Collin Donnell

Actually managed to go to bed early last night and wake up at 7:30 AM. Now it's 2:42 PM, and I'm tired 🥱

This chart says a lot to me. One of them is that outside of the few people on Mastodon, using AI to write code isn't really a debate anyone else is having.

Why is Japan so bad at software?

Cool. So we killed a bunch of fishermen for no reason. We already knew that, but I guess it's even more confirmed now.

Once I get good insurance again, I really need to see a sleep specialist. They've told me before I don't have sleep apnea, but I also know that this isn't normal. I'm tired all the time, but I'm never sleepy.

Cars should be programmed or otherwise made so they can't go over the speed limit. Some kind of temporary override for emergencies.

Ferrari looking strong in qualifying!

Fear The Walking Dead has a serious quality drop in season 4.

Is it a recession indicator that all of the food YouTubers I watch are doing cheap meals/struggle meals etc?

Fall is here. So we can finally talk about this serious topic... Jonagold vs. Honeycrisp apples.

Anyone else watching the Formula 1 US Grand Prix? It feels luxurious watching a race at a normal time 😄

Yes, I wear my hat backwards sometimes now.

People snarking that they were going to get rich cleaning up shitty code written by AI didn't age very well.

Good thing I didn't buy a car this week since my dogs teeth will cost a good part of that 😂

Took Link to the vet. Going to have to figure out how to get his teeth cleaned, which will be thousands of dollars. Hopefully he gets to keep a couple of them.

Poor Link. I love him so much. I want him to be healthy and happy. I don't know if I'd gotten him one more teeth cleaning if it would've made a difference with his predisposition, but I just wish I could've done something different here. I feel like a real piece of shit.

I was trying to get a look at my dog's teeth because I was thinking they need to get cleaned again when I start getting paid. He got frustrated, gave me a little nip and his canine came out. He doesn't seem bothered or uncomfortable, but I'm crying a lot.

I'm about halfway through reading Fourth Wing and my review so far is that Dain Aetos is sooo annoying.

Test drove a 2010 Ford. It seemed ok but I also feel like if I'm not 100% sure it's better to wait and find something I am sure about.

Does code quality as we've thought of it up until now matter anymore? It's an open question.

Instead of financing a used car, I think I'm going to get something cheap, drive it for a year or two and then maybe upgrade when I can save the money to do it without taking on a car payment.

Don't folks get tired of backpedaling and being wrong about the future? Isn't that exhausting and demoralizing? Doesn't whiplash hurt?

A couple years ago a popular refrain was, "I'm going to get so much work fixing AI messes." The reality—anecdotally described here, and in that Bank of America story making the rounds—is that AI ended up giving humans so much work fixing human messes.

I think I want a hybrid sedan. It feels like the best compromise for me where I can get something used at a reasonable price which is also significantly greener than a gas car. I just don't see any electric vehicles which are an option for me.

I turned off Screen Time on my iPhone. I feel free.

Got an offer today. That was really good. I also had an interview somewhere else that think went well. I expect one way or another next week this whole job search thing will be wrapped up.

I need a car. I know I want to get something used because I don't want to be in a situation paying $1000 a month again for a car plus insurance. Not totally sure where to start looking.

Is it basically always expected you are going to make a counteroffer for a job? Like, are you just leaving money on the table if you don't ask?

If the last time you tried using AI assisted coding was a year or two ago, you got some crazy results like inventing methods that don't exist, and decided it was a worthless slop machine… give it another look. It's come a long way in two years.

There is no ethical coding under capitalism.

Do I have any friends who know a lot about widgets and maybe have also used foundation models that would be willing to read something for me?

I'm not going back to X. But Mastodon/Bluesky do absolutely suck for discussing anything other than technology or politics.

One of my little squirrel friends who hangs out on my fence got hit by a car in front of my house. I got him picked up and into a box so I could dispose of his remains. Poor guy.

Don't really know how to handle a system design interview where you draw boxes of things since my actual process is much more iterative and based on writing code and then figuring out where the abstractions are I can pull apart. Hopefully that came across 🤷‍♂️

I think I want to get a small tattoo of a checkered flag. Can anyone in Portland recommend a place or artist? #pdx

Been thinking of how I blanked on custom view modifiers for roughly eight hours now 🙃

I think that interview went well. The only thing I absolutely blanked on was how you write a custom view modifier, which was strange for me.

Interview went really well today! 🤞

I kind of want to build a calculator app that is just like the iOS one but is RPN.

I've been ghosted one time after doing a take-home coding project. Luckily, it wasn't one of the jobs I was most interested in, but still, is that not the peak of disrespect to ask someone to do free labor and not even follow up?

Are you a professional programmer in a company who allows the use of AI tools but doesn't use them at all? How's that going?

Woah. The track is very wet in Malaysia. Hopefully the delay won't be too long. #Formula1

Why has Omarchy received so much funding? What is it for? The Rails foundation runs on something like 1.5m/year and Omarchy has received ~$20m? Am I missing something? I honestly don't even understand what the hype is for this.