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Cake day: August 25th, 2023

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  • Not historically, no. Were my taxes always used properly? Probably not, but I believed in the overall system generically.

    But since Trump’s second term I’ve cut back significantly on Federal taxes I pay (I still pay State). I’ve converted some FTE-related income to 1099 and ceased paying quarterly and I’ve claimed 10+ allowances on W4 income to reduce taxes withheld.

    I’m on a payment plan of $250/mo with the IRS and they most recently told me to just keep paying monthly as best I can.

    Thing is, I owe far, far, far more than 100x that. So I guess they’ll just never get all their money. I don’t care.


  • I was in the same boat about…3mos ago. But recent tooling is kind of making me rethink things. And to be honest I’m kind of surprised. I’m fairly anti-AI.

    Is it perfect? Fuck no. But with the right prompts and gates, I’m genuinely surprised. Yes, I still have to tweak, but we’re talking entire features being 80% stubbed in sub 1 minute. More if I want it to test and iterate.

    My major concern is the people doing this and not reviewing the code and shipping it. Because it definitely needs massaging…ESPECIALLY for security reasons.