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samoit··on Ask HN: C or C++?
Go for Rust/golang, forget c/c++
samoit··on Ask HN: Coding is a solved problem. What is left for experienced engineers?
The models use actual programmers to improve themselves. when no good programmers will be available the IA will just eat their own generated code in a endless loop. People do not understand that what the models "know" is from humans. They basically rip code from github (and other repositories) from real programmers to "improve". If everybody do not program anymore (manually) and no more good/excellent programmers raise, then we are basically doomed in this regard. I myself like to think in terms of slow progression; to generate code you must first know programming, good programming, (typing is something anyone can do). Lastly, I think good professionals are going to be extremely valuable because they will know what is beneath all those layers of IA
samoit··on Ask HN: Coding is a solved problem. What is left for experienced engineers?
I think it is a mistake to code with AI. You are moving your brain to an external company (paid one) generating a enormous dependency.Now, you are an useless professional who depends on chatx,claudex, etc. Programming is much more that just generating code, takes years to be proficient. What is going to happen when a new generation of software engineers do not know real programming...?
samoit··on I regret migrating to Codeberg
I agree 100% with Codeberg.
samoit··on Ape Coding [fiction]
I always thought that ape coding is what we call vibe-coding nowadays. Maybe the write of the article (maybe an ai generated blog?) misunderstood the terms.
samoit··on GNU Texmacs
I prefer the lyx editor.
samoit··on Ask HN: Go or Rust for back end applications?
I will use Elixir for the backend. It is a pleasure to develop with it and with an impressive performance and resilience.
samoit··on The Connectivity Standards Alliance Announces Zigbee 4.0 and Suzi
You need to buy the zigbee adapter. With matter you can use just regular wifi cards
samoit··on The Connectivity Standards Alliance Announces Zigbee 4.0 and Suzi
So you need to buy and adapter. With Matter you don't, you can use your regular wifi cards. No new "adapter" needed.
samoit··on The Connectivity Standards Alliance Announces Zigbee 4.0 and Suzi
So you need to buy and adapter. With Matter you don't, you can use your regular wifi cards. No new "adapter" needed.
samoit··on The Connectivity Standards Alliance Announces Zigbee 4.0 and Suzi
It is supposedly an open source standard that do not requires internet connection to work, and can use regular wifi (2,4ghz) networks as a means to connect devices so you do not need to buy a hub for them. You can create your own hub with a mini pc for instance with a regular wifi card. No need for specific hardware
samoit··on The Connectivity Standards Alliance Announces Zigbee 4.0 and Suzi
I hope Matter becomes the "the facto" standard... now we have several more "standars"
samoit··on Ask HN: New YouTube player not working in Firefox
I also have problems with Firefox. I guess it is something Google related...
samoit··on DuckDuckGo Donates $25,000 to The Perl and Raku Foundation v2025
I think that "hate" comes from the "write once" language fact. Perl is quite cryptic to read... even if it is your own script. That's why raku appeared
samoit··on Show HN: Devbox – Containers for better dev environments
There is also Devpod with a nice UI.

https://devpod.sh/

samoit··on JetBrains working on higher-abstraction programming language
Maybe SmallTalk?
samoit··on Windows 11 Insider Preview Build
To me these movements always remind me of "free testing". If they want testers, pay for them.
samoit··on Ask HN: Is AI replacing any software jobs?
My personal case: (I am a software engineer)

I basically stopped using "stack overflow" web to help me find code issues. Now I just ask the model. It's usually faster and much more concise. Also many of my google search has been discontinued and just use a model to ask what I want. The only problem is about being updated. Models have a set of trained data so new content is not there. So for very recent or new things old "googling" still there...

samoit··on Coding Newbie
with regard to languages:

-To learn try something easy and well structured as Pascal or Ada. Those languages will teach you organization and well structure code. C family of languages are extremely loose and vague, avoid them if possible.

-After learning the basics go for python if you like data science or machine learning.

-Go for javascript if you plan to do frontend with react or just web development.

-Go for rust/ada for system programming.

-kotlin or dart/flutter for android. Swift for Apple systems.

-C# or lua for game programming.

samoit··on Qubes OS: A reasonably secure operating system
I think you do have GPU acceleration in the Dom0 but I do not remember if you can use/install programs on it, it was the "coordinator" dom.
samoit··on Her Treatment Was Helping. That's Why Insurance Cut Off Her Coverage
¡Correct!. I would not be able to explain it better.
samoit··on Her Treatment Was Helping. That's Why Insurance Cut Off Her Coverage
Europe here. It is sad to see the results of the EEUU healthcare system. I still do not get why people do not vote for a more rationale and public service. I guess the EEUU media have brainwashed their people into thinking that a private health system is better. People do not see the problem until it affects them ... until it is too late...
samoit··on Google is preparing to let you run Linux apps on Android, just like Chrome OS
Its about your choice, not google's. Do not use google crap if possible
samoit··on Google is preparing to let you run Linux apps on Android, just like Chrome OS
I would advise against this. I have enough with google monopoly in the browser and mobile areas to add another one in the desktop market with this, plus android is not a privacy/safe environment to use. I will probably run android apps if necessary in my linux box, not the oposite.
samoit··on Appstun Apple Developer Account Termination
Sadly you have learn, the hard way that no business can be sustained over a 3 party company, much less Apple. Maybe, making this public will help you. Good luck, but I will try to switch to a more free model
samoit··on Ask HN: Am I crazy or is Android development awful?
I also agree that the development experience is awful. I have more than 10 years as an Android developer and Android Studio (someone remember when it was derived from Eclipse?) is painfully slow, even in modern machines. Just starting a new project is a ridiculously sluggish process. Also Gradle is a piece of hyper-complicated software that (almost) nobody is interested in, but it is there and you have to deal with it. Nowadays I am basically moving to Flutter, much more simpler and easier than kotlin.
samoit··on We are moving to General Availability
I also know appwrite. It looks quite similar to me, has it the same target audience?. Is there any comparision chat? Thanks.
samoit··on Is .NET just miles ahead or am I delusional?
My rule of thumb is: if it belongs to Microsoft avoid it.
samoit··on JetBrains Fleet
Looking for free testers...
samoit··on Ask HN: Best framework to build a GUI app in Python for windows and macOS?
I think the best one right now for python is "beeware": https://beeware.org/

You also have Kivy which is prety good: https://kivy.org/

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