I'm gradually coming round to the view of the Discourse developers that comment trees are harmful. If I have a long discussion with someone, our comments get very narrow.
Nonetheless, understanding the structure of conversation is valuable. I wish I knew of better tools.
miniblog.
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LLMs have been really helpful for me porting some JS projects to TS.
Since the types are erased and annotations are optional, I can go gradually and safely with more minimal human oversight.
(I'm not sure if it'll significantly help robustness, but it's lovely for navigation.)
I find it really interesting how some areas of tech are widely expected to improve radically (e.g. LLMs and smart home tech), others gradually (CPU speed, battery capacity) and others very slowly (e.g. compiler optimisations).
Predicting the future is hard.
There's a class of performance bugs that you can feel.
Today I inadvertently implemented "Schlemiel the Painter's algorithm", and it's obvious: performance was great at first, and then it gradually deteriorates.