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If AI is so good at coding … where are the open source contributions? in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

to get you into ahem vibe coding

If AI is so good at coding … where are the open source contributions? in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 14 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

"i'm a lawyer i will file a CoC complaint"

If AI is so good at coding … where are the open source contributions? in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

You say that, but as an operator->sysadmin->devops I'm increasingly disconcerted by the rise of "devops" who can't actually find their way around a Unix command prompt.

If AI is so good at coding … where are the open source contributions? in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 9 points 3 weeks ago

but look how delighted they are!

If AI is so good at coding … where are the open source contributions? in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 18 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

why is no-one demanding to know why the robot is so sexay

If AI is so good at coding … where are the open source contributions? in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 6 points 3 weeks ago

I think the guy's in Russia! It's a pretty common style.

If AI is so good at coding … where are the open source contributions? in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 10 points 3 weeks ago (13 children)

this guy, use his stuff a lot

If AI is so good at coding … where are the open source contributions? in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 37 points 3 weeks ago (30 children)

yeah nah, it's bad then too actually

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 18th May 2025 in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 13 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

the message I get is to preemptively ban user ms178 from any project I'm on

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 11th May 2025 in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

FT are centrist market liberals, but gibbering US nazis will be happy to tell you why that's communism.

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 11th May 2025 in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 6 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

FT Alphaville is the bloggy section of FT, it's where the writers let rip

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 11th May 2025 in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

it's very tired and shagged out after a long squawk. Just today I did [REDACTED] to alleviate the DDOS scraper bots and it's ticking along nicely right now. Keeping an eye on things.