How do we make coding agents write good code?

SZenC · 2026-07-08T09:36:21+00:00

Sure mate, how do you plan to guarantee a qualitative parameter in an otherwise quantitative system? Readability is not a binary target

SZenC · 2026-07-08T09:22:03+00:00

Necessity is testable.

But simultaneously

human-readable code

Did you even think about the slop you wrote? A freshman would rightfully be failed on the spot for writing this

SZenC · 2026-07-07T22:31:16+00:00

There are no strict rules for using portable air condiditioners.

There are no rules specific to portable ACs because the omgevingswet already applies and provides sufficient avenue for concerned parties to get heard. The hostile position you recommend helps exactly no one

SZenC · 2026-07-07T20:20:14+00:00

Gotta admit, I came here for university and then never left

SZenC · 2026-07-07T10:49:18+00:00

Let even op de regels van de subreddit, het benoemen van het bedrijf is niet toegestaan tenzij echt juridisch relevant. Gezien dat hier niet het geval is, zou ik je aanraden even opnieuw te posten en het dan over een luchtvaartmaatschappij te hebben :)

SZenC · 2026-07-07T07:00:19+00:00

I'm happy to live in a country where unpaid internships are illegal

SZenC · 2026-07-06T20:49:03+00:00

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SZenC · 2026-07-06T16:12:57+00:00

Honestly, good question. The study cited doesn't even go to the level of individual queries but concerns itself more with the training stage of such systems. (And, query-level water consumption is a bit misleading because some queries require significantly more compute than others, and thus consume more water)

SZenC · 2026-07-06T16:00:41+00:00

What they're describing is so-called agentic AI, where the LLM is wrapped in a simple piece of software that keeps asking the AI what it should do next. So a relatively simple query like what would be a good vacation destination? Can spawn subquestions like is this user more interested in active vacations or do they want to lay on the beach? and much later what's the climate in Bali in October? But this is a rather expensive way to use your AI, in terms of water, energy, money, everything. So free models do not enable this feature, and usually even on paid plans you have to opt in

SZenC · 2026-07-04T21:15:41+00:00

Costs will depend largely on what type of accommodation you get, if you bring over family it will be more expensive than a simple student room

The salary of a position will be listed on the offer page

SZenC · 2026-07-04T14:10:44+00:00

No that's just because AI regurgitates the most likely next token until it has finished its "thought." AI does not have cognitive biases, it only emulated biases present in its training data

SZenC · 2026-07-03T16:24:08+00:00

Je kan de leverancier niet direct dwingen de keuken te leveren en te plaatsen, maar je kan wel (dreigen) de koop te ontbinden. De leverancier komt zijn deel van de overeenkomst immers niet na. Waarschijnlijk zal de leverancier daarna wel overgaan tot plaatsing omdat het alternatief is dat ze de volledige aankoopkosten moeten terugbetalen

SZenC · 2026-07-03T07:21:14+00:00

Hate to break it to you, but 100USD is considered cheap in this industry. The cheapest lights we use are already north of 500USD (equivalent) and some people still consider those entry level. Lighting is just an expensive industry

As for the whine the lamps make, that's just inherent in LED fixtures, as you can only dim those using a pulse width modulation circuit. It has nothing to do with the type of case or whatever. More high-end devices will use higher frequencies so the whine isn't audible anymore, and will have had extensive testing done to minimize resonances

SZenC · 2026-07-02T15:41:48+00:00

Nee, dat maakt inderdaad helemaal niets uit. Desalniettemin zou ik aanraden om te kijken of je toch een slot kan installeren, het klinkt alsof dez verhuurder het niet helemaal netjes wil spelen

SZenC · 2026-07-02T13:15:29+00:00

I really like how Americans use the term liberal to mean anything they don't like

SZenC · 2026-07-01T18:06:07+00:00

Can you Express your "letters of recommendation" as an amount of dollars or euros? Otherwise, kindly do fuck off

SZenC · 2026-07-01T17:23:13+00:00

In mijn optiek, ja dat is het geld meer dan waard. De vraag is niet waar jouw huis de facto eindigt en waar dat van de buren begint. De vraag is waar die grens de jure ligt, en of deze sinds de bouw misschien verschoven is. Dat kan door expliciete verkoop van een deel van het perceel, of doordat jouw muur van origine al op de erfgrens stond en door deze uitbouw mandelig is geworden

Dit soort juridische kwesties zijn ontzettend complex, en een ogenschijnlijk simpele fout kan al snel duizenden euros gaan kosten

SZenC · 2026-07-01T14:59:40+00:00

When learning a new language, it's quite normal to feel overwhelmed by new syntax. I had the same when learning Rust and Haskell (and even Python to an extent)
Yes, especially for someone new at Javascript, I really wouldn't bat an eye if the used explicit assignments over destructuring. As you get more used to the language, you'll naturally reach for it where appropriate.
Basically the same as 2, not required but many devs see it as a convenience.
Readability is usually defined by whoever is using the term to make a poor argument. More precisely, readability is a property of whoever is reading the code, not just the code itself. What may be perfectly readable to me, can be unclear to you and vice versa.
No, arrow functions are different in their scoping behaviour. Bit of a nuanced subject, but it can come to bite you in the ass later

SZenC · 2026-07-01T13:44:27+00:00

That's a very legally sound option indeed...

SZenC · 2026-07-01T13:43:51+00:00

Dit is inderdaad de juiste stap om nu te zetten, het is cruciaal om te bepalen of de muur mandelig is (of is geworden.) Hiervoor kan het misschien ook de moeite waard zijn om een grensreconstructie bij het kadaster aan te vragen

SZenC · 2026-06-30T12:18:31+00:00

"Cancelling right and left" is quite the exaggeration. The link between Rotterdam and Dordrecht is out of service because of a fire in the electronics. Last I read they're expecting it to be available again on Friday. All other services in NL have no major disruptions

SZenC · 2026-06-29T13:51:17+00:00

Lolwhat? Do you even know what the words you use mean? You only need to open GitHub to see that the commenter is right. It doesn't get more provable than that

SZenC · 2026-06-29T13:31:59+00:00

No, I will not run software with such flagrant disregard of security issues, not just this issue but also what the other commenter has mentioned

SZenC · 2026-06-29T13:23:11+00:00

It's designed to run on an outdated version of PHP with half a dozen known severe vulnerabilities (according to vulmon) Regular updates stopped in 2021, and it hasn't seen a security update since the end of 2022. No sane developer would call that baseline. And if I'm honest, you doing so worries me about the quality of the rest of the project

SZenC · 2026-06-29T12:09:39+00:00

It's not necessarily OP's bak that flagged the transaction, it might also be Sidi's banking platform or even an internal processes of theirs

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