you just described every microsoft business model.

The best software is the one that doesn't change.

Windows 98 takes ~200Mb after a clean install Windows 95 takes ~50Mb after a clean install

I remember paring down Win98 to 17Mb. And pretty much everything still worked!

I remember hearing about people doing that around the time that windows 98 was still current. It was really impressive.

At the time, the idea of an operating system using a gigabyte of space was a fantasy to most people. Now, I wonder when Microsoft Windows will pass the terabyte threshold.

Are these new python package managers?

Seeing the title I thought about the python type-checker Pyre

I read the title and thought it was about C++ iterop.

Don't give them any ideas.

my code setup hasn't changed in 10 years

I tried to use many LLM tools. They are generally not capable of doing anything useful in a real project.

Maybe solutions like MCP, that allow the LLM to access the git history make the LLM become useful for someone that actually works on a project.

I find that hard to believe, I also don't think LLMs provide the value some others are seeing but there is also code search and refactoring tasks that LLMs can help with. Instead of heaving to write a codemod, I can just write a prompt and accomplish the same thing in much less time. To say they have literally zero value just seems uninformed tbh. That's the sort of black and white thinking that isn't very helpful in the conversation.

Postgres or Supabase MCP is really useful for me, especially when dealing with data related issues like permissions bugs. It seems faster to me. Example:

> I cannot see the Create Project button as user [email protected]. Please use Supabase MCP to see if I have the correct permissions, if so, are we handling it correctly in the UI?

another example of a problem that would not exist if there was urban planning (walkable cities) and public transport (trains/bus/etc)

yes! Nice to know that polish also have one!

With BRICS, other currencies may be integrated.

China also have a pix-like wechat Russia has a pix-like "BRICS Pay"

And those systems can be integrated.

PIX QRCode protocol already have a "currency" field, that currently only support the constant value of "BRL"

USA probably will continue to use check and printed money like the ancients do.

Do you use/recommend any FOSS payment system?

I could not find any VISA foss software.

if there is any payment system that MAY be FOSS in the future, it is PIX. Not apple wallet.

Contactless pix will (has? It’s been a bit since I had to worry about payment rails) allow pix integration with Apple Wallet.

PIX are free for persons. Companies may* pay for pix services. My bank (that is not a good bank) charges a fixed amount of 4 BRL (aprox 1 USD) per transaction (to send PIX. not to receive) PIX in "maquininhas" may cost ~1% to the seller.

* may: banks are allowed to charge.

Which is way cheaper than credit/debit card charges from Visa and Mastercard.

And there's no surprise fraud claims.

My wife runs a small retail makeup shop on Shopify, which started before pix and those surprise false fraud claims almost killed the business.

Pix was such a game changer. It is perfect.

To give some reference, using stripe you pay 2-3% for credit card payments and PayPal charges you ~5% of the transaction amount. Apple store and Steam take 30%. So honestly 1% sounds like a great deal.

I think comparing Steam and to some extend Apple with payment methods, they are stores and it cost money to store apps and games and for this one I'm not 100% sure, but I read a while ago that they also pay taxes for you in the country you sell, while pure payment processing services are just a proxy to move money from one account to another. You could argue that 30% is high for that, but we aren't discussing it here.

> 4 BRL (aprox 1 USD)

I wish. That's off by 50%