When push comes to shove, software can usually be fudged. Unlike a building or a water treatment plant where the first fuck up could mean that people die.
I like to think that people writing actual mission critical software try their absolute best to get it right before shipping and that the rest our industry exists in a totally separate world where a bug in the code is just actually not that big of a deal. Yeah, it might be expensive to fix, but usually it can be reverted or patched with only an inconvenience to the user and to the business.
It’s like the fines that multinational companies pay when breaking the law. If it’s a cost of doing business, it’s baked into the price of the product.
You see this also in other industries. OSHA violations on a residential construction site? I bet you can find a dozen if you really care to look. But 99% of the time, there are no consequences big enough for people to care so nobody wears their PPE because it “slows them down” or “makes them less nimble”. Sound familiar?
I bought a custom couch from Lithuania and got it shipped to the Netherlands after trying a certain brand in a local showroom. The brand is based in Belgium and does some manufacturing in Poland. They even shipped it for free because I met a minimum spend threshold.
The NL dealer wanted €5k but Lithuania wanted €2800 for the same exact couch so I then convinced myself it was worth it to pay for a fabric upgrade. Since its made by the same Belgian company, the warranty is identical and valid across the EU.
I guess you could say I’ve successfully assimilated to my new adopted home in NL and now I hate to pay full price for almost anything!
IMO Bun and Vite are best suited for slightly different things. Not to say that there isn't a lot of overlap, but if you don't need many of the features Bun provides, it can be a bit overkill.
Personally, I write a lot of Vue, so using a "first party" environment has a lot of advantages for me. Perhaps if you are a React developer, the swap might be even more straightforward.
I also think it's important to take into consideration the other two packages mentioned in this post (oxlint & oxfmt) because they are first class citizens in Vite (and soon to be Vite+). Bun might be a _technically_ faster dev server, but if your other tools are still slow, that might be a moot point.
Also, Typescript also "just works" in Vite as well. I have a project on work that is using `.ts` files without even an `tsconfig` file in the project.
One day I'm gonna build some sort of product in Elixir. I was super interested in LiveView when it was announced and I think the component story has gotten a lot better than when I tried back in pre-1.0 days.
Is it possible that there could be two separate things going on here? Anecdotally, I can confirm that my memory when actively using it not better. If you tell me something when I'm zoned out, unless I set a reminder or something in my calendar, fat chance I'll remember the next day. However, I am more of a "occasional weekend" user and then only in the evening after my work and family obligations are taken care of for the day; very similar to how many people consume a whisky or other hard liquor in moderation.
I kinda saw this happen in realtime on reddit yesterday. Someone asked for advice on how to deal with a team that was in over their heads shipping slop. The crux of their question was fair, but they used a different LLM to translate their original thoughts from their native language into English. The prompt was "translate this to english for a reddit post" - nothing else.
The LLM adding a bunch of extra formatting to add emphasis and structure to what might have originally been a bit of a ramble, but obviously human written. The comments absolutely lambasted this OP for being a hypocrite complaining about their team using AI, but then seeing little problem with posting what is obviously an AI generated question because the OP didn't deem their English skills good enough to ask the question directly.
I'm not going to pass judgement on this scenario, but I did think the entire encounter was a "fun" anecdote in addition to your comments.
I saw the same post and was a bit saddened that all the comments seemed to be focused on the implied hypocrisy of the OP instead of addressing the original concern.
As someone that’s a bit of a fence-sitter on the matter of AI, I feel that using it in the way that OP did is one of the less harmful or intrusive uses.
I see it as worse because you could have put just as much effort in - less even - and gotten a better result just sticking it in a machine translator and pasting that.
In western europe today, I spend €10+ per day to heat my home (17 degrees mind you) with a gas powered boiler for radiators. I can run my mini-split on 18 degrees all day for a couple of euros. I moved here from the US in 2022 right after the full scale invasion of Ukraine so natural gas prices skyrocketed overnight.
I don't really understand what the aversion is to forced air climate control here other than "it's not as comfortable" which from what I've gleaned from other people is taken to mean noise/moving air/humidity. Coming from the southern US, I find all of those points to be a non-issue for me. I've slept with a fan on my entire life, so if I can shave off 50% of my heating costs for a few decibels of fan noise, sign me up!
I don't buy your numbers. I'm in Western Europe myself, and have run those numbers multiple times. Kilowatt for kilowatt (COP adjusted) gas is always cheaper than a heat pump.
I would be shocked if this doesn’t exist as a small dongle you could plug into your phone directly or operate wirelessly. If you’re someone who already has a few pieces of EDC, maybe it could be stashed on a keychain.
I like to think that people writing actual mission critical software try their absolute best to get it right before shipping and that the rest our industry exists in a totally separate world where a bug in the code is just actually not that big of a deal. Yeah, it might be expensive to fix, but usually it can be reverted or patched with only an inconvenience to the user and to the business.
It’s like the fines that multinational companies pay when breaking the law. If it’s a cost of doing business, it’s baked into the price of the product.
You see this also in other industries. OSHA violations on a residential construction site? I bet you can find a dozen if you really care to look. But 99% of the time, there are no consequences big enough for people to care so nobody wears their PPE because it “slows them down” or “makes them less nimble”. Sound familiar?
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