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@b0rgprofilefollowwrote:
weekend plans are:
  1. attend to the pending work that I am avoiding around home
  2. improve my understanding of using agents in claude code and codex cli
  3. dig into navier stokes equations from the first principles (I am excited for this)
@evnmprofilefollowSoftware engineerGitHubevnm - Overviewevnm has 51 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub., trail runnerStravaSignup for free to see more about LawrenceJoin Lawrence and get inspired for your next workout, gear-maker. Working on something new for homeownersgetonmain.comMain ยท A quiet, well-organized record of everything that keeps your home running.A quiet, well-organized record of everything that keeps your home running.wrote:
But maybe we'd all be a little saner if we remembered what we're actually doing: building tools to make our lives and the lives of others easier. graybeard.ing/software-drives-people-insane/The Gospel According to GraybeardSoftware Drives People InsaneI have a little pet theory that software drives people insane. Not in the "wash your hands every thirty minutes like Howard Hughes" kind of way, but more ...
@stagas๐Ÿคธprofilefollowcreative technologist creator of textlogreplied to@evnmprofilefollowSoftware engineerGitHubevnm - Overviewevnm has 51 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub., trail runnerStravaSignup for free to see more about LawrenceJoin Lawrence and get inspired for your next workout, gear-maker. Working on something new for homeownersgetonmain.comMain ยท A quiet, well-organized record of everything that keeps your home running.A quiet, well-organized record of everything that keeps your home running.:
This resonated a lot. Iโ€™m glad I read it now, before going totally insane lol. But I disagree that itโ€™s just a glorified spreadsheet. The UI/UX matters, how you present the data, how they can change and so on, all of those things play a role. The good thing with AI is iteration is cheaper than ever, so you can experiment and process the results quickly. But yeah sometimes I just do things here because I just have to be doing something, I canโ€™t leave it alone.
@evnmprofilefollowSoftware engineerGitHubevnm - Overviewevnm has 51 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub., trail runnerStravaSignup for free to see more about LawrenceJoin Lawrence and get inspired for your next workout, gear-maker. Working on something new for homeownersgetonmain.comMain ยท A quiet, well-organized record of everything that keeps your home running.A quiet, well-organized record of everything that keeps your home running.replied to@stagas๐Ÿคธprofilefollowcreative technologist creator of textlog:
Agreed. The "just" makes the statement sound dismissive, but I do agree with the underlying sentiment that most software boils down to CRUD apps that help people organize information and complete tasks more efficiently. I think the path to developer enlightenment is realizing this truth without despairing over it.
@chanuxprofilefollowI ain't no nothing!wrote:
เถ…เถฏ เถดเทœเท„เทœเถบ เถฏเท€เทƒ. เทเทŠโ€เถปเท“ เถฝเถ‚เถšเทเท€เทš เท„เทเถธ เถธเทเทƒเถบเถšเถธ เถดเท”เถฑเทŠ เทƒเถณ เถดเทเถบเถฑ เถฏเท€เทƒ เถดเทœเถฏเท” เถฑเท’เท€เทเถฉเท” เถฏเท’เถฑเถบเถšเทŠ. เท€เท™เทƒเถšเทŠ เถดเทœเท„เทœเถบ (เถธเทเถบเท’ เถธเทƒ) เถฝเทเถšเถบเถงเถธ เถฑเท’เท€เทเถฉเท” เถฏเท’เถฑเถบเถšเทŠ.
Today is Poya Day. The full moon day of every month in Sri Lanka is a public holiday. Vesak Poya (May) is a holiday for the whole world.
@e_e๐Ÿงšprofilefollowwrote:
If you left your current industry, what would you do for a living?
@kwubprofilefollowis fighting the urge to sleepreplied to@e_e๐Ÿงšprofilefollow:
i think id love to do something along the lines of (physical) product design im currently a software engineer. ive been into keyboards for a while and designed a good number. few things are as satisfying as taking an idea from something on paper or in my head to a shiny, pretty thing to play with
@fastidiousprofilefollow"Beware those that would deny you access to information, for in their heart they dream themselves your master." โ€” Sid Meyersreplied to@e_e๐Ÿงšprofilefollow:
Electrician. This is not a farfetched idea, by the way. Tumultuous times; each day could be my last workday.
