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psychoslave 8d ago
Ah yes, exactly the cultural thing that feels so repulsive: exacerbated toxic self centric personalities favored and glorified.Human had it far before GitHub, Git, open source, software or computer of course. Well, probably not all human communities elevated it at this metastatic phase though.
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cdfalcon 9d ago
There's something so off-putting about academics giving industry advice when they haven't spent a day working as an engineer at a company.> Care deeply about your craft. Refactor code until it is clear and elegant. Write good documentation for other humans to read. Have the courage to go slowly, especially when everyone else is telling you that you need to go fast and cut corners.Outside of the bit on avoiding cutting corners, this advice seems like a straight path towards unemployment in a few
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threethirtytwo 10d ago
People hate admitting the truth. Everything you said here is utter bs that people say to lie to themselves.I’m sick and tired of AI hatred without people facing the truth. People hate AI because AI is on a trajectory to replace them and become better than a human. That is the fundamental reality.Look don’t get angry at me. If you are on HN chances are you’re most likely delusional and completely wrong about AI. The majority of HN called vibe coding useless and said LLM have no potential. Now my
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randyrand 1mo ago
True. That's why I only write assembly. Imagine a piece of software deciding register spill for you! Unhinged!
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antirez 1mo ago
Happy for him but this has no real artistic meaning compared to doing it in any other way. Odd to see things like that on HN.
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rambambram 1mo ago
Yeah, polarizing! /sI have a better idea. Why not distinguish quality from non-quality by reading a series of characters and then deciding for yourself if you like the subject and tone of voice? People themselves can choose how many characters they use. Let's call these characters the alphabet.
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