u/banana_in_the_dark

Does anyone else have trouble with FM stations? I expect the significant delay, but many times music is playing that isn’t currently playing over the air, or music is playing over the talk show. Ads cut off segments. It’s not really an issue when it’s just a music hour, but it’s a nuisance during talk shows. My morning radio show didn’t realize how significant of a delay it was so they stopped reporting the time, which makes sense. But I don’t think they know their show isn’t being mirrored in the app and that’s not something they can control. Sometimes I have to listen to a full song before it actually tunes into the station. I know it’s off because I’ll kill the app, reopen, and find they’ve actually been talking the whole time

I’ve been trying for a second for a year now, including an ectopic last September and a chemical pregnancy in February. I reached out to my doctor who listens very well and she agreed to order some tests. Turns out my progesterone levels are low for the luteal phase. She’s optimistic and trusts this is a fixable problem, and I trust her, but I can’t help but feel disappointed and anxious.

I honestly was expecting everything to be “fine” as that’s how most of my medical problems go. I always have an unexplained problem, including pelvic pain that we did an ultrasound for a few months ago. So this time around I was ready to be told I’m healthy and it’s nothing. I guess the bright side is I have an answer?

I meet with my OB tomorrow to discuss next steps. I also made an appointment with a fertility specialist next month before we got these results. Should I keep that appointment or is it excessive?

Did something change? I went from needing to compact almost every half hour to an entire session without even getting a warning that claude was going to auto-compact

Edit: The compacting is a problem I don't regularly have. I was hanging on to a single conversation for far too long

I was a (senior) software engineer 3 years ago until I became a stay at home mom. Since then, AI took off wildly relative to when I was using it at work. At that time, copilot only looked at your repo and helped you code based on patterns.

I'm basically vibe coding (moreso context engineering) an app with Rails (my preferred/experienced language) and nextjs (new to me). I've been giving claude all the prompts to help me build, alongside project planning. I can sorta read the react stuff, but if I were to ever get an interview no way I could code it without studying for months. At least I think. I will say I'm not letting claude just make all changes without supervision. I'm skimming the changes to make sure things make sense in terms of naming conventions, efficiency/performance, etc. But I'm hardly ever editing the code myself.

How do (real) engineers use AI today? Is it the way I'm doing it, or do they rely on it more for feedback? Do you think we ever will get to a place where the interview process is displaying our ability to context engineer while still understanding the changes our agents are making?

Would love feedback on my journey if I ever try to get back into the field. I already feel hopeless and feel like I'll need a career change when it's time to go back to work.

ETA: After reviewing comments I want to add some more info about how I'm specifically using AI. Currently, I've asked claude code to use TDD. I want it to write tests before even implementing change, even if they are just empty tests, so that I know it understands the problem correctly. I make it pay attention to any warnings no matter how trivial (I don't want to code something that is in the process of being deprecated). I don't let it run scripts, I tell it to stop and let me run them in my own command line (this is mostly to avoid token usage). If I get sidetracked by an issue or find something unrelated to what I'm doing, I tell claude to add it to my backlog and handle when we're at a good stopping point. Would love other pointers!

I take a very expensive medication (thousands) that is refrigerated. Today we had a scare because all 4 vials appeared to be frozen because they were all in the very back of the fridge. Fortunately I think they’re okay but this made us realize it would be good to have a dedicated space for it. Especially as our toddler gets older and learns how to use the fridge on her own, we don’t want her to be able to have easy access to needles.

Has anyone tried using their HSA/FSA for this purpose? I know it sounds a little crazy. I could ask my doctor for a letter of medical necessity but idk if the IRS can just deny a letter

I'm looking for a ballet shoe that provides optimal comfort. As an adult returner with psoriatic arthritis, standing in most dance shoes these days hurts a lot. I'm currently using Orzas 2.0 and while they are definitely more padded, they are quite stiff. I'm interested in trying MDM, but there are SO many options and their descriptions don't really offer much detail in terms of a difference. Does anyone have a recommendation for which shoe to try?