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Jonathan Schuster

jschuster@hachyderm.io

<p>Software design education at Google. Programming languages PhD. Career goal: to give software developers knowledge and tools to help them reason about their programs.</p><p>Posts reflect my personal thoughts and opinions, not those of my employer.</p>

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  • Post #4341113

    A reflection on LLMs and understanding: Maybe you&amp;#39;ve been in this situation before: you ask someone about their work, and they go on a long technical ramble about the intricate details of what they do. Then at the end you respond &amp;quot;Wow, I didn&amp;#39;t understand any of that. You must be really smart&amp;quot;. I used to think like that as well. But then in grad school, I learned that such a ramble signals a lack of skill rather than an abundance of intelligence. Anyone can ra...

  • Post #4341112

    RE: https://hachyderm.io/@skade/116975810767744518 I love Rust for what it is, but this is spot on. Don&amp;#39;t reach for the hair shirt of borrow checking unless you&amp;#39;re confident you really need that low level control.

  • Post #4341110

    Yesterday: &amp;quot;It&amp;#39;s such a beautiful day, and summer is going by so fast. I wish I didn&amp;#39;t have work today.&amp;quot; Today: Take the day off. Go for a couple of bike rides around town. Read in the hammock. Get a good sandwich at a local cafe and eat outside. Swim, relax, and read some more at the public pool. Yeah. That&amp;#39;s the way to do it. 😌

  • Post #4341109

    RE: https://information.garden/@benfry/117003580368321599 Yes, I&amp;#39;ve been thinking this for a while. There&amp;#39;s some real value in LLMs (ignoring actual costs and externalities for the moment), but I believe a large part of the hype and business spend on AI right now is because many business leaders don&amp;#39;t fully appreciate the gap between a flashy demo and an actual product.

  • Post #2361094

    RE: https://social.coop/@cwebber/116202048828556226 EDIT: He may not have passed away, see quoted post. Farewell to a legend of the computer science community. I&amp;#39;ve known his name since some of my earliest days in CS, and I remember being starstruck when he was the first (and I think still only) Turing award winner I saw in person. Thank you for everything. Rest in Peace.

  • Post #446693

    RE: https://hachyderm.io/@jenniferplusplus/116135395660222954 Jennifer mentions anchoring and (exhaustion of our) vigilance as two risks of LLM-based tools, at least for software development. I&amp;#39;ve definitely seen both of those from some coworkers. Definitely on my list of concerns with these tools.