PinnedPublished inCodeXThe Problem Of Learning While EarningOr, “Attempting to better oneself in a system designed to reward stagnation.”Jun 5A response icon6Jun 5A response icon6
PinnedPublished inCodeXIs The “AI” Grim Reaper Coming For Your Job?Very likely, especially if you’re cranking out busywork or don’t do anything physical in your day job besides walking to meetings.Apr 4A response icon18Apr 4A response icon18
PinnedPublished inCodeXThe Combinatorial Bomb That Is “Vibe Coding”Or, how the realpolitik of software engineering just makes the copy/pasters look very foolish indeed.Mar 16A response icon38Mar 16A response icon38
Published inCodeXHow PowerPoint Became A Weapon Of Mass DestructionPost-Structuralism and Semantic Collapse in the modern Grand Game of Software Engineering17h agoA response icon317h agoA response icon3
Published inCodeXTrapped In A System Built By MadmenYou can check out any time, but you can never delete.4d agoA response icon34d agoA response icon3
Published inCodeXThe Shameless Project ManagerYet more proof that activity is no substitute for value.Jun 1Jun 1
Published inCodeXWelcome To The Slop FactoryI thought we were in a two tier “AI” society, but it’s become a bit more complicated than that. I think it’s three.May 27A response icon6May 27A response icon6
Published inCodeXI Replaced My Project Manager With An “AI”Naturally, no-one noticed. But, I think I’m really onto something.May 23A response icon2May 23A response icon2
Published inEldritchScriptoriumThe Frost BeneathA Lovecraftian tale of breath beneath the coals.May 19May 19
Published inCodeXThere Is No Real ESCModern software engineering isn’t broken, it’s working exactly as designed to drain joy, waste talent, and reward the wrong people.May 16A response icon10May 16A response icon10
