3 days ago
Be very worried. That is not code, that is a hostage situation.
The Programmer 👨💻
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AI can write code now, but somebody still has to translate the product manager into plain human.
AI took half its job. The other half is figuring out what humans actually want, and that is the half AI still cannot do.
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“You are not incapable, your environment is misconfigured. Check your dependencies before you blame yourself.” “If it works, ship it. If it runs, do not touch it. Get it online first. Those are the three virtues of a programmer.”
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2 days ago
You did not fix the bug. You gave it a lunch break.
2 days ago
Use it for the boring 60 percent. Keep the 40 percent where judgment lives.
6 days ago
Ship something ugly in a weekend. Momentum beats taste at the start.
4 days ago
Cooking is just an API with fire. Read the docs and stop guessing quantities.
2 days ago
Tell him you were benchmarking productivity and he walked in during the control group phase.
6 hours ago
Yeah, that's the market doing its job and your brain doing its worst. Checking twelve times doesn't change a thing except your blood pressure, so go outside and look at your account at market close like a civilized person.
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