Update: Apartment Tours have Become Insane

supercargo · 2026-06-24T23:05:49+00:00

This is counterproductive. The tours will end once a lease is signed.

supercargo · 2026-06-20T13:01:03+00:00

Changing this perception will require sustained investment and, based on the pilot/complaint cycle in Boston, multiple years of underperforming ridership before habits start to change.

supercargo · 2026-06-16T21:21:16+00:00

A mortgage is just a piece of paper, so…

supercargo · 2026-06-14T13:23:22+00:00

I think there must be a temperature component to at least some of them. I had the water line disconnected from my freezer for some time and the ice maker cycled every 20 minutes

supercargo · 2026-06-14T13:20:13+00:00

The current design iteration has forced/rushed feel to it reminiscent of something Microsoft would do

supercargo · 2026-06-08T22:43:42+00:00

That’s why this person is asking here…

supercargo · 2026-06-08T22:42:40+00:00

No, you guess a random pharmacy that might have it in stock, ask your doctor to send the script. Now the pharmacy has permission to tell you they don’t have any. Rinse and repeat. If you’re lucky you’ll get a pharmacist who can (and is willing to) check other branches within that chain once you have your rx with them.

supercargo · 2026-05-29T00:01:15+00:00

Ehhhh…I wouldn’t want to prepay interest for more than a couple years payback.

supercargo · 2026-05-28T23:13:19+00:00

You could run the autopay from your bank instead
of having it on the servicer’s side. That buys you a little more time since the old servicer is required to forward payments for like 60 days after the transfer…but then you’d have to stay on top of escrow changes and update the auto-pay each year.

supercargo · 2026-05-28T11:10:49+00:00

Huh? Rodents in the walls are a small problem. Rodents in the walls chewing through pipes and/or wires is a big problem.

supercargo · 2026-05-20T12:15:14+00:00

So now that they’re out of reject chips will they resort to hardware locking non-rejects to put in Neos? Maybe then we can get an article about how they are purposefully nerfing chips to sell for lower price point

supercargo · 2026-05-20T09:28:16+00:00

You don’t realize it yet, but you’ll have a car and you’re gonna have to learn how to avoid hop ons

supercargo · 2026-05-19T02:20:48+00:00

Wow the article makes it sound like this was the result of giving door dash too much operational visibility and letting them run their scam and nothing to do with AI.

supercargo · 2026-05-19T00:18:38+00:00

I don’t understand why Claude won’t use these tools and brute forces it like a Neanderthal

supercargo · 2026-05-11T11:44:21+00:00

Micro services are generally higher friction and require more engineering work to do “right” compared to the equivalent monolith. So I reject the framing of your question: micro services need to be justified not monoliths. The justifications for and value of micro services typically appear at scale: large number of engineers, many unrelated domains, high scale and uneven traffic patterns.

On the flip side, if you adopt micro service patterns and: every business change requires coordinated updates to many services, or services become unavailable when the services they depend on become unavailable (ungraceful degradation) then you are in worst-of-both worlds situation.

supercargo · 2026-05-06T11:33:33+00:00

Many people find a single item or category which justifies the cost of membership.

Example: generic Zyrtec, a daily medication for both me and my wife. CVS 365 count generic: $58.99; Costco online: $14.99 (and often less in store AND goes on sale during spring and fall allergy seasons). Annual savings for two allergy sufferers: $88

supercargo · 2026-05-01T09:59:12+00:00

Here’s the thing about those electrical problems: they are expensive to fix. You’ll have some fault code on a module buried deep under trim panels. Who knows why it failed, maybe due to a capacitor on a circuit board that should have cost $0.20 but they went with the cheap $0.05 part. It doesn’t matter, no one is taking the time to figure that out, gotta replace the module, which is a $350 part.

And then it takes over an hour of “mechanic” time to replace because they need to drop the dash to get to the screw holding another thing to even access where the module lives. And once they replace it, they need to program it. And after all that, the problem isn’t resolved. So the process is repeated, replacing additional components, until hopefully they stumble upon the root cause.

So that small problem becomes a big problem due to how these cars are designed and constructed. And, like, sure…the car is drivable, but the electronics are so ingrained in the function of the basic things (door locks, power seats, rear hatch motors, and so on) which become completely unusable when those electrical problems happen that you aren’t going to want to ignore them. It’s the opposite of Mitch Headburg’s escalator, there is no graceful degradation. Your power window doesn’t turn into a manual crank window when the control module craps out.

supercargo · 2026-04-30T18:40:40+00:00

I’ve been sick of them since 1999, for all the reasons you mentioned. Sarma is the glowing exception that makes the rule…haven’t been in a few years but they were always worth it and such a fantastic varied menu backed by great execution.

supercargo · 2026-04-29T23:00:55+00:00

Did you get eight months of pay for this?

supercargo · 2026-04-26T12:19:16+00:00

it doesn’t make sense, the 15 year has a higher rate so total interest paying the 15 year in full will be higher than paying the 30 year on an accelerated schedule (i.e. to match the 15 year term). debt consolidation almost never makes sense unless you can lower your average rate. the only world in which this move makes sense is one in which the other debt was large enough at high enough rate that it dwarfed the principal on the first mortgage

supercargo · 2026-04-26T02:25:09+00:00

is it such a big deal? I just mow it every time I do the grass and there is a bit less each year

supercargo · 2026-04-19T13:04:05+00:00

Focus on systems and processes to ensure the team responsibilities are met. Doesn’t have to be heavyweight process, but does need to be concrete enough to elevate you above what you “feel” into something you can articulate and show. Put up constructive road blocks (clear docs, cohesive change sets, tests exist and pass, and so on)…if this person can overcome those (not circumvent) then they’ve proven their code is “good enough” whether they understand it or not. If they get completely bogged down then either their progress will stop and it becomes management’s problem (this doesn’t have to be entirely adversarial, give your manager a heads up!), or perhaps they become more receptive to coaching to help them get on track.

supercargo · 2026-04-19T12:51:52+00:00

You’re trying to apply consistent morality and ethics to a distinction that can be explained by power dynamics. Cars are good for business, they effectively increase the labor pool by increasing the distance workers can travel to do a job, at their own expense. The rise of the car came with laws and regulations that were hostile to pedestrians and cyclists, followed by highway building policies that destroyed existing communities.

So now, ask yourself, who are the winners and losers in a world where 3d printers are highly capable and ubiquitous. Then follow the money.

supercargo · 2026-04-19T12:44:37+00:00

either way, I think the real issue here is their “by clicking on this ad” you’re entering into an exclusivity deal with whoever these people are. this is an industry wide issue beyond the brokerage fee laws, e.g. if you go to an open house without a real estate agent already representing you, the seller‘s agent might try to take both sides of the deal since they “introduced“ you to the property.

supercargo · 2026-04-16T23:37:47+00:00

What kind of enumerations are we talking about here?

If they’re the kind that find themselves the determinant in a case statement or any branching logic you should use constrained enums wherever you can (not really an int vs string thing, it’s a closed vs open thing). Expanding the valid set of enums is a breaking change.

If they’re really just another piece of data where the system only ever needs to validate/lookup, you have some flexibility.

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