For real… we are dealing with an edgy teenager here. Put away the torches people

transmission-cli path-to.torrent 😍

You can have shit software in any language ✨

thanks! didn’t know about that

Why?

I have a novice programmer friend who created an app with authentication with AI. It used create-react-app (deprecated for years now) and had him roll his own OAuth layer manually with Express. When you refresh, you get logged out.

It’s an awesome project to learn some skills, but only a seasoned programmer would know to never roll your own auth, or to not use CRA, etc.

We are in for some interesting times.

I keep seeing this “buy a gun” advice. Do you have any evidence that a gun will actually help? Your likelihood of dying to a gun and specifically that gun skyrocket, and there is little in the way of evidence for it being effective self defense (that I have found):
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/slightly-blighty/201601/does-owning-gun-protect-you

I can understand wanting to feel protected and safe, but introducing an efficient killing device into the situation may not be the safest choice.

I use AI as a rubber duck or to get general ideas all the time. For example, I wanted to make a “hand” of cards splayed out using css, so I asked AI and it gave me a nice starting point I could tweak without having to fuss with figuring the formula to tilt which element at which angle. It’s also quite good at guessing what boring boilerplate code I need to type next.

Another example: I was trying to figure out an architecture that adhered to OOP/SOLID principles for a specific task, and asked for an example implementation. I was able to test and think through a ton of permutations before landing on what I was taking to prod.

I think it’s a nice tool for the toolbelt, but it isn’t replacing a programmer anytime soon. You have to know what to ask and be able to intelligently analyze what it spits out to you

Do you have resources expanding on this? Beyond the communist manifesto?

What HN client is this?

Many people write tests before writing code. This is common and called Test Driven Development. Having an AI bruteforce your unit tests is actually already the basis for a “programming language” that I saw on hackernews a week or so ago.

I despise most AI applications, and this is definitely one. However it’s not some foreign concept impossible in reality:

https://wonderwhy-er.medium.com/ai-tdd-you-write-tests-ai-generates-code-c8ad41813c0a

The Hacker News crowd uses this phrase every other sentence so it was almost humorous to see it used here. I thought this was a shitpost

Yeah I share the same general impression of him.

What do you notice specifically with text? I have found the app from the app store looks and feels almost identical to Apollo and behaves like a native app, particularly compared to stuff made with Flutter for example.

Other than sounding a bit annoyed that the UI was identical, did Christian express further unhappiness? Love(d) both apps

He goes into their tech and how they do JS splitting and stuff. Looks old, but they’re using modern techniques afaik

Slightly Disappointed But Also Relieved You Don’t Type Like This Anymore Jaden

Lemmy is already fairly left. ML is tankie from what I understand, so that would not be further left but upward, right? I hope you didn’t get the impression I’m a fan of prison slave labor and western imperialism. Many things can be and are bad at once

That’s true, but it devalues other labor which can be similarly/more difficult or skilled. I skimmed this article, but it seems to convey what I mean:
https://www.shrm.org/executive-network/insights/reshaping-narrative-time-retire-term-unskilled-labor

I understand what people mean when they say “skilled labor” and I don’t think it’s intended negatively normally fwiw

I mean really you’re bending upward to authoritarian on the compass

“Skilled labor” is such a bullshit concept