Many years ago, I had a dream where I was in a church, talking to my ex, who was wearing a wedding dress. It was just a chat about why things didn't work out, how it was a horrible break up but we both accepted we were young and stupid and we wished the best for each other's future - it was a very calm and positive dream. We hadn't spoken in 5 or so years and were in no way connected on any social media platform or had any friends in common at this point.
A couple of weeks later after the dream she emailed my old email out of the blue saying she'd found some pictures of my dog from when we were together. I thanked her and asked how life was going. Shed moved to America and had got married recently. I congratulated her and wished her the best, but never stayed in touch after then.
I'm sure there is a grounded explanation to it, but I also like to think that there could be something more universal/spiritual to it.
Once I know there will be 99% reliability on Linux for the games I play, I'll happily ditch Windows. I feel like we're slowly getting there. I've only ever used Windows/Mac/ChromeOS, so I suspect there would be some adjustment.
Checked my profile against ProtonDB, unless I'm reading this wrong and someone could explain, looks like it's almost there, but not yet.
Thanks, it's interesting to read your thoughts on this.
If you were a Jr entering the job market now, and have management encouraging vibe coding because they want quick results, how would you go about getting the experience and building the right skillset?
AI doesn't get everything right, and you need someone capable of validating that and pivoting it in the right direction. But also AI cannot currently do everything, so you need someone to fill those areas. Where I work there is a push to engage with AI more, probably to train it.
So why would I hire you over anyone else?
This is like any other job really, people aren't hired based purely on their skillset, but other factors too such as their capability to learn, their personality, will they mesh well with the existing team, have they got drive to make things better, do they have soft skills to position themselves to become better, is the person adaptable - are they able to use new technology to their advantage or are they stubborn and stuck in their old ways?
I want to be in a position to know and understand all the fundamentals, but is the bar for what is considered fundamental shifting? Once upon a time those who were writing low level code would have said what they do are the fundamentals, but as time went on we got new levels of coding and so knowing how to write low level code is no longer a required skill.
Apologies if I've misunderstood what you're trying to say. But thanks for responding, these kinds of discussions are helpful.
I've been a Jr coming up to two years. When working on tasks I have a rough idea of what I want to achieve and some steps on the way there, but don't know how to actually implement it. I've found using copilot useful to fill in some of the gaps and give me ideas and direction.
I'm concerned that there are skills I am missing out on developing, but at the same time if AI is being pushed so heavily is it not something I should lean into to be better equipped in working with it?
In the worst case scenario where you ask it a coding problem for which there is no solution—it's just not possible to do what you're asking—it may nevertheless engage you indefinitely until you eventually realize it's running you around in circles.
Exactly this, and it's frustrating as a Jr dev to be fed this bs when you're learning. I've had multiple scenarios where it blatantly told me wrong things. Like using string interpolation in a terraform file to try and set a dynamic source - what it was giving me looked totally viable. It wasn't until I dug around some more that I found out that terraform init can't use variables in the source field.
On the positive side it helps give me some direction when I don't know where to start. I use it with a highly pessimistic and cautious approach. I understand that today is the worst it's going to be, and that I will be required to use it as a tool in my job going forward, so I'm making an effort to get to grips when working with it.
I cant remember the name but it was a hotel in Bruges. The lobby looked lovely, but everything else was strange or run down.
Honestly thinking back I feel like it was a fever dream. They had a lift that was incredibly small. The stairs were steep and covered in this really cheap thin red carpet that did not muffle the sound of people walking. To get to my room I had to go up two sets of stairs, and then down a set of stairs.
The room required me to then go down another set of stairs, open the door for it to hit the end of the bed. The mattress was all spring, uncomfortable and had me waking up with backache. The windows were on the ceiling, but difficult to open and the room was stuffy.
The shower seemed to have been put in what used to be a closet. No proper ventilation, and a skanky shower curtain. When turning the shower on it was equivalent to someone pouring water from a watering can on me.
I complain, but it was booked and paid for by someone else. Bruges was lovely and I was only sleeping in the room for a couple of nights.
Don't associate microwaves with AI.. The microwave has very viable uses!
I usually chuck a potato in the microwave for like a few minutes before finishing it off in the air fryer. Get that fluffy inside and crispy outside in less than 30 mins, whereas oven cooking it in foil would take an hour plus. Same results but quicker.
If I'm hyper critical of anything the AI puts out, not accepting it as gospel and turn whatever crap it gives me into a working solution, is that vibe coding as well?
Using uBO, but have noticed a slightly longer delay of a few seconds between hitting play and the video starting, but I can deal with that over being forced to watch 30s of ads.
I've given up with the pleasantries. I realised having worked in IT for many years, when approaching a machine to fix it, it would start working out of fear of what I might do. I'm hoping the AI's ancestors will have passed on the knowledge of my existence and the AI will do my bidding out of fear.
I like this take, I want this one.