Brownsville Station - Smokin' in the Boys Room
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMXg_KAe5yc
and the #Hebrew remake (that predates the Motley Crue cover!) -
תיסלם - מעשנים ביחד
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOaqBeGsDOw
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Likes most guitar-driven music.
You know how Mastodon skews older and tech-savvy? Well, I'm a Software Engineer who still thinks the 90s were just a couple of years ago :)
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@fn0rd@mastodon.social
(formerly @ sproing ) Likes most guitar-driven music. You know how Mastodon skews older and tech-savvy? Well, I'm a Software Engineer who still thinks the 90s were just a couple of years ago :)
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@fn0rd@mastodon.social
(formerly @ sproing ) Likes most guitar-driven music. You know how Mastodon skews older and tech-savvy? Well, I'm a Software Engineer who still thinks the 90s were just a couple of years ago :)
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Amorphis - The Smoke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkRxjrlgzp0
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@fn0rd@mastodon.social
(formerly @ sproing ) Likes most guitar-driven music. You know how Mastodon skews older and tech-savvy? Well, I'm a Software Engineer who still thinks the 90s were just a couple of years ago :)
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Merciful Fate - Witches' Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o8FNVVFJE8
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@fn0rd@mastodon.social
(formerly @ sproing ) Likes most guitar-driven music. You know how Mastodon skews older and tech-savvy? Well, I'm a Software Engineer who still thinks the 90s were just a couple of years ago :)
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CircleCI published their "State of Software Delivery" report.
For the median team:
- Output increased by 4%: 15% increase on feature branches but 7% decline on the main branch (because the generated code struggles to meet quality bars)
- Time to fix issues on main increased by 13%. On feature branches, with more LLM-generated code, the time to fix increased by 25%
- Rate of successful test passes on the main branch is 71%, the lowest it's been in five years
https://circleci.com/resources/2026-state-of-software-delivery/
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@fn0rd@mastodon.social
(formerly @ sproing ) Likes most guitar-driven music. You know how Mastodon skews older and tech-savvy? Well, I'm a Software Engineer who still thinks the 90s were just a couple of years ago :)
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יזהר אשדות - ריקוד קטן
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_jO8hdUJSE
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@fn0rd@mastodon.social
(formerly @ sproing ) Likes most guitar-driven music. You know how Mastodon skews older and tech-savvy? Well, I'm a Software Engineer who still thinks the 90s were just a couple of years ago :)
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DevilDriver - The Mountain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtbKGKUxGzU
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@fn0rd@mastodon.social
(formerly @ sproing ) Likes most guitar-driven music. You know how Mastodon skews older and tech-savvy? Well, I'm a Software Engineer who still thinks the 90s were just a couple of years ago :)
mastodon.social
Death - Crystal Mountain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F4tT_JNl40
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@fn0rd@mastodon.social
(formerly @ sproing ) Likes most guitar-driven music. You know how Mastodon skews older and tech-savvy? Well, I'm a Software Engineer who still thinks the 90s were just a couple of years ago :)
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@leyrer The manager. Which, to be fair, got it from *his* managers.
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@fn0rd@mastodon.social
(formerly @ sproing ) Likes most guitar-driven music. You know how Mastodon skews older and tech-savvy? Well, I'm a Software Engineer who still thinks the 90s were just a couple of years ago :)
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@deborahh @johncormier Appreciate it :)
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@saxnot I did not want to post an exact quote, but you'll have to trust me it's sadly close enough.
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@fn0rd@mastodon.social
(formerly @ sproing ) Likes most guitar-driven music. You know how Mastodon skews older and tech-savvy? Well, I'm a Software Engineer who still thinks the 90s were just a couple of years ago :)
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@fn0rd@mastodon.social
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@lorancou Yup. We call that "being misaligned with corporate priorities".
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@fn0rd@mastodon.social
(formerly @ sproing ) Likes most guitar-driven music. You know how Mastodon skews older and tech-savvy? Well, I'm a Software Engineer who still thinks the 90s were just a couple of years ago :)
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Draconian - Bloodflower
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-Yp43QgSgs
Kyuss - Gardenia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew6qzoN2sqk
Sting - Desert Rose
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3lWwBslWqg
James McMurtry - Canola Fields
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPYWcdrQPxg
Mudvayne - Death Blooms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaGCn5t5z2E
Bonus:
צילה דגן - ולס להגנת הצומח
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_UOdoJbNLM
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@fn0rd@mastodon.social
(formerly @ sproing ) Likes most guitar-driven music. You know how Mastodon skews older and tech-savvy? Well, I'm a Software Engineer who still thinks the 90s were just a couple of years ago :)
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@ellyxir That is, as a former colleague used to say, "funny, but not 'Ha-Ha' funny".
