You never asked why I’m not more angry. You stated that you don’t understand why people aren’t more angry. I also didn’t say that it’s taking bad jobs, I’m saying people that use it to generate full and or complex apps are creating dog shit work. The product is what’s bad.

But even had I said they were bad jobs, I’d argue that both MS and Google are consistently releasing new and worse software specifically thanks to AI making them dog shit. I’d sooner work for Google than MS, but only by a cunt hair.

To address more my anger at AI… The part I hate most is the environmental impact. The water consumption, the power consumption and all of the fallout that comes with that. I hate that it has skyrocketed the cost of computer parts. I hate the people at the top running this whole thing. I also hate that companies are so short sighted that they are trying to replace devs with AI.

I can only get angry at so many things and these days there’s a lot to choose from. Yes I’m angry that it’s taking jobs, but of everything AI, that’s like my 5th concern. I can’t stop the tech from being developed and even if every professional dev tried to protest by not using it, it would still be coming because companies are stupid and going to keep throwing money at it. Like is said, my usage of it is extremely light and nothing I do is dependent on it.

I didn’t say AI isn’t replacing devs. I specifically mentioned stuff like Claude code and people that generate complete apps from AI. That work is dog shit. Using it as a glorified search engine is not the same thing. You’re strawmaning this argument by selectively picking words without context from my response. Debate in good faith or don’t respond.

Evolve or die. Some people don’t like to hear that I guess. It is what it is.

Linters have existed for a long time. They were the original AI that generated code. Using AI to supplement work in a similar manner isn’t replacing devs. Being able to search for answers like one would Google only not needing to leave your IDE and having it be semi context aware is not what’s replacing devs. Trash like Claude code and people that are generating entire dogshit apps is what’s replacing devs. I’m not defending the latter, just explaining the “centrist” approach to using AI.

In general, I hate AI. I wish it would all go away, but it’s not going to. If every other dev is using AI in their workflow and you aren’t, you’re falling behind in production, which in the business world is the only thing that matters, or you’re a great dev and don’t make mistakes where searching Claude for answers is faster than searching the web.

If you don’t like AI tools, then don’t use them. While it’s there and a sunk cost, I’m going to use it for help when I need it. I can still be critical of it but understand it’s here to stay, so I adapt.

It’s not going to be immediate, but skilled devs are going to be in demand in a few years when the seniors with experience retire and the juniors that never learned to properly code can’t senior.

There are jobs out there, and you’ll probably at the very least have AI tools to use with varying levels of requirements. I have tools but don’t have any expectations to use them. I transitioned from sysadmin to RPA developer to full stack over the past few years with no prior professional dev experience, just one year at Uni and some self learning. So there are spots out there for actual dev graduates.

Here’s the kicker… It’s more about who you know than what you know. Your best bet to get a job is to network and get some sort of referral. Your reference gets your resume read, your resume gets you in the door, and you degree + reference get you a job.

It’s what makes being a developer a double edged sword. I’m always learning new skills, architectures, languages, and technologies all of the time, which is great. Management wanting me to know it last year to complete today’s new work yesterday is not so great. You have to stay on your toes and learn (and understand) new tech or someone else will.

It’s valid stance. I use it in a similar way as do many devs.

Claude is built into VS and is good for spot checks and review. I will go days without using it, but it’s a more context aware stack overflow. I have no expectations to use any AI tools and our CISO said the other day that he’s hard blocking Claude code.

I would be happy if all AI disappeared, but I’ll lightly use the tools to support my work since they’re there. I don’t use it for code generation but will sometimes accept auto complete comments.

I’ve never thought about it, but if I do think about it, it does make me a little uncomfortable. I think it may stem from have the focus brought squarely on me, or when I say someone else’s name, I’m putting them in the spotlight.

It may be similar, but I struggle hard with eye contact. Always have since I was a young child. I can pull it off well enough in professional settings, but otherwise I can’t stare at people’s eyes.

I think we’re just on different wavelengths. Anecdotally, it appears to me in most communities that I look in, people don’t want mass expansion. A lot of us like the smaller community where we recognize different regular users. More people means more drama and more shit. If the platform never expanded from where it is right now, I’d be satisfied as well as I think many others would be.

More diverse instances and sub Lemmy’s would be nice for more niche topics, but I don’t want to scroll through posts with thousands of comments.

But again, different strokes for different folks. It’s not what I’m looking for, but there certainly are people such as yourself that do.

Most people here don’t want reddit size. We like discussion, and 10s of thousands of comments and bots. If it gets larger overtime and scales horizontally to keep the communities a reasonable size, that’s great. We’re here because it’s not Reddit, not because we want it to be reddit.

Go to a hardware store and in the fasters aisle they will almost for sure have a spot with different bolts to test thread size. Just clean it first to not get resin on everything.

I had to develop agentic solutions in Copilot Studio. It was easily the worse work I’ve ever had to do in IT, and I spent 4 years in GeekSquad/EasyTech before getting drafted to the pro league.

Worth every penny.

It depends on the meds. We were doing a synthesized injection drug for my dog’s elbow dysplasia and arthritis, and that was a custom, specialized, expensive drug. The alternative to carprofen and gabapentin were cheap though. I think we got them and his allergy meds from Costco. Most expensive dog we ever had.

I asked what they have tried, I didn’t say they have to switch. I was providing some information that perhaps they didn’t have. You don’t have to be a righteous butthole about it.

You have to boot without network access then do the terminal command.

What distro of Linux did you use that was so difficult? Something like Mint is very entry level and intuitive. You don’t have to run any terminal commands if you don’t want to, and the out of box configuration is good enough that you don’t have to modify anything for a stable, up to date system.

I too owned a 1987 Caprice Classic. It was my first car but it was already probably 15 years old when I got it. Not sure if they offered it with different engine options, but it was indeed a tank. We called it the boat.

E: I just looked back, and I had a 1990 Caprice Classic, not the 87. Still, a tank.

Never done it, but I do put them on my deviled eggs. I wouldn’t personally mix it with the egg salad, but it would be a topping of the sandwich. I will for sure be doing this next egg salad batch I make though. I’m not sure why I’ve never tried it nor ever heard it. In the Midwest US.

You seriously just jumped from parenting to rape in the same thought. Dude, you should talk to a professional.

That’s definitely a choice you can make, but if I see AI at all, I immediately move on from the article or at the very least treat it as nothing of value. Other than the ethical implications of using AI, seeing it tells me the author couldn’t be bothered to care about their article, and so neither will I.

Just some outside perspective and feedback from just one person.