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Automated Unit Test Improvement Using Large Language Models at Meta
Original EnglishI don’t think a human engineer with 25% failure rate would be very helpful, if it’s a certain kind of failure.
Tik Tok is a national security threat
Original EnglishI am responsible also because I failed to live up to the trust and support placed in me by our users.
Ask HN: What was being a software developer like about 30 years ago?
Original EnglishBecause I'd worked on all of them and all of them were simpler.
State of JavaScript 2021
Original EnglishMy library, which I have used to rewrite a large application with, is less code, faster, and easier to understand.
Software Developers after 40, 50 and 60 Who're Still Coding
Original EnglishIt did work earlier but had big issues of bugs, slowness, memory leaks, and maintainability.
Ask HN: Why do I struggle to follow corporate meetings?
Original EnglishOver time, I started to care more about those specific business decisions, because I had enough experience seeing failed outcomes in previous teams & companies.
Ask HN: Advice that changed your life?
Original EnglishThe underlying principle (provided by my mentor) for a cost absorption system I wrote and implemented in a human based production shop.
Schneier: It's Time to Regulate IoT to Improve Cyber-Security
Original EnglishThe clients aren't going to easily understand, "I paid $3,000 for it, and it works fine, but I should NEVER use it because it could …
iPhone vs Android app sales: numbers from an indie developer
Original EnglishRegarding #3, I wrote a script that automatically emails the 20% of customers who get their orders declined, asking them to purchase the app directly …