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(I used both AI and vibecoding tags because the article describes training a logistic regression/SVM on LLM output. I thought there was a statistics…

The Pit of Success - An interview with Rico Mariani

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What software do you use daily in 2026?

There was a similar thread here six years ago, and I'm curious how people's daily setups have changed since then. What does the software side of you…

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Guilt-Driven Development

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Let's not call it "tech debt," it's just "mess"

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