Brandon DuRette

Builder of software, software engineers, and software teams. Opinions are my own and are subject to change.

[Brandon DuRette @bdurette]

@danaparish @brettachapman ChatGPT straight up told me how it knows where I am.

[Brandon DuRette @bdurette]

@MyLifeCoachMark @U_cutz @greghaar @FSDyinzer 14.2.2 is the last version I really felt good about. 🤷‍♂️

[Brandon DuRette @bdurette]

@WindAddict Very good question. The space it operates in is huge, so they can't test everything. On the other hand, these fails were egregious misses. 🤷‍♂️

[Brandon DuRette @bdurette]

Hard disagree. In <10 total miles ("upgraded" last night), I've had to disengage 3 times. Twice it tried to make an illegal left hand turn. Then it tried to enter the oncoming lane before an upcoming left turn lane. Disappointed. I was looking forward to it based on reviews.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

FSD V14.3.3 is a banger

[Brandon DuRette @bdurette]

@U_cutz @greghaar @FSDyinzer @MyLifeCoachMark Got mine last night and it's not great. Skip.

[Brandon DuRette @bdurette]

@wholemars Selectable parking heuristics: Prefer near/far, shade/no shade (birds like shade trees), handicap/not, etc.

Likewise toll heuristics and permission on FSD. "Spend $2.80 to save 5 minutes?"

[Brandon DuRette @bdurette]

@wholemars Hand off Grok sessions to phone post drive.

Correct speed limit by tapping on speed limit sign.

Adjust the following distance per vehicle. Stop tailgating dump trucks that are dripping gravel in the road

[Brandon DuRette @bdurette]

How is GitHub Copilot asking me to approve `xargs` for all uses not just backdoor yolo mode?

[Brandon DuRette @bdurette]

Documentation of security features should be written by security pros. Many people have bad mental models of how security works and ambiguous or incorrect documentation is a factor. Bad models lead to bad practices and make us all less secure.

[Brandon DuRette @bdurette]

There are so many levels to this, it's fascinating. I just wish the buttons weren't red and blue, because that immediately puts this in a political frame in the U.S.

[Tim Urban @waitbutwhy]

Everyone in the world has to take a private vote by pressing a red or blue button. If more than 50% of people press the blue button, everyone survives. If less than 50% of people press the blue button, only people who pressed the red button survive. Which button would you press?

[Jessica Kerr @jessitron]

Software has _always_ been written by unreliable agents.

“We care more about measuring correctness now because agents write unreliable code” is a story that doesn’t hold up.

We care because testing used to be 50% of the work and now it’s 99%.

- Will Wilson @AntithesisHQ
#bugbash

[Brandon DuRette @bdurette]

@rubragroup @jackunheard Rule 5.09(a)(1): "A catch is the act of a fielder in getting secure possession in his hand or glove of a ball in flight and firmly holding it; providing he does not use his cap, protector, pocket or any other part of his uniform in getting possession."

[Brandon DuRette @bdurette]

@charles_colucci @jackunheard Rule 5.09(a)(1): "A catch is the act of a fielder in getting secure possession in his hand or glove of a ball in flight and firmly holding it; providing he does not use his cap, protector, pocket or any other part of his uniform in getting possession."

[Brandon DuRette @bdurette]

@zeeg And don't get me started on OneDrive -- which is really two drives, the local one and the cloud one.

[Brandon DuRette @bdurette]

@zeeg I had to reboot my Windows laptop twice today just so I could keep working. The first time it couldn't find my external monitors. The second time the Start menu (or whatever is called these days) wouldn't open. Enshittification is everywhere.

[Brandon DuRette @bdurette]

@aurooba It's comically hard for someone non-technical to get a domain up and running. I was helping a non-techie family member get set up recently and wow. The website was pretty easy. The end boss was SPF, DKIM, and DMARC. That took a call to "tech support" (me).

[Brandon DuRette @bdurette]

@SawyerMerritt IIRC, Starlink requires airlines to offer WiFi to all passengers free of charge. That may be a term Delta could not swallow. The trend in air travel is the unbundling of services (WiFi, food, baggage, etc.). Unbundling keeps base fares low.

[Brandon DuRette @bdurette]

@JOBhakdi The power move would be 100 cybercabs rolling out during SXSW. Make it happen @elonmusk.

[Brandon DuRette @bdurette]

@SantoroSystems Level 4+ includes an insurance component, which has to be priced to cover the risk (miles driven are a factor). Some of that can be bundled into the purchase price, but not all.

Subscription + network-usage offsets is most likely.

[Brandon DuRette @bdurette]

As the (apocryphal?) story goes, when Jordan was told LeBron had won more NBA Championship Game 7s than anyone else, his response was, "Good for him. What's Game 7 like?"

What metrics are you trying to improve that you should be systematically eliminating the need for?