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[Scott @Scott1758]

@systemdesignone A "vibe" is a feeling or mood so the definition is at least partly subjective and can be moved around to fit any narrative you want. "All apps are vibe coded" and "no successful apps are vibe coded" are both true statements because the phrase itself is vibe-defined.

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@elonmusk

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@iusevimBTWW @devabram I'm just excited by all the high paid work opportunities cleaning up from the vibe coding boom. The next 5 years will pile up more AI slop than can be cleaned before I retire.

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@awarehossain @zuess05 You're describing architects. The term I've heard used and like is that AI has "raised the floor."

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@PierceGardner @unclebobmartin A senior director to remind the director
A consultant to advise the senior director
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Now we're over budget and need to fire the programmers and architects to keep paying everyone else.

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@djpar88557495 @unusual_whales 100% of the time when they departed with nukes on board. So far.

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@unclebobmartin @Nikki1The @grok Javascript derives from Java in exactly the same way baseball derives from Nascar.

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@unclebobmartin I didn't even know this was a controversial statement. Of course it was! I use both and describe the difference as "syntax sugar" added by C#. Personally I think C# is more fun to use but Java produces more disciplined and knowledgeable engineers.

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@GolerGkA @allgarbled Lol @CrowdStrike must be a great place to work!

Too soon?

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@TylerSwift29 @allgarbled I push to prod thrice daily.

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@ritu_twts I remember when society asked this question in the aftermath of the first dotcom bubble burst. The answer turned out to be "yes."

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@esrtweet Commits or it didn't happen. But I also caution against lines of code as a metric, which often rewards worse code if left unchecked (clean code takes the same amount of time but results in fewer, more elegant lines of code).

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@swapnakpanda Generally agree but I'm more pessimistic about the salary outcomes: humans will make double but the dollar will be worth a third of what it is today, for a net loss in purchasing power.

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@CaptainInsightX Since AI also writes our resumes, yes.

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@unclebobmartin @Grady_Booch @EdmilsomCarlos @wookash_podcast @KentBeck This entire line of objection feels to me like the same objections corporations used to try to stop open source. That we can't know or trust what's in it. Today I don't think it's controversial to say the opposite is true: proprietary code is less secure and less reliable.

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@unclebobmartin @EdmilsomCarlos We do this every day: we assume someone reviewed the plane's navigation code, but I didn't personally review it and I choose to fly anyway. And the assumption that someone reviewed it is often a false assumption.

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@NoahKingJr If you hung your hat on your ability to churn out lines of code only you deserve to be automated.

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@NoahKingJr "Punch card experts: what will you do when compilers make your punch card expertise obsolete?"

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@thetripathi58 This is a really, really long way of saying the toughest time to be alive is right now. A tautology since the past is easy because it's over and the future hasn't happened yet.