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Aiden Nigh
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🎏 Machine Learning, Computer Graphics, HPC
Reading my own documentation on my own library cause I forgot how to use it. Thank you past self!!!
March 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I'm just realising in a way that getting hired is about mainly passing two filters: recruiter, hiring manager.

Not because you could be the ideal candidate for a hiring manager it means recruiters will be able to tell you apart. And not because the recruiter likes you, the hiring manager will.
March 15, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I have to say that LLMs have been amazing to learn how to write idiomatic code in new languages.

First pass: Write function C style in Rust
Second pass: Give the code to an LLM and transform it to use iterators
Third pass: Actually learn from what it did lol

This workflow has been amazing to learn
March 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I still find it funny that I went from Arch, i3, complete rice to a simple Fedora Gnome happy with defaults.

At some point all I wanted was stability and sane defaults. I just want to focus on my code and projects. Pretty similar to what happened to my nvim config.
March 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Job hunting truly feels like dating.

One moment you are snugging in your fourth round, praises all around, the next you are no longer a great fit.

Meanwhile in the corner there's someone who has a crazy crush on you, but you just don't feel it.

I'm glad I'm married, sadly it doesn't apply to jobs
March 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Never ever, in the case of forever, forget The Bitter Lesson:
incompleteideas.net/IncIdeas/Bit...
The Bitter Lesson
incompleteideas.net
March 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Just had an interview where the hiring manager had no idea/ didn't care of the underlying tech.

Interviewer: Do you know how threads in C++ work?
Me: It's been a while using the threads from the stl, but I have experience working directly with pthreads and spawning them.

And still failed...
March 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Hi BlueSky people!

Beware ML and Graphics communities—a new titan has emerged!
(Although I’ll probably forget to post content on this account, won’t I?)
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February 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM