I will never understand and forgive "engineers" who choose some technology "just because."
Just because I read about it in some really cool tech blog.
Just because I heard about it at some conference from a cool speaker.
Just because I want to try it.
Just because everyone else is using it.
Just because it has a fancy name.
Just because it’s the latest trend.
Just because it was recommended by a friend.
Just because it seems popular on social media.
Just because it promises to solve this problems.
It is a selfish, irresponsible, immature, and purely egotistic way of making decisions.
For a minute - architectural decisions that can and do have colossal consequences.
In the best case, it will require time and mental efforts of other engineers to fix this up, if it is even possible to fix.
In the worst case, it might lead to financial and other losses.
But the money is not "yours," right? Damn.
Just because I read about it in some really cool tech blog.
Just because I heard about it at some conference from a cool speaker.
Just because I want to try it.
Just because everyone else is using it.
Just because it has a fancy name.
Just because it’s the latest trend.
Just because it was recommended by a friend.
Just because it seems popular on social media.
Just because it promises to solve this problems.
It is a selfish, irresponsible, immature, and purely egotistic way of making decisions.
For a minute - architectural decisions that can and do have colossal consequences.
In the best case, it will require time and mental efforts of other engineers to fix this up, if it is even possible to fix.
In the worst case, it might lead to financial and other losses.
But the money is not "yours," right? Damn.
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Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
I bring you some good thoughts on information (or data, whatever) redundancy,
and this is far from being about database denormalization.
Please take a peek and lemme know what you think about it in the comments.
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Love you all😊
I bring you some good thoughts on information (or data, whatever) redundancy,
and this is far from being about database denormalization.
Please take a peek and lemme know what you think about it in the comments.
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Love you all
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Hello, everybody, everywhere!
I hope you’re all doing well and staying healthy.
Here is my fresh post about conditional statements, especially about how to write them less.
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Please, lemme know what do you think about it in the comments 🙂
Cheers🙏
I hope you’re all doing well and staying healthy.
Here is my fresh post about conditional statements, especially about how to write them less.
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Please, lemme know what do you think about it in the comments 🙂
Cheers
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Automation of tasks… How much meaning can be hidden behind these words, how many tasks.
When considering automating anything, be mindful.
Focus on repetitive actions and their frequency.
Why mention frequency?
Because there are jokes about spending 20 hours programming to automate something you could’ve done in 15 minutes.
If it’s something you do once a year, it’s better to check your backlog first.
But often, we repeat a tedious sequence of actions so much that it eventually drives us crazy.
Please, be kind to yourself. If you find yourself repeating the same actions over 2-3 weeks, it’s a red flag to ask:
If the answer is “quite likely,” ask:
If it’s within a day — definitely do it!
And don’t go to the opposite extreme — I’ve seen people try to automate literally everything, even things they’ll never repeat.
While it might be good coding practice, is it really worth it?
When considering automating anything, be mindful.
Focus on repetitive actions and their frequency.
Why mention frequency?
Because there are jokes about spending 20 hours programming to automate something you could’ve done in 15 minutes.
If it’s something you do once a year, it’s better to check your backlog first.
But often, we repeat a tedious sequence of actions so much that it eventually drives us crazy.
Please, be kind to yourself. If you find yourself repeating the same actions over 2-3 weeks, it’s a red flag to ask:
What are the chances I’ll repeat these actions in the next two weeks?
If the answer is “quite likely,” ask:
How long will it take to automate this?
If it’s within a day — definitely do it!
And don’t go to the opposite extreme — I’ve seen people try to automate literally everything, even things they’ll never repeat.
While it might be good coding practice, is it really worth it?
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Check it out: https://www.philipzucker.com/state_o_knuck/
The dude is adopting Z3 solver for Python🕺
So far, its quite promising.
Hopefully, it will continue to thrive💪
The dude is adopting Z3 solver for Python
So far, its quite promising.
Hopefully, it will continue to thrive
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Hey There Buddo!
State of Knuckledragger, a Semi-Automated Python Proof Assistant
I’ve been working on Knuckledragger, my Z3 based semi-automated python proof assistant, on and off for 6 months (or arguably five years). I’ve realized I’ve done a bunch of stuff and despite writing often, not written the slightest bit about much of it.
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What happened?
Why am I writing about soft skills?
Did I get bitten by managers?
Or was I always infected, because we’re all the walking dead already?
I don't know. It does not matter.
Well, the text is about being a precious, irreplaceable player.
Read here.
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Hello, hello!
Still alive, even after a 1.5-day local AI Hackathon I smashed on my head🔨 (MVP is actually done, btw.)
I want to share a short note with you today about a terrible mental slippery slope that might just ruin any system if it’s not spotted soon enough.
The post also contains a hint on a great approach on how to spot it.
Happy reading, it’s short, really -> linky-linky🔗
Still alive, even after a 1.5-day local AI Hackathon I smashed on my head
I want to share a short note with you today about a terrible mental slippery slope that might just ruin any system if it’s not spotted soon enough.
The post also contains a hint on a great approach on how to spot it.
Happy reading, it’s short, really -> linky-linky
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Good day, colleagues 😑
No one writes perfect code, especially the new o1 model😳
Bugs have always existed,
dormant bugs are always lurking,
and they will be with us for some time in the future.
As well as debugging.
I wrote a bit about this -- feel free to read and enjoy, or hate, whatever🌟
🔗 LINK 🔗
No one writes perfect code, especially the new o1 model
Bugs have always existed,
dormant bugs are always lurking,
and they will be with us for some time in the future.
As well as debugging.
I wrote a bit about this -- feel free to read and enjoy, or hate, whatever
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https://fabric.so/ is complete dogshit 💩
The guys are drastically wanting your money and selling their product like a charming “one place for your notes and documents.”
Well, while they did a kind of good integration with some LLM for linking and summarizing your saved notes, documents, and links (linking “similar” stuff also works acceptably every other time),
I just encountered a horrible bug where the desktop Fabric app did not save my text note.😢
I’ve been working on a new blog post for a couple of hours within its notes text editor, finished a big section, and boom, everything’s gone 🙂
Just becuase of that, no matter how good they integrated AI features - it is the dogshit💩
Why? Because it is unnacaptable what such a critical and fundamental functionallity is not working propperly.
Well, at least they reacted pretty quickly to my bug report on Discord.
You know what? My note might not have been saved BECAUSE I DID NOT CLICK THE SAVE BUTTON INITIALLY, RIGHT AFTER CREATING THE NOTE!
Moreover, the developer mentioned that something similar happened to one of their team members a couple of weeks ago:
They tried to restore something, but would it be surprise if I will say that nothing was restored?
lmfao
The guys are drastically wanting your money and selling their product like a charming “one place for your notes and documents.”
Well, while they did a kind of good integration with some LLM for linking and summarizing your saved notes, documents, and links (linking “similar” stuff also works acceptably every other time),
I just encountered a horrible bug where the desktop Fabric app did not save my text note.
I’ve been working on a new blog post for a couple of hours within its notes text editor, finished a big section, and boom, everything’s gone 🙂
Just becuase of that, no matter how good they integrated AI features - it is the dogshit
Why? Because it is unnacaptable what such a critical and fundamental functionallity is not working propperly.
Well, at least they reacted pretty quickly to my bug report on Discord.
You know what? My note might not have been saved BECAUSE I DID NOT CLICK THE SAVE BUTTON INITIALLY, RIGHT AFTER CREATING THE NOTE!
Moreover, the developer mentioned that something similar happened to one of their team members a couple of weeks ago:
it does indeed sound pretty bad - the reason I asked about the Save button is it happened to somebody in the team a week or two ago, they did not click Save and so the content was wiped when they closed the modal; in which case it would be a UX problem more than a true bug (not sure what the case is for yours, and we are going to look into it)
They tried to restore something, but would it be surprise if I will say that nothing was restored?
lmfao
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fabric.so
Fabric – your self-organizing workspace and file explorer
One home for your digital world. Your second brain.
A file explorer and workspace for the internet age.
All your drives, clouds, notes, screenshots, links, and files in one calm, minimal app. No organizing required.
Never forget anything again.
A file explorer and workspace for the internet age.
All your drives, clouds, notes, screenshots, links, and files in one calm, minimal app. No organizing required.
Never forget anything again.
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Dear colleagues and friends, I humbly inform you that today is Wednesday.
I also wrote a short post a few days ago and forgot to share it with you here 🧌
It’s somewhat related to my previous critiques of the popular idea of "self-documented code"
Yikes.
Please give it a read and share your thoughts in the comments or via DM 🙂
Here: https://ivanzakutnii.com/blog/Embedding-Design-Into-Code
Or here: https://dev.to/m0n0x41d/embedding-design-into-code-n4e
Oh, and I’ve started writing a bit on Threads again: https://www.threads.net/@m0n0x41d?invite=0
Feel free to follow and troll me!
Cheers!
I also wrote a short post a few days ago and forgot to share it with you here 🧌
It’s somewhat related to my previous critiques of the popular idea of "self-documented code"
Yikes.
Please give it a read and share your thoughts in the comments or via DM 🙂
Here: https://ivanzakutnii.com/blog/Embedding-Design-Into-Code
Or here: https://dev.to/m0n0x41d/embedding-design-into-code-n4e
Oh, and I’ve started writing a bit on Threads again: https://www.threads.net/@m0n0x41d?invite=0
Feel free to follow and troll me!
Cheers!
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The day has come! I am no longer team lead ⚰️
Congrats to me, please!
I am not fired, just moved to hopefully complete a technical role.
I will continue to work at Monite as a Staff Engineer. Hooray!
Thanks to everyone who has supported me on this and helped to do this quickly enough, love you all ❤️
Congrats to me, please!
I am not fired, just moved to hopefully complete a technical role.
I will continue to work at Monite as a Staff Engineer. Hooray!
Thanks to everyone who has supported me on this and helped to do this quickly enough, love you all ❤️
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