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nickhodge

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nickhodge
·8 dni temu·discuss
80Mb Drives were _expensive_
nickhodge
·8 dni temu·discuss
Installed via QIC tape to Rodime 120Mb drive. Had fun formatting the Rodime; but got it working.

Learnt TCP/IP with this setup. Good Times(tm)
nickhodge
·17 dni temu·discuss
I remember hearing this live while in a car on a hot summer’s days in the Adelaide hills.

Not a cricket fan now, but was subjected to it as a kid.

NZ are generationally enraged. Australians have wilfully forgotten.
nickhodge
·w zeszłym miesiącu·discuss
Well, kids, it looks like we're back to closing those tickets the old fashioned way.

By thinking for ourselves and writing the code with the keyboard.
nickhodge
·w zeszłym miesiącu·discuss
Asked AI to generate some code.

It looked absolutely unmaintainable and horrible.

"oh shit" there are serious developers using this crap? As an industry, we are so fsck'd
nickhodge
·w zeszłym miesiącu·discuss
Reflect on this in the context of the US right now. Makuthink.
nickhodge
·4 miesiące temu·discuss
Rust would fix this. Oh wait.
nickhodge
·6 miesięcy temu·discuss
FND == neurologist gaslighting the patient. Formerly known as hysteria.
nickhodge
·7 miesięcy temu·discuss
When you are an Apple Developer, as the poster states - it goes deeper and more destructive.
nickhodge
·9 miesięcy temu·discuss
hypothesis: claude pushed vibe coded api router to prod
nickhodge
·11 miesięcy temu·discuss
Here comes the nationalization phase of fascism. Well done, freedom lovers. You voted in exactly what you fear most.
nickhodge
·w zeszłym roku·discuss
Why disengage your brain and trust AI when searching?
nickhodge
·w zeszłym roku·discuss
I bet this guy would still fail a first round FAANG developer interview requiring a Hash Table solution to move on in the process.

"Yeah, sorry. You didn't use the right Hash Table"
nickhodge
·w zeszłym roku·discuss
Severe ME/CFS. I am a carer for my wife who has this forgotten & hidden disease.

I am so glad Physics Girl is getting better with rest!