Smaller file size, lower data rate, less computational overhead, no conversion loss.

A 64 bit float requires 64 bits to store.
ASCII representation of a 64 bit float (in the example above) is 21 characters or 168 bits.
Also, if every record is the same then there is a huge overhead for storing the name of each value. Plus the extra spaces, commas and braces.
So, you are at least doubling the file size and data throughput. And there is precision loss when converting float-string-float. Plus the computational overhead of doing those conversions.

Something like sqlite is lightweight, fast and will store the native data types.
It is widely supported, and allows for easy querying of the data.
Also makes it easy for 3rd party programs to interact with the data.

If you are ever thinking of implementing some sort of data storage in files, consider sqlite first.

I don’t use it anymore though because I found the suggestions to be annoying and distracting most of the time and got tired of hitting escape

Same. It took longer for me to parse and validate the suggestion as it did for me to just type what I wanted.

I do like the helper for more complex refractors.
Where you have a bunch of similar, but not exactly the same, changes to make.
Where a search & replace refactor isn’t enough.
It manages to figure out what you are doing, highlights the next instance of it and suggests the replacement.
I don’t think I’ve seen it make a mistake doing that, and it is a useful speedup.
I guess the LLM already has all the context: the needle, the haystack and the term.

Yeh, my example was pretty contrived and very surface level.
It grouped things that seemed related at a surface level but weren’t actually related at all. Which makes it a bad example.
And realistically, you would use a timer class that raised events, and passed in an interval class that could be constructed from any appropriate units.

It was more to highlight that types and classes are a fairly easy way to improve the context around variable.
It can also use type checker to show incorrect conversions between minutes and seconds, Polar and Cartesian coords, RGB and HSV, or miles and kilometers. Any number of scenarios where unit conversions aren’t a syntax error.

Yeh, absolutely.
Horses for courses.

I feel like variable or function names that become overly verbose indicate that a specific type or a separate class should be considered.
I see it as a mild code smell.

Something like int intervalSeconds = 5 could maybe have a type that extends an int called seconds. So then you are declaring seconds Interval = 5.
It describes the unit, so the variable name just describes the purpose.
You could even add methods for fromMinutes etc. to reduce a bunch of (obvious) magic numbers elsewhere.

To extend this contrived example further, perhaps there are a couple of intervals. A refresh, a timeout and a sleep interval.
Instead of having.

int sleepIntervalSeconds = 0;
// etc...

You could create an intervals class/object/whatever.
So then you have.

public class Intervals {
    public seconds Sleep
    public seconds Refresh
    public seconds Timeout
}

The class/object defines the context, the type defines the unit, and you get nice variable names describing the purpose.

Why do you dislike PHP?

Windows 11 and OSX are so outdated

Unless your home internet is CG-NAT, both have a publicly accessible IP address, so both will be scanned

Who is externally reaching these servers?
Joe public? Or just you and people you trust?

If it’s Joe public, I wouldn’t have the entry point on my home network (I might VPS tunnel, or just VPS host it).

If it’s just me and people I trust, I would use VPN for access, as opposed to exposing all these services publicly

Yeh, but (to me) a hotspot is WiFi with internet access from a mobile device. Whereas tethering is sharing internet access from a mobile device via a cable (USB).
Kinda like how WiFi doesn’t mean internet access, despite so many people conflating the meanings.

Computer/laptops WiFi card is dead. Can’t connect to an android hotspot if your WiFi isn’t working.
Thus, usb tethering. It’s a wire, doesn’t need a WiFi card. And the android device can then share ITS WiFi/Data connection through the USB cable

Nothing better than a properly formatted data file.
Self hosting teaches you this

The commands you used to start the docker containers, or the docker compose contents.
That’s what dictates how much “power” a docker container has

Years ago, I played with AWS then contacted their support to make sure any AWS billing to my account was disabled.
I thought I’d try it again recently, and couldn’t log in.
I still don’t think I’m missing anything.

I’d rather have VPS or server providers where I know exactly what I’m getting per month no matter what, tho I’ve ran near data transfer surcharges.

Oh, it’s expected costs.
Like, figure out the compute requirements of your code, multiply by the cost per compute unit (or whatever): boom, your cost.
Totally predictable.
Compared to suddenly having to replace a $20k server that dies in your data center.
So much easier.

Except when your code (let’s be honest, the most likely thing to have an error in it… At least compared to some 4+ year old production hardware that everyone runs) has a bug in it that requires 20x compute.
But maybe that is a popularity spike (the hug-of-death)! That’s why you migrated to the #cloud anyway, right? To handle these spikes! And you’ve always paid your bills so… Yeh, here’s a 20x bill.

The amount of software that is limited free self-hosted but the next tier of “self hosted” is enterprise and thousands per year is ridiculous.
Absolutely ridiculous.

Like, you have self hosted. I like your software, I use it personally and that’s why I’m using it for (and recommending it to) small businesses. They could afford your 10-100 per month for whatever extra features, but they don’t want to rely on 3rd party hosting. They want to host it themselves.
But the only way to get those features is to go for some “cloud” bullshit they don’t control, or to pay “enterprise” prices.

It’s why I make part of what I make/charge a contribution to the products and projects I use and recommend.
I’ll set all that up and tailor it to your company, but anything and everything I recommend/implement is standing on the shoulders of giants. So pay those giants.
Although I think I’m lucky with the people I work for, in that that are interested in the tech, but not the detail.

Ah, lol.
Is that the web interface? Or what app is that?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cewd82p09l0o

I think that’s the link to the video?
Seems like it’s part of a longer video…

Edit:
Hhmmm here is a slightly longer video that doesn’t really add anything

Actual edit:
I genuinely couldn’t find a better source video

let data = null
do {
    const response = await openai.prompt(prompt)
    if (response.error !== null) continue;
    try {
        data = JSON.parse(response.text)
    } catch {
        data = null // just in case
    }
} while (data === null)
return data

Meh, not my money

Edit: wrong comment