> This isn’t a minor detail, it’s the core constraint that shaped virtually every habit and institution in our industry.
I am so so tired of this turn of phrase in LLM created content. I guess I don't know for sure whether this article was LLM written but I suspect so. Or, scarier still we are changing our own writing to match this slop.
You are falling into the trap of thinking there's a single monolithic being called Software Developers that has inconsistent opinions. In fact, you're observing different people with conflicting values.
Yeah yeah. But LLMs certainly have been embraced by a large number of developers. Many of whom I've observed react with disgust when they see "not X, but Y" or emdashes in an article. But when it comes to code, "wow this is so awesome!"
One is made for humans to consume, the other for a compiler or interpreter. Good code is supposed to look like other code and follow common patterns. The best writing is original and novel.
I have no issue with with code generated by e.g. Claude because it's not "slop".
On average, it's probably better than the code I would write.
I say "on average" because AI doesn't make stupid mistakes, doesn't invert logical conditions. I know I do. Which I eventually fix, but it's better to not make them in the first place, hence "on average".
And in cases that AI doesn't generate code up to my quality standards, I re-prompt it until it does. Or fix it myself.
I'm not a hapless victim of AI. I'm a supervisor. I operate a machine that generates good code most of the time but not all of the time. I'm there to spot and correct the "not all of the time" cases.
But that's my point. LLMs generate good prose "most of the time", certainly better than most people are capable of doing. Yet we frequently react with disgust when we see tell-tale signs of LLM-generated text in articles. Why? Because it indicates the person was probably too lazy to write it themselves and are simply chucking a half-formed thought over the wall? Why don't we hold generated code to the same standard?
I've been struggling on finding a reasonably priced model to use with my toy openclaw instance. Opus 4.6 felt kinda magical but that's just too expensive and I'm not risking my max subscription for it.
GPT 5.4 mini is the first alternative that is both affordable and decent. Pretty impressed. On a $20 codex plan I think I'm pretty set and the value is there for me.
Maybe that's a good thing? I miss the Seattle of the 2000s that was less overflowing with tech and more a mix of incomes.
I for one support the tax. The dichotomy of being a liberal state with a regressive tax structure needs to stop. Slippery slope argument aside this tax is a good first step. Income tax while imperfect seems to be the best system we have to tax the rich and not the poor.
Washington also has a capital gains tax now, 7% on long-term capital gains above $270k, and 9.9% on gains above $1 million, exempting real estate and retirement accounts.
This made me laugh only because I imagine there could possibly be some truth to it. This is the world we are in. Maybe they all loaded codex to fix their deploy? ;)
Rule of law is so important, and society (especially the vulnerable) suffers when weak leaders fail to enforce the law. That said, we can have our cake and eat it too - strong law enforcement (a la Singapore style) can occur without mocking wrong doers.
I hope you understand that you have never been able to take photos the gov releases at face value.
But today, we know this administration will openly lie, and double down in the face of any refutable proof. Literally since DAY ONE they tried to push a crowd size narrative that we all saw in real time was a lie.
Yes, it was good this was caught and reported on. But this will become normalized and we seem to be sprinting full speed towards not being able to know what to believe. That the State is engaging in this is concerning to say the least.
Pretty sure the right move as soon as he said "I didn't write that" was to just say. "It isn't important who wrote it, we all make mistakes, let's see together how we could have done better."
Today, I would maybe agree and have grown wiser. But software engineering is 50% failure management. And admitting failure should be normal for every level, I am very open and outspoken that I (just as every other guy) makes errors all day. We literally have error management system in place because of that - Bugtrackers, Test pyramid, QA departments etc. It is simple not helpful if people not take accountability and grow on their mistakes.
Pretty sure that can be the wrong move in an instance where it does matter who wrote that. Freely allowing derogation of authorship soon fosters derogation of responsibility.
Do you expect / want this to be a business? This feels like the kind of thing where anybody big enough to pay for it will build it in house. And your pricing seems so cheap that even if you do win some it won't be enough.
Genuine curiosity but 300ms seems slow? Am I missing something? How big is the blacklist?
I'm a bit unsure about it's future as a business but for now, hoping it becomes my first app with some paying users. I typically think small scale but you're right. I suppose most big companies already have an in-house way to deal with it.
Idea behind this was super charged because there wasn't a global reserve list already available for folks to access.
On the latency, I'll work on improving it. Currently, the list (not a blacklist :P) is about 1.7 million records. I suspect it to go to 2.5M in the next few days. I should probably stop using Cloudflare Workers, KV and D1 to instantly improve on that.
I am so so tired of this turn of phrase in LLM created content. I guess I don't know for sure whether this article was LLM written but I suspect so. Or, scarier still we are changing our own writing to match this slop.
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