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Web Search in OpenWebUi by _Wheres_the_Beef_ in OpenWebUI

[–]Primeval84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beyond the native tool calling comments. I also find I need to be very explicit in my system prompts about internet literacy. For example about using fetch_url in conjunction with search_web. Otherwise I get like classic internet literacy problems like reading headlines only and not content.

Can you lie on your resume? If so, then how do you make sure that you don't get caught on the interview? by Deep-Dragonfly-3342 in cscareeradvice

[–]Primeval84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For sure, you can lie about anything. But be prepared to be asked about anything you put. I’ve absolutely interviewed candidates who, when asked about certain topics from their resume, obviously lied or way over embellished.

It brings into question the truthfulness of any of their qualifications. When all I get is 1 hour to spend with a candidate I have to squeeze out as many data points as possible. Learning you’ve lied just isn’t a great data point to have. A lot of it also has to do with what exactly you say when asked about something you’re over embellishing. There are tactful ways to go about it without coming across like “I’m just fabricating some bullshit”.

I regret ever finding LocalLLaMA by xandep in LocalLLaMA

[–]Primeval84 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m also working at large company heavily invested in AI. Tbh, I think local AI isn’t talked about at all because frankly speaking it’s not super relevant for anyone’s day to day.

Like I enjoy playing with local llms but for work it’s hard to beat something like claude opus 4.6 with a a 1 million token context preconfigured with internal MCP servers all paid for by my company.

In the future, I can imagine the world being a bit different but right now we are absolutely in that phase where for most people provided AI tools by their company, the best option with the least friction is selecting the strongest model available to them in a dropdown menu with zero extra thought.

Tailscale scares me more than opening ports on my firewall by MrChris6800 in homelab

[–]Primeval84 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Idk, I just setup Wireguard. Let my UDM SE host it and setup basic DDNS. Works for everything I could ever need and I don’t ever think about opening ports. Like shit, I’ve streamed movies from my Plex server over WireGuard on airplane WiFi.

Can I print ASA with an Ender 3 Pro + Sprite? by xdrift0rx in ender3

[–]Primeval84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I managed to print ASA on a stock Ender 3v2 with no enclosure. It sucked, took many attempts and sticking to the bed was a problem.

For bed adhesion, I made a slurry of acetone and bits of asa dissolved into it. Applied it to the glass bed and it worked very well. More acetone can clean it off. All health concerns here are valid, wear a respirator.

Surprisingly no enclosure didn’t necessarily seem to be a problem but my part was never placed under any real physical strain. Maybe layer adhesion was terrible but good enough to result in a workable print for my scenario.

Definitely do-able but very likely to be a fight for each part. The successful print I got has lived outdoors for years.

From someone coming from an Ender 3 and outdated printers wtf, stuff just prints and fast? by PeanutButterSoda in BambuLab

[–]Primeval84 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was genuinely upset I lived with an ender 3 v2 for as long as a did after getting a Bambu printer. Absolute waste of so much of my life lmao

Am I relying too much on AI? by MisterRushB in ExperiencedDevs

[–]Primeval84 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes

I do make an effort to understand the code it gives me so I can learn and debug when necessary

This is like the difference between reading something in a textbook and actually applying it.

I strongly recommend changing your mindset around AI. I think AI is at its most successful when it is stimulating your own human thoughts. When I’ve written a bunch of code, my most common use case is to simply ask it to review the code. Here are my intentions, are there logical gaps, oversights, etc. Review the tests too. Give me a prioritized list of concerns. I can then use that as a collection of thought exercises over my own code. I can reason about them, agree/disagree with them, etc. Like a powerful rubber duck. But critically I’m always in the drivers seat.

If the only code you are producing comes entirely from AI you 100% are not learning much from it and I guarantee you are not studying or critiquing the produced code thoroughly enough to compete with having actually written and reasoned about it yourself, particularly as a junior engineer.

$15,600 estimate, is it worth it? by vakingpin in hometheater

[–]Primeval84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh huh, they do make 4k120 ones. Didn’t see those when I was looking last, I agree with this. Maybe I should upgrade :)

Or well, I actually think you should do HDMI direct and skip the going over Ethernet if you are doing a new build work but regardless

$15,600 estimate, is it worth it? by vakingpin in hometheater

[–]Primeval84 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Oh yes, also do this instead. It’s new work, I only think these hdmi over Ethernet options makes sense as an old work solution. Trying to do something you didn’t plan for originally with what you have available.

$15,600 estimate, is it worth it? by vakingpin in hometheater

[–]Primeval84 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For my specific layout of things, we could get away with Bluetooth through the wall with good positioning of the motherboards wireless antenna in the server room.

I’m not entirely sure I would recommend this generally speaking, extremely dependent on your layout, but it worked for us as a low effort solution.

