ptdorf

Innovation? Who cares?? Regulation is where the real value is. /s

2 months agodiscuss

> I truly don't get Google's move.

Because the goal is not to provide the best answers.

It's for users to train their AI.

ptdorf

2 months agodiscuss

I wouldn't worry.

The mythical Mythos can't even find Claude code bugs before releases.

ptdorf

2 months agodiscuss

So... this was a lie

ptdorf

2 months agodiscuss

I use vim because it's addictive. And that's the highest compliment I can think of when it comes to user interfaces.

My fingers just love it. Every time I need to jump to a non-modal editor my muscle memory screams: "WTF?!"

ptdorf

2 months agodiscuss

I sooooo want to buy it and have every single keyboard stroke, mouse and eye movement tracked.

I don't know about you but these AIs ran out of internet data to train and I volunteer all my blood, sweat, tears and movements to improve them.

ptdorf

2 months agodiscuss

All sites? No.

IAM? Def. But how critical is IAM, anyway?

ptdorf

2 months agodiscuss

Totally unrelated:

Amazon board: institutional knowledge is the real bottleneck, guys! Let's replace these entitled seniors and staff with juniors armed with kiro. Same difference, right?

ptdorf

2 months agodiscuss

Go probably wouldn't exist if Java devs went easy on overengineering design patterns.

But overall Java, like Go, IS a boring language. And that's a compliment.

ptdorf

2 months agodiscuss

First politics. Now businesses. This sounds like a wildly poorly written parody by teenagers.

"reduce Cloudflare’s workforce by more than 1,100 employees globally."

Are they 1) halting all the 1111 interns, 2) keeping the 1111 interns, now armed with AI, to replace mid-level/senior institutional knowledge or 3) a mix?

ptdorf

2 months agodiscuss

Educated AND motivated workforce will do the trick.

All the polish I know that work in IT enjoy handwork as well. They are hard workers.

ptdorf

3 months agodiscuss

You guys are all ugly and you smell.

ptdorf

3 months agodiscuss

Keeping your employees on their toes can work in the short term.

On the long term, prolonged stress kills innovation and engagement.

ptdorf

3 months agodiscuss

The firings will continue until morale improves.