jlengrand

I do definitely feel this 100% on all the larger companies claiming huge AI gains. Spotify, Microsoft, Google, ... Steady decline in quality, more and more sluggishness, random strange bugs showing.

I do believe we'll go the other way again, but unsure how soon.

Shipping faster is great, it just feels like quality has been lower on the priority the past few years.

This, 200 times. No weekly news does not mean dead. In some specific places like this one, it means stable. (And also arguably, for good or bad reasons, why it will never become mainstream).

As a 40 year old who has had colonies since he's your kiddo's age, please thank him for me! I've created an account :).

And in a few years, all the manufacturers will be wondering why those customers don't consume as much any more.

I never imagined my blogs to be useful to anyone. For me, they're mostly just things I felt like sharing but with no particular audience in mind. Over the years though, I find myself receiving email from people who I helped. I even googled quite a few things in the past years only to find the first answer to be a blog of mine. So I unblocked myself a few times.

Blogging is fun. What's obvious for you isn't for everyone.

Surprised to not see it mentioned yet, I've been using Kilo and I'm pretty happy about it. Local development with Claude, review using Kilo : https://kilo.ai/docs/automate/code-reviews/github.

Your obsession about teenage girls is worrying

EDIT: my bad, I read you wrong and didn't realize you didn't bring up the whole tenage girl thing. Sorry for that.

In case you care, what you're doing is called causal impotence https://philpapers.org/rec/NORTIO-18. Then you can also search why it does matter.

Just wanna say it's always fun and nostalgic to see authors pass by here who I was reading back when I started my career. I was reading Vicki's blogs way back, even remember learning some email parsing in python from her over 10 years ago. TY!

"the thing HN is interested in". Really though?

We're talking about a deep human experience here. I don't know about HN as a whole but I personally come out of this much more touched about the human side of the story and how someone's life events can tremendously change their paths and goals than the LLM itself.

Depends a lot on how expensive they are to run

Honestly I think we're on our way back to good old networking. Realized that myself after trying to hire and receiving hundreds of automated applications in minutes, all seemingly tailored with a cover letter.

Moved house earlier this year, from an apartment in a not so safe area to a house in a family area with no cars and more green. The kiddos have been out so much more, and it's awesome to see how they find phones / screens less interesting when they can just go and play outside.

I will never buy Google hardware again. You can keep it

https://lengrand.fr/

Hum, I already have a phone with Slack / Email on. And it's only switched on during work hours. No messaging outside of that window. Why would that be different?

Ploum is one of the people getting me into blogging 12 or so years ago. I'm so glad to see it popup again here, it's like a big piece of nostalgia. And the piece is current. Thanks Ploum!

I never come to complain about websites, but clicking on this thing made my chrome freeze for a whole second on my MBP. What has Google become xD

TY for the article. You made me look into my server, and also found some strange activity on my docker containers. Good call!

Better, but the very first link I'm given is "Coursera to Combine with Udemy to Empower the Global Workforce with Skills for the AI Era" ^^

Those acquisition numbers will just keep becoming larger and larger until one day, when I'm old enough, someone will just acquire the only other player left in the field and Earth will be one single megacorporation.

Just give it time

Between this, the ads on paid plans, and the fragmentation of catalogues, we've come full circle.

excerpt 33 of why those platforms will end up dying, and everyone will go back to the old ways. Greed is such a powerful enshittification factor

Really? Darn, that is such BS. I was already looking out to be fair, only reason I'm still there is because of my family plan and older parents who will struggle to switch.

That being said, I don't mind additional plans to be fair. Let me pay for what I use, not what you force down my throat. What I mind is the constant enshittification.

And worse, when you search they KNOW what you want to watch and will show you EVERYTHING they have that is NOT what you want. Infuriating, I reverted back to the old ways a year back and haven't regretted it.

Same with Spotify, who has a solid catalog that I was happy to pay for. Now I pay double, for podcasts, shows, and now even freaking videos that I have never wanted or asked for and have no choice to not take.

And now they also the audacity to show me ads on PAID PLANS.

They don't deserve our money, customer focus is long gone.

Genuinely hope some of that money is going to Bugsink, because that's the only way we keep seeing those alternatives alive and kicking

Interesting pricing model, and it seems the pain of Sentry is getting real those days. Many folks need something simpler, that just works. Totally support the idea. The alternative starting with a G has been mentioned a few times already, so I'll also mention that's been operating in the space and that I happily use : https://www.bugsink.com/. It's trying to solve the exact same pain.

Disclaimer : I know the owner :), so I may be biased. But generally I like to see more niche alternatives to the massive players in the field

I had a running service written in htmx for some time. It is a clinic opening hour service to inform my patients when I will be available in which clinic. (Yes, I am not a programmer, but a healthcare professional.)

-> that was pretty freaking cool to read, loved it

also chuckled at the idea of my website making, health professional going all "What the fuck." in front of his codebase.

Well, as a potential end customer, I want to know why I can trust you. You product is free, and you're handling my money. You telling me your revenue model is through merchants gives me the confidence you're not gonna pull me a weird one.

Could be as simple as "But how do you make money then" in the FAQ.