Dominik Schwind

"the sense of psychological ennui leading into existential dread that many software developers are feeling thanks to the encroachment of generative AI into their field of work"

Sigh. Again.

If you have seen memes of Tim continvoucly morging and didn't understand what has happened, the answer is of course: AI Slop. Thanks, Microsoft

Same here. I'll just hope that the hardware I have stays alive as long as possible and start a little savings bucket just in case.

Something tells me I will be thinking about this blog post a lot in the coming days, weeks, years.

Sigh.

"Trust is Being Manufactured Faster than It’s Earned"

I'm not sure what kind of person thinks this is a good idea. Ugh.

Very much this. And maybe start caring as well. This might be the main problem: many people just don't care.

This is good! (And seems underreported?)

It's getting worse and worse.

As we say in Germany: "Tja."

My ideal state is being inefficient.

I'm not really sure the solution would work for me, but overall this sounds very plausible.

Christ, what an asshole.

Everybody links to and praises this article and for good reason. To oppose AI is to be human.

Very well-written collection of good points about "AI"

It does introduce hard to notice bugs 10x faster, though

Same. I still like so much about technology, and yet. Sigh.

It is. Stop it.

Who would have guessed.

When developers are allowed to use AI tools, they take 19% longer to complete issues—a significant slowdown that goes against developer beliefs and expert forecasts. This gap between perception and reality is striking: developers expected AI to speed them up by 24%, and even after experiencing the slowdown, they still believed AI had sped them up by 20%.

These people—broadly—are behaving like idiots.

Ah, yes. Idiots who think they're smart are really the most annoying. Sometimes it's okay to just be an idiot.

Jeff Bezos alters Venice wedding plans after threat of inflatable crocodiles

Now that is a headline

Not everything needs to be a job.

Oh, absolutely.

Leah is absolutely right about this.

Good god.

I love this approach. Let them choke on garbage.

This is why we can't have nice things.

I agree 100%

Very much so

Taste seems to be out of fashion in general.

Yeah, it's all a bit embarrassing. I still vastly prefer Apple stuff over the other ecosystems but who knows for how long. I already know I probably won't replace my Apple Watch when it gets old and/or breaks.