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iExploder

397 karma · joined August 23, 2020

I used to solve hardcore problems, now I just talk to Claude and try to dodge layoffs left and right.
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iExploder··on Tell HN: Google Maps reviews in Germany are basically dead
And when you get sued that's judge who has to decide that and for that you go to court, and for that you need a lawyer. Hence why most people just CBA...
iExploder··on Ask HN: Are developers sad about AI writing more of their code?
ok, but this can be tested with black box tests, you can add performance tests on top to make sure there is no bloat over time

you might look at generated code as often as you look at generated assembly now

iExploder··on Google Maps Reviews in Germany Are Basically Dead
I've seen this several times in Google maps, the business owner finds out who the client is (gym, doctor, even ice cream shop) and confronts the client in the comments or even personally (seen once) instead of taking in the feedback
iExploder··on Google Maps Reviews in Germany Are Basically Dead
> All restaurants in Western Europe are bad? That is… quite the sweeping statement.

completely agree with you, the statement _you_ made is quite the sweeping statement

iExploder··on Ask HN: Are developers sad about AI writing more of their code?
if you think about it the resource wasteful approach pre-LLM didnt really make sense (thousands of people often times re-implementing similar use cases). LLMs are like global open source repositories of everything known to mankind with search on steroids. we can never go back, if only for this one reason (imagine of how many hours of peoples lives were lost implementing the same function, or yet another CRUD app)... so if we cant go back whats next?

the paradigm is shifting from us not deciding how to do, but deciding what to do, maybe by writing requirements and constraints and letting AI figure out the details.

the skill will be in using specific language with AI to get the desired behavior, old code as we know it is garbage, new code is writing requirements and constraints

so in a sense we will not be reviewers, nor architects or designers, but writers of requirements and use cases in a specific LLM language, which will have its own but different challenges too

there might be still a place for cream of the crop mega talented people to solve new puzzles (still with AI assistance) in order to generate new input knowledge to train LLMs

iExploder··on Has AI coding gone too far? I feel like I'm losing control of my own projects
> The key, I believe, is to mentally reframe the AI: it's not the driver, it's your assistant — a helper, a debugger, maybe even a silent teacher. But you're still the architect. You're still the creator.

we wont be deciding how to do things anymore, but what to do, case in point: Mr. La Forge run lvl 3 diagnostics on the warp drive. LaForge clicks a button on his iPad

at some point even this will go away and AI will decide what we want to do based on analyzing our brain through neural-link

at some point in far future even this will go away as parts of our brain will be continually and eventually completely replaced by synthetic AI brains

iExploder··on Has AI coding gone too far? I feel like I'm losing control of my own projects
I would say the problem is twofold:

- current technological limitations of LLMs

- how industry uses LLMs

we should not be working with code at all, the new level of abstraction are requirements and conversations with AI, this is what should be commited into git and then you would simply "compile" your conversation and requirements into code

and if you would focus on requirements and prompts as the new "code" maybe you would feel like you are getting some power and understanding back?

but obviously because of many reasons such as context windows and hallucinations this is not possible... yet

iExploder··on Ask HN: What do you do with all your unused tech "swag"?
people who don't enjoy clutter and waste must be still outliers then
iExploder··on Google Maps Reviews in Germany Are Basically Dead
we are back to using word of mouth, museum Europe reinventing the wheel :D

and honestly in western europe and especially in german speaking countries restaurants are not really worth the high price, I rarely go, and most of the time only when someone recommends or its absolutely necessary like on a vacation with family once in blue moon

iExploder··on Google Maps Reviews in Germany Are Basically Dead
if they can figure out who made the review they can claim defamation
iExploder··on Ask HN: What do you do with all your unused tech "swag"?
what is the point of swag anyway, why do companies waste money on these useless items?
iExploder··on Experimental surgery performed by AI-driven surgical robot
By Elysium level tech a surgery could mean simply swapping an organ with artificially grown clone, so perhaps surgeries won't be that complicated anyway...
iExploder··on Experimental surgery performed by AI-driven surgical robot
Not a doctor or an expert on this but as a patient I would say LASIK sounds less invasive than internal organ operations...
iExploder··on Ask HN: What are your thoughts on the impact of AI on programming careers?
not convinced it will have a huge impact, the reason being is - if it would be possible to automate the job of software developer 100%. you would in effect automate all and any white collar jobs overnight.
iExploder··on Ask HN: Is it true that early humans were more 'gatherers' than 'hunters'?
Always on a hunt for a new iPhone.
iExploder··on Inheritance was invented as a performance hack (2021)
I guess the point was never how to do thing properly, but:

"how to join two struts with least amount of work and thinking so my manager can tick off a box in excel"

in such case inheritance is a nice temporary crutch

iExploder··on Ask HN: Is anyone experiencing "AI brain rot?"
AI is the best thing ever to happen to finally be able to objectively judge who is willing to do the hard work and face adversity vs looking for an easy ways out and quick fixes.

