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It's been time to get off of vscode for a while, but yeah this definitely did it.
They will now mark copilot as a co-author by default.
A great visualisation of what LLMs are doing when they "write"
More info, with interactive demo, here: https://tuhinjubcse.github.io/granta-ngram-cartography.html?v=2
Having fun programming for the first time in a very long time. Feels so good.
Strongly coming around to the opinion that requiring named arguments, and explicitly having to opt out to create an anonymous parameter, feels like the better default.
Code is much more readable at a glance if you can see the expected parameter names in the arguments of the call.
Interesting indictment of AI from one of its users: https://thoughts.hmmz.org/2026-05-31.html
Silly thought of the morning:
You know, Guy Steele worked on Emacs and Lisp. And James Gosling worked on Emacs and Java. And Bill Joy worked on vi and Java.
Am I missing out focusing on programming languages and not working on an editor? 😅
It's frustrating that the Rust project never really faced its racism full-on. There were multiple times it could have. People called for a change, and the project had a chance to reflect. Those who ran it could have transparently opened a dialogue about how to be better, and then proceeded to do better, complete with accountability.
But none of that ever really happened.
Please, I ask, if you're using AI consider what you're doing and its impact on others. The cost of this stuff is not just the amount you pay for the service.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/epa-water-chief-pledges-review-151249023.html
Wow that sounds familiar
A lovely person who'd make a great addition to a Rust team if you're hiring
@renedudfield@fosstodon.org I.. uhhh. What?
I've been working in programming tools for almost two decades. All I've cared about is making tools easier for software development. I've helped make programming easier for tens of millions of people.
Nothing I made poisoned water supplies to train it. Nothing I worked on hurt minority communities to build. What I worked on doesn't cause brain damage to use.
I'm *all* for enabling people. But not like this. Ethically, without massive theft and damage.
@renedudfield@fosstodon.org I'm always happy to have a good faith discussion, but you're arguing against things I'm not saying and ignoring things I am saying. No one said anything about parts of the industry not being ethical in the past. But that doesn't grant a pass for the wrongs done to create AI today.
