Ben Doty

CEO @AnywareInt

[Ben Doty @BeenDoty]

I made an #opensource @mongodb library for #javascript and #nodejs. Get it on npm https://t.co/9bcWEoNvfo

[Ben Doty @BeenDoty]

LLMs are starting to do so much thinking that we are approaching the point where it is equally as inefficient for an LLM to write code as it is for a human.

Me: "Center this div"
Claude: 46m 36s 753.9k tokens

[Ben Doty @BeenDoty]

@Chi3fBootKnocka This is arguably just AI being AI and also likely skewed as to not horribly offend, but it's interesting nonetheless. Results from the opposite direction conclude the inverse.

[Ben Doty @BeenDoty]

Grok thinks I'm funnier than @Chi3fBootKnocka

[Ben Doty @BeenDoty]

The @fedora 41 update is a huge step forward!
DNF 5 is a massive improvement in package management for Fedora. Canonical should take some notes

[Ben Doty @BeenDoty]

It's a good day to be a Linux user

[Ben Doty @BeenDoty]

Linux hot take: Debian and it's derivatives are terrible

[Ben Doty @BeenDoty]

@Chi3fBootKnocka For shame

[Ben Doty @BeenDoty]

@Chi3fBootKnocka I miss these. Also the prices. I miss the prices.

[Ben Doty @BeenDoty]

Tip of the day: A monad is just a monoid in the category of endofunctors.

[Ben Doty @BeenDoty]

Adding an AI prompt to an application just because it's the hot thing to do and you think you can make money with it, is wrong. Please stop. If you're going to do it at least innovate on it. If this keeps up, pretty soon bananas are going to be "GPT enhanced. Ask it anything".

[Ben Doty @BeenDoty]

Please stop doing this. It's annoying. Not everything needs an AI prompt.

[Donuts, Tech, & Bourbon @Chi3fBootKnocka]

Went to plug in my mouse because it died and Logi has an AI Prompt now 😑

[Ben Doty @BeenDoty]

Highly concerning. This will inevitably cause further dangerous misinformation of AI. Either by hallucinations or by the click farming behavior of media companies. Validate your information.

[OpenAI @OpenAI]

We’ve partnered with @FT to enhance news content in ChatGPT and collaborate on new AI experiences for FT readers. https://t.co/qNWTg2HyPK

[Ben Doty @BeenDoty]

@JLarky *orchestrating Kubernetes by prompting ChatGPT and having it accidentally create 150 load balancers per resource

[Ben Doty @BeenDoty]

@TechheadLola Depends on what I'm doing honestly. If I'm working with a new API, I'm reading the docs. Most things I don't have to look things up anymore, but when I started, I was looking things up all the time. As you become more familiar with patterns you won't need to.

[Ben Doty @BeenDoty]

@FrisianRage No problem. If you have any questions regarding development stuff feel free to reach out. I'll be happy to help.

[Ben Doty @BeenDoty]

@FrisianRage I don't use a system like mongoose either. Again, I find it unnecessary overhead. Instead I use functional programming to reduce bugs, and write tests to catch mistakes and add confidence. I do use a library to interface with the database, but that's it. No extra files.

[Ben Doty @BeenDoty]

@FrisianRage If it's just for learning, Prisma is great, but make sure you truly understand it before you use it in prod. Ended up having to completely redo the backend of a client site because of the character limit which wasn't easy to fix at the time. I typically don't use ORMs myself.

[Ben Doty @BeenDoty]

@FrisianRage I don't recommend Prisma for small projects. Costs outweigh the benefits and it has a sneaky character limit employed that can causes bugs if you're unaware. Typescript has too much overhead for me, but it's still good to learn. Types are tricky so be aware of them.

[Ben Doty @BeenDoty]

When I was younger I hated math. Now here I am, 10 years as a software engineer constantly having a calculator open and doing advanced math.

[Donuts, Tech, & Bourbon @Chi3fBootKnocka]

Calling all Developers near and far. On a scale from 1 to “I can’t live without it” how much do you love coffee?