Paul Vick
@panopticoncentral.net
Language/database/performance geek. Previously of Microsoft and Meta. Mastodon: mstdn.social/@panopticoncen…
(The high capacity HDs did turn out to be a curse as it enabled recording a ridiculous number of shows per week, many of which I watched at that time. True peak TV for me!)
October 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
(The high capacity HDs did turn out to be a curse as it enabled recording a ridiculous number of shows per week, many of which I watched at that time. True peak TV for me!)
And it’s not like their messages are incredibly obscure or anything. Yes, they can be dense with detail but at their core they state the case fairly plainly (c.f. Valerie’s letter, Rorschach’s origin monologue).
October 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
And it’s not like their messages are incredibly obscure or anything. Yes, they can be dense with detail but at their core they state the case fairly plainly (c.f. Valerie’s letter, Rorschach’s origin monologue).
Ah, but they don't specify WHICH 14 to 17 hours they're going to be...
October 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Ah, but they don't specify WHICH 14 to 17 hours they're going to be...
...that I'm using to describe the language grammar. On a whim, I just pointed Claude Code at that section of the spec and it just whipped up a parser and verifier for the grammar specified in the document, no problem!
October 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
...that I'm using to describe the language grammar. On a whim, I just pointed Claude Code at that section of the spec and it just whipped up a parser and verifier for the grammar specified in the document, no problem!
...finding that AI flips the script on this. Detailed, well thought out, and complete technical specifications can be magic in the hands of an AI agent. I'm updating the language specification for SPL2 and, as is my wont, I start by writing out a section that details the EBNF-like language...
October 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
...finding that AI flips the script on this. Detailed, well thought out, and complete technical specifications can be magic in the hands of an AI agent. I'm updating the language specification for SPL2 and, as is my wont, I start by writing out a section that details the EBNF-like language...
...has always been that often there just isn't the time to write those kind of specs since it's easier to explain a schedule slip because you had to go back and fix a bunch of (avoidable) problems rather than appearing to be doing nothing for a while but writing documents. HOWEVER, I'm now...
October 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
...has always been that often there just isn't the time to write those kind of specs since it's easier to explain a schedule slip because you had to go back and fix a bunch of (avoidable) problems rather than appearing to be doing nothing for a while but writing documents. HOWEVER, I'm now...