Tag: engineers
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Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting David Crawshaw
Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/7/david-crawshaw/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting David Crawshaw Feedly Summary: I followed this curiosity, to see if a tool that can generate something mostly not wrong most of the time could be a net benefit in my daily work. The answer appears to be yes, generative models are useful for me when…
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The Register: AI can improve on code it writes, but you have to know how to ask
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/07/ai_can_write_improved_code_research/ Source: The Register Title: AI can improve on code it writes, but you have to know how to ask Feedly Summary: LLMs do more for developers who already know what they’re doing Large language models (LLMs) will write better code if you ask them, though it takes some software development experience to…
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Hacker News: AI-assisted coding will change software engineering: hard truths
Source URL: https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/how-ai-will-change-software-engineering Source: Hacker News Title: AI-assisted coding will change software engineering: hard truths Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text provides an in-depth analysis of the impact of Generative AI (GenAI) on software engineering, emphasizing its strengths, limitations, and future implications. It presents nuanced perspectives on how AI tools…
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Hacker News: Being Functionless: How to Develop a Serverless Mindset to Write Less Code
Source URL: https://www.infoq.com/articles/functionless-serverless-mindset/ Source: Hacker News Title: Being Functionless: How to Develop a Serverless Mindset to Write Less Code Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text provides a comprehensive overview of the implications surrounding the use of serverless technology, specifically focusing on Function as a Service (FaaS). It discusses common pitfalls…
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Hacker News: Hacker gains access to the RP2350 OTP secret by glitching the RISC-V cores
Source URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/it-looks-like-the-raspberry-pi-rp2350-hacking-challenge-has-been-beaten-hacker-gains-access-to-the-otp-secret-by-glitching-the-risc-v-cores-to-enable-debugging Source: Hacker News Title: Hacker gains access to the RP2350 OTP secret by glitching the RISC-V cores Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Short Summary with Insight:** The text discusses a recent hacking challenge involving the Raspberry Pi RP2350 microcontroller, highlighting a presentation by engineer Aedan Cullen. He successfully executed…
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Simon Willison’s Weblog: Using LLMs and Cursor to become a finisher
Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/4/llms-and-cursor/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Using LLMs and Cursor to become a finisher Feedly Summary: Using LLMs and Cursor to become a finisher Zohaib Rauf describes a pattern I’ve seen quite a few examples of now: engineers who moved into management but now find themselves able to ship working code again (at…
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Hacker News: The Evolution of SRE at Google
Source URL: https://www.usenix.org/publications/loginonline/evolution-sre-google Source: Hacker News Title: The Evolution of SRE at Google Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the evolution of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) at Google, emphasizing the challenges posed by increasing system complexity and the need for a paradigm shift in how reliability is approached. It…
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Hacker News: Can LLMs write better code if you keep asking them to "write better code"?
Source URL: https://minimaxir.com/2025/01/write-better-code/ Source: Hacker News Title: Can LLMs write better code if you keep asking them to "write better code"? Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Short Summary with Insight:** The text presents an extensive exploration of using large language models (LLMs), specifically Claude 3.5 Sonnet, for code optimization. It discusses various…