Real programmer test
2026-04-06 14:28 UTC
Replies (21)
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@Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-06 16:55
Yeah but next time I have this exact same super specific issue I'm going to fuckin fly man.
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@KindaABigDyl@programming.dev 2026-04-06 16:05
The modern one: > When there's a function that can be written manually in 10 minutes but you find a way to do it in 10 days using LLMs
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@rockerface@lemmy.cafe 2026-04-06 14:45
If it's a task that has to be done every day for 4 years, you're actually saving time. And that's if we assume only one person has to do it, if it's 10 people, you're saving time after 5-6 months. 10 minutes adds up quickly once it starts scaling.
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@hesh@quokk.au 2026-04-06 14:58
Just use this chart and you're set 
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@arc99@lemmy.world 2026-04-06 21:57
If something can be done in 10 minutes, then fine but if it's something 15 programmers do every single day forever then maybe the automated equivalent is worth that work. Conversely sometimes it isn't and part of the role of being a senior / principle developer is knowing when something is worth the effort and when it isn't.
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@Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 2026-04-06 17:43
If a task takes 10 minutes to do manually that doesn't mean I'll start now, it might take me more than 10 days to start - so automating it *is* the faster way *for me* to get the task done.
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@hperrin@lemmy.ca 2026-04-06 15:47
Even better, now you can automate it with AI, so that it’s both very fragile and dependent on a paid subscription to work.
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@JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 2026-04-06 20:13
Pulled up my phone and seriously thought this was a picture of me from like 15 years ago. Then I realized how common the look is among this industry. Reminds me of a time a couple years ago when I took a brewery tour around Boston. Every. Single. Guy. Including myself and the driver/tourguide...looked exactly like this guy, with a beer gut and a plaid shirt.
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@SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 2026-04-07 00:30
I do stuff because I want to, not for maximum efficiency.
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@LodeMike@lemmy.today 2026-04-06 21:34
Yeah but I do it 100x a day and I spend a lot of time handing doing the task on top of actually doing it.
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@ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-06 21:51
Someone once told me a story about how they were still regularly using code I wrote several years after I had left that company. I may have overcorrected based on that one data point.
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@Mac@mander.xyz 2026-04-07 01:55
Engineers, when something requires even a small amount of skill: Automate it!
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@juja@lemmy.world 2026-04-08 13:13
What’s a grammer move ?
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@saltesc@lemmy.world 2026-04-06 16:02
Today I made a widget on my phone that logs the tracks I play and drums via BT in the ekit. Once the session done it pushes the txt file to my PC while I eject the SD card with the drum recordings in it and plug it into the PC. I then run a session script that pairs the drum tracks to the music track log, clears the SD, and catalogues everything in my production folder, while also building an MD in my Obsidian vault that outlines all the audio and lets me write notes on each or about how the session went. The file structure is obv Reaper friendly for when I want to multi track everything back together. This took almost all day. Because writing down what track I was listening to when I saved a recording has just been **so** much effort up until now /s. I'm sure it'll pay the time deficit back over a decade.
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@kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@programming.dev 2026-04-09 07:09
Writing a static web site generator in C? Check ✅
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@paraphrand@lemmy.world 2026-04-06 16:36
Software brain.
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@hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-06 15:08
I love this chart, have used it more than once 😄 But something it doesn't factor in is when you want to automate something to remove the human error on a repeated task. Having to correct a report you already sent to the customer is not fun
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@rockerface@lemmy.cafe 2026-04-06 14:54
Of course there's an XKCD for everything, thank you
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@lugal@sopuli.xyz 2026-04-06 21:24
What this chart forgets is that you can share your solution. You share your automation with a team of 20 or post it online and the payoff is much higher
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@Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-04-06 16:59
Came here to post this too :)
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@Courantdair@jlai.lu 2026-04-06 14:51
https://xkcd.com/1205/