Why do some people have a shit time with LLMs for programming while others love it?

What the latter group does is create tons of scaffolding to properly restrict LLMs, and acquire new skills to cope with all the unpredictable stuff they might do.

And because people are amazing at adapting the tools they’re given and totally underestimate the extent to which they do it, this is mostly invisible.

In this post, I argue that the amount of skill and scaffolding we grow is an incidental consequence of how badly AI coding tools are designed.

If we spent less time congratulating machines for the work people do and we instead supported people more directly, we could get much better outcomes.

https://ferd.ca/the-gap-through-which-we-praise-the-machine.html

Blurry iPhone Photo of the Day: rescued an exhausted half-dead black-chinned hummingbird from the barn floor. Gave it a pipette of nectar. Crossed fingers. 5 minutes later it was revived enough to perch on my finger. 5 minutes after that it flew off. Get a load of that purple choker! And it made the most adorable “cheep-cheep” noise. This was about the cutest thing that has ever happened to me. #birds

@BasicAppleGuy I can only imagine that the drag-n-drop code is so cursed that no one can fix this bug without causing more problems.

@SwiftOnSecurity for a hot second I thought Dr. Bernard had joined the fediverse 😹

@SwiftOnSecurity Chubbyemu is legit the best real medical education/advice/warning show around… he had hypernatremia: “hyper” high, “natur“ Na/sodium, “emia” presence in blood.

@lzg not worried about you. It’s all those hyperaggro mega truck dudes and distracted self absorbed normies

@jm3 no one has ever called me a rebaser, but I guess that is part of who I am

@sidereal We are SO DAMN GOOD at making things from glass and aluminum, and we're so damned good at recycling those materials. If we, as a species cared enough, we could replace single use plastics with aluminum and or glass products and be just fine. Would it be harder, sure, but it would not be impossible. It probably wouldn't even be too burdensome.

met up with a colleague and several dozen strangers for the vernal #CaliforniaHenge (at Gough). beautiful morning for sure and fun to steal some asphalt from cars for an hour.

#SanFrancisco

@bascule Not as long as they’re following conservative media which invents and inflames partisan issues to divide and blame others

“In 150 characters or less” by Nikita Gill

@cabel i do not miss the CRT whine. I get why people cherish CRTs as functional relics, but it’s a blessing to never-again be subjected to an office full of that noise.

@Noortjevee oh wow, thanks for sharing 🙏

@Noortjevee it’s pretty normal to use a privacy protection feature with DNS registration, a cheap add-on sold by most name registrars. Surprised anyone would consider it an indication of nefarious behavior.

@sidereal root cause analysis once again leads back to capitalism.

@smellsofbikes it’s something special. Hope to find someone who can enjoy it, take care of it, really I just want it to go to a good new home!

Rather unique #ebike for sale in #sonomacounty …long range and heavy duty, not something I can fit in my upcoming move back to urban life. https://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/bik/d/windsor-wattwagons-hound-fat-tire-belt/7833825162.html

@robin @ferngirl iOS supports hidden apps https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/lock-or-hide-or-an-app-iph00f208d05/ios

…but neither the Android or iOS solution here technically isolates these apps from the network or other background activity. It’s only a user interface affordance to avoid someone using your device from seeing or accessing these apps.

Having trouble completing your most important tasks?

Break your big, overwhelming tasks down into smaller, more manageable pieces.

Then, seal each of the pieces in a small lead-lined chest. Bury them in separate locations. Tell no one what you've done.

#productivity #ToDoList #TimeManagement