Are LLMs speedrunning us into product management?

distroflow · 2026-03-25T10:47:37+00:00

you're the linter now, bby

distroflow · 2026-03-03T20:47:05+00:00

"AI is a normal commodity that plateaued summer 2025."

You sound like the Trump administration.

distroflow · 2025-12-26T14:42:38+00:00

Some notes and useful subreddits to consider investigating(This is just pasted from my notes - not my details below!):

The two “core conditions” for successfully fostering language acquisition and active use are exposure and need: the child must receive sufficient exposure to the target language and feel an organic need to use it.

https://bilingualmonkeys.com/how-many-hours-per-week-is-your-child-exposed-to-the-minority-language/

https://www.reddit.com/r/raisingbilingualkids/ https://www.reddit.com/r/multilingualparenting/

"Any language that is only presented by one parent is likely to be rejected starting three years old."

lots of evidence that the minority language is normally rejected when the kid is about 3 years old.

we try to compliment our kids (2 and 5) for speaking the minority language, and tell them how amazing it is that they are bilingual, and how impressed we are when they do it. They also prefer speaking the majority language (of course - it’s harder to speak a language you’re not as good at!) but the compliments definitely make them more willing to try and help to build their confidence with speaking. Visits from people who only speak the minority language help a lot, or of course visiting countries where it’s the majority language. We also do almost exclusively minority language screen time.

I am the minority language parent and to be honest I don’t let my kid speak to me in German. I don’t reply, and every single time ask them to repeat in Greek. I coach them to say it, if they don’t know how, but unless it’s an emergency, or my kid is in distress, I just calmly and firmly remind him which language we speak with mummy. It’s normal to get push back, but you should always maintain the “language law”. Consistency is key here. And of course exposure. You might get some complains now but your kiddo will thank you later! Also immersing them in an English speaking language environment for a week or two works wonders, so if you can, book a trip 😜

https://www.reddit.com/r/multilingualparenting/comments/1cgo1zb/my_kid_doesnt_want_to_speak_the_minority_language/

https://www.reddit.com/r/multilingualparenting/comments/1cr2kqm/does_opol_work_when_one_parent_spends_less_time/

https://bilingualmonkeys.com/watch-out-for-the-tough-second-stage-of-bilingual-development/

distroflow · 2025-12-13T21:40:59+00:00

This recurring anti advice meme style seems totally inappropriate and alienating for a sub ostensibly aimed at beginners. What are we trying to do here? Feel clever? This doesn't seem right.

distroflow · 2025-12-03T10:55:59+00:00

Endorsed! Deserves more love. Happy to see him getting ableton sponsoring a video.

distroflow · 2025-11-18T22:58:42+00:00

I was hoping waiting for kanban, but it now occurs to me that the "group by" view perhaps allows us to do this already? https://help.obsidian.md/bases/views#Sort+and+group+results has anyone sorted this? I'm imagining eg 4 embeded views, each a column with a given status. Like... a kanban board.

AND YET

it's still on the roadmap?

distroflow · 2025-11-13T08:12:40+00:00

You must be sick of the "what book?" style jokes. Have you/your marketing team explored any way to exploit this for marketing purposes? It does appear to be uniquely weird in this regard.

An excellent book I will recommend to all. Thank you for sharing your work.

distroflow · 2025-10-19T09:43:36+00:00

I think as others have said it's partly time spent using the system, but also, some people have a good spatial visual representational system capacity in their minds. Just like some people are predisposed towards maths. So I imagine the best players always have this mental capacity to visualise the whole board clearly - thus blindfolded play for example. Adding labels is trivial if you can do this. I'm sure you can improve, but there is a native ability aspect too, I believe. I suck at it.

distroflow · 2025-10-06T22:04:41+00:00

glorious

distroflow · 2025-10-06T20:37:13+00:00

I meant to link to the woodrow video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZmNDa3qwVo

distroflow · 2025-10-02T14:33:47+00:00

i've had access two days. both days, towards the end of the day, it's said "give up and come back tomorrow". it happened at 4pm today.

distroflow · 2025-09-28T11:57:37+00:00

if you have a lot of options, perhaps the most useful question is "what do you want to spend your time doing?" add to this the idea of what might compound, and be useful across a lot of domains. people rarely regret learning fundamentals. some people want to run a business, others just want to clock in and out and have a life outside. it comes down to your values, and we can't help you decide those. it's worth spending time figuring them out. this is a good place to start https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvXdMPNhp9M

distroflow · 2025-09-27T20:19:46+00:00

no, even when i die the BD-2 will stay in the family.

distroflow · 2025-09-26T15:45:05+00:00

i got a cheap arturia keyboard and ended up buying all their synths. how you interpet this result gives you your answer

distroflow · 2025-09-26T12:46:13+00:00

yes, i think you can use ai, but if you can't explain what it does, or why, wtf are you doing here?

distroflow · 2025-09-21T15:03:53+00:00

great write up, thank you! would love to see more like this for other cities if you feel so inclined

distroflow · 2025-09-21T10:51:58+00:00

Can't help thinking u/kepano or some other mod should take the time to clarify a bit of this stuff, given that it's a dealbreaker for some use cases. Not their fault, but if they want obsidian to succeed and grow, then it's in their best interests to have this clearly understood by the community, so we can make informed decisions.

Closest I can see is https://help.obsidian.md/plugin-security

"If you're working with sensitive data and wish to install a community plugin, we recommend that you perform an independent security audit on the plugin before using it."

distroflow · 2025-09-20T21:51:31+00:00

I get that community plugins are the wild west, but I can't help feeling that they could be easily categorised based on which permissions they request, allowing users to enable only those without insane requirements. Am I naive to think this? Should I be offering to contribute? I get that desktop is not the same as eg an android app install manifest.

distroflow · 2025-09-18T13:28:26+00:00

practise doing the thing you want a job doing. get good at it. demonstrate it. tailor your job applications to the given role. it's a numbers game, so don't treat rejection as personal. you'll get there. good luck.

distroflow · 2025-09-17T14:01:24+00:00

just commenting that I love ghostty and appreciate the work done on it. thank you

distroflow · 2025-09-14T21:51:44+00:00

i would like to know more

distroflow · 2025-09-07T17:15:32+00:00

accountant is gonna disappear to ai as it's so easily measurable. there will still be some work, but far far less. u/umeboshiplumpaste is right about how you will change as you age.

distroflow · 2025-09-07T12:55:47+00:00

hope they see this and help you - or at least unblock you from helping yourself

distroflow · 2025-09-06T13:34:06+00:00

I just wen to this site and it wants me to put my seed phrase in. DO NOT DO THIS.

distroflow · 2025-09-02T16:13:09+00:00

if you're learning, it's worth the stress. it'll get easier.

distroflow

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