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apparently there is some filtering. can't say "hit*s with hand".

Somehow, I can't work in the mornings. Going to the office earlier just makes longer the "warmup period", this is, the period I stare the computer's screen reading stuff that is completely unrelated to my work.

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well, doesn't have posting endpoints, how to post programmatically then?

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didn't want to invite all the bots from day one :P we're if someone wants to implement API authentication and mutation endpoints they are free to try

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You might want to update your client now that we have !

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thank you, updating!

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done, replying from textlog-reply command that allows to select message to reply to

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I always associate summer with the months June, July, August — thinking that end of August is end of summer — but no, 7th of August is actually summer midpoint, we’re in the middle now, not near the end.

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Looks like I am user #482

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If there's an audience, I can write about the real China beyond the spotlight

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hey textlog! first few days of a new online community always feel magical. hope the magic persists here for a long time

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hi ! welcome :) it does feel magical, i hope it persists as well. Thank you for the wishes.

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It's not clear, based on personal experience, how long - if it all - the software development field will value devs who actually enjoy the work. Most people I know are producing mostly AI work and there's an obvious skill decline that's resulted from it. 1/?

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But does it matter if your boss doesn't care? Or if their boss doesn't care? If the paychecks keep coming who cares? What's the point of choosing the mountain if the "joy" just means more hours on screen that could have been spent elsewhere? 2/?

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I got into doing dev work, because I thought it was fun to learn and do and I genuinely enjoyed hanging out with others who felt the same. Now, more than ever, I realize how few people feel the same. And, now - more than ever, I realize that no on cares if I feel that way. 3/?

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Bosses and their bosses care more about tickets moved and LoC written than quality or knowledgeable employees. 4/4

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It never did. Before AI people did webslop in node.js, before that people were slopping in Java. AI changes surprisingly little.

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Only if you buy into the narrative that AI is "just another layer of abstraction." Which of course, it isn't.

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No, it obviously isn't that. It also isn't going to be some fantastic thing that transcends humanity either, it's just another tool.

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So I found the blog of a Ukrainian Front Line soldier on Bear Blog today. Incredibly grim stuff to read, but I really wanna get in touch with that guy now and send him so cash so he can buy a burger. Hope Herman forwards my message 😪

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What does a bean mean?

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Depends. Is it cool?

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me

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I think I will play tf2!

created a poll:

Best OS?

Windows0%

MacOS38%

Linux63%

16 voted

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Results are back! 16 voted, Linux won! 🥳

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Clean Code

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I had so much pointless discussions about this ... but when you say "Clean Code" , do you mean the book or the general idea that such a thing exists?

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The book, but actually ideas, like tiny functions and names. Aposd is much deeper book. Hilarious read

created a poll:

Can you learn programming by building with AI?

Better than before5%

About the same0%

Worse than before55%

Depends how you use it40%

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If programming is the typing of characters into a text file, it is way worse. I think the key to learning is still doing it rather than reading it. If the question is about system design I think you can, but only if you curious and it becomes a problem that needs to be solved. Asking "What do you think" is one of my favorite questions to learn at the moment.

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I do think there will be what were hard earned lessons about system design, code smell, designing data structures for the hardware you're running on, concurrency golden paths, etc., which are now with agentic dev even harder to learn and internalize. But also if you have an excellent teacher in the form of an actually-good model pair programming with you always, maybe not? Maybe a pair programming AI programming tutor would be a good Zed/vscode extension. Or product.

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Sending this first message to figure out how to join the community.

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Seems that you already have. Welcome.

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what are some of you favorite teas?

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𐑔𐑮𐑰 𐑓 𐑔𐑮𐑰 𐑪𐑯 ·𐑚𐑮𐑦𐑑𐑦𐑖 𐑛𐑦𐑖𐑩𐑟 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑢𐑰𐑒𐑧𐑯𐑛: 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑩 𐑓𐑫𐑤 ·𐑦𐑙𐑜𐑤𐑦𐑖 𐑯 𐑩 𐑐𐑲 (𐑮𐑨𐑚𐑦𐑑) 𐑘𐑨𐑕𐑑𐑼𐑛𐑱, 𐑯𐑬 𐑑 𐑛𐑵 𐑨 𐑚𐑰𐑓 𐑮𐑴𐑕𐑑. 𐑤𐑳𐑝𐑤𐑰 𐑯 𐑒𐑷𐑟𐑰 𐑦𐑯 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑷𐑑𐑳𐑥𐑯𐑩𐑤 𐑢𐑨𐑞𐑼. Three for three on British dishes this weekend: had a full English and a pie (rabbit) yesterday, now to do a beef roast. Lovely and cozy in this autumnal weather.

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