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Comment on A beginners guide to vibe engineering: Welcome to Vegas by Brent Ozar

Brent Ozar — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 23:47:21 +0000

OYO is good for cheap blackjack! Good call.

Comment on A beginners guide to vibe engineering: Welcome to Vegas by Eugene Meidinger

Eugene Meidinger — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:23:28 +0000

Yeah, we played Blackjack at the OYO which was across the street from the MGM Grand which was hosting FabCon. We were drawn there by the alleged $1 blackjack but those players had melded with the chairs so we settled for the $5 blackjack.
https://www.oyolasvegas.com/

If we had gone with the MGM Grand, I think the only $5 blackjack was with the creepy machines that are just a video of the dealer’s hands. Even 100 feet made a big difference.

The OpenRouter suggestion is a good one. OpenCode also has free providers for agentic coding, just be aware they will train on your code, so only use it for side projects.

Comment on A beginners guide to vibe engineering: Welcome to Vegas by Brent Ozar

Brent Ozar — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 14:36:02 +0000

As a Vegas resident (and longtime gambler), lemme add a couple of additional corollaries.

Gambling is cheaper off the Strip. You can choose other providers who will not only offer cheaper options, but also ones who are willing to hold your hand while you learn. For example, Green Valley Ranch Casino offers cheaper tables and their dealers are actively encouraged to teach people how to play. Similarly, there are LLM providers like OpenRouter who offer free models and instructions on how to use them.

Don’t gamble what you can’t afford to lose. Start your LLM projects with fun stuff, not mission critical stuff. Consider it like a vacation, and you’re there for entertainment only, not a mission critical income producing project. If you happen to luck out and enjoy it, great!

Comment on Lessons learned from Self-employment: 7 years in by Steve Tirone

Steve Tirone — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 14:25:47 +0000

Thanks for sharing, and keep up the good work, Eugene! Wishing you and your family a GREAT 2026 in spite of all the challenges!

Comment on Lessons learned from Self-employment: 7 years in by Deborah Jones

Deborah Jones — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 18:19:01 +0000

The honesty, vulnerability and transparency of this post is so beautiful. Sometimes we just see the cherry picked curated experiences of others and think everything is fine.

Reading this really hit me because it’s so true how we can feel completely alone in our struggles, like we’re the only ones going through it. But then someone shares something real like this and you realize we’re all connected in those hard moments more than we know. Your words probably reached someone today who really needed to hear they weren’t alone.

I’m so glad you’ve made it through to the other side. That takes real strength, and I can tell you’ve grown from it even though I’m sure you wouldn’t have chosen to go through it.

Wishing you so many more triumphs than tragedies going forward. You’ve clearly got what it takes to handle whatever comes your way and thank you for over sharing, sometimes it’s exactly what we need.

Comment on Lessons learned from Self-employment: 7 years in by Belinda L Allen

Belinda L Allen — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 16:20:23 +0000

I love this share. And I love you! I’ve only met your husband once, but I love him too, because you love him. My favorite thing about you is your positivity, I also love your podcast, it’s a favorite for driving.
The world is crazy now, and I too am afraid to talk too much politics. But that makes me worry that I’m being a hypocrite doing so. I also depend a lot on faith, love, hope, kindness, and a lot of Diet Coke.
My friend, I’m always up for any of the following: Talking data/AI/tech, dancing with joy, screaming until we laugh, sitting quietly in a room with you, laughing, crying, meditating, or drinking (the aforementioned) Diet Coke.
I try to live by Reiki principles, and I would to share them with you.
• Just for today… I will not be angry
• Just for today… I will not worry
• Just for today… I will be grateful
• Just for today… I will do my work honestly
• Just for today… I will be kind to every living thing

Comment on Lessons learned from Self-employment: 7 years in by Leslie Welch

Leslie Welch — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 14:18:42 +0000

Love everything about this post. Thank you for sharing about both the honest hardship and finding hope. And sharing a little of your queer joy. We could use more of that in our world. Also the joy of putting M into Python, which I refuse to consider trolling. We only know each other in passing, but this posts exposes your humanity, which is something I truly value. Glad glad to hear you’re finding your way through the chaos to “the hell with the world, life is worth living.”

Comment on Learning Claude Code, a wild 3 weeks, and the looming mental health crisis by Thoughts on AI-Driven Database Development in 2026 – Curated SQL

Thoughts on AI-Driven Database Development in 2026 – Curated SQL — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 13:10:12 +0000

[…] If this sounds completely alien to you, check out this blog post by developer Armin Ronacher. In it, he discusses how 2025 was the year when he reluctantly shifted his development process to the point where now he spends most of his time doing exactly what MyRobotOverlordAsks’ company is proposing: rather than writing the code directly, he now asks AI tools to build and debug things for him, and he spends his time tweaking what they produce. (Update 2025/01/07: for another example, check out Eugene Meidinger’s post on his uses of AI.) […]

Comment on Learning Claude Code, a wild 3 weeks, and the looming mental health crisis by Database Development with AI in 2026 - Brent Ozar Unlimited®

Database Development with AI in 2026 - Brent Ozar Unlimited® — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:00:02 +0000

Comment on Learning Claude Code, a wild 3 weeks, and the looming mental health crisis by Steve Jones (way0utwest)

Steve Jones (way0utwest) — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 17:16:45 +0000

Pluribus is wild, and I had similar thoughts to you about AI when I saw it.

I had my first experience with Claude Code and it was wild. I didn’t do the Max, but spent $5 and was amazed. https://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/loading-a-database-for-usd5