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greg1138@theforkiverse.com

<p>I&#39;m here because I follow <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://theforkiverse.com/@kevin" class="u-url mention">@<span>kevin</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://theforkiverse.com/@Casey" class="u-url mention">@<span>Casey</span></a></span>, hosts of the Hard Fork podcast -- a lighthouse in the singularity storm. They created this little island of sanity in the churning ocean of social media madness, and I couldn&#39;t resist seeking a mooring. Also I don&#39;t know the first thing about boats.</p><p>I own the rather stupid domain &quot;infinitequack.net&quot;, my junkyard of half-finished software, but you can read my blog there: <a href="https://blog.infinitequack.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><spa

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  • Post #3141901

    When GenAI gets it right (or its mistakes go unnoticed), it is lauded and then cited as the reason, or excuse, for layoffs. When it&amp;#39;s wrong, the engineers using it are blamed. It&amp;#39;s already very like a CEO in this respect so, why not take the next step and put it in charge?

  • Post #3141900

    Claude Code just made me laugh out loud, and I&amp;#39;m sure it was unintentional: &amp;quot;The $1 is getting eaten by bash expansion again. Let me restore and write a small script file to avoid shell-quoting hell entirely:&amp;quot; It did a perfect impression of a frustrated human programmer, there.

  • Post #3141899

    I now use these GenAI tools regularly, to write code, to write other things that make sense to generate mechanically. I see that it works (supervision required), and vaguely understand why it works. Emotionally, I have the recurring sense that I shouldn&amp;#39;t be living in a universe where it works. Science fiction should stay the hell in books. Wishing it were otherwise is a pointless waste of energy. But it continues striking me as creepy.

  • Post #3141898

    If you can listen to Ridiculon&amp;#39;s _Sex and Violins_ without cracking a smile at least once, check your pulse; you are probably already dead. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6O7lH333J4

  • Post #3141897

    Need to explain to someone what all the AI fuss is about, with a single video? I recommend this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3HjNYDIhGU

  • Post #3141896

    Kodomo rocks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt9c65MvwRU

  • Post #3141895

    A few suggestions for vibe-coders without a software background: 1) &amp;quot;Track all changes in Git.&amp;quot; 2) &amp;quot;Use TDD: write tests before code.&amp;quot; 3) Not sure what&amp;#39;s going on? &amp;quot;Improve the logging.&amp;quot; 4) &amp;quot;Pay down tech debt.&amp;quot; 5) New feature? &amp;quot;Ask me clarifying questions and write a plan before coding.&amp;quot; 6) &amp;quot;How does this function work?&amp;quot; 7) &amp;quot;Perform a security review.&amp;quot; 8) &amp;q...

  • Post #3141894

    Wading into the not-always-welcoming waters of Reddit. Do _you_ believe we will _never_ achieve AI that could do any human&amp;#39;s job as well as us? If so, why exactly? https://www.reddit.com/r/Techyshala/comments/1sx9in9/but_really_it_might_be_all_the_jobs/

  • Post #3141893

    We have &amp;quot;talk like a pirate day&amp;quot;. The time has come for &amp;quot;talk like an LLM day&amp;quot;. It&amp;#39;s not frivolous — it&amp;#39;s lighthearted and fun! The key takeaway is, we all need more holidays on our schedule. And now you have the full picture.