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Writing code was never the bottleneck in software engineering. LLMs made it cheaper to write, not easier to understand, review, or maintain. That’s still the bottleneck. Let’s not pretend it isn’t.
> Portuguese that stay in Portugal have low standards and they don't have the money to travel far so they're in this vicious cycle where they think their food is great but they don't have anything to compare it with.
I'm a poor guy with low standards, according to someone.
He's right, the only good Portuguese food is grilled fish and it's just a fish on a grill with some salt put on
Portuguese that stay in Portugal have low standards and they don't have the money to travel far so they're in this vicious cycle where they think their food is great but they don't have anything to compare it with
International food is okay to bad here especially in Lisbon due to a shortage of workers so most of the kitchen is Nepalese and usually unskilled
There's a few exceptions like Honest Greens but it's by foreigners
If Portuguese food was so great, there'd be Portuguese restaurants around the world but it's not and there's not. Just like how there's no Dutch restaurants, it's just not good food
I'm so glad I live in a country with a “we’ll get to it tomorrow” culture and "meh" food.
I tried Portugal last year, but didn't like it:
- People offering us cocaine in Lisbon
- English-speaking only in tourist areas
- Vibe is old/retirement
- Food was meh
Cyprus has a “get shit done now” culture. My local coffee shop opens at 7 am every day. 8 am on Sunday.
Portugal has more of a “we’ll get to it tomorrow” culture.
Ok, this year I'm going to @lisbonai_ and @JOTBConf/@Lambda_World. Wondering if there's anything else worth going between September and December.
1 year later, and I'm seeing some tough leaders saying the exact same thing, hilarious. Some things never change.
I’m so glad I’ve been vacationmaxxing around Eastern Europe these past few months and getting a break from all this bullshit.
Customers want useful features, great UX, superb reliability, and fair pricing; they don't give a fuck if you're tokenmaxxing, they don't even care whether it's a human or a robot writing your code.
What a time to be a software engineer; I can finally justify the time I spend exploring edge cases and introducing new ways of testing codebases.
Rules for engaging code reviews:
> be direct
> reject ceremony
> praise good work
> demand evidence
> question complexity
In corporate lingo, "I took responsibility and delivered fixes" means you're acting as the ultimate safety net, making you a single point of failure.
Hard disagree. Good taste is a lot more than just experience. There are a ton of experienced engineers with bad taste, and adding more experience won't simply change that.
Database internals are such a cool thing to talk about. I gave a talk about Merkle trees in 2019, and I thought I was talking about something so old that no one cared about it. Fast-forward to 2016, and they're still rocking!
