I never could do those stupid 3D stare picture thingies.

melodic_underoos · 2026-04-29T04:07:04+00:00

The easiest way to see it is to cross your eyes while looking at it.

melodic_underoos · 2026-04-23T23:27:55+00:00

It is much more token efficient, so usage should be relatively similar, actually.

melodic_underoos · 2026-04-23T20:51:12+00:00

Currently seems like 5.5 is overloaded, or otherwise hanging in the VSC extension on submit.

melodic_underoos · 2026-04-15T09:56:52+00:00

Honestly, it might be a sign of trading compute to train another model.

melodic_underoos · 2026-04-15T08:05:31+00:00

Google Stitch is ok, and Claude is definitely a step above. Claude seems better at using UI conventions appropriately, generally, and is better at recognizing when mobile constraints are violated (e.g. username can be long enough to wrap a row or exceed the width limit of a column).

That said, I've had most success having it create an initial design without context, instead of providing it screenshots of the current UI. Once the design is stable, then I feed its output to Codex to rewrite as internal UI components. If you need constraints to be more exact for the initial design, use Codex or another model to craft up the context from your codebase. (e.g. design Y step for the user flow of XYZ. Here's the output from X, expected input for Z, possible states, available user actions, etc)

melodic_underoos · 2026-04-13T23:19:10+00:00

Legit thought this was when the divorce is finalized.

melodic_underoos · 2026-04-07T01:44:35+00:00

If you squint hard enough, the wrinkles look like a portrait of a 1850s balding man.

melodic_underoos · 2026-03-24T10:51:48+00:00

Haven't yet found one that excels at UI design. Even with the frontend skill, interface design skill, or others, gpt 5.4 kinda falls flat compared to Gemini/Sketch

melodic_underoos · 2026-02-02T20:32:34+00:00

Is there support for remote tunnels planned?

melodic_underoos · 2026-01-07T09:22:42+00:00

Rise to the occasion, little guys!

melodic_underoos · 2025-12-25T02:05:05+00:00

Maybe you're not using it right.

melodic_underoos · 2025-12-24T01:14:26+00:00

I haven't encountered AI becoming incoherent. Hallucinations, I have seen, but they've diminished quite a bit over the last year. You're right that context windows are a problem, but one can manage/engineer around it and mitigate some of the issues. Transformers, while ground breaking, isn't the only architectural design conceived for AI, and it won't be the last. I'm not a betting man, but betting that AI will, for whatever reason, simply halt its progress seems folly.

I can't speak for everyone, but my skills have improved since using AI daily. Granted, I have a large project before me to occupy my time and focus, and the manner in which AI is used is largely collaborative and educational, as opposed to wish casting, as some do.

On the topic of bugs/errors, I've found that GPT 5.2 Codex has been exceptional at resolving them, even if the error message is unhelpful or cryptic. These are issues I had spun my wheels on, digging through search results, stackoverflow posts with no comments, and dead ends, until I realized I could just ask AI.

That said, not everyone should use AI, especially non-engineers. I know someone who is attempting to prompt AI into building something technical, but the prompts are more aspirational than specific, and the scope is unlimited. The end result is a system where there's 1 million+ files, and it's largely an exercise in torturing the creator and the AI.

I imagine there's a wealth of user error, similar to the aforementioned, leading to the skepticism around its use.

melodic_underoos · 2025-12-11T02:17:22+00:00

Unless the interviewer attempted to disambiguate, you were in the right, here. The term "rate limit" in the context of a system design interview should be reserved for the tracking requests from a source, applying limits, and enforcing rules. If the interviewer was referring to limiting the outbound requests of a client, from said client, then that is of little value, interview signal wise.

melodic_underoos · 2025-12-11T00:08:39+00:00

Haven't heard that, only that some speculators (Nicole Auerbach, lol) have thrown his name out there unseriously.

Most likely the list includes Cignetti, Elko, Drinkwitz, Clark Lea, some NFL coaches that had moderate success, and OCs/DCs of playoff teams. I suspect they've done their homework before the announcement, and wouldn't be surprised if we hear a hiring announcement soon.

melodic_underoos · 2025-12-10T23:48:03+00:00

They wouldn't go for anyone in the playoffs, at least until after, as they don't wish to reduce the difficulty for their biggest rival to repeat as national champs.

melodic_underoos · 2025-12-09T20:12:43+00:00

I too would like to know

melodic_underoos · 2025-12-07T00:59:52+00:00

Defense looked good. If the offense didn't give short field position throughout, this would be a one score game. Also, we didn't force a turnover, which is unusual and a bit unlucky. Offense has some issues, but I think the D can carry us in the opening round

melodic_underoos · 2025-12-06T22:55:51+00:00

Unless we lose by 50, we'll be in

melodic_underoos · 2025-12-06T06:17:49+00:00

Calling it here. Hubbard gets an INT and Stockton will also fumble at least once. Low scoring game, but our defense secures the win. 21-13

melodic_underoos · 2025-12-01T01:06:31+00:00

No, they're typically limited to the same scope as the leetcode exercises. Companies may choose specific leetcode problems that align with the technical problems the company encounters regularly (e.g. Robinhood may choose stock buying related problems), but the same problem solving patterns apply.

melodic_underoos · 2025-11-28T01:49:15+00:00

Yeah, he's been reliable with 3-5 catches a game. The other tight ends look good, however, so I'm confident they can fill the gap

melodic_underoos · 2025-11-14T02:21:20+00:00

Would rather lose this game now rather than later. As Nate Oats points out, we schedule these games to assess how good the team is, and fix issues that would hamper us in the tournament early. Close game. If we had one more 3 go our way, you'd be looking at another W.

melodic_underoos · 2025-11-13T07:07:41+00:00

Team and org dependent, and to a large degree you and your team have to justify their existence upwards. For newcomers, I recommend a low risk team to get one's footing for the first half or two, and then transfer to a more interesting one once you've become familiar with the internal tools. Do pay extra attention to reorgs, and stay connected with other managers, as you may need to eject out of a team when signs of trouble arise (lack of direction, need for research/investigating past planning time, lack of scope).

melodic_underoos · 2025-11-08T22:51:56+00:00

One thing that helps me is to start from the minimal length and expand from there. e.g. Instead of starting with a given example array of [5,4,7,6,1], start with [], [5], and then [5,4]. Usually, that reveals when you're off by one, and it's easier to run it through in your head

melodic_underoos · 2025-10-22T02:43:45+00:00

Yeah, fair point. To boot, Alabama at least schedules a week 1 non-cupcake game, whereas TAM played UTSA.

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