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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Study finds AI tools made open source software developers 19 percent slower⁩ ⁨⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  A “junior” project manager at my company vibe coded an entire full stack web app with one of those LLM IDEs. His background is industrial engineering and claims to have basically no programming experience.

  It “works”, as in, it does what it’s meant to, but as you can guess, it relies on calls to LLM APIs where it really doesn’t have to, and has several critical security flaws, inconsistencies in project structure and convention, and uses deprecated library features.

  He already pitched it to one of our largest clients, and they’re on board. They want to start testing at the end of the month.

  He’s had one junior dev who’s been managing to keep things somewhat stable, but the poor dude really had his work cut out for him. I only recently joined the project because “it sounded cool”, so I’ve been trying to fix some flaws while adding new requested features.

  I’ve never worked with the frameworks and libraries before, so it’s a good opportunity to upskill, but god damn I don’t know if I want my name on this project.

  A similar thing is happening with my brother at a different company. An executive vibe coded a web application, but this thing absolutely did not work.

  My brother basically had one night to get it into a working state. He somehow (ritalin) managed to do it. The next day they presented it to one of their major clients. They really want it.

  These AI dev tools absolutely have a direct negative impact on developer productivity, but they also have an indirect impact where non-devs use them and pass their Eldritch abominations to the actual devs to fix, extend and maintain.

  Two years ago, I was worried about AI taking dev jobs, but now it feels like, to me, we’ll need more human devs than ever in the long run.

  Like, weren’t these things supposed to exponentially get better? Like, cool, gh copilot can fuck up my project files now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 364 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Place your bets for the final game

  I’m going with Roblox

  (no money/crypto will be exchanged, because gambling is haram and I placed a really bad meme bet)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Enough⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  fuck that

  my fat claustrophobic ass will just shit in the doorway

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ROG Xbox Ally Is $700 And Xbox Ally X Is $1050⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d rather spend that kind of money on an escort

  That way I’ll only be fucked once instead of being routinely fucked by the subscription fees

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Feds in Catalonia, Spain think everyone using a Google Pixel must be a drug dealer⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t doubt the claim, but I would imagine others do because there’s a relatively minor technical skill hurdle on replacing a phone’s operating system which would turn most people away.

  I never used a Pixel or Graphene OS, but when I installed Lineage OS on a Redmi, Xiaomi made me wait a week to unlock the bootloader. Huge pain in the ass.

  Or there might be a better “drug-dealer-friendly” OS. I only know of Lineage and Graphene as open source alternatives, so I could just be speculating.

  Also, all my former drug dealers used WhatsApp on the stock vendor OS. But then again… I live in South Africa, so the police are more focused on violent crimes (both enforcement and perpetration)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨choice⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  now that’s a homie I’d share some cheese with

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Steam controller was ahead of its time⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Real life: yes

  Game: harsh

  Like, they could have put him in the naughty corner or something. I don’t like the idea of banning as a game mechanic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Steam controller was ahead of its time⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  wtf

  If traffic rules were that strictly punished in real life there’d be like max 7 cars on road globally

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Steam controller was ahead of its time⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I assume you’ve been mass reported in whatever game you made this for

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨billionaires are a cancer on society [literally]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There are roughly just under 3000 people on earth with more than a billion dollars.

  They have a combined net worth of over $16 Trillion

  Say the almighty Cthulu/Allah/Zeus decided “yo fuck those assholes” and instantly redistributed that $16 trillion among all 8 billion+ people on earth equally

  Everyone: Every man, woman and child would get jus…vbg bt shy of $2000.

  Fun thought experiment

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨For people who want to play their favorite games but are unable to, what are you currently doing?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I would probably be unable to buy a PC or console ever again.

  Shit dude, that’s rough
  If I may ask, what happened?

  Otherwise, no nearby gaming cafés? They’re usually reasonably priced

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PNG has been updated for the first time in 22 years — new spec supports HDR and animation⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  2029 Headline: Worlds largest data breach caused by zero day exploit in popular PNG 3.0 renderer

  the payload was reportedly embedded in an animated image of the attacker repeatedly flicking his left testicle

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft layoffs are reportedly underway, with ZeniMax and King employees losing their jobs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  people just don’t want to work anymore

  NO

  THEY CLEARLY FUCKING DO

  BUT YOU FUCKING GREEDY CUNTS KEEP FIRING EVERYONE AND TAKE FAT FISCAL QUARTER BONUSES

  AND THEN IT’S A 19 STEP INTERVIEW PROCESS WHEN THEY TRY TO LOOK FOR A NEW JOB

  AND THAT’S IF THEY’RE “LUCKY” ENOUGH FOR THE DOGSHIT AI TO RANDOM.CHOICE() THEIR RESUME OUT OF THE 900+ OTHER DESPERATE APPLICANTS

  THEN THEY FINALLY SOMEHOW GET AN OFFER: $1.89 per full uninterrupted hour at your desk and a single bag of skittles (opened)

  Sorry for the caps, I’ve been in the job market recently and it’s fucking brutal. I have to constantly justify my value as a human being and then just face rejection after rejection.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'll be doing their dad sooner then 5 years⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I genuinely don’t know how to answer this question

  “I really don’t know, man. 5 years ago I did not see myself having lived through a global pandemic, be clinically institutionalized twice and have fucking AIs argue with me on the internet. You might as well ask me to describe the 5th spatial dimension.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EA CEO Andrew Wilson got a nice pay bump last year, while the company's workers earned less on average⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fuck it, if I worked there, I’d straight up just steal from his office while he’s doing bumps in the bathroom

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Maybe its for the best stranger. I say weird shit.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s nothing personal

  I’m not comfortable around anyone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sign me up⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I will swim across the Atlantic ocean if that’s what it takes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't tell me what to do.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

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  DO NOT SHOVE SPRINGROLLS UP YOUR ASS

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Combine Eurotruck Simulator with remote controlled trucks and you got a fleet of "self-driving" trucks for free.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  mass traffic casualty any% speedrun

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨no way right⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m declaring war on Iran because the Ayatollah fucked up my McChicken ☝️ and we don’t like that 👐 they say sir how do you fuck up a McChicken and I tell them it’s too much sauce and you can’t do that

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The real question is, which color?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  emergency perc purity ring

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨wtf i love capitalism now⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  pay the gay unaway

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A receipt printer cured my procrastination [ADHD]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll read this article later

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Suggestion⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  the feds confiscated my laptop because I kept sending them extremist laughables

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump May Launch Wireless Phone Brand⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  are you saying all my Trumpcoins, Trump NFTs, degrees from Trump university and deep frozen Trump steaks are worthless

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Basically⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  100 year old artifact

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When asked "are you an honest person?" The only logical answer is yes.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  holy fuck call an ambulance

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nuclear family⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ive seen these JD Vance facemorphs so many times that when I saw an actual image of him the other day I almost couldn’t recognise him

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cool shirt?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d respect it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cool shirt?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Every other technique I’ve used to attract goth girls has failed so I’d be willing to try this

  As far as cringe goes, I feel like it has some self awareness baked in, so it’s not the worst, but yeah nah if I saw a 40 year old man wearing this I’d wince a bit