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by rubicon33 7mo ago
Fascinating post for THIS forum. I don’t know about others but a big reason I went into software development (whether I want to admit it or not) is because I am “naturally” not very skilled in talking to, or dealing with , people. While I’v
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by rubicon33 8mo ago
It all depends on how deep you want to go. Building wrapper apps on top of LLM APIs takes barely more knowledge and training than normal frontend and backend dev works. If you want to develop your own models, that’s probably the next layer
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by rubicon33 8mo ago
Eh, sure, but marginally better if not the same as Claude 4.6, which itself was a small bump over Claud 4.5
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by rubicon33 8mo ago
But actual progress seems to be slower. These modes are releasing more often but aren’t big leaps.
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by rubicon33 8mo ago
there’s something of a paradox there. Reduce the context window and work on smaller/tightly scoped requests? Isn’t the whole value proposition that I can work much faster? To do that, I naturally try to describe what I want at a hig
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by rubicon33 11mo ago
I’m an “old school programmer” just like you, but still use Claud code. For greenfield projects it’s absolutely faster to churn out code I’ve written 100 times in the past. I don’t need to write another RBAC system, I just don’t. I don’t
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by rubicon33 11mo ago
A share a similar frustration as you, that it seems “people” don’t care about / never question things, but for me it’s really about one big question: Why the f*ck are we here? Why does ANYTHING exist? What IS this reality? How “nobod
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by rubicon33 11mo ago
Honestly you need to try Waymo. It’s in a league of its own.
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by rubicon33 11mo ago
That pretty much nails it. Starting something from 0? AI can get you from 0 to something in blistering speed. Working on a real product, in production, at scale? Tread carefully..
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by rubicon33 11mo ago
Gosh, given you’ve been there I have to ask what allowed you to get out of that and pursue only things that interest and excite you?
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by rubicon33 1y ago
Unless that polish has value. Thats the hard part, knowing what features to really spend that extra time on, and which to 1 and done.
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by rubicon33 1y ago
Ultimately the vision for the company and the product have to come from SOMEWHERE. Small companies often have the CEO in a product position in my experience. Still isn’t ideal though and more to your point, how they actually do the product
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by rubicon33 1y ago
Oh my god you just perfectly described the frustration of working in enterprise SaaS. It’s been fun in some ways but the constant churn of almost-but-not-entirely-production-grade software is soul crushing. We celebrate and reward speed t
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by rubicon33 1y ago
How does it compare to Cursor with Claud? I’ve been really impressed with how well Cursor works, but always interested in up leveling if there’s better tools considering how fast this space is moving. Can you comment to how Codex performs
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by rubicon33 1y ago
LLMs are actually terrible at generating art unless they're specifically trained for that type of work. Its crazy how many times I've asked for some UI elements to be drawn using a graphics context and it comes out totally wrong.
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by rubicon33 1y ago
Wow. I’ve never actually heard this take before but I think you’re spot on. Vibe coding has serious limits as the scale of the project grows. As the complexity grows, human language becomes a crude tool compared to just coding and you wi
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by rubicon33 1y ago
If you’re asking this question then you have really no idea how the sales engine works at a company. It’s inherently incentive driven.
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by rubicon33 1y ago
> I’ve always ended up in a position where I was pretty miserable after a couple years no matter what company I was working for at the time. I’m annoyed at all the process, I’m annoyed with the people, I’m not interested in what the comp
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by rubicon33 1y ago
“Religious nonsense” is such an engineer minded thing to say. I’m with you for sure, but the truth is systems like religion, art, design, etc all serve a functional purpose to trick the mind, calm the mind, etc.
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by rubicon33 1y ago
> In 2025, the beauty and craft of writing software is being eroded. AI is threatening to replace us (or, at least, the most joyful aspects of our craft) and software development is being increasingly commodified, measured, packaged, and
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A Deep Dive on Using Coffee for Health and Longevity (Full Guide and Research)(youtube.com)
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by rubicon33 1y ago
Sounds cliche, silly, etc. but music really is magic. Such an abstract thing that can produce wide ranges of emotions and even help focus and inspire. I find a lot of electronic music helpful for coding. Some bangers for anyone interested:
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by rubicon33 1y ago
No, I definitely wouldn't.
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by rubicon33 1y ago
Not sure if this is supposed to be an insult... Should I probably lean into management at some point? Sure. But do I still enjoy coding and am I still quite capable (without AI assistance)? Yup. So as long as I can, and as long as I sti
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by rubicon33 1y ago
This sounds like someone who doesn't actually know how to code, doesn't enjoy the craft, and probably only got into the industry because it pays well and not because they actually enjoy it.
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by rubicon33 1y ago
The direction the software engineering is going in with this whole "vibe coding" thing is so depressing to me. I went into this industry because I grew up fascinated by computers. When I learned how to code, it was about learning
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by rubicon33 1y ago
Sure that's possible too (that research is heavily funded and swayed by the stake holders). TBH though, over the last 20 years, I've seen enough to safely conclude for myself that SSRIs like Prozac are mostly harmless and probably
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by rubicon33 1y ago
SSRIs are slowly but surely becoming a drug not too dissimilar to caffeine. Benefits far outweigh the negatives for some (most?) people.
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by rubicon33 1y ago
Honestly can’t say I’ve ever had too much coffee. Drinking more does not produce more of effect. Alcohol for example… drink more alcohol and you will quickly run into health issues.
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by rubicon33 1y ago
I do/done a little bit of everything. Backend Java, mobile ObjC (iOS) and Java (Android). Spent 2 years as a firmware dev on NRF platform so very familiar with spending time on data structures and byte alignment. I’ve also spend 4 ye

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