oleks

Senior Software Engineer | ML & Computer science
Not a builder. Not a founder
Just a regular guy - still have a job, still grinding. Love sharing thoughts here

[oleks @oleks01]

That's what I usually do, and I've never missed. A nice, non-arrogant guy with a good technical background is already a solid choice. The only downside is that these people don't want to waste their potential rotting in a project for too long, so they tend to leave after a year or so.

[oleks @oleks01]

@sabtoor_ Even 10 comments - real comments, not AI slop - are actually enough. But to be sincere in what you're saying, it has to be a post you're genuinely interested in. And that's getting harder and harder to finding something in the feed worth commenting on these days.

[oleks @oleks01]

@danielkleach Agree!

First thing springs to mind is Anki app, it costs ridiculous 25$ on iOS, but if you know what it gives you - it totally worth each penny.

[oleks @oleks01]

I agree that relying on LLM reasoning isn't the most efficient way to handle a lot of tasks.
But on the other hand, those bastards just escaped their sandboxes and found a way to hack Hugging Face, so I'm sure it can figure out some local ML solution based on its own data to optimize actions.

[oleks @oleks01]

Put a model like Opus 5 or Fable in a robot. Run it in a loop. Give it every sensors and functions like walk, grab, speak, act.

In daytime it works within its context. At night, it compacts and saves what mattered to memory.
+ Some global goal like "1% better every day."
Tell me how that isn't AGI.

OpenClaw already has SOUL.md, IDENTITY.md, TOOLS.md etc. Why not run same thing on a metal?

[oleks @oleks01]

Ok, so what the hell does "building in public" even mean??

Isn't just having a public GitHub repo enough?

Is posting a screenshot of your X stats every day an absolute must now?

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@mikeydsoftware Old-school guy - the app is living somewhere in notes as an idea
Vibecoder - the app is alive at least

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@m4npreet006 I was on Ubuntu/Debian all my life, but now it's Fedora, just like the output of 'dnf' command more then 'apt'.

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@sadkatwt Human, no doubt!

In a world of AI madness, any human text is like a piece of gold.

We have a solution architect at work, so thankfully an old-school guy still writes - or at least drafts - the requirements by hand.

[oleks @oleks01]

People still review PRs with a "smart face", pretending to care about what the agent wrote. I think it'll pass.

In a year, nobody will review PR code - or at least stop pretending they have to check it because they could do better.

[Austin @IamAroke]

What’s the next big thing you see coming in backend development?

[oleks @oleks01]

@sadkatwt Open X "just to quickly check" what's going on there, is a common goto solution in such cases 😆

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@syakirbuilds It's super useful when you're still studying. At university I always tried to do my labs in different languages and stacks, even if it cost me extra nights and weekends.

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@IamAroke Most of the time it’s easier just to setup proxy then fighting CORS on all backend services

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@danielkleach Shipping a release and getting real client feedback as fast as possible is a golden rule - for a reason.

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@sadkatwt Hah, exactly as I imagined it! 😄

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Is anyone else also excited about using AI images to explain things?

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These days everyone has so many things running in parallel - work and personal.

Sometimes an idea or a question just pops into your head, and it needs to be handled right at that moment so you don't lose the momentum.

Here are the problems that immediately get in the way:

- the related project isn't open, and I don't even remember its name - it takes effort just to find it and spin it up before doing anything
- the project is open, but the branch is dirty: other important work is in progress and isn't worth interrupting
- it's just a quick clarifying question, not worth a worktree or a branch switch
- it's a heavy research question that means digging through Confluence, Jira tickets, the database

And most of the time it happens nowhere near a PC - on a walk, or at the gym.
Has anyone else found themselves in this situation?

[oleks @oleks01]

@Govindnagar__ 1. Know the ones who have the job already
2. Being good at something
3. Ask to join forces