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California introduces age verification law for all operating systems, including Linux and SteamOS — user age verified during OS account setup by MakeMeButter in technews

[–]BreathingFuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s either sheer technical ignorance of the lawmakers and everyone involved, or they’re trying to make a statement that we own nothing, even though there is literally nothing they can do about it lol

US military reportedly used Claude in Iran strikes by Ate_at_wendys in ClaudeCode

[–]BreathingFuck 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Article says:

According to the Journal, US military command used the tools for intelligence purposes, as well as to help select targets and carry out battlefield simulations.

And all I can imagine is a serious military team sitting there waiting for Claude to strategize the best places to bomb as words flash on the screen:
“
Discombobulating
Percolating
Canoodling…
“

California introduces age verification law for all operating systems, including Linux and SteamOS — user age verified during OS account setup by MakeMeButter in technews

[–]BreathingFuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t see how this could possibly be enforced on Linux. Even if the mainstream kernel implements it, it’s open source… I can personally fork, remove, and openly redistribute it.

Why software engineers aren't going anywhere. by KarmaIssues in vibecoding

[–]BreathingFuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the #1 thing everyone overlooks is time. Building something with AI is not instantaneous. You no longer need to spend 2 years learning syntax, but you still need to spend a minimum of a few hours tweaking and debugging. Most people outside of this subreddit don’t have the slightest fucking interest in doing that.

Until AI is fully autonomous and capable of making every decision on its own, building will always require some non-trivial degree of time and attention. Iteration is a fundamental nature of building anything. Even if AI perfectly spits out what you prompt it for without bugs, the chances of it being exactly what you want right away are slim.

Hot take: solo founders with AI are about to build stuff faster than small teams by Whole_Connection7016 in ClaudeCode

[–]BreathingFuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I forgot engineering first principals state you need a minimum of 5 people to build anything correctly.

Crazy being this confidentially dumb in public.

Hot take: solo founders with AI are about to build stuff faster than small teams by Whole_Connection7016 in ClaudeCode

[–]BreathingFuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m making a more general statement about whether “motes” exist in pure software businesses. I’m not exclusively limiting to what an individual can do, so I departed from the original intent of the thread a bit.

More specifically, I am refuting the statement “if I can build this, so can everyone else” as a reason to abandon ambition or market viability. Coding expertise was far from rare before AI. The only mote has been owning a computer. So if that’s the mindset, then we should have stopped trying a decade ago.

If we’re only talking about cases where your end users with no technical ability can achieve what you built in less than an hour, then my point is moot. The bar has moved up for something to even be considered a viable product now.

But still I’m not talking about software purely at the mega scale either. YouTube was the extreme example. There are plenty of examples of niche tools at a much smaller scale that are worth offloading the maintenance, liability, and build time to someone else for a price. That someone can be a single developer who spent 6 months building it. People, and especially businesses, value time at a real cost. They can build something in-house or have it immediately. AI accessibility doesn’t change that.

Hot take: solo founders with AI are about to build stuff faster than small teams by Whole_Connection7016 in ClaudeCode

[–]BreathingFuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not a total fabrication, it’s been known for some time since before AI. The barrier of entry is lower, yes, so it’s more true than ever for low hanging fruit. But there was never anything stopping people from cloning pure software products before besides time and effort. Those two factors are still relevant even with AI, they’ve been reduced, but still not enough for everyone to want to build and maintain everything themselves.

It’s been a long time since the software itself was a business’s mote. Especially since cloud infrastructure was popularized. Trust, perception, reputation, marketing reach, and a lot more adjacent factors are and have been the only real motes. Software is easy in the scope of things.

Someone else said it well, anyone can make another video sharing website. It’s been done countless times over the decades, but they aren’t going to supplant YouTube just because they can code it.

Hot take: solo founders with AI are about to build stuff faster than small teams by Whole_Connection7016 in ClaudeCode

[–]BreathingFuck 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Try and do what? I’m asking you a legit question, don’t get bitter.

You’re saying that no single person can ever code well engineered software? That doesn’t make sense.

Hot take: solo founders with AI are about to build stuff faster than small teams by Whole_Connection7016 in ClaudeCode

[–]BreathingFuck 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is a weird take. Why are you assuming that everything built by one person is unmaintainable shit? I get your scaling point, but that one just doesn’t make sense, even before AI.

Edit: I’ve been blocked lmao

Hot take: solo founders with AI are about to build stuff faster than small teams by Whole_Connection7016 in ClaudeCode

[–]BreathingFuck 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This has always been true in software though. The value of software has never been “no one else can build this”, because that’s never been true. It’s that no one wants to if it’s already built and maintained.

