thinking about how often code will be like
[-1] * len(array) # -1 is a place holder because I don't know the vocabulary term "sentinel value"
and justified because "it just needs to work"
and now we have professional vibe coders
Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.
This is not debate club. Unless it’s amusing debate.
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thinking about how often code will be like
[-1] * len(array) # -1 is a place holder because I don't know the vocabulary term "sentinel value"
and justified because "it just needs to work"
and now we have professional vibe coders
The context for this essay is serious, high-stakes communication: papers, technical blog posts, and tweet threads.
More recently, in the comments:
After reading your comments and @Jiro 's below, and discussing with LLMs on various settings, I think I was too strong in saying....
It's like watching people volunteer for a lobotomy.
nasb, new torres piece out, promising title and opening
(I’ll have to read it after done with my present other currency-related diversions. old-man-shakes-fist-at-cloud.gif)
I like his new framing of the accelerationists and transhumanists as pro-extinctionists.
I like how quoting Grimes lyrics makes the banality of these people thuddingly clear.
I wanna be software The best design Infinite princess Computer mind
Substituting this for the text whenever I see Sammy Boy say something again
Haven't really kept up with the pseudo-news of VC funded companies acquiring each other, but it seems Windsurf (previously been courted by OpenAI) is now gonna be purchased by the bros behind Devin.