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Worthwhile read on the complexity software/technology makes us jump through to achieve more-or-less no better than the relatively simple solution we have currently.
Why the crypto? Why not just use an ACID database?
@malwaretech My own mental framework rule of thumb for these things is: generative AI are not knowledge machines. They don't know things.
Then I keep seeing people and huge companies try to apply them to knowledge problems, and I have to ask myself if I have a fundamental misunderstanding.
Then I see them fail in the same ways over and over and over again, and I come back to my rule of thumb.
Lakescape, Austria, Summer 2023. Quickly edited.
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It might make sense for very large, well designed pipelines, but the business model of most providers reduces it to a trivial offering. I've seen people CICD-ing their personal blogs.
Modern programmers are desensitized to the cost of computing. Both because the compute infra is overpowered and the philosophy of compute is geared towards moving fast instead of responsible tooling. We now have things like dockers instead of robust dependency management.
If you ask Rick Astley for his copy of the movie Up, he cannot give it to you as he will never give you up. However, in doing so he lets you down. Thus creating the Astley Paradox
hybrid havoc
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