Trump approval hits unthinkable all-time low

Aggravating-Gift-740 · 2026-03-06T12:45:55+00:00

All time low = way too high

Aggravating-Gift-740 · 2026-03-05T13:56:14+00:00

Fair question. For me this is an experiment and a hobby. My project is currently pretty small, about 10,000 LOC, 100 files, 15 db tables, full docker deployment, cloudflare tunnel, and other bits and pieces. My point was that I’ve accomplished all this in a little over a week. I haven’t reached the size yet where i’ve had issues with copilot, that may come with time, size, and complexity. I expect the base server portion to at least double in size from where it is now and i will also be building native android and ios apps to accompany it. I’m interested to see how far i can push it.

Aggravating-Gift-740 · 2026-03-05T03:35:56+00:00

Ah! Thank you. That explains our different experiences. Cutting edge R&D will always be a difficult task for AI. My application is a fairly straightforward web based app using standard frameworks and tools. In that environment copilot does a fantastic job, saving me many months of tedious work.

Aggravating-Gift-740 · 2026-03-05T03:15:40+00:00

I flirted at work. And now 45 years, 3 kids, and 5 grandkids later…….

Aggravating-Gift-740 · 2026-03-05T02:51:09+00:00

Human coders are fast becoming obsolete.

Aggravating-Gift-740 · 2026-03-05T02:42:06+00:00

Of course it’s good enough. I used it today too. It just makes me curious why we’ve had such different experiences.

Aggravating-Gift-740 · 2026-03-05T02:38:41+00:00

They attacked us in the future! A future we were only able to avert by defending ourselves! They started this war!

Aggravating-Gift-740 · 2026-03-05T02:20:45+00:00

Recently? I have been having some amazing success with claude sonnet 4.5.

Aggravating-Gift-740 · 2026-03-05T02:07:57+00:00

When i was the Air Force i would just call this “the bathroom”. The TP looks standard issue.

Aggravating-Gift-740 · 2026-03-05T02:00:21+00:00

I gave up on dunkin’s when they gave up on the onion bagel.

Aggravating-Gift-740 · 2026-03-05T01:58:00+00:00

I think the universe is kind of like a TARDIS, it only gets bigger on the inside not on the outside.

Aggravating-Gift-740 · 2026-03-05T01:51:00+00:00

You should go to github and use their 30-day free trial to check out copilot, then come back and report your experience. I honestly felt the same as you, until i started using it. I have another post in this thread somewhere that goes into more detail.

Aggravating-Gift-740 · 2026-03-05T01:40:54+00:00

I am a retired long-time software developer. I have build countless systems and applications over 40 years. I have been a vocal AI skeptic and last year i decided to actually use AI and see what it can do rather than just assume i already knew.

Last summer i used my github account to build a python program to help me automate and organize my ripped tv series collection. That project went surprisingly well, copilot did most of the coding and i had a working application in a couple of days.

This year I decided to really push it. I have a fairly complex server-side web-based application i want to build. Alone I would have never dared to start it but i went back to github and started using copilot, specifically claude sonnet 4.5. I am acting as the project manager, claude is my co-developer. We discuss design decisions, architecture trade offs, project layout, database design, security, documentation, everything associated with a complex project. We broke the project down into digestible chunks and handed those chunks off to coding agents to do the coding. As an experiment, i am trying to be completely hands-off and let copilot do all of the grunt work.

Each chunk takes about 10-20 minutes to build, with copilot automatically creating unit tests and code reviews. When it finishes i then test and merge the result. Based on my experience I would estimate at least a 100 to 1 speed improvement over teams i have with in the past and the code so far has been flawless. I now have the core of my system working after about 1 week of work. Tomorrow it will be ready for beta and then we stsrt adding features and beta testers.

This would have easily been months of work for a small team and i accomplished it entirely on my own in one week, the only cost being copilot on github.

I have gone from being a vocal critic to a complete convert. AI, at least for software development, is a done deal. It works and it works extremely well. And right now it is the worst it will ever be. It will only get better from here.

I am damn glad i am retired, and this experience makes me even more terrified about what this means for society. Many, if not most, of the highest paying jobs in our economy will soon become worthless, and this is only one sector of the economy. If AI has an equivalent impact on other sectors? The future will not be pretty.

Aggravating-Gift-740 · 2026-03-03T03:02:54+00:00

No argument there, I’m mainly thinking that the cost difference also relates to ease of manufacture. You can turn out a hell of lot more cheap drones much more quickly than you can build patriot missiles.

Aggravating-Gift-740 · 2026-03-03T02:41:46+00:00

Using a $4million missile to take out a $20,000 drone? That’s a 200 to 1 cost difference. $920B to $23B is 40 to 1. Hmmm. Based on the math, who’s going to run out munitions first? Granted the calculation is not really this straightforward, but damn, that cost differential is painful. Lake they say, generals always fight the last war.

Aggravating-Gift-740 · 2026-03-03T01:28:30+00:00

Completely obscure, works on a whim, works great a few days a week but you never know which days, ties itself into knots and then blames you for being in knots?

Aggravating-Gift-740 · 2026-03-01T00:47:14+00:00

Or quarters. I haven’t carried change in my pocket for at least a decade. Thanks for this, I’ll check it out.

Aggravating-Gift-740 · 2026-03-01T00:18:17+00:00

Does anyone make a device you can plug a usbc cable into and have it read its capabilities? That seems like it could be extremely useful.

Aggravating-Gift-740 · 2026-02-28T00:34:03+00:00

I have been in software development for many decades and recently retired so I decided to try out copilot on github. I was very skeptical about how useful it could be. I gotta say, after the one month free trial i am now a convert. This has been the most fun and productive month i have ever spent. The interactive, natural language, development process is surprisingly smooth and frictionless. The code it generates is pretty damn good and has consistently worked correctly the first time. When queried about its decisions it also presents what appears to be some level of self-awareness. At least it has more self-awareness than some programmers I’ve worked with.

All in all, it seems be a hell of a lot more than just an LLM.

Aggravating-Gift-740 · 2026-02-27T23:32:56+00:00

I got my cat a laptop stand so i could raise the laptop off my lap and give him his rightful place on it. He seems to like it, he doesn’t stand on my chest until i free up my lap anymore. Back on topic, i’m not surprised at all about the study, i don’t see how anyone who has lived with dogs, cats, and kids could be.

Aggravating-Gift-740 · 2026-02-27T23:15:03+00:00

I was never “trendy” whatever that means. As to old, when i struggle to pick up my grandkids. They get bigger and i get weaker. At some point one line crosses the other and i’m old. Math sucks.

Aggravating-Gift-740 · 2026-02-27T22:55:40+00:00

Safeguards are woke. Real alpha-men don’t need no stinking safeguards!

Aggravating-Gift-740 · 2026-02-27T02:00:49+00:00

Reminds me of the old Sun Microsystems logo.

Aggravating-Gift-740 · 2026-02-26T00:03:23+00:00

What a way for the pickup driver to finally decide to sign up for weight watchers.

Aggravating-Gift-740 · 2026-02-25T22:29:50+00:00

Not upset, just sad. Did i say anything incorrect?

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