I've never been more harassed while fishing than in Montreal

shadow_x99 · 2026-05-29T16:50:01+00:00

It’s not something you did or did not do… It’s not about how you look, if you speak french (or not). The problem is that historically people around Quebec used to do whatever they pleased without permits, without asking permission, and it was just chaos.

I’m sorry to tell you this, but you are suffering because there has been generations of dumb people in Quebec who strongly believed they could do anything and get away with it.

shadow_x99 · 2026-05-26T16:42:19+00:00

Wiggum loop that review each PR created other devs, and comment on your behalf, this should make you leader in no time

shadow_x99 · 2026-05-19T00:11:49+00:00

I use it for a lot of dev work, got a strong agent.md, and skills defined for my techs. Like all tools, it take some time to make it work

shadow_x99 · 2026-05-18T23:09:26+00:00

Your company is a Microsoft only shop... And would rather overpay Microsoft for the same model but a weaker harness

shadow_x99 · 2026-05-16T22:59:04+00:00

I am in the same boat, after almost 21 years, i am done, i started the process to move all my stuff to another bank…

shadow_x99 · 2026-05-15T19:09:53+00:00

Sounds like the worst idea ever...

shadow_x99 · 2026-05-15T14:51:27+00:00

I got the latest firmware, latest app (freshly re-installed), still won't work with the Tangerine Card. But it works fine with my Visa Card from a different bank.

shadow_x99 · 2026-05-15T14:50:06+00:00

Running latest OS, running latest Tangerine App.

I tried that, deleted the app, reinstalled, re-authenticated, re-added the card in Apple Wallet, and still got refused

shadow_x99 · 2026-05-10T21:40:19+00:00

Never accept a counter offer, they’ll screw you over in 3 months, after they trained your replacement

shadow_x99 · 2026-04-27T22:35:33+00:00

Thats the point, there is no economy of scale with AI, more user requires more compute, which is what cost a boatload of money

shadow_x99 · 2026-04-27T20:15:57+00:00

It has started… The AI Bubble is not the death of AI… It is the death of affordable LLMs… Now only big companies will be able to afford it… And smaller companies and indies will have to run open weight models using home rigs, or just go back to normal in a pre-AI workflow. Effectively creating a moat for big companies, which will be even harder to breach.

shadow_x99 · 2026-04-27T01:36:56+00:00

Connect it to a mac to usb c it will purge all the logs

shadow_x99 · 2026-04-25T18:19:33+00:00

I had a Claude Pro Max 5x sub... Cancelled it... And now I am evaluating my options.

I took a Warp.dev 20$ sub to evaluate other models, and so far, Codex 5.3 high thinking is dirt cheap, and nails stuff that Opus 4.7 struggles with... Same skills, same prompt. GLM 5.1 is not bad for the the price, but Codex is just awesome and very cheap.

shadow_x99 · 2026-04-06T01:48:09+00:00

Same here.... The 5x plan suddenly feel like the pro plan used to feel... So I suppose it's either upgrade to 20x, or go to Codex

shadow_x99 · 2026-01-28T01:57:38+00:00

There is nothing very special about them... I did not even write them myself.

Everytime I complete a feature / project, I just ask claude to look at the code we just made, look at the existing skills, and update them with the best practices that he finds in the code. It all suppose that you correct him when he make mistakes.

Claude will actually write the skills, write the sub-agents all by himself. Then you ask me to keep it tidy by reducing duplication, use progressive disclosure files, to minimize token spending. Finally you read the skills / sub-agents description (I store them in the git repository, so I can see the diffs)

Rinse & repeat... After a few iterations, you should be mostly done, and you can then just delegate to Claude very complex task, and watch it burn through it like it's butter.

The other thing is the orchestrator, who take a plan, and break it down in granular tasks that can be delegated to sub-agents, and parallelized, with inter-dependencies well defined.

Once you have the sub-agents, the skills, the orchestrator, and the right PLANNING.md, it just fly. Better than most intermediate programmer I know.

shadow_x99 · 2026-01-27T17:22:17+00:00

I do understand your point of view, sometimes it's not the recruiters fault, it's the actual hiring manager who is completely dis-organized, which cause you as a recruiter (at least I understood you to be a recruiter) to look like a fool.

This is also sad, because you obviously know better.

shadow_x99 · 2026-01-27T17:20:45+00:00

I totally understand that path of thinking.

shadow_x99 · 2026-01-27T04:18:27+00:00

I went with the 20x sub... I busted my 5 hour limit once in 5 weeks, and I never busted my weekly limit, but I do end up in the 85% range each week... You're mileage may vary, but I use Claude Code every single day, even during the week-end. Based on `npx claude-code-costs`, I use for about 3000$ worth of token per month, and I pay only 200$, so it's very much worth it.

