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RonnieOwnsLexus

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RonnieOwnsLexus··on How to test without mocking
i dont get it. I if am taking a dependency on database or another class and i mock it using its interface, what is the harm in it? Essentially i have tested that given my dependencies working correctly my class would also work as expected.
RonnieOwnsLexus··on Zed, a collaborative code editor, is now open source
When will it come for windows ?
RonnieOwnsLexus··on Show HN: Tool to calculate how much milk is needed to make an amount of cheese
you can add 1 more type which is quite popular in Indian Subcontinent. Panner
RonnieOwnsLexus··on TinyGPT-V: Efficient Multimodal Large Language Model via Small Backbones
please explain this reference for non US/western hemisphere folks.
RonnieOwnsLexus··on Show HN: Hacker News Year in Review: 2023
Am I reading the new users graph correctly ? Hackernews got 64K new users in 2023?

What is the DAU/MAU If anyone knows

RonnieOwnsLexus··on Building end-to-end security for Messenger
or you would leave one of them.
RonnieOwnsLexus··on Nuclear Reactor Simulator
why am i not able to cause a meltdown
RonnieOwnsLexus··on Ask HN: What is the most memorable game you played?
Rise of nations
RonnieOwnsLexus··on Sandstorm: Open-source platform for self-hosting web apps
so essentially if i have a VM, i can just install the apps i require and then use them for my business. This sounds great but then I need to make sure i am monitoring and debugging it if something breaks ?

Also how does sandstorm makes money then ?

RonnieOwnsLexus··on Generative AI learning path
How do I see syllabus or contents for these courses?
RonnieOwnsLexus··on Generative AI learning path
I think this is standard corporate speak. Even in office my colleagues give long prose for just yes or no.
RonnieOwnsLexus··on An Introduction to Bε -trees and Write-Optimization [pdf]
another leetcode problem in making?
RonnieOwnsLexus··on Google “We have no moat, and neither does OpenAI”
Does this mean models larger then ChatGpt would still be better for the same data size as long as someone is ready to pay?

At what limit does it stop getting better?

RonnieOwnsLexus··on Programmer interrupted: The cost of interruption and context switching (2022)
a design decision would come from collaboration, sure you can get 1st draft ready in 10-15 mins then re iterate it 1 or 2 times to see all of its pro's and cons are visible to you but then you would need all stakeholder's time to get it through
RonnieOwnsLexus··on Launch HN: Pynecone (YC W23) – Web Apps in Pure Python
I am curious to know how python is transpired in to JavaScript for tricky cases involving promises/async await Since python usage is quite different from javascript and for promises it doesnt even exists.
RonnieOwnsLexus··on Launch HN: Pynecone (YC W23) – Web Apps in Pure Python
actually, as per the docs the framework is converting python code to Javascript. So you would need to JS skills to debug.

Most of the problems in web front have been solved in JS (think CSS styles, state management) re-writting it in python would be pain, especially when everything compiles to js

RonnieOwnsLexus··on Ask HN: What are you working on to become a better programmer?
I am still early in my 20's although i have been incredibly blessed with good opportunities.

This is what I am currently planning https://sijinjoseph.com/programmer-competency-matrix/

RonnieOwnsLexus··on Llama.cpp: Port of Facebook's LLaMA model in C/C++, with Apple Silicon support
But wont it be that in real life no one would want to run a voice command which consumes lot of CPU and battery as opposed to making a network call to a service which has this model hosted ?

Agreed that this can always be improved and hardware can get more efficient and better to but at the end of the day, would it ever be better then an API call ?

RonnieOwnsLexus··on Leveraging Rust and the GPU to render user interfaces at 120 FPS
I am sorry but i tried googling and binging which code editor supports 120fps. I also asked bing ai and it said it is not aware.

Could you please point me here as to what I am missing ?

RonnieOwnsLexus··on Leveraging Rust and the GPU to render user interfaces at 120 FPS
Why do we need a code editor with 120FPS support ?
RonnieOwnsLexus··on Apple introduces end-to-end encryption for backups
Where can i find the google one equivalent of this document ? I tried googling it and seeing the google one privacy but could not find out.