Ismail Asci
ismailasci.bsky.social
Ismail Asci
@ismailasci.bsky.social
Seasoned software developer.
I tried to use my screen B&W in a few different occasions, but couldn’t stand it. This is not for me.
September 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
writing tests are another thing they mostly do a good job.
September 11, 2025 at 8:56 AM
haha i think so, a few days ago i had to add "do not change any other code, just write tests" :)
September 1, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Additionally the environment you run this task is also important.

- vs-code openai models are super dumb and mostly useless. Even free version of ChatGPT gives much better results.

- Gemini-cli (2.5 pro) only produces garbage, while in vscode it's my go to model for complex tasks.
September 1, 2025 at 8:39 AM
My experience has been:

1. Explain as many details as you can, almost like a product/feature spec.
2. Use better (aka expensive) models for complex tasks. eg: Gemini 2.5 Pro.

If you don't describe edge cases, or side effects most models won't produce anything meaningful.
September 1, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Looks good. Can it also work as a distributed scheduler?
August 29, 2025 at 12:09 PM
So I gave up on error monitoring and will rely on user feedback. Because these tools would require too much customisation for not leaking anything sensitive.
February 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
White page perfectly fits the political atmosphere. 😅
January 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Even though I created the DUNS number through their service and I cannot pass through. Do they expect me to not use my legal entity name?
January 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
That looks very interesting. Thanks for sharing. Never looked into how highlighter libraries work. Tree-sitter looks interesting as well, will look into it.
January 5, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Look how neat is this?
January 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
3. ChatGPT way: Use regex and highlight/format "matched ranges". -> Seems like the easiest but have doubts on flexibility of this approach.

I guess I will start with number 2. Let's see how it goes.
January 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
2. Just loop through the json data and format each key/value based on their roles or types. -> Easy, requires handling the indentation as well.
January 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I guess I am going to have to get my hands dirty. I see 2 ways + 1 ChatGPT suggested.

1. Write a JSON tokenizer -> fun but will take longer, and might be overkill.
January 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM