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shibaprasadb

22 karma · joined October 5, 2025

Ordinary man trying to connect the dots.

https://shibaprasadb.github.io/

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shibaprasadb··on Don't Just Say Hello
It is quite prevalent in India, sadly. I had this nohello.net as my Teams status - and it was construed as being rude.
shibaprasadb··on Apple Watch Ultra 4
With the readiness feature - I think they are trying to close the gap with Garmin.
shibaprasadb··on GPT-5.6 Sol Pricing Cut by 50%
I cancelled my subscription recently and moved to Sol. So far - it has been a great experience. The only aspect where Fable/Claude is better I feel is doing some research from the web and summarising the facts.
shibaprasadb··on The age of token efficiency, the age of libraries
Absolutely. When you narrow the solution space by adding more constraints, your probability of success increases. At least, that’s what I’ve noticed.

For vague, divergent tasks, the overall experience hasn’t been quite as good.

shibaprasadb··on The Dark Night of Mathematics
I get what you are saying, but your joy shouldn't always be utility-driven IMO.
shibaprasadb··on Never Enough
Really appreciate the authenticity of the site design in the age of AI but damn! It is hurting my eyes!
shibaprasadb··on Businesses with ugly AI menu redesigns
The ugly designs are sadly everywhere nowadays. Saw a poster at my gym - gave me the ick!
shibaprasadb··on Back to Kagi
I was recently looking at the search engine referrers for my personal website. Was a bit surprised to see Kagi at the top of the list. Don't know how!
shibaprasadb··on The operating cost starts after the demo
I see no issues in articles where AI was in the loop or made the article better than it otherwise would have been. Why not?

But if 100% is generated by AI - and you just prompted it - then I would like to avoid that piece. Personally.

shibaprasadb··on The operating cost starts after the demo
Writing about the operating cost of AI tools while the whole article is a complete AI slop. :)
shibaprasadb··on The Doorman's Fallacy in action
I was a bit surprised by the way the payment is being made here.

Do people pay it separately like this? In general, if it isn't a prepaid restaurant, then just one of us makes the whole payment, and we pay our share to that person.

Don't people follow that generally?

shibaprasadb··on Statement on US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5
Yeah. Did they want this all along? This will just create more hype, and may push towards significant usage once and when it is available.
shibaprasadb··on Pluto.jl 1.0 release – reactive notebook for Julia
Are people using Julia in the industries yet? This looks promising.
shibaprasadb··on Amazon workers under pressure to up their AI usage are making up tasks
I had written about the same: https://www.shibaprasadb.com/2026/04/29/tokenmaxxing-tap-in....

This is the new tap-in tap-out!

shibaprasadb··on If AI writes your code, why use Python?
Python is the 2nd/3rd best language for almost everything. So I guess it helps.
shibaprasadb··on Writers are fleeing the Substack Tax
Personally, I write to think out loud. And I am not looking to monetize my writing anytime soon. So, I am quite happy with Substack at this moment. I don't have to pay for any hosting or sending the newsletter, and my awesome 90ish subscribers get them!

But if you are a serious professional writer, then there are other better options. For sure. And as someone suggested, owning and hosting your content is absolutely the best way to go!

shibaprasadb··on Think Linear Algebra (2023)
I love his blog too! Probably overthinking it.
shibaprasadb··on I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook
I am not very tech-savvy, mostly into Analytics - DS. I love my Mac. The whole UX is far superior compared to Windows or a Chromebook.
shibaprasadb··on Tim Cook Is Leaving. Good
>Your AirPods just connected to the wrong device. Again.

>iMessage is taking twenty minutes to sync a message between your laptop and your phone sitting six inches apart.

Have these ever happened to someone? I have been using an iPhone for 2 years but have never experienced this.

shibaprasadb··on Show HN: Write It Down – Personal finance tracker
> Build something useful. Solve a real problem.

This is the essence of how we should think about building products (or, at the very least, doing some projects). I see so many of my juniors are building "useless" stuff just to participate in the AI hype. Whereas simple and elegant solutions are often neglected.

shibaprasadb··on Focus Is Saying No
In a similar boat right now. The org is good. So is the culture. The manager is also good. But the work....! Neither learning something nor finding any alignment. Really confused.