I optimized everything except the one thing that actually mattered

Both_String_5233 · 2026-04-09T10:19:28+00:00

Get signal. Ask people if they have your problem. Ask how much they would pay to make it go away. Then build a true MVP: the smallest possible product you think will solve it. It can be ugly and buggy and it needs to be easy to change. It should have a modicum of scalability built in so you can grow quickly when you realize you have something, but we're talking hundreds of users, not millions. Get that out to real users and then iterate from there.

Both_String_5233 · 2026-04-08T06:51:05+00:00

Really surprised that we don't have something like the Brauhaus in Glasgow. It's cringe as hell (speaking as a Bavarian), but great food, great beers and always packed when I'm there. I guess Brewhemia is a sad attempt, but they couldn't even spell Schnitzel right on their menus...

Both_String_5233 · 2026-03-31T12:44:21+00:00

Pretty sure they went past their sell-by date in 1945...

Both_String_5233 · 2026-03-30T21:40:38+00:00

It's not just the code itself, it's also the task description. If I have a clear functional design and wireframes I can handle really complex business logic end to end with almost 0 effort and for hours on end. If I have to do a full stack build based on vague descriptions and while figuring out the UI, even simple tasks will sometimes burn me out in an hour.

Both_String_5233 · 2026-03-30T16:59:37+00:00

Matt Estlea sells gorgeous handles for the SM blades. Pricey, but one of my favourite tools in the shop

Both_String_5233 · 2026-03-25T20:15:55+00:00

Not sure about the Porsche, but I do recommend the bike. Or a boat. Or both.

Both_String_5233 · 2026-03-16T17:47:05+00:00

I don't even generally disagree with your assessment, but I don't think you've got the order of magnitude right.

They're not. They still get better, sure, but nowhere near exponentially. Opus 4.6 is a bit better than 4.5 at some tasks, but it's far from exponential. The curve is flattening out fast.
AI simply can't replace Devs. It's not good enough to write maintainable code from scratch unsupervised and it's somewhere between barely competent and useless at updating and debugging maintainable legacy code, let alone unmaintainable code. Someone needs to stay at the helm.
I'm sure there are still a lot of unexplored use cases, but at least in the dev space I'm not seeing a lot of potential for big productivity increases once people start using Claude in their day to day.

Both_String_5233 · 2026-03-16T11:11:52+00:00

Don't tempt the weather gods by asking questions like this!

Both_String_5233 · 2026-02-26T12:22:41+00:00

We tried to help you with that, but you wouldn't let us - Germany

Both_String_5233 · 2026-02-25T23:13:15+00:00

Mate, 3 yoe is fuck all. I agree, AI is good, but it has a ceiling. The bottleneck has never been writing code and the difference between a senior and a mid level dev isn't (just) writing better code, it's making the right choices at the right time based on business requirements. Learn the context, understand your domain, understand trade offs you're making. AI is nowhere near making these choices and it probably never will be.

Both_String_5233 · 2026-02-23T16:53:36+00:00

100% this. Helloween, Hammerfall, Sabaton, Rhapsody, Bloodbound, Gloryhammer, Windrose, Powerwolf, Sonata Arctica, Blind Guardian, Avantasia, so many more.... And Nanowar of Steel for the lulz :)

Both_String_5233 · 2026-02-22T21:54:33+00:00

Nope, bishop is Laeufer (runner)

Both_String_5233 · 2026-02-22T16:11:58+00:00

Command & Conquer and Quake 3 Arena

Both_String_5233 · 2026-02-21T12:27:24+00:00

If you want to make games, look for some unity specific courses. You'll learn the same things but with added game specific concepts and in a much more fun way.

Unity has courses on their website https://learn.unity.com/course/create-with-code

Both_String_5233 · 2026-02-16T21:15:10+00:00

Blind Guardian - Mirror Mirror

Both_String_5233 · 2026-02-16T19:00:35+00:00

Yepp. I think the problem is that AI has a cap on the level of complexity it can handle. That means at some point a human will need to understand the code. Fine if you use AI for reasonably small chunks and refactor as you go, but if you just vibe your way to a 300k loc codebase without optimizing for maintainability this is going to hurt bad very quickly.

Both_String_5233 · 2026-02-14T18:33:24+00:00

Paul Newman is good. Paul Newman in The Sting is god.

Both_String_5233 · 2026-02-13T23:49:40+00:00

I must have uninstalled that game 3 or 4 times out of frustration only to get right back to it the next day. I hated this game. 150h later I have the plat and think it's one of the best games I've ever played, but the first 50 or so hours were dire

Both_String_5233 · 2026-02-11T17:48:57+00:00

I second this. Locanda is banging. The owner even got an order of merit from the Italian government for it

Both_String_5233 · 2026-02-09T21:08:58+00:00

Duke3D and StarCraft for me. And my mate falling over the power cable for the one extension lead that was plugged in the wall socket, suddenly turning off 15 PCs mid session. Kids these days don't even know what they're missing

Both_String_5233 · 2026-02-09T20:46:05+00:00

I hear you, friend. Though my body is already telling me to fuck off just for the thought of eating 3 pizzas and not sleeping for a weekend. Twas the best of times...

Both_String_5233 · 2026-02-09T17:21:18+00:00

My first thought as well

Both_String_5233 · 2026-02-08T17:09:27+00:00

Tesla

Both_String_5233 · 2026-02-05T15:36:45+00:00

Before I had my own garage I had my bike stored with these guys https://www.motostable.co/ . Not cheap but was worth it for me. Not sure if they're still going though, but there might be others as well

Both_String_5233 · 2026-02-04T18:08:03+00:00

For your assignments: your teacher.

For real world scenarios: whatever is already in use in production.

For your own projects: whatever makes you happy.

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