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[–] bugsmith@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago

Yes, I can see cases where this might be valid. For example, if you wanted to be some kind of SAP administrator / programmer (a paid-only enterprise management software), nobody would hire you for such a role without having some experience with that product. Same for something like Salesforce.

[–] bugsmith@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

I agree. The content is reasonably sound, but from a design and UX perspective, it's awful.

[–] bugsmith@programming.dev 44 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I like Konsole.

It comes with KDE, supports tabs, themes, and loads very fast.

I don't really need more from a terminal than that. When I, rarely, need more advanced features like window splitting and session management I also use Zellij (previously I used tmux).

[–] bugsmith@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

First I've heard of "Out of Darkness". How was it?

[–] bugsmith@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

Interesting. That's not something I've heard about until now, but something I'll surely look into.

[–] bugsmith@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Mistral-large is probably the best large model for practical purposes at this point.

What makes you say that? I have not performed my own comparison, but everything I have seen and read suggests that GPT4 is king, currently.

[–] bugsmith@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Okay, that makes sense. Cheers.

[–] bugsmith@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Are you self-hosting Mistral for this bot, and if so, do you have any insight on the cost of running that bot vs the ChatGPT one? (the latter of which I assume you have capped the max billing of, or I certainly hope so, at least)

[–] bugsmith@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The instance is currently funded entirely by @snowe@programming.dev and a handful of kind donators chipping in. If you (or anyone else) is interested in helping out, you can sponsor the project on Github here.

[–] bugsmith@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I disagree that it's clickbait. Go does not have enums, that is undeniable. But we often encounter problems in software development where enums are an effective solution - arguably the right solution a lot of the time. Even if enums are not a language feature of Go, many of us are (rightly or wrongly) doing programming cartwheels to implement them ourselves. So I think an article discussing how one can roll enums or at least enum like behaviour in the language is relevant, and the awkwardness of that experience is captured in the blog's title.

 

Sony has released a new PlayStation 5 controller called the Access Controller, which is designed to be customizable for disabled gamers. It allows users to configure different buttons, triggers and sticks to suit their individual needs. The kit aims to help people who struggle with thumbsticks, pressing buttons, or holding a controller. Feedback from disabled gamers was incorporated into the design. While a step forward, some find issues like the lack of a right stick limits gameplay in certain genres. Overall though, the product and others like Microsoft's Adaptive Controller are helping make gaming more inclusive for disabled players.

 

What language(s) will you be using? Will you be trying anything different this year to usual?

 

I found this article fascinating, and wasn't expecting the initial part of it to talk about climate change, something I'd never considered about different filetypes. I kind of knew what I would expect to read about PDF vs HTML when it comes to accessibility, but interesting nonetheless.

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