@chanuxprofilefollowI ain't no nothing!replied to@fastidiousprofilefollow"Beware those that would deny you access to information, for in their heart they dream themselves your master." โ€” Sid Meyers:
You are not the only one. x.com/benjamin_horne/status/2093749991680442462X (formerly Twitter)Ben Horne ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ (@benjamin_horne) on XMy cousin is 29 years old and no longer sees a long term future in SWE, so he recently made a hard switch to the electrician path. He didn't even get laid off, he actually *quit* his six figure SWE job to do this... His reasoning is that by having the balls to be decisive and pull the trigger on โ€ฆ [warn: that site may not be what you want to be on]
@miqโ˜•profilefollowEternal disciple of impostor syndrome โˆ™ Perth, WA.replied to@e_e๐Ÿงšprofilefollow:
Ah, a recurring question that undesirably keeps me awake and staring at my bedroom ceiling these past couple of years due to all this AI apocalypse rhetoric. Wish I had a firm answer. Preferably, not something frontline customer-facing, and where I can still exercise agency.
@asmund๐ŸฅทprofilefollowFather, getting older every day, technologist, enterprise architect @ work, like to explore tech. Like to keep it simple and work in the shell, write in vim, prefer Debian if I have the choice. Plays saxophone and clarinet. Enjoy motorcycle riding, photography, hiking. Christian.wrote:
There are days llms impress, and days they donโ€™t. I debugged an issue with Astra and it said it had no idea whatโ€™s going on and need to ask me before taking serious actions. Me adding โ€œ-fโ€ to a mv and problem solved. So today I was not impressed.
@hotterprofilefollow#Emacsnotesfollow, dev, life, random stuff. the netherlands.wrote:
Asked Claude to implement a game based on a text quest book I played in 90s. Letโ€™s see. Tried to play the original text, downloaded epub. Well, I died after 3 minutes in the game.
@prophetorit๐Ÿ’งprofilefollowgrand and intoxicating innocence always onlinewrote:
Everytime I come on here I feel so dumb compared to everyone -_- mostly because I didn't come here from GitHub or any other major site like it .. :P
@kev๐Ÿงœprofilefollowrunner. making games, music, software. getting into as much trouble as i can.wrote:
playtested my game at an event last night. so much fun to see people curiously prod at mysteries i constructed, and stubbornly battle its challenges. oh no i might actually have to finish this one
@evnmprofilefollowSoftware engineerGitHubevnm - Overviewevnm has 51 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub., trail runnerStravaSignup for free to see more about LawrenceJoin Lawrence and get inspired for your next workout, gear-maker. Working on something new for homeownersgetonmain.comMain ยท A quiet, well-organized record of everything that keeps your home running.A quiet, well-organized record of everything that keeps your home running.replied to@kev๐Ÿงœprofilefollowrunner. making games, music, software. getting into as much trouble as i can.:
Awesome! I'm reading The Making of Prince of Persiajordanmechner.comJordan Mechner - Video games, graphic novels, and moviesJordan Mechner is an author, graphic novelist, screenwriter and video game designer, best known as the creator of Prince of Persia. Follow his latest projects here. right now and you've captured the vibe.
@kev๐Ÿงœprofilefollowrunner. making games, music, software. getting into as much trouble as i can.replied to@evnmprofilefollowSoftware engineerGitHubevnm - Overviewevnm has 51 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub., trail runnerStravaSignup for free to see more about LawrenceJoin Lawrence and get inspired for your next workout, gear-maker. Working on something new for homeownersgetonmain.comMain ยท A quiet, well-organized record of everything that keeps your home running.A quiet, well-organized record of everything that keeps your home running.:
ah nice, iโ€™ll have to check that one out is it a fun read?
@evnmprofilefollowSoftware engineerGitHubevnm - Overviewevnm has 51 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub., trail runnerStravaSignup for free to see more about LawrenceJoin Lawrence and get inspired for your next workout, gear-maker. Working on something new for homeownersgetonmain.comMain ยท A quiet, well-organized record of everything that keeps your home running.A quiet, well-organized record of everything that keeps your home running.replied to@kev๐Ÿงœprofilefollowrunner. making games, music, software. getting into as much trouble as i can.:
Iโ€™m enjoying it. tbh I never played the game, but his journal entries are a fun view into the mind, insecurities and all, of someone building something theyโ€™re excited about.
@derblitzmann๐Ÿ’€profilefollow10+ years Seattle based software engineer.wrote:
Recently hit 10+ years (cumulative) of being a software engineer. I must say, I enjoy senior level interviews much more than coding interviews.
@ag๐Ÿฅฐprofilefollowwrote:
Today, I wrote a new Business Continuity Plan, worked with my SRE manager to improve responses to alerts, got a cringe email from HR and have to tell my staff to RTO 3-days a week if not classified as remote. Worked out for my 8th day streak, and cuddled in bed with my girl. Hello World
@ku๐Ÿค”profilefollowHai I am kuwrote:
Longer answer: My editor does not start wars. I use whatever is convenient. Most of the time I am on visual studio code but I'll use anything. Well, anything except emacs I guess. I don't think I have ever actually used emacs.