Of course, long term misuse by outsourcing your cognitive exercise to a machine has a negative impact.

Just auto complete your way to being completely dumb.

As a learning or exploratory tool it is best thing ever. Just don't use it to tab-tab your way out of actual work.

iExploder··on Ask HN: Are You Polite to AI?
the way this world's going battlefield and operating rooms will be the majority use cases for AI anyway
iExploder··on UK IT job searching broken
Look on linkedin jobs in Bangkok offering relocation
iExploder··on UK IT job searching broken
Work offshored, look up eastern Europe/SEA if you still wanna work as a coder...
iExploder··on Ask HN: A question about mentoring a junior developer
I would take action, as to what extend I would give advice / mentor depends on the person and the situation.

But almost definitely I would not sit idly by.

iExploder··on I got fired for being too productive–so I built the DOGE for engineering teams
How to judge someones performance without analyzing absolutely everything they do to most minute detail? What if someone has a great idea they share near water cooler that doubles company's profit but they haven't committed code as much as the next average person in the company? What is someone is a great team player helps the team and is always there to resolves someones blockers? Is this captured by metrics?

I think a tool providing constructive feedback and offers suggestions on how to improve performance in specific areas focusing on technical metrics (code quality, quantity, code churn) might be useful too, with less potential for misuse.

iExploder··on I got fired for being too productive–so I built the DOGE for engineering teams
I wonder how you would address bias and intrusiveness such tools often have.

And also such tools imho just equip bad actors to whip the workforce into submission even more.

iExploder··on Ask HN: What commit message conventions do you follow?
applicable for feature or bugfix:

1. describe how things work (or not work) currently

2. proposed solution to the problem this commit attempts

3. more implementation/technical details

4. (optionally) tests or reproduction scenario

iExploder··on Ask HN: What is interviewing like now with everyone using AI?
> hiring market tightened up... that doesn't mean there isn't one

tightened market is one thing, the absolute insanity of the recruitment process in last couple years with now AI thrown into the mix is really something to behold, test these waters at your own peril

iExploder··on Ask HN: Is AI converging on human-like cognition?
> We might just integrate with it to keep up.

the skeptic in me thinks this path will be reserved only for a select few, as capabilities of integrated humans expand exponentially, so will the need for more energy and resources

I dont think there's enough to go around unless we unlock space travel...

iExploder··on Ask HN: What is interviewing like now with everyone using AI?
Name of the game now is not to get fired at all costs and weather the storm until the dust settles...
iExploder··on Ask HN: Is AI converging on human-like cognition?
Imho as a non expert, there is nothing having an internal monologue or thinking about anything.

These are prediction models that mimic patterns in data they have been taught and the behaviour they had reinforced.

One could argue encyclopedic knowledge and routine work is deprecated to a degree.

Taking into account that most human work is busy work and there are a lot of inefficiencies due to replicated efforts, in short term I'm starting to get worried about job security...

In medium term I expect there will be a development boom of essentially everyone creating everything imaginable, a lot of that will probably be useful...

In long term once embodiment is perfected and AI can effectively learn on the go in realtime, we will be truly screwed, but that has still too many challenges like energy source- batteries, computing power and algorithm efficiency.

iExploder··on Ask HN: Percent of employees that benefit financially from equity offers?
What are virtual shares exactly? Do you mean you are promised shares before the company goes public?
iExploder··on Ask HN: Job market for custom OS/RTOS programmers/designers in Europe?
I think the market for anything embedded in Europe is crap.. not enough quality gigs and salaries are meh

You better try freelancing in UK with that, but you won't be comfortable unless u can really minimize your lifestyle costs...

If you are single and willing to live in a shoebox you'll be fine tho

Google and apple are doing embedded stuff in Germany too, but otherwise I would stay out of europe

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