Toots from 2024-03-29
“At this point, we knew it had punched well above our weight, and attempted to take our package d…
“At this point, we knew it had punched well above our weight, and attempted to take our package down, in an effort to prevent further harm we might inadvertently cause. Only problem is, in attempting to install, and by extension, depend on everything, we depended on ourselves.”
https://boehs.org/node/npm-everything
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“The best leaders I’ve worked with have always been open to dissenting voices. They’ve always…
“The best leaders I’ve worked with have always been open to dissenting voices. They’ve always been willing to listen to the other side of the argument, and to engage with it, even if they’re not willing to change their mind. The playbook is simple: be transparent, open, and accountable.”
https://ben.balter.com/2024/01/08/dissenting-voices/
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Even if this were sufficient, who/what is supposed to fund and be liable for this? “We hope this…
Even if this were sufficient, who/what is supposed to fund and be liable for this?
“We hope this preview of Voice Engine both underscores its potential and also motivates the need to bolster societal resilience against the challenges brought by ever more convincing generative models. Specifically, we encourage steps like:…
- Educating the public in understanding the capabilities and limitations of AI technologies, including the possibility of deceptive AI content”
https://openai.com/blog/navigating-the-challenges-and-opportunities-of-synthetic-voices
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“So, you’re thinking of building a new thing. It’s going to be a lot like that other thing …
“So, you’re thinking of building a new thing. It’s going to be a lot like that other thing that already exists. In fact, it seems so similar that lots of folks are asking you why you’re building a new thing rather than using that existing thing, or maybe adapting that existing thing to your needs.”
https://brooker.co.za/blog/2024/03/04/mousetrap.html
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“AI doesn’t remove human effort. It just makes it much more alienated.” <https://amycastor…
“AI doesn’t remove human effort. It just makes it much more alienated.”
https://amycastor.com/2023/09/12/pivot-to-ai-pay-no-attention-to-the-man-behind-the-curtain/
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“But to quote a cleaning equipment manufacturer: “If you don’t schedule time for maintenanc…
“But to quote a cleaning equipment manufacturer: “If you don’t schedule time for maintenance, your equipment will schedule it for you”. Things that are not regularly maintained will break in the most inopportune time possible.”
https://chaos.guru/essays/2024/hostile-environments/
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@darkuncle You bet - glad you liked it. Murat is 👍
@darkuncle You bet - glad you liked it. Murat is 👍
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“Natural language is ambigious and not suitable for programming. LLMs still need to generate co…
“Natural language is ambigious and not suitable for programming. LLMs still need to generate code to get things done. If not inspected carefully, this incurs tech debt at monumental speed of the computers. The natural language prompts are not repeatable/deterministic, they are subject to breaking any time. This makes “natural language programming” unsuitable for even small sized projects, let alone medium to large projects.”
http://muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-demise-of-coding-is-greatly.html
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“The root problem is that, for the first time in human history, our brain is the bottleneck. Fo…
“The root problem is that, for the first time in human history, our brain is the bottleneck. For all history, transmitting information was slow. Brains were fasts. After sending a letter, we had days or months to think before receiving an answer.”
https://ploum.net/2024-03-18-lost-focus.html
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“This sets up a virtuous cycle: over time, these activities allow him to complete his assigned …
“This sets up a virtuous cycle: over time, these activities allow him to complete his assigned work even faster, allowing him even more discretionary time without needing to adjust his estimates1. Ultimately, he gains the ability to complete tasks much faster than an “ordinary” engineer, leading to dramatic2 results in a crisis.”
https://mandymusings.com/posts/cut-scotty-some-slack
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“Any time you find yourself tempted to make a statement like “it’s time to commit” or “…
“Any time you find yourself tempted to make a statement like “it’s time to commit” or “you need to commit”, you’re no longer actually talking about commitment: you’re talking about compliance.”
https://mandymusings.com/posts/on-disagreeing-and-committing
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“40% of managers said they believe multiple employees could be replaced by AI tools and the tea…
“40% of managers said they believe multiple employees could be replaced by AI tools and the team would operate well without them.“
Related: 40% of managers don’t understand their team or the work they do
https://www.beautiful.ai/blog/2024-ai-workplace-impact-report
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“Unfortunately, in software development in particular, and knowledge work in general, the place…
“Unfortunately, in software development in particular, and knowledge work in general, the place that the work gets done is distributed: it happens wherever the employees are sitting in front of their computers.”
https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2024/03/16/when-theres-no-gemba-to-go-to/
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“the biggest unsolved problem in my opinion is how to collectively pass on the valuable lessons…
“the biggest unsolved problem in my opinion is how to collectively pass on the valuable lessons learned and perspectives from ye olde SREs to the next generation and beyond when we have such different contexts and relationships to technology.”
https://www.paigerduty.com/sre-biggest-problem/
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“We were committed to launching today. We were agreed against further postponing the launch. We…
“We were committed to launching today. We were agreed against further postponing the launch. We were pretty sure the new version, version four, wasn’t ready.
The day started. We were naive. Our education lay in wait.”
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“Lea’s right! We’re in this weird conflict so often with Security and Ops/Core/Infra/Platfo…
“Lea’s right! We’re in this weird conflict so often with Security and Ops/Core/Infra/Platform/SRE/etc. on what our priorities are, when we should be on the same team. Why are we conflicted? Security is part of reliability and vice versa. "
https://willgallego.com/2024/03/24/srecon24-americas-recap/
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“It is imperative for folks invested in developing apps with rich interactive UI experiences to…
“It is imperative for folks invested in developing apps with rich interactive UI experiences to keep the frontend profession from being condensed into mere framework maintenance.”
https://redmonk.com/kholterhoff/2024/03/01/why-the-frontend-kingmaker-isnt-full-stack-a-history/