The METR report reveals that experienced open-source developers using AI tools take 19% longer to complete tasks compared to those not using AI, suggesting that AI may hinder productivity in the short term. The author reflects on ...
0TIL:AI. Thoughts on AI
2025-06-16 • technology code software engineering ai
The text is a collection of various things the author has learned about AI in the time spent working with it. It discusses the limitations and capabilities of AI, the misconceptions about what AI is good for, and the challenges of...
The author discusses his experience using AI to automate music notation tasks, detailing the challenges and inefficiencies he encountered, and ultimately finding a simpler solution by reading the library documentation and coding b...
0Why I struggle to use actors
2024-06-30 • swift concurrency performers
The text discusses the struggle of the author to use actors instead of Mutex. It includes code examples and explanations of the issues encountered when using actors.
The text discusses the use of for-await in Swift concurrency and the potential issue of dropped messages when using AsyncSequence. It provides examples and solutions for the problem, as well as the author's struggle with encouragi...
The text discusses the issue of swift_retain and swift_release taking up over half of the run time in a function, despite using immutable structs. The author explains how moving the data out of the struct and into a global map res...
The author shares a personal anecdote about learning abstract algebra and getting confused about the meaning of 'order' when talking about groups vs elements. They used search engines and LLMs to find the answer, and Bing was the ...
The text is a reminder about using NSRange and String in Swift. It explains the differences between text.count and NSRange, and the potential issues with using NSRange, especially with non-ASCII and emoji characters.
The text discusses the importance of memory in performance, especially in parallel programming. The author shares their experience of optimizing a Monte Carlo simulation program by addressing contention and memory issues, such as ...
The text discusses the importance of showing compassion for the reviewer in pull requests, emphasizing the need to tell a story about the problem, the solution, and the reasoning behind the code. It also highlights the importance ...
The text explains how to solve the error message 'Required kernel recording resources are in use by another document' in Instruments when profiling a Swift Package Manager project without an xcodeproj. The real error is that the b...
Rob Napier announces that after 6 years with Jaybird, he is moving to the Logitech Software Engineering team. He will be working on desktop products and interfacing with peripherals, particularly for gaming, with a focus on C++ an...
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