Matthew Turland

RE: https://mastodon.roe.dev/@daniel/117299753536716845 I, for one, have absolutely no issue whatsoever telling all flavors of bigot that they're garbage human beings that the world would be better off without, that I want nothing to do with them, and that they can fuck all the way off and continue fucking off ad nauseam. Anyone who would withhold basic respect or consideration from others based solely on prejudice deserves neither for themselves. 🖕

@jrf_nl@phpc.social These days, I tend to prefer: "if at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you..." 😅

@jrf_nl@phpc.social I've made similar arguments advocating for hiring juniors, because I'm sure seniors will eventually pass on or retire, and that will leave a void to fill. The value of engineers today is largely based on their ability to look at AI-generated code with a skeptical, informed, and discerning technical eye. In that respect, AI has very much been a short-term gain and prospective long-term loss that's only yet to bear out. @ramsey@phpc.social

@jrf_nl@phpc.social I tend to think that he was probably considering it from a humanist perspective, even if perhaps a pessimistic or skeptic one: If humanity can't collectively learn something as simple as how to co-exist without war in the span of a human lifetime, the whole of history, time, or existence probably isn't going to change that...

@jrf_nl@phpc.social For what it's worth, I agree AI is a net negative (for me personally, at least) in a number of aspects, be they technical, social, economical, philosophical, etc. That said, I'm also unfortunately not really in a position with my employment where it's feasible to decline use of related tools completely. I speak out when and where I'm able (e.g., advocating for hiring junior engineers), but in terms of day-to-day work, AI has become the new normal, for better or worse. @ramsey@phpc.social

@ramsey@phpc.social @jrf_nl@phpc.social I do appreciate the validation that AI has brought to the best practices that have become established over the last two decades or so: the importance of context in architecture and implementation, documentation and automated tests as first-class deliverables, static analysis tools, etc. I think it's given me a new appreciation of the fact that what makes developing software easier for us also makes it easier for AI agents.

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Quote of the day by Ludwig Wittgenstein: 'The real question of life after death isn't whether or not it exists, but...' and why forever won't fix us - The Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/quote-of-the-day-by-ludwig-wittgenstein-the-real-question-of-life-after-death-isnt-whether-or-not-it-exists-but-and-why-forever-wont-fix-us/amp_articleshow/132840908.cms

So, when a Democrat is the one in office, everything is their fault, but even when the GOP has all three branches and things still largely suck, it's somehow *not* their fault? At some point, these people are very blatantly and intentionally choosing ignorance, stupidity, hypocrisy, or some combination thereof. And I truly wish those were things I could physically smack out of the lot of them. https://flipboard.com/@salon/elections-coverage-an3ojhhsz/-/a-yoiJ5KGVTOqYrRjyeS6Gkw%3Aa%3A3199680-%2F0

@jrf_nl@phpc.social Such deskilling is admittedly one of the technical/social drawbacks to which I was referring. It does take strong intention and discipline to use AI as a tool rather than a crutch, and that aspect of using it almost certainly has a more substantial negative impact on engineers with less practical pre-AI experience to lean on. As with many things, there's no silver bullet solution; it's all about trade-offs. @ramsey@phpc.social

@kimsal@phpc.social Take a look at https://packagist.org/packages/simshaun/recurr or https://github.com/rlanvin/php-rrule Use of the RRULE standard for event recurrence is pretty common IME.

@m@phpc.social I'm curious about how and why these experiences inspire this feeling in you. I'd like to hear more if you're willing to share.

@ramsey@phpc.social As it happens, I came across this article today, and think it makes a similar and relevant point, albeit in a round-about and likely unintentional kind of way. "Retrieval is the wrong tool for finding code an agent can fetch itself, and the right tool for remembering things an agent has no way to rediscover from the repo as it stands today." A limited and often lacking ability to curate and navigate memories heavily curtails the usefulness of models. https://www.qodo.ai/blog/we-built-a-state-of-the-art-rag-system-for-code-review-in-qodo-2-4-we-took-most-of-it-out/ @jrf_nl@phpc.social