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Recently, as part of the task Codex was working on for me, it needed to access a website behind a Cloudflare turnstile. It tried a regular scrape and failed. Then it found some code in my project for a proxy, which it isolated and repurposed to interact with the site it needed to scrape.

I thought that was cool.

Yes, this resonates. I have noticed things slow down over time. But fortunately my app will never grow that big so I don't think it will be an issue.

The solution, as you say, is probably to break it down into isolated sub-components that are only aware of each other's APIs and nothing more.

That sounds like a good idea, but shipping 10x as many features and bugfixes sounds better.

I started using AI with the best intentions. Checking everything before committing. Improving output by hand if it didn't quite follow the existing code style guidelines or variables were not named as well as they should be. Or if it did something sloppy or hacky.

Now, AI GOES BURRRRRRRRRRRR! If the tests pass it's good to ship. AI can deal with the problems it may create. No problems so far.

Should OP take their mom next time to shut things down for them? You don't have to do what others ask of you, you know. I stand by my original assumption - they were too inexperienced with the world to know you can tell someone no, or lacked the ability to do so.

Well, as someone with autism myself it's relatively easy to spot others, and given the information provided in the post I'd say chances are high. Not sure what rule you're referring to, it looks fine to me - autism is a super power, not a slur.

Yep. This is definitely an OP-is-autistic problem, or is perhaps inexperienced. Not an interviewer problem. Keep it professional. If an interviewer asks a personal question then you simply refuse to answer (politely), or steer it back towards a professional context. If they persist then you end the interview.

Amazing, loved this game when I was younger. I would keep restarting every time I thought of a more effective layout.

I don't think I ever made it to the cathedral though.

Well, that certainly would be one way to wipe billions from their share price overnight.

The only way Linux on Mac will become a reality is if it's legislated.

I had my real-deal moment recently.

I was getting Claude to implement a popular TS drag and drop library, and asked it to do something that, it turns out, wasn't supported by the library.

Claude read the minified code in node_modules and npm patched the library with the feature. It worked, too.

Obviously not ideal for future proofing but completely mind blowing that it can do that.

Deadlifts are how I got into that mess. There are two types of deadlifter: those who have ruined their back, and those who haven't yet ruined their back.

Romanian deadlifts are much safer. Also hip thrusts and weighted back extensions are good enough unless you're a competitive power lifter.

For hamstring stretch I find using a back extension station works well, doing one leg at a time (https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61TQEGNUgQL._AC_UF894,10...). Let gravity pull your torso down, which will stretch your hamstring. If that's not possible, using the corner of a wall works too (https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2U4ChnuL3JM/maxresdefault.jpg)

For the McKenzie stretch (https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e556aadfe97d3...), instead of just holding the stretch, do reps between laying flat and then going into the stretch. At the end of your final rep (I would do 8), rotate side to side gently when arched.

Dead hangs: hang from a bar for 30 seconds, completely relaxed. Then 1 minute of rest. Repeat 3 times. This decompresses your spine.

I had a bulging lumbar disc - pure agony for 18 months. I had become used to carrying a lumbar pillow around with me everywhere I went. I couldn't lean forward for more than about 30 seconds without it being unbearable.

Then someone suggested I try dead hangs, stretching my hamstrings, and really cranking the McKenzie stretch. I'm not sure which one made the difference (all 3?), but pain was gone in 2 weeks.

Maybe it will help, maybe it won't. But since someone took a flyer telling me, I always share this with others in the small chance it helps them.