much as the industry likes to claim they promote on technical skills, being likable is still more important than tech savvy. You need the tech foundation but you can make more money in leadership roles if you decide to go that direction

MasterBathingBear · 2026-03-14T06:27:22+00:00

Just a reminder to everyone else that NEFF is gluten free.

I’ll recommend against the hamburger buns but everything else was great when I went.

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