I consider writing software a kind of craftsmanship. It's important to me to think through what I build, to consciously make design decisions based on knowledge and the existing problem space. To understand why things work (or not!) and be able to solve problems as they come up. To keep things readable, understandable, maintainable.

In the end, I want to be proud of what *I* build.

Retro C++ quiz #56

Given the following in C and C++ (assume correct header is included):

int main(void) {
int n = sizeof(0)["abcdefghij"];
printf("%d\n",n);
}

Without checking, assuming LP64, what’s the result:

C | C++
=========
A. 1 | 1
B. 101 | 101
C. 1 | 101
D. 101 | 1

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George Clooney is an actor.

Put him in the role of a surgeon in front of a camera, and he will do and say things the average non-surgeon viewer will agree are surgeonish. After an hour of that, we are, as average non-surgeon viewers, satisfied and entertained.

Put him in an operating theatre, and the patient will fucking die because he's not a surgeon and knows nothing about really doing surgery.

This is a post about LLMs.