Professional Stuff

Introduced Curosr to My Wife

Cursor is an AI powered IDE, based on VSCode. The major difference is that it can provide more tight integration with the codebase, like asking questions with @codebase, also it has a “composer mode” which could help modify files in a more structured way with the diff view. It extremely likes a pair programming colleague, but I am always the “navigator”. I have used it for a while, and I think it’s a good tool for me.

What does the “navigator” mean? Take a look at this article: The Driver-Navigator in Strong-Style Pairing

My wife is also an software engineer, and she is working on a new area recently. So I introduced Cursor to her, and she used Cursor for resolving some jobs. She likes it, and I think it’s great!

But also she share her thoughts about Cursor, because of the Cursor, developer could always be in the “navigator” role, the overall productivity is higher than the single developer, (and yes, especially in small tasks I think). But the problem is it makes the developer always in the intense status, and she feels more tired than before.

When we switching from architecture design to coding/implementation, we change the thinking mode, and that’s a good way to relax, have fun, enjoy the coding, and feel like accomplishing something. But Cursor takes over major coding job, so we’re tired to always stick in one mode.

BTW, sometime Cursor is not even a good “driver”, it makes mess and we need to clean up. Sometimes I think, I should have made it by myself. 😂

Another post about similar point is ChatGPT 正在杀死编程里的乐趣;

Adopting scarf.sh on Chaos Mesh

I have created ticket on CNCF service desk, asking support for setting up with scarf.sh.

But it seems every one is enjoying the KubeCon 🤣

Notion Site is not optimized for printing and reading mode

I like reading posts/articles in Reading Mode, sometimes save the post as PDF, send it to my iPad for reading.

I always print with the reading mode, it could make the content more tidy. BTW, macOS could also using “Apple Intelligence” to summarize the article in the Reading Mode! There is the summary of my last post, 2024 Week 45: Quick Updates.

But recently I noticed some site built with Notion, there is not a good experience for printing and reading mode.

Both Reading Mode and Printing is BROKEN on Notion site. I have to duplicate the post into my own workspace, and export it into PDF in the notion app. 🤨

For bloggers who are using / consider to using Notion site, and future bloggers, please consider this point.

Personal Stuff

My thoughts about the personal stuff are not organized yet so I will just write them down.

It seems after I backed to writing, the journal was also back to normal. It feels really good!

I joined the VanLUG event again, and get to know some new friends. After the purchasing $20 for the membership, I became one of the board members. (BTW at the last board meeting, we have voted to cancel the membership fee for the next year. 🤣) Anyway, compare to contributing by money(not much), contributing effort is more meaningful.

There are tons of things to do, but last weekend, my focus was somehow attracted by meme coins. 🤡 That’s not good, I need to back.