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Start small with models: three commit-message candidates
One user feeds a git diff into a script for three commit-message suggestions, then makes the final choice.
Let AI suggest options while a person checks accuracy.
Puppeteer Support for Firefox
Original EnglishI have a paid claude account, and then I use chatgpt, and meta.ai anon access.
How to Improve a Legacy Codebase
Original Englishbecause the business case of 'potentially reducing the likelihood of bugs in the future' and 'a story 3 months from now might take 3 days …
Running costs for running a web app
Original EnglishOther than that, I don't use Heroku, but not wanted to manage a db is pretty reasonable and the cost offset is likely there.
Signs that a startup is focused on stuff that doesn’t matter
Original Englishwe run cheap!, total business costs (inc rent, internet and phone) run around £450 a month for both businesses (the dev shop and business partners …
Engineers do not get to make startup mistakes when they build ledgers
Original EnglishI deployed on a test VM for them so they could do more extensive testing.
Ask HN: How do you deal with professional jealousy and getting older?
Original EnglishPicasso replied, “You’re not paying for the two seconds, you’re paying for the 40 years I spent to get here.”
Failing the startup game at Unbabel
Original EnglishWhen we fired him, we not only paid him what we owed, but we paid him an extra 15 days of work in addition to …
Ask HN: If you used to be socially awkward and shy, how did you improve?
Original EnglishPre-university, I worked in tech support at a dot-com startup.