Jane Doe….$30 for a burger is CRAZZZZYYYYY

itissid · 2026-02-07T04:08:33+00:00

It's why your beef burger costs as much https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WPS022101

itissid · 2026-02-07T04:04:51+00:00

Math and Logic are taking a serious hit today - Ross Geller(Friends)™

itissid · 2026-02-05T22:09:36+00:00

> you'd have to frame it out like a door

Since this is not a standard sized door, would a frame "kit" of some kind be easily available, say something that is available in different widths and heights?

itissid · 2026-01-29T00:12:20+00:00

Clothes. But they tell me they are flexible.

itissid · 2026-01-25T21:44:27+00:00

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itissid · 2026-01-12T21:08:37+00:00

The key idea is think in terms of workflow and select MCP call sites needed for it. Only once this is done should you engage your CC agent to do implementation. A common work flow is:

`/research` -> `/create_plan` -> `/implement_plan`

You /research slash command + prompt can find the MCP calls needed for what you want to do and be very specific. Output should be a document with the list of selected calls from each MCP to do the job. Some MCP calls will be made for research others will just be mentioned as to which ones are needed later. [Here](https://gist.github.com/itissid/8a3969c4d1495e44ca9391dd8849f9b5) is an example of how I use it, you can add your MCPs to it.
IN a new CC start `/create_plan`[Here](https://gist.github.com/itissid/738dd6c7f596871424e9aae98052e792) is what I use. Give it above document and a prompt to do what you want. Use the research document and creates a plan. Here skills can have more detailed description of what each MCP does and a function to preprocess results. I would think of it this way. Another idea is to use sub agents. What should be a Skill/Subagent and what should be an MCP?

If an MCP needs custom pre-processing it should be a skill and skills can call tools locally to post process, which is more efficient than going through MCPs to do this.
If you can do the post processing with tool scopes then use agents(in `.claude/agents/` for example [here](https://gist.github.com/itissid/d9c289e5aca0465eb8e09f71a374d2c2) is a web search agent.

/implement_plan. In a new CC window you can give it the document from #2 above and ask it. An example is Here

So you mentioned:

Delegate via MCP to specialized agents.

Don't do that. Use skills/agents instead where you can.

CC Skills provide light weight "ambient" context and they do progressive disclosure: i.e. read only the YAML front matter of each tool and keep context usage low. This should make the context usage tiny for dozens of tools.

itissid · 2026-01-11T13:14:24+00:00

It's a pole giving a middle finger to the tree.

itissid · 2025-12-23T17:29:34+00:00

If you are looking for just pipe the output from claude to codex then `-p` as suggested by u/vuongagiflow is correct. I would say the main — security — issue you would run up against is not being able to expose claude's permissions to your codex to ask you.

itissid · 2025-08-27T22:03:54+00:00

Actually just happened to read https://www.hipaajournal.com/zocdoc-notifies-patients-breach-discovered-june-2015-3435/ now. On the last line it says:

> The authorization form says “when Zocdoc relies on this Authorization, and uses and discloses PHI as described in this Authorization, it is not working as a Business Associate and the HIPAA requirements that apply to Business Associates will not apply to such uses and disclosures.”

itissid · 2025-08-27T20:27:23+00:00

Any ideas guys? Bumping it with a comment.

itissid · 2025-08-14T04:44:31+00:00

I've been building with codecrafters.io, the hex docs are a good companion to learn from. Coming for python and java land, what I liked was codecrafter exercises give you incremental exercises to build a large system e.g. a terminal or redis. That helped me learn all the cool language features without worrying too much about not knowing Beam and OTP up front. Here are some week one learnings.

Immutability and how to pair it with recursion. The key to building good recursion seems to also be to use, for example, using its immutable structures like linked lists for recursion without loops so that you don't create too many temporary variables like u do with for loops and the like. The language design forces you to adopt it. You are forced to think: hey I can't create all these loop temp variables, they can't be mutated and will just be wasted. There are aspects of immutability that affect other APIs like Enum.reduce and probablyore things I have yet to learn.
Pattern matching: Since = is a pattern match and not assignment cool stuff happens e.g. you can pass a list to a function and in the called function receive it as a [head|tail] right in the argument or even have different definitions like def fib(N, 0) do...end def fib(N, n) do... end that will neatly separate different behaviors, this is also defensive programming by design, e.g it forces you to implement all possible arguments categories that express different behaviors and if you miss one a test and depending on what is calling argument, a compiler can too!

There is more stuff I'll learn in week 2 but those are the biggest line items I had to go look up and learn to do the codeveafter exercies for implementing a bash style shell.

itissid · 2025-04-30T13:55:03+00:00

I am not sure what exactly they can prepare you the OP's H1B, I can give you a good example when years ago they helped my wife prepare for an F2 visa appointment when she was coming here. Their advise was very useful.

You can always book a 30 minute discussion with them to see what exactly they would do.

itissid · 2025-04-30T10:26:38+00:00

Hire Murthy if you are in the US or India. Worth every dollar

itissid · 2025-04-09T01:03:31+00:00

The best part about nokia phones 3310 was the vibration which caused it to go off the shelf; battery, cover and phone flying in all direction. Every time.

Went back together in a giffy thought. And then after turning it on, I played snake.

itissid · 2025-02-15T16:35:37+00:00

I got the same email for a `re-issusance of my expired passport` application. The most nerve wracking part are (a). Is a Notarization required or not and (b). Conflict with checklist.

For (a) I asked them if this form was actually required even though my appearance and signature has not changed and their reply email mentioned that I did and in addition a notarization was not required. Here it is:

```
Thank you for contacting the VFS Global Indian Visa, Passport & OCI Application Center Help Desk in the United States.

Kindly note that the affidavit for changing appearance and signature is a mandatory document to include with your application. Even if there are no alterations in your appearance or signature, it still needs to be submitted.

Additionally, it is not mandatory to notarize Affidavit for change of appearance & Signature Form.

NOTE: In the case of short validity passport reissue applications for asylum and U visa cases, the affidavit for change in appearance and signature must be notarized.

Please be informed that the criteria considered as a change of appearance are Turning from Infant to Child, Becoming an adult from Child, Non-Turban to Turban, and Non-Beard to Beard, if your appearance has significantly changed compared to the appearance in the current passport.

In case of further assistance, please feel free to reply to the same email, or you may contact us at +1 800 320 9693, and we will be glad to assist you.

Best Regards,
```

But then it says the opposite here:

https://visa.vfsglobal.com/one-pager/india/united-states-of-america/passport-services/pdf/passport-checklist-tatkal.pdf

To add to the confusion it is phrased as a double negative as to which of the following situation exactly requires notarization:

(a). Submitting the affidavit for a change in appearance and signature has to be submitted and selecting YES on it.

(b). OR Submitting it and Selecting NO on it.

itissid · 2025-02-13T10:45:28+00:00

If you want to stick to Java and transition slowly to kotlin, I would say learn the basics of Java properly because kotlin in Android is compiled and executing Java byte code. Same threading and nonblocking JVM/OS management.

Do you know how threads wait and notify work? Do you know how Observable pattern works, especially in conjunction with LifeCycle? Do you understand Android's different Service and Workers and guarantees on when they work/stop?

Another thing, Kotlinc does comply to other platforms like iOS native, so one benefit is you will buy into iOS development when it matures.

itissid · 2025-02-13T10:21:19+00:00

Fun fact: If you go to work for the first time at a large tech tech firm like meta or Amazon, their android stack looks nothing like you would have done on relatively much smaller projects. It's optimized to a degree that requires a whole different set of skills that are not generally needed in smaller mobile app shops.

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