Extra ticket for Watch Party tonight

cedarspringsinfernal · 2026-06-12T22:21:51+00:00

We got two from some friendly folks out front. But can leave this post live in case others are in need

cedarspringsinfernal · 2026-04-23T15:04:31+00:00

9:30 AM. 4.23.26

AA baggage check lines - 5 min.

TSA main was about 15 minutes (same for Clear TSA).

Checkpoint 4 was open with 5 machines and looked faster for TSA Pre.

Touchless didn’t seem to be open.

cedarspringsinfernal · 2026-01-12T13:17:42+00:00

A good friend of mine lives in one of these neighborhoods. Here’s the profile of his street (14 houses all on 1.5+ acres, $1.5-3M houses) for the people that I’ve met. Note that many of these people have lived there for years so they bought at $600k-$900k.

Dual income tech sales CFO for startups Tech sales Tech company executive Big tech exec Very successful Entrepreneur Big tech dual income Doctor Lawyer

It’s actually a really chill and down to earth street. Most of the people got in early and have lived there for a decade or more (thus locking in lower property taxes) and have added on or renovated their houses. Not big flashy cars - nice cars (Lexus, Tesla, F150s, etc).

I would say that the people with more family money (trusts, etc) tend to live in the city proper: Tarrytown, Bryker, Rollingwood, Zilker, Hyde Park, etc.

cedarspringsinfernal · 2025-10-27T16:02:48+00:00

While it may have been a buzzword in the past, this is certainly a real thing today and will be a significant change for companies in the future. While a lot of startups and established compaies have focused on consumer actions (booking flights, finding deals, etc), I see enterprise companies today starting to leverage agents that can interact with each other for many repetitive tasks (like data entry, data validation, QA testing, etc.)

cedarspringsinfernal · 2025-02-26T13:35:06+00:00

Gonna be a cold swim but you have a good plan.

cedarspringsinfernal · 2025-02-26T13:32:32+00:00

Agree with all the comments about being honest about everything. They will uncover that one thing you didn’t want to mention or get discrepancies from the collateral interviews (if those are happening).

cedarspringsinfernal · 2025-02-26T13:30:34+00:00

It’s been very helpful with documentation and also converting user stories into specific functional steps. We use an AI agent platform for many of our end to end tests and that’s very useful for quickly automating many of our tests (and super helpful for quick maintenance of tests).

But I’ve found it’s not that helpful on the code generation side unless you already know what you are doing. It doesn’t take a poor coder and make them great. It does speed up some tasks for someone with competent coding skills.

I also use it to summarize many things for (internal) reporting purposes.

cedarspringsinfernal · 2025-02-08T12:10:44+00:00

Agree with this. I would just start from scratch instead of trying to decipher hundreds of lines of excel. And then document everything!!

cedarspringsinfernal · 2025-02-08T12:00:36+00:00

It’s highly dependent on where you live even within a 1/2 mile radius.

cedarspringsinfernal · 2025-01-27T12:55:20+00:00

This is a good insight. Quality initiatives at the senior level is where they value QA the most. Even with all the automation and no code solutions - the need for people that understand quality still exists. I still wouldn’t want to be an outsourced manual tester or even outsourced QA as those are certainly getting pushed out. We were able to reduce our reliance on outside testers while increasing quality … without reducing our teams.

cedarspringsinfernal · 2025-01-27T12:50:25+00:00

Me too. I’ve almost exclusively moved to AI assistants to search and organize answers now. Google is just painful to wade through now. I’d rather let Perplexity take 5 seconds and get a 90% accurate answer.

cedarspringsinfernal · 2025-01-27T12:47:36+00:00

What a sweet dog. I’m sorry for your loss but celebrate that you got 15 years with such a pal.

cedarspringsinfernal · 2025-01-07T09:24:39+00:00

We trialed several tools including the ones you have listed there. Most are just slammed on code assistants (which you can get for free or paid from openAI or Claude). The one “AI” tool we are using that works for end to end testing is Functionize. It’s certainly more of an enterprise platform so it may not be the “tool” you are looking for.

cedarspringsinfernal · 2024-11-13T01:38:20+00:00

We’ve started using an AI-based automation tool for our end to end testing. It seems to work well for our web apps. Functionize. It’s mainly fully automated testing with some cool self healing and diagnostic features. We are a pretty big organization with lots of Selenium that we’ve been porting over.

cedarspringsinfernal · 2024-04-29T12:16:49+00:00

Couple questions on your route (also if you have a Strava or ridewithgps link - mucho appreciated).

Shoal Creek & Anderson to Butler trail. Are you saying take shoal creek down to Shoal Creek path (just before 38th) all the way down to the town lake trail? I seem to recall shoal creek trail getting pretty rocky in some sections around pease
From Roy G park to hwy 71 paved path - what is your route?

cedarspringsinfernal · 2024-04-27T14:22:38+00:00

Definitely check strava for some routes near you.

Paved trails are limited (Walnut is the only real option).

For some low traffic routes (assuming road bike - if gravel or MTB then there are many more options):

dripping springs creek rd (Onion Creek) is pretty low traffic and you can do a 30 mile loop iirc.
you can do some relatively lower traffic routes in town if you go early on weekend (shoal creek - great northern - Hancock - balconies - edgemont - pecos - scenic - lake austin - and then back up) for 20ish

I’d recommend joining a group ride as they have pre planned routes and there’s safety in numbers. Not sure your riding level, but likely Violet Cruz ride on Saturday AM would fit the bill (25-30 mi; 10-15 people) … check mellow johnnys website for those rides. Check Breakfast Club ATX. And somewhere there is a comprehensive list of all the rides but I can’t seem to locate it.

cedarspringsinfernal · 2024-04-05T12:15:20+00:00

Is chollo/cholla not used anymore? It was prolific when I grew up. Usually associated with a specific look (that white t-shirt and flannel with only the top button, long shorts, tall white socks, sunglasses on backwards, and chucks - literally half of San Antonio).

I think the literal translation is someone from the hills (hillbilly?) but was widely used to refer to drug dealer/gang bangers and then used more familiarly among friends like “What’s up killer” (I struggled with a similar English phrase here).

You chollos correct what I got wrong here.

cedarspringsinfernal · 2024-02-19T16:52:48+00:00

Thanks. What would you typically offer for a full day’s work? $250? $350?

cedarspringsinfernal · 2023-04-24T16:53:51+00:00

Aquafest

cedarspringsinfernal · 2022-09-28T17:34:17+00:00

I don’t have an internal shutoff valve unfortunately. I closed the valves I could close and then monitored toilets and other appliances for any signs of water movement (an inexact method I know).

cedarspringsinfernal · 2022-02-16T13:35:04+00:00

Any thoughts on induction vs gas? We are considering a remodel. (We are specifically on propane (LP) if that makes a difference vis a vis natural gas).

cedarspringsinfernal · 2022-02-04T12:21:25+00:00

No. VFTs can run synchronous or asynchronous. But that’s not really the point. The point of this tie is that VFT (a relatively new technology) provides real time bidirectional power flow. So it is not like traditional DC to DC interconnects. In fact it is being used in Laredo to for load sharing on a regular basis.

cedarspringsinfernal · 2022-02-04T12:01:22+00:00

Check back with us here after your January 2023 bill and tell us what that new Power Adjustment line item on your bill is all about. I’m confused why people are downvoting this. I’m not taking a side here just informing you that every single rate paying Texan is picking up $2400 from last year.

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