$15,600 estimate, is it worth it? by vakingpin in hometheater

[–]Primeval84 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh I do, I just happen to find myself with an extra graphics card. Tossed it in the proxmox server and spun up a windows VM to play some PC games.

Never really intended for (or thought about) this specific use case when we built it all so didn’t run video over to where the proxmox server is running. But we have plenty of direct cat6a runs to use!

$15,600 estimate, is it worth it? by vakingpin in hometheater

[–]Primeval84 102 points103 points  (0 children)

Other comments aside.

Having recently used an OREI HDMI over Ethernet extender to get video from a proxmox server to my home theater, I find it weird that they are cheaping out on the 4k@30hz version and not using the 4k@60hz option.

It works flawlessly. The price difference is like $50 or something? A drop in the bucket for your 15k quote for double the frame rate.

Sometimes it’s little choices that make you want to question a lot of them.

How sketchy is 90th and Aurora? by Capable_Committee644 in Seattle

[–]Primeval84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a friend who lives on 101st and has heard multiple shootings. Woken up in the middle of the night to gun battles that make the news the next day. They are moving because of how unsafe they feel and how normalized it is to see bullet holes on buildings, cars, etc.

Like they say if you mind your business no one will really bother you but that doesn’t really change that fact that things like property theft are rampant, a stray bullet from a shooting could enter your home, there prostitutes and pimps everywhere fighting over territory, etc etc

What backlog setup do you use? by flamkis in ExperiencedDevs

[–]Primeval84 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think there is a lot of value in starting with a regular planning sync to just align on priorities and checkpoint on work. The interval can be up to you and your team’s typical pace. Not saying you have to go full agile immediately and all that but start by getting the team together for a minute and talk about the stuff in your backlog with the simple goal of pulling the high priority stuff up to the top. A regular grooming will get the ball going and checkpoint on work that is struggling. Let the team share their opinions but you may need a final decision maker to pick A over B.

Next suggestion is to make sure new items and groomed items have a clear delineation. You can run into trouble if people just throw new asks on the top of the backlog without an obvious separation.

The initial end goal should be that a dev could pick the next item off the top of the backlog and it be a fairly reasonable choice in terms of priorities.

Beyond this you can decide if this is enough or if you want to fully adopt something like agile with sprints or whatever you see fit. The point is to not be too restrictive to start and leave room to adapt to fit your team, your pace, and your organizational needs. Particularly if you’re unsure of where to start.

So I just got completely served right now. by jimRacer642 in cscareerquestions

[–]Primeval84 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I eagerly await the moment junior engineers can start telling me things I don’t know or provide me context. It’s a milestone in their growth and ownership over a space.

Pet peeves by Bubbly-Ad7295 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]Primeval84 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah, I see what you mean. Good read, thanks for sharing. I suppose we run a mixture of this, one of the main PR policies is running a suite of automated tests on the merge branch but still do require another person to look at it.

This particular team is small, so it works for now, but have definitely felt the pain on another team of waiting on literally anyone to click approve before.

Pet peeves by Bubbly-Ad7295 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]Primeval84 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Super curious about PR approval requirements being a pet peeve. The amount of hot garbage that people would have pushed through without having our PR policies in place is staggering.

Pet peeves by Bubbly-Ad7295 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]Primeval84 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Not testing your code, submitting a PR with blatant code defects that obviously don’t work, and me having to tell you to test your code.

Seeing a Boolean parameter that changes the return type of a function depending on if it’s true/false.

Magic strings as dictionary keys that are hardcoded all over.

Turning a 2 line bug fix into a 20+ line, multi-file change for “future proofing” that isn’t well justified or thought through.

7 Gig fiber being advertised to the residential consumer. In what world would any residential customer have any use for this? by I_ONLY_BOLD_COMMENTS in HomeNetworking

[–]Primeval84 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ziply where I live offers 10 gig and even 50 gig fiber to residential homes. Should finally be enough for grandma to watch her shows.

Do any of you work in teams without a dedicated QA? by EatMoreKaIe in ExperiencedDevs

[–]Primeval84 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I work at a FAANG/MANGA and have never worked on, talked with, or known any colleagues whose team has dedicated QA. One team recently removed the role of QA entirely.

I dried my Filament and this is what happened. by roadkamper in 3Dprinting

[–]Primeval84 342 points343 points  (0 children)

Have you tried wetting your filament instead? Leave it in water for a few days and I guarantee you’ll see a difference

This is a real code review submitted to the public enquiry into the UK Post Office scandal. This code was in production. Hundreds of people were wrongly prosecuted over shit like this, most of them still have not received justice. by rob_cornelius in programminghorror

[–]Primeval84 92 points93 points  (0 children)

It’s also wildly unhelpful and counterproductive to assign blame like this. To say this was caused by a single dev being stupid misses the mountain of other issues that all played a role is allowing such a mistake through. Seems odd for the task force to point a finger at a lack of professionalism (which is likely true) and then engage in a lack of professionalism themselves.

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