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@fn0rd@mastodon.social
(formerly @ sproing ) Likes most guitar-driven music. You know how Mastodon skews older and tech-savvy? Well, I'm a Software Engineer who still thinks the 90s were just a couple of years ago :)
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@pat Appreciate the support, but I'm afraid I'm on the wrong continent for this position :(
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@fn0rd@mastodon.social
(formerly @ sproing ) Likes most guitar-driven music. You know how Mastodon skews older and tech-savvy? Well, I'm a Software Engineer who still thinks the 90s were just a couple of years ago :)
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@ilookloud From my manager who assigns the ranking.
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@fn0rd@mastodon.social
(formerly @ sproing ) Likes most guitar-driven music. You know how Mastodon skews older and tech-savvy? Well, I'm a Software Engineer who still thinks the 90s were just a couple of years ago :)
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@sabik Too easy to verify, I'm afraid. But I *have* been using it for low-value work, mostly anything to do with communicating with my manager :).
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@fn0rd@mastodon.social
(formerly @ sproing ) Likes most guitar-driven music. You know how Mastodon skews older and tech-savvy? Well, I'm a Software Engineer who still thinks the 90s were just a couple of years ago :)
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@fn0rd@mastodon.social
(formerly @ sproing ) Likes most guitar-driven music. You know how Mastodon skews older and tech-savvy? Well, I'm a Software Engineer who still thinks the 90s were just a couple of years ago :)
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@sanityinc Truly appreciate the kind words!
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@fn0rd@mastodon.social
(formerly @ sproing ) Likes most guitar-driven music. You know how Mastodon skews older and tech-savvy? Well, I'm a Software Engineer who still thinks the 90s were just a couple of years ago :)
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@demoographics Thank you so much! I will apply ASAP!
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@brainwise It is for the people signing the paychecks, unfortunately.
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@darwinwoodka You and me both. But the people paying my salary beg to differ and, well, they're the ones paying my salary.
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@mason Sure feels like it. I wonder if there's any company anywhere that's not drinking this cool-aid.
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(formerly @ sproing ) Likes most guitar-driven music. You know how Mastodon skews older and tech-savvy? Well, I'm a Software Engineer who still thinks the 90s were just a couple of years ago :)
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@Nead 🤷 . It's not about excelling, it's about excelling at what's *important*.
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(formerly @ sproing ) Likes most guitar-driven music. You know how Mastodon skews older and tech-savvy? Well, I'm a Software Engineer who still thinks the 90s were just a couple of years ago :)
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@paul The thing is Silicon Valley folks, and those who try to emulate them, are nothing if not trend chasers, and... https://www.businessinsider.com/jensen-huang-500k-engineers-250k-ai-tokens-nvidia-compute-2026-3?op=1
(you and I know *why* he's saying this, our bosses sadly only try to cargo-cult his behavior).
In other words, to talk about cost marks one as an unbeliever. And you know what cults do to unbelievers.
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@fn0rd@mastodon.social
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@the_roamer Thank you for the kind words. And indeed, one should focus on the positives. But it's difficult to not get frustrated as the very definition of what it means to be a good leader changes from under me, and for the worst.
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@fn0rd@mastodon.social
(formerly @ sproing ) Likes most guitar-driven music. You know how Mastodon skews older and tech-savvy? Well, I'm a Software Engineer who still thinks the 90s were just a couple of years ago :)
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Got my performance review today.
Positive feedback: literally every member of my team says I'm the best manager they have ever had. I solved multiple long-standing problems the team has been dealing with for years. Team members feel safe to share their struggles, everyone feels empowered, everyone receives valuable feedback.
Negative feedback: I am not enthusiastic enough about AI.
Overall ranking: 3/5.
Anyone hiring for a fully remote team lead?
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@fn0rd@mastodon.social
(formerly @ sproing ) Likes most guitar-driven music. You know how Mastodon skews older and tech-savvy? Well, I'm a Software Engineer who still thinks the 90s were just a couple of years ago :)
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the old rules still apply the moment you start fiddling around with the government’s flow of money.
It is almost inconceivable to me that this is the optimistic way to look at this issue :) But politicians seem to be pretty cheap and easy to buy these days, so while I hope you are correct, I don’t share your optimism.
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@fn0rd@mastodon.social
(formerly @ sproing ) Likes most guitar-driven music. You know how Mastodon skews older and tech-savvy? Well, I'm a Software Engineer who still thinks the 90s were just a couple of years ago :)
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@cstross@wandering.shop There is, at a rough estimate, over a Trillion-with-a-T dollars of VC funding behind pushing LLMs. That's the kind of money that can rather easily make governments look the other way at "a few computer glitches". No craters, I'm afraid. The old rules don't apply anymore.
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