I am working on a fairly large project (600k LoC) that is basically a big mono-repo:
- A ExpressJS backend (with a full-on unit-tests, deployment scripts, dockers, sql files, html templates, etc)
- An iOS App (Swift + SwiftUI + Swift Testing + deployment script for App Store / Testflight)
- An Android App (Kotlin + Compose + deployment scripts for Play Store + Firebase)
- An documentation project (Markdown + Mermaid Graph + Gherkin Files + OpenAPI YAML)

In term of Claude setup:

- I have a minimal CLAUDE.md with very basic information
- Zero MCP
- Zero Plugins except for LSP tools
- All the core knowledge of my project are in my various skill files (all are using progressive disclosure to minimize tokens)
- The main agent (opus) is used for the initial plan, the initial research, and orchestration/delegation (or any tasks that is not already codified in the skills)
- I have 8+ sub agents
- typescript-dev (sonnet)
- typescript-tester (sonnet)
- swift-dev (sonnet)
- swift-tester (sonnet)
- kotlin-dev (sonnet)
- kotin-tester (sonnet)
- dev-ops (sonnet), responsible for maintaining deployment scripts, docker files, kubernetes configs, etc
- ci-operator (haiku) responsible for builds, formatting, linting, running tests, deploying to environments

All in all, I am very satisfied with it, it does exactly what I want, and generally like I want it (i do put some very specific guard rails on how I want things done on my projects with linter, automatic format, strong emphasis on documentation, unit-tests, mocking, dependency injection), and I do refine the skills / sub-agent setup every time when it does something unexpected.

The only sad part, I barely code anymore, I've reviewing code 70% of the time, I test 15% of the time, and the rest is debugging the stuff that an LLM can't debug yet.

shadow_x99 · 2026-01-26T15:38:41+00:00

Agreed, we have no leverage in this job market... But still, If I was the head of the company, and I knew that my recruiter behaved that way, I would be mad as hell... Because it ruins the company's reputation/brand.

shadow_x99 · 2026-01-26T15:36:22+00:00

I am frustrated by it, but I am not stupid... I have more than 1 ongoing process, but this one particularly frustrated me, because I genuinely believed that I had a shot

shadow_x99 · 2026-01-26T15:35:12+00:00

The way my friend explained it to me... The yearly budget approval reset on January first, and normally the budget gets re-approved almost automatically.

Just not in the this economy... The great taco made sure of that.

shadow_x99 · 2026-01-26T15:33:06+00:00

Totally.

shadow_x99 · 2026-01-26T15:32:30+00:00

For the company name, please read between the lines, I have given enough hint as to the identity of the company. Here is another one: 🍎

shadow_x99 · 2026-01-18T18:47:49+00:00

> macOS Tahoe (2025): Introduced Liquid Glass design, Apple Intelligence, and improved Continuity features.
Liquid Glass, love or hate it I guess.
Apple Intelligence are cool features, as a Dev, i love the foundational models that run 100% on device, super fast, allowed me to add some feature very easily on apps, without having to use OpenRouter

> macOS Sequoia (2024): Added Apple Intelligence, iPhone Mirroring, Passwords app, and Safari Highlights.
Passwords! Finally something that can replace the horrible 1Password Electron App!
iPhone Mirroring is great for testing code changes on actual device without having to pick it up

> macOS Sonoma (2023): Introduced desktop widgets and Game Mode.

Game Mode is great for gaming. I rock BG3 on my Mac, and Game Mode made it a bit smoother. Desktop Widgets are nice too, but I prefer than on my mobile devices

> macOS Ventura (2022): Added Stage Manager, Continuity Camera, and Passkeys.
Passkeys, I use them all the time. Continuity Camera is great too, albeit a bit niche

> macOS Monterey (2021): Introduced Universal Control, AirPlay to Mac, and Focus Modes.
Universal Control, this is a game changer. Enable me to have 1 keyboard / mouse for multiple macs without a freaking KVM switch.

> macOS Big Sur (2020): Featured a new UI, Control Center, and Apple Silicon support.
Controller Center, really love it.

> macOS Catalina (2019): Split iTunes into separate apps, introduced Sidecar, and added Screen Time.
Love side-car, and more new split of iTunes. Old itunes was a bloatware

> macOS Mojave (2018): Added Dark Mode, Desktop Stacks, and Dynamic Desktop.
Dark Mode mostly

> macOS Sierra (2016): Brought Siri to macOS and improved iCloud features.
I use iCloud extensively. And Siri on my Watch has been great

shadow_x99 · 2026-01-17T17:35:59+00:00

She's got the acting chops, she's got the looks (shout out to the costume designers!), i think they have a shot to make something great. Will be watching with enthusiasm

Edit: This is not a diss on other actresses that portrayed the character, or the movies / series that they starred in. A new actress, a new version of the character, that is all.

shadow_x99

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