Keep inflating that bubble boys.
GitHub CEO delivers stark message to developers: Embrace AI or get out.
Submitted 11 hours ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.businessinsider.com/github-ceo-developers-embrace-ai-or-get-out-2025-8
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krimson@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
mesamunefire@piefed.social 11 hours ago
bubble boys
I love that. Gonna steal it.
the_doktor@lemmy.zip 8 hours ago
Dear all governments:
Ban AI. Completely.
Love,
Intelligent people
CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 hours ago
Dear intelligent people:
Fuck you
DJT and the entirety of the Republican party
NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 7 hours ago
Ban AI. Completely.
That is really short sighted. We all know it is not AI. The marketing is such bullshit.
But we also know that predictive algorithms can be useful. For instance: digitizing a property line, or identifying features in a lidar cloud, or discovering anomalies in blood cells. Then there are prediction tests and what if scenarios.
Seems like this is the same argument people had about computers in general. Ban all computers they said. Who knows maybe this guy in 1968 was right all along. and computers are the problem.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
This is the not all men’ of AI.
We know that there are use cases but with the massive prevalence of LLMs and image generators being forced i to everything we don’t need to list the exclusions every single time.
the_doktor@lemmy.zip 5 hours ago
Hey moron, computers by themselves aren’t oftem dangerously wrong and do not severely impact our environmemt with every brain-dead query. Not to mention horribly violate copyright.
I swear to fuck, every time some horrible technology comes along, there are people like you who compare wanting it thrown away with being a complete luddite. It shows your horrible bias and either blind devotion to mega-corporations or your affiliation with one (or more).
Either way: be silent. AI must be destroyed.
z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 6 hours ago
Damn, Microsoft rolling out the “Fuck You” hits lately. Allowing hate speech against Transgender people on LinkedIn, and now this shit on Github, not even mentioning the absolute bullshit their Desktop is these days.
Never been a better time to be eying alternatives. Fuck you Github CEO, fuck you LinkedIn, fuck you Microsoft, and fuck you Satya Nadella! 🖕🖕🖕🖕
Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
CEO = Marketing with a different title. Trust the words out of their mouths the same.
peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 7 hours ago
I hate to say it, but this is going to be so much worse than cloud everything when it all comes crashing down.
TommySoda@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
They are so desperate to push this and it’s pretty obvious why. Companies have dumped hundreds of millions of dollars into AI like it was going to revolutionize literally everything and are now forcing it on people to make up for the fact that they were wrong. Don’t get me wrong, AI has its uses, but their whole “solution for everything” mentality is really starting to backfire and they are just trying to make a profit off their investments. Basically “we spent way more money on this than we should have so you better use it or else.”
vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 9 hours ago
Don’t get me wrong, AI has its uses, but their whole “solution for everything” mentality
They are trying to somehow undo or redo personal computers.
To create a non-transparent tool that replaces the need (and thus social possibility) to have a universal machine.
The difference between thinking robots and computers as we have them is that thinking robots take some place in the social hierarchy, and computers help everyone who has a computer and uses it.
Science fiction usually portrayed artificial humans, not computers, before actually, ahem, seeing the world as it turned out.
It’s sort of a social power revolt against intellectual power (well, some kind of it).
Like a tantrum. People who don’t like how it really happened still want their deus ex machina, an obedient slave at that, that can take responsibility at that. Their 50 years long shock has receded and they now think they are about to turn this defeat into victory.
only making it bigger and last longer which will only make it worse when it does actually pop
I think that’s deliberate. There are a few companies which will feel very well when the bubble pops, having the actual audience as their main capital, while their capitalization and technologies are secondary. The rest are just blindly led by short-term profits.
cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 11 hours ago
If they intend to pay me the same amount to work slower and think less, that’s their choice and I will be happy to help them out pursuing it. ChatGPT, explain to my boss how I’m using AI for everything I work on now.
takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 hours ago
They think they can hire less SWE because of it. Though from my experience all benefits it gives are neutralized by mistakes or does. I have to pay more attention to what it produces to find bugs (and they are subtle, and even then successfully sneak them).
I also frequently notice that I actually can produce more concise code for my user case.
And it is plagiarizing (Microsoft apparently provides some legal protection against a lawsuit, but I don’t know if that is for everyone).
A while ago I found a bit less popular code and it came with library. I didn’t like their implementation so I started writing my own and copilot basically was suggesting the code from the library I tried to rewrite.
NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Guess I’m migrating code to a different service then 🤷♂️
DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org 7 hours ago
Well, given git is decentralized and self-hostable…
NoodlePoint@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Embrace? With so many devs constantly being laid off, how about NO?
vane@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
I see Microsoft don’t need developers and those who work there are morons. That’s how I read what Github CEO said.
puppinstuff@lemmy.ca 6 hours ago
My for-hire work has been off GitHub for awhile now. My patience for VS Code is razor thin with the stupid features creeping in.
