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ado__dev··on The Vibe Coding Revolution Is Getting Overhyped
I feel like "vibe" of 2025 is the "epic" of the 2005's - 2010's. We'll eventually look back on it and cringe.
ado__dev··on TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday
oh wow, didn't think that would work, but it does. even better!
ado__dev··on TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday
I created a quick tutorial on how to backup and download all of your TikToks.

https://x.com/adocomplete/status/1879568249261621572

ado__dev··on Model Context Protocol
You can use MCP with Sourcegraph's Cody as well

https://sourcegraph.com/blog/cody-supports-anthropic-model-c...

ado__dev··on Show HN: Tips.io – A Tailwind playground with AI, page management, and theming
Nick! Congrats on the launch. Super solid. I tried getting ado.tips.io but looks like domain needs to be at least 4 characters long :(
ado__dev··on Tesla Optimus bots were controlled by humans during the 'We, Robot' event
I mean was there ever any doubt? Smoke and mirrors.
ado__dev··on Are junior devs cooked? This mini tool made in 20 min of prompting ReplitAI
Creating mini tools is pretty effortless with any AI code gen tool. Maintaining them, adding additional features, scaling, etc. are things that require humans.

I believe every Jr dev should be learning how to use code gen tools as they are likely here to stay, but not overly rely on them, and use them like any other tool.

ado__dev··on Product Hunt isn't dying, it's becoming gentrified
Product Hunt exists to make Product Hunt money and not promote your business.

If you look at it through that lens, it makes perfect sense what is going on there.

ado__dev··on WordPress Bans WP Engine Customers
This seems like Wordpress suicide. I've only somewhat followed the drama between Matt and WP Engine, but from what I can tell WP Engine technically isn't doing anything wrong. But it's very much a fine line. Going nuclear and blocking WP Engine customers (and Wordpress users) though seems like the worst way to go about handling this dispute and will cause a ton of goodwill to evaporate and trust issues to build up.
ado__dev··on Tesla Full Self Driving requires human intervention every 13 miles
They do transfer to the next owner if you sell it, unless you sell it/trade it in to Tesla. In that case they remove it and charge for it again (or sometimes to boost sales they'll include FSD in used cars)
ado__dev··on Tesla Full Self Driving requires human intervention every 13 miles
I've had FSD since the very first beta and honestly even the 13 mile number is generous. Maybe on freeway only driving it's every 13 miles. On city streets, it's more like every 1-2 miles requires manual intervention unless you want to be the biggest nuisance on the road and a total jerk to everyone around you.
ado__dev··on If AI is helping people code better, why aren't products getting better?
Def don't take my word at face value. I'm just sharing my experience and knowledge, but the great thing about most of these tools is that many offer usable free tiers or very low-cost plans that don't require any sort of lock in. So try the tools yourself, for your use cases, and see if it's a fit or not.

Personally, I have seen a ton of change in the last 4-5 months, so if you haven't tried these tools recently, I encourage you to try them today and see what's possible.

ado__dev··on If AI is helping people code better, why aren't products getting better?
Many services that power https://videotap.com/ have recently been rewritten with the help of AI.

Recently I used Cody to rebuild the entire video processing pipeline and made it much more efficient and scalable, and I actually learned a ton about ffmpeg by pair programming with the AI. Now I'm building additional features into this app, mostly w/ just iterative prompting or chat-oriented programming to replace 3rd party services that are still in this pipeline and it's been a blast.

I've also used AI tools to really brush up on frameworks, like Laravel, that I haven't touched in a while, and it's been a great experience. Also started building a game w/ Godot and found AI super helpful there in walking me step by step. So for me it's been great.

ado__dev··on If AI is helping people code better, why aren't products getting better?
Since gpt came out I have built tons of throwaway apps, plenty of specialized apps for side projects, and experimented with tons of ideas that I likely wouldn’t have if I didn’t have access to a tool to build it for me from just asking it to do it and explain what it did. Claude artifacts has been awesome for this. Cody when I actually want to build it out. I recommend trying it before you knock it.
ado__dev··on If AI is helping people code better, why aren't products getting better?
I believe o1's context window will increase over time as well. It's a new model that takes a different approach compared to other ones, so testing it with less context seems logical and expanding the context window as it's quality is validated.

Even in a large code-base, you don't have to have the full context of every single file for every single question, can usually get away with half a dozen files, it's figuring out which ones to provide to the LLM to get the best response.

ado__dev··on If AI is helping people code better, why aren't products getting better?
Which one?

I run DevRel at Sourcegraph and our AI coding assistant, Cody, is used by tons of individuals, small business, and large enterprises. I get to talk to a ton of customers and see how their adoption of AI is going. And it's certainly increasing and developers are finding a ton of value.

ado__dev··on If AI is helping people code better, why aren't products getting better?
We're still very much in the early days.

Code AI tools today absolutely crush at creating proof of concept apps. You can test your idea and get market validation in days vs months.

They are getting better at medium/large codebases, but still have a ways to go before being super useful and it translating to a huge increase in productivity. Currently it's really good for helping with the menial tasks (creating docs, unit tests, understanding and onboarding) but not quite there yet when it comes to integrating gen ai code in large codebases, but it's only a matter of time.

ado__dev··on Facebook scraped every Australian adult user's public posts to train AI
Not surprised at all. Facebook owns the platform and outlined in the ToU that they can do whatever they want with the content you post on there.

At least it's better than scraping content off platform (which I'm sure they've done) and using that, but using content posted on their own platform seems like a no-brainer.

ado__dev··on Sony announces PS5 Pro, a $700 graphics workhorse available Nov. 7
The price point is a huge miss for me. I'll stick to the original PS5 for the time being.
ado__dev··on xAI's Colossus: Most Powerful AI Cluster Online in 122 Days
(x) Doubt
ado__dev··on Ask HN: GitHub Copilot Alternatives
Sourcegraph Cody (https://sourcegraph.com/cody)
ado__dev··on Amazon S3 no longer charges for several HTTP error codes
A step in the right direction!

I personally have moved everything I can to R2 and haven't seen any degradation in performance.

ado__dev··on How I Use "AI"
This perfectly echoes my experience with AI.

It’s not perfect, but AI for working with code has been an absolute game changer for me.

ado__dev··on Gemini Pro refuses to acknowledge yt-dlp
Yeah seems like it.
ado__dev··on Gemini Pro refuses to acknowledge yt-dlp
Someone replied to my tweet saying that the censor is not active in AI Studio, only on the website. I've confirmed this myself as well.
ado__dev··on Gemini Pro refuses to acknowledge yt-dlp
questions about yt-dlp had similar outputs for me. It would start giving an answer, and then flash, and say "oh sorry i can't answer that"
ado__dev··on Gemini Pro refuses to acknowledge yt-dlp
I am able to ask any questions and get sufficient answers about yt-dlp from ChatGPT and Claude. But Gemini straight up refuses.
ado__dev··on Ask HN: Is AI Overrated?
Many are. It's a wild west right now with lots of money flowing into AI startups, that's why every company under the sun is adding AI to its products and most of it is crap. A good majority of those will fail. Some will find product market fit and become profitable. A few will make it really big.
ado__dev··on Apple Users Are Keeping Their Devices for Longer as Upgrades Slow
The year over year changes don't really necessitate an upgrade anymore. Even an iPhone 13 holds up really well against the 15. I've moved to a 2 year upgrade cycle, but honestly might even do 3 years.
ado__dev··on $105B Electronics Giant Sony to Launch New Bitcoin Exchange
What year is it?
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