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I think it's commendable that they're not limiting access to the site or (intentionally) throttling newcomers. Yes, they need to get this figured out, but a little sympathy goes a long way. I personally wish them the best and hope their on-call people can go back to getting normal amounts of sleep soon.
None of us know what the future of work, education, or AI is going to look like. But your best bet is to become a life-long learner. Be it LLMs, musical instruments, physics, or business.
The honking in NYC is unbearable. Add to that the noise that the subways make and the constant construction and you're risking actual hearing damage if you don't wear some noise cancelling headphones.
The only thing stopping me from leaving Cursor is their tab completion, which is honestly just incredible.
Until something comparable for Neovim comes out, I just don't see how I can switch back. I would happily pay for this. I'm sure there are a lot of people in the same boat as me.
Not sure why they would have to do OCR on emails. Were they printed out? On PDF for some reason? The decoding thing I kinda get but that you can easily point out because of all the equal signs.
No more dragging around windows or manually resizing them - just hotkeys. Took me a while to get used to it but can't live without it now.
Tell me the model it's using. It's as if Google is trying to unburden me with the knowledge of what model does what but it's just making things more confusing.
Oh, and setting up AI Studio is a mess. First I have to create a project. Then an API key. Then I have to link the API key to the project. Then I have to link the project to the chat session... Come on, Google.
1. If this is a dinner party (or people are all seated), force people to get up and move in a way that they'll meet new people. Do this when you're about 2/3 of the way through the party. Some will complain - do it anyway.
2. Plan 1 (ideally 2) interludes. It can be a small speech, moving people around, changing locations, having people vote on something, etc. For whatever reason, they make the night more memorable.
3. Do your best to make introductions natural and low-pressure. Saying things like "you two would really get along" can put pressure on people - especially shy ones. Bring up something they have in common and let them chat while you back away.
4. Go easy on folks who cancel last minute. They often don't feel good about doing it and you don't want to add more stress to them or yourself.
5. More music != more fun. Some music is good, but if people can't hear each other, turn it down.
If you're interested reading more about this stuff, read The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker.
But one point that needs to be made: You don't need to sacrifice your health to run a startup. You can get your 8 hours of sleep and exercise every day and still run your startup.
This notion that you have to get 3 hours of sleep and ruin your health is simply a choice - don't do it.
As for using it on a regular basis, I think the security blurb should deter just about anyone who cares at all about security.
The problem for me is one of practicality. If, after hundreds of lines of AI-written code, I noticed some sort of issue (regarding scale, security, formatting, logic, etc.), I'm basically forced to start over.
We all know that reading code is way less pleasant than writing code. So, for me, LLMs can be very useful for writing code that I know is going to be correct without having to go back through it. For example, basic TRPC CRUD functions.
It's not just that this database was accessible via the internet. It was all public data. Storing people's IDs in a public database is just... wow.
I don't think you can even be bullish or bearish about this tech. It's here and it's changing pretty much every sector you can think of. It would be like saying you're not bullish about the Internet.
I honestly can't imagine life without one of these tools. I have a subscription to pretty much all of them because I get so excited to try out new models.