mansilladev

Working on AI security and governance (MCP + LLM gateways, fine-grained access control, DLP, monitoring, etc.) It's a lot more fun than it sounds. :)

https://barndoor.ai/

"It requires the people losing their jobs not burning the system down before the system has time to redistribute the gains."

Who, and how, will the gains be redistributed?

I was really hoping this was something I could find on CPAN from the author username perlJam.

Anyone else still remember old BBS phone numbers? I’ve got several stuck in my head from 40 odd years ago, but I can barely remember my kids’ cell numbers.

I remember reading gog setup instructions, and thinking, "Create oauth app/client? That's bonkers." And as cool+useful as this project looks, it's quite a bit harder to get going, especially if you're not familiar with Google Console and OAuth (or not a dev).

Reading lots of comments about "MCP vs CLI" -- reminds me a bit of the "agent vs. script/app/rpa" debates. It's usually not one or the other, but rather, both.. or the right tool for the job (and that can shift over time).

Biggest complaint we have about MCP is bigger context windows and token spend. Tools do exist that address this. I have just one MCP endpoint with a half dozen tools behind it, including Gmail, Google Calendar, Docs, Github, Notion, and more. Uses tool search tool (ToolIQ) with tiny context footprint. Give it a whirl. https://venn.ai

“…our cognitive abilities and creative capacities appear poised to take a nosedive into oblivion.”

Don’t sugarcoat it. Tell us how you really feel.

An agent can be designed to run with permissions of a system/bot account; however, others can be designed to execute things under user context, using OAuth to get user consent.

If you have Docker (Desktop) installed, with just a couple of clicks, you can get a local model going on your computer. llama3.2 (3B), llama3.3 (70B), deepseek-r1, and about a dozen others.

AI agent performance coach.

When kids were young (< 13), kept them off it for as long as possible. In fact, it was forbidden. Friends/colleagues thought I was a tyrant (and some thought I was an idiot) for trying to shield my kids this way, but those were the rules. Eventually, I had to capitulate. But even now, I regularly check in with the now much older kids to discourage worthless hours of doom-scrolling.

Yes, this. I also use a service to capture all emails (catch all) so that I can detect any loose ends that might have been overlooked. Services like ForwardMX or Cloudflare can do this for you at relatively low (or no) cost.

Anyone get to Zombocom level?

Glad you’re not refactoring my 2FA. Took me 4 attempts to kill 3 monsters.

Sorry for your loss. Like so many others here, I was a heavy QModem user. My memory is for crap, but I think without it (and Ymodem-G and Zmodem protocols) BBS/warez life would have been unbearable.

You mind mining a few blocks for me?

Good gracious. Just looked at CHANGELOG. It was 20 years ago this month that I made modest code contribution to this project.

I listened to the article yesterday when it was broadcast on NPR, and noticed it was largely focused on starter IT roles and not software engineering.

Interview with Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. Worth the listen. Podcast is “No Priors” with Elad Gil and Sarah Guo.

A clock has never made me feel so anxious.

These also remind me of the Qwest commercials. ("Every movie.. every language.. any time") - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAxtxPAUcwQ

The tone and cadence of the rhetorical questions in the AT&T commercials also reminds me of comedian Tom Papa ("Have you ever..? .. I have") - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhF8MZP-IkM

Just looking at the article photos of the burnt connectors had tricked my brain into smelling the melted/burning plastic. And if you ever worked on your own rig, it's the worst smell ever.

I typically think of Patreon as a way for content creators to charge folks for "memberships." So, while I think their billing mechanisms may work for you from a mechanical perspective, I'd perhaps look at alternatives for monthly billing for your client side software licensing.

As for Killbill being overkill.. I think that running/managing your own payment/subscription service behind the scenes probably isn't something you want to spend your time doing, nor would your customers want you spending your time on. Search google for "SaaS billing" and you'll find plenty of options to choose from.

It is a nice feeling having a local Linux server running in your house. One that you not only fully control, but one that is on 24/7/365 that you can run services /scripts on, or just screw around in general, and not pay monthly fees for compute and storage.

As if Perl already didn't have a bad reputation for readability, that black or dark gray text in that <code> blocks.. phew.

A well-maintained document of abbreviations and acronyms is very useful. Go ahead, make fun.. but man alive, it’s great to know what the hell people are talking about.

I’ve been at companies where a lot of mysterious/cryptic team names are employed. Big save here is using the internal URL shortening service (7 times out of 10 it will link to team/project page).

But honestly, if you’re at a complete loss, it could mean that you’re just not in the lines of meetings and plans where that jargon/terminology is thrown around. If you find that you’re at a disadvantage (after learning what those topical discussions really mean), talk to your manager and ask for more context or who/where to go for more context. Perhaps there’s a quick summary page/doc that someone put up on your internal knowledge base system that can give you the TL;DR/elevator pitch.

As the son of a retired nurse, I can tell you that this has been true since the dawn of the nursing profession.

IMO, they should make it clear that you should not try to login with your email-based Apple credentials.

Very impressive and intuitive. Been playing with it on my iPhone, and it’s been working far beyond my expectations. Looking fwd to trying this on my laptop. Nice work!

Graduating (or as I thought) from Sausage Software’s HotDog to Microsoft Frontpage was quite a step.. tables everywhere!

Also my first. Feel like it was included with some book/magazine, but then started buying copies from Walnut Creek software.

Can’t tell you how exhilarating it was to build a new kernel by hand, or how horrifying it was to f-up libc or some other mission critical library.