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samwho.dev
The Password Game might be one of the most incredible pieces of social commentary ever produced.

neal.fun/password-game/
The Password Game
Please choose a password
neal.fun
December 17, 2024 at 9:00 AM
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jordivillar.com
This has been sitting in the draft folder for too long. It's time to publish it.

jordivillar.com/blog/beyond-...
Beyond Code
Forget coding perfection. Real engineering magic happens when you understand problems, communicate clearly, and deliver value that matters.
jordivillar.com
December 6, 2024 at 12:47 PM
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quentin.pradet.me
@gergely.pragmaticengineer.com has this impressive page listing early trends he identified: blog.pragmaticengineer.com/early-trends/.

Here's one more: GenAI tools are heavily subsidized (newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/ide-that-s...), so we'll see more expensive subscriptions like ChatGPT Pro.
The only tool costing above $20/month is Augment Code, which charges $60/month, per developer. Assuming there’s a productivity boost from using this tool, even this lofty price tag would be a bargain. As such, these prices feel heavily subsidized by vendors, who may be offering capabilities at a loss. Giving away GenAI functionality for free or at a low price, means vendors must fund the infrastructure powering these models from sources other than revenue. There is a reasonable expectation that over time, the cost of generating tokens will decrease. However, right now, any engineer making heavy usage of code generation is likely getting good value for money, in terms of the compute required for code generation on larger codebases.
December 6, 2024 at 12:55 PM
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programmingart.bsky.social
My talk from this year's We Love Speed is on YouTube! 👇

In "Tight Mode: how browsers REALLY load web pages", I take a very deep/very nerdy dive into why browsers sometimes intentionally delay loading resources, why they all do it differently, and why they should *stop clowning around* 🤡

#webperf
How browsers REALLY load Web pages — Robin Marx
YouTube video by We Love Speed
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2024 at 10:09 AM