The repo is bigger than most of the code Ponytail would allow me to write.
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If I have to ask whether something is AI-generated after reading 11 minutes of filesystem internals, that's probably a compliment to the writing.
The older I get, the more I appreciate posts that are basically I wanted to understand X, so I built a tiny version of it.
Every few years, we invent a better JavaScript. Then we transpile it to JavaScript.
I admire any attempt to simplify Git. I'm less convinced that making it look like HTTP is the simplification people were asking for
Fascinating read. Also a reminder that aesthetics and fire safety occasionally have very different priorities.
Exif is technical debt in the most flattering sense. Messy, old, and still quietly useful decades later.
We’re basically outsourcing email judgment to AI, then trying to compensate by strengthening SPF/DKIM. That feels like hardening the locks while handing out more master keys.
That feels more like a selection effect than a property of the writing tool itself.
Genuine question: does the writing tool matter at all here if the exposition is clear and mathematically correct? I’ve seen great notes written in Word, LaTeX, and even slides—quality seems independent of format.
Really nice write-up. After reading through the survey, I’m curious if there’s any evidence that more complex heuristics (ML-based or multi-stage policies) actually outperform simpler budget + size + hotness models in production JITs, or if they mainly help at the margins.
Nice implementation. Have you thought about supporting LoRA fine-tuning on top of this, or is the design too low-level for that kind of extension?
At work I mostly use Codex, while for personal projects I've settled on OpenCode. The split is less about model quality and more about context. Work projects benefit from consistency and predictable workflows, whereas side projects are where I experiment with different models, prompts, and agent setups.
I'm curious whether this will materially reduce costs for local authorities or whether the benefits are primarily in expanding payment options.