toddmorrow

I just wanted to note that the frontier companies are resorting to extreme peer pressure -- and lies -- to force it down our throats

I was simply unable to function with Continue in agent mode. I had to switch to chat mode. even tho I told it no changes without my explicit go ahead, it ignored me.

it's actually kind of flabbergasting that the creators of that tool set all the defaults to a situation where your code would get mangled pretty quickly

- I bet that holds true after tariffs. (it does, actually): PCB Cost: $5.00 Shipping:$5.63 Total:$10.63

- I bet that holds true for custom aluminum parts, etc

for some strange reason, shipping and prices from China << shipping within the USA, still, even after tariffs

"Maker nation" might have been 3D printer company hype. Or just the whole US supply chain is full of price gouging

I can reason. Sometimes. It's very hard. My buddy Deepseek can't. This is like the scene in Blue's Clues where the answer is obvious and the kids are yelling but blue can't see it. Facts abound, but not conclusions based on those facts

There's a reachable intermediate step on the way before reasoning, and that's "keeping the plot". Not losing the line of thought.

84% is meaningless if these things can't reason

getting closer and closer to 100%, but still can't function

once notable policy SQL Server enterprise support used to have was you must be available 24/7 if you submit a critical issue. Microsoft was demanding as much of their time as our time.

not sure how that could be rolled out to repos but it worked

even if you check and redo after paste, you need to check for gotchas. I wish I had a nickel for every time the llm gave me a solution with a hidden limitation. assume that it violates all your unspoken assumptions, and adheres only to what you nailed down in your prompt

This is no different. And I'm not talking about vibe coding. I just mean having an llm browser window open.

When you're losing your abilities, it's easy to think you're getting smarter. You feel pretty smart when you're pasting that code

But you'll know when you start asking "do me that thingy again". You'll know from your own prompts. You'll know when you look at older code you wrote with fear and awe. That "coding" has shifted from an activity like weaving cloth to one more like watching YouTube.

Active coding vs passive coding

numerous attempts are being made by edge researchers to fix it but their just throwing stuff at the wall

I expect gradual reasoning improvements... not agi to pop out of a box and surprise everyone

and... CEO means "liar"