This whole transition to using AI tools is going to be very complex. Of course that's nothing new to hear, but I get a sense that some are starting to get a feel for the size of the issue at hand. Reality is very very complicated and it took humanity literally millions of years in a shared reality to build the current non-AI "solution". I feel like we need to be careful, but also not too careful, sometimes you have to press on reguardless. But also, empathy, kindness. #
I configured the VSCode debugger to run my static site generator. It's been a while since I've been debugging like this. It's awesome to finally see the code running with all the debug tools. Makes it so much easier to get back into code that I wrote years ago. I wanted to make a quick note of it here, it's one of those things that you configure then don't think about for ages. Now I can refresh my brain with this blog post.
Crucially VSCode supports debugging programs launched via npm. Since I use npm scripts to run my code locally and in Github actions, I wanted to use the same method in the debugger.
The trick to getting it working was to use the npm launch configuration, and to also add a new 'debug' npm script, which was a copy of the existing 'build' npm script but with the additional '--inspect' node arg. Then when you run the debugger in VSCode, and after you have set a breakpoint somewhere near the top of your code, the command line window opens, and VSCode runs the program, halting at your breakpoint and you can step through the code, examining variables, callstacks and use all sorts of other cool tools. #
Today’s links:
Cisco says its new entanglement chip could speed up practical quantum computing timeline by a decade - I'm not an expert at quantum computing but it seems significant that the chip "generates up to one million entangled photon pairs per second, and does so at room temperature". My impression was that so far the most advanced tech in the industry was only able to create in the order of 1000 simultaneous entangled pairs, and that was at crazy cold temperatures. www.fastcompany.com #
As an Experienced LLM User, I Actually Don't Use Generative LLMs Often - It's interesting to learn how the LLM pros are using this new tech. There is a lot of tricks and nuance. You really have to have a good idea which type of problems are a good fit. minimaxir.com #
Maker of AI ‘vibe coding’ app Cursor hits bn valuation - I keep hearing about and seing the Cursor editor in all things related to AI developer tools and vibe coding. Haven't tried it myself yet. www.ft.com #
I built an AI code review agent in a few hours, here's what I learned - Interesting to hear from devs actually building developer tools that use AI. Many of the things the author describes I have seen variations of too. www.sourcebot.dev #
The AI wearables are always listening (Vergecast Podcast) - With the previous link in mind, this episode of Vergecast seems particularly relevant. Both journalists recount somewhat hilarious situations their wearables ran into. As David Pierce describes, and I am paraphrasing, the bar to be human is very high. There are just so many crazy complicated situations that we are immersed in daily. podcastindex.org #
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