20 years ago I decided to make websites as a career and I’ve been loving it—up until the people who want to sell me tools I don’t want start convincing my bosses that I’m somehow less if I don’t get on board with the always-guessing error machine.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 hours ago
I refuse to use C# as a matter of principle at this point.
killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Microsoft mouthpiece echoes Microsoft talking point. News at eight.
CodeBlooded@programming.dev 5 hours ago
A few years ago, there was potential for dirty looks coming your way if you suggested that you may be using AI for generating code. Soon, it’s going to be frowned upon to boast that you don’t use AI tools (because you’re probably wasting time).
ABetterTomorrow@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
Time to self host this bitch!
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 hours ago
Selfhost what? Git? Thats just a version control software. The only reason Github/Gitlab/etc exists is because people wanted a central repo to work from.
tmp0730@programming.dev 4 hours ago
I don’t think this is true. People didn’t want to host their own. It’s a pretty big task that takes time and attention away from other activities. Especially if you want your repo to face the public. Just keeping it secure can be a part-time job.
Perhaps it is becoming more feasible these days.
ABetterTomorrow@sh.itjust.works 4 hours ago
Just in case if you’re on drugs, forgejo.org
ABetterTomorrow@sh.itjust.works 4 hours ago
……what?
warm@kbin.earth 11 hours ago
what a pos
whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 hours ago
Curious when the last time business insider quoted a labor leader without a CEO or capitalist shill quoted inn the same article.
blackjam_alex@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
I still remember when some people said Microsoft buying GitHub wouldn’t be a problem in the future.
notannpc@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Gargle my balls or get out.
kokesh@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
… Ok!
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 11 hours ago
Git out.
tmp0730@programming.dev 4 hours ago
I remember when the barrier to entry as a software developer was the cost of tools like compilers. You had to rely on your school or employer to provide them. Most often, people pirated them. With current AI, pirating is not an option.
In the US, everyone is much more prosperous than they were 50 years ago. They don’t blink about paying $50/month for a personal phone plan. They pay for multiple streaming plans. They have money coming out their ears. So paying $20-100/month might not discourage a lot of would-be vibe coders. But I don’t think this is the case as much in other parts of the world.
Like it or not, agents are shaping up to be important tools. In a world with free IDEs, free forges, free compilers, etc. , the playing field is about to become less level. It’s a bit of a momentum check.
Alaik@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
Everyone is much more prosperous now than 50 years ago?
tmp0730@programming.dev 3 hours ago
tmp07 In the US? Yes. Absolutely.
Luci@lemmy.ca 11 hours ago
Looks like I’ll get out then.
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 11 hours ago
Thanks for showing your true colors, asshole. I guess the git repositories I have to send potential employers to show the projects that I’ve done in my spare time might have to go self-hosted.
iAvicenna@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
welp I guess time to open a codeberg account
AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Call it the network effect, or the momentum of becoming a staple in the tech community, or whatever; GitHub is here to stay for a while, and the leaders in charge of it are well aware of this.
GitHub has gained enough attention that it is almost impossible to ignore. Projects on GitHub tend to attract a level of engagement (code contributions, issue reports, and feedback) that other code forges do not enjoy.
One unfortunate consequence of this, which I have experienced firsthand very recently, is when recruiters ask for links to my past work or open-source contributions but refuse to accept links to relevant repositories on GitLab. The number of companies where this occurred was significant enough for me to set up mirror repositories on GitHub.
Another frustrating but silly consequence was when I was questioned during one of the interviews why my activity graph on GitHub was empty. I had simply not enabled it.
Korne127@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
The problem is the inter-connection to see everything a single person does and their stats. There should be the possibility for a new (decentralized) system in which you can authenticate all your known repositories, no matter whether they’re on GitHub, GitLab, Codeberg, self-hosted Gitea or something entirely different. And there you could have links to all your activity and a graph without being bound to any single service.
AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
That may be a good idea. However, people have had around two or more decades of familiarity with all things centralised and the conveniences associated with it.
It will take a great amount of time and effort to build a equivalently convenient decentralised alternative and to overcome the inertia to migrate to it.
The latter I believe is only possible when something enormously drastic happens. We had a good number of drastic events happen in the last decade (Twitter poisoning, Meta privacy breaches, Reddit shenanigans), but none enough to convince people to move to alternatives.
Another possibility is for regulations and/or governments to support the alternatives, but that may have unintended side effects of its own.
Psaldorn@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
The git site has instructions on how to create your own git server in 30 mins.
It’s very easy once you know it’s literally just an SSH account.For personal projects or small teams is absolutely fine.
For open source there are lots of GitHub alternatives
stupe@lemmy.zip 10 hours ago
Replace the CEOs with AI. Hell, replace all executive positions with AI. Think of the savings!
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 hours ago
They literally don’t do anything other than have meetings and injest executive level reports.
CEOs are unironically the prime candidates for replacing employees with AI, from a direct cost to employ the employee perspective.
I don’t give LLM AIs much credit, but they are more intelligent than the average CEO.
goatinspace@feddit.org 9 hours ago
Not using github anyway
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Aight Imma head out