mavsman

Are there certain things you used to care about that you don't any longer? What even is tech debt to you these days?

Credit usage costs are cryptic enough that it is reasonable to actually fall for this trap. If you run out of credits/tokens/etc and you need to use more Claude/Codex, do not by credits because it seems worth the money.…

After seeing how Claude can help me clean up my disk space in no time I figured I could find some easy budget improvements with it. Perhaps just pulling in some CSVs to Claude would do the trick but I figured I'd check…

Given yesterday’s ruling that Apple can’t take a cut of purchases made outside the App Store and must allow devs to link out freely, are you actually planning to do anything with this? As a small developer, I’m weighing…

If you look at ProductHunt and other places like that you’ll just see a sewer pipe full of crappy AI products. But there are surely some out there in different areas that have a nice UI and provide a lot of value. Do…

This whole process is sucky for seemingly no reason. We found our own home we want and put a single offer and it got accepted and yet our realtor is taking a 2.5% cut. Our mortgage officer only seems knowledgeable…

I used to use DuckDuckGo.com but then switched exclusively to the CLI https://github.com/jarun/ddgr. I've been happier and more productive since.

What is your favorite interview process you've been through? What made it particularly enjoyable? Something in the interview? People you interviewed with? How they prepared you before the interview? Could it have been…

I'm tired of being sucked into other things on the internet so I'm wondering if there's something like Hacker News or Javascript Weekly but in print form. Any other print resources (daily, weekly, or other) you can…

Some companies have stipends for personal/career development. Most of mine is normally free (learning from peers, blog posts, YouTube, etc). Any paid sources that you find especially valuable?

I have explained security and phishing to them before but it's easy to let it go in one ear and out the other. I had the idea to try phishing them just to _show_ them how easy it can be to fall prey to this kind of…

This often takes much longer than I'd expect. I know there are lots of tools to address this kind of thing but many people have edge cases/excuses that cause them not to use them (well). What is your onboarding process…

I've seen quite a few funny blog posts on here but I forget about most of them. What's on your all-time list?

When talking with people about certain topics that are complex it can be easier to reference a blog post, video, or something else. For me, this is usually happens when I had difficulty grasping a certain concept until…

I often find that niche topics are used to distinguish between certain levels. What criteria (including specific topics or questions) do you use?

My friend just sent me a link to usphonebook.com which apparently has some accurate info on people's addresses and phone numbers (including cell). She asked me how this is possible. I remember reading several good…

I just got an email from VSCO saying my account was logged into from a new device. I didn't remember having an account but the email looked legit and linked to an actual VSCO password reset link so I followed it. I…