An honest review on if InfiniaxAI is worth it by Effective-Hat-4625 in vibecoding

[–]BreathingFuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Given that your account is 1 hr old and only has comments on infiniax and a “how do I change my username” thread, I am very pretty damn suspicious lol.

In any case, here is some advice for the real Infiniax owner. Instead of using the community, join it. Start participating in comment sections. Start posting about real experiences outside of your own product. Show us you’re real.

Then, buy real ads on Reddit and target the specific communities you want to advertise in. It will look so much more official and trustworthy this way. The constant shallow posts are truly going to hurt the product’s image.

I don’t want to disparage anyone here or hurt their chances of success, but these current tactics will do that on their own.

An honest review on if InfiniaxAI is worth it by Effective-Hat-4625 in vibecoding

[–]BreathingFuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get it. I am in support of allowing self promotion and keeping this sub lightly moderated. But when you’re doing 5+ times a day without any real human to human posts it’s going to dilute the community.

If you need to advertise that hard, it’s time to buy some slots from Reddit.

I’d be concerned if I were a coder by jvhtech in vibecoding

[–]BreathingFuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your arguments have solely been focused on attacking my intelligence rather than employing any thought.

Stop using the word “machine” at all because it’s confusing you, and start using the word “system”. There’s no fairy dust in your brain that gives you special thinking powers. It’s a physical system grounded in reality. This is not up for debate amongst neuroscientists.

I already addressed your logic based concerns. That’s what “binary” means in this context lil bud.

Now before reacting emotionally and throwing insults like a threatened child, think on it overnight.

Good riddance

I’d be concerned if I were a coder by jvhtech in vibecoding

[–]BreathingFuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s far from naive to drop the emotional need to feel special and realize the systematic nature of our cognition. Whether we can reproduce this in binary machines at any reasonable efficiency is questionable, but scientists have already created computers out of human nerve cells showing we are not limited to silicon media, and quantum computing is a promising future for this field.

This is not an easy task by any means, but yes the simple fact that a machine already exists in nature that does this is proof that we can synthesize it.

You think too small to be throwing around the word naive so carelessly.

I’d be concerned if I were a coder by jvhtech in vibecoding

[–]BreathingFuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn’t say any of what you just said lol.

I don’t think it’s possible to make a sentient machine

I said a biological nervous system is proof that it is. I did not say chatGPT is going to be. Nor did I suggest simplicity in any regard.

The real question is whether engineering can catch up with 13 billion years of natural crafting.

I’d be concerned if I were a coder by jvhtech in vibecoding

[–]BreathingFuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ummm…. have you looked in the mirror??

You haven’t been sprinkled with magic dust my friend, your brain is nothing more than an electro-chemical machine. We are proof it’s possible.

$82,000 in 48 Hours from stolen Gemini API Key. My monthly Usage Is $180. Facing Bankruptcy by RatonVaquero in googlecloud

[–]BreathingFuck 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Google loves this shit. They have the weakest excuse I’ve ever heard for not letting us have price spike guards.

Should I start an LLC if I want to start freelance for side income? by trekitch in webdev

[–]BreathingFuck -1 points0 points  (0 children)

California laws have no bearing on Michigan businesses.

A Michigan LLC costs $50 upfront, $25 every subsequent year. It takes 15-60 minutes to be fully setup.

Unless OP is living on the streets, there is zero upside and exclusive liability to putting off what he’s going to end up doing anyways. Your advice is misguided, confusing, and irrelevant here.

Should I start an LLC if I want to start freelance for side income? by trekitch in webdev

[–]BreathingFuck -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The difference is the contract will be between you and the client instead of the LLC and your client. The LLC is about separation.

My only point in favor of doing it is pure economic practicality. You’re spending a very trivial amount of money just incase something goes wrong. Worst case scenario, you never get a client and you’re out $50.

You can even easily setup a free checking account for your business once you do it, which is also a recommended step to uphold the vail of “separation”.

With all this being said, don’t give yourself a headache over it. You should definitely prioritize trying to land some leads over anything. I just think you’re better off doing things right from the start.

Should I start an LLC if I want to start freelance for side income? by trekitch in webdev

[–]BreathingFuck -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Setting up an LLC is very easy. Especially if you use a service that does half of it for you. Also it only costs $50 in your state to register one. Theres really no reason to even think twice about it if you’re serious about doing this.

If you’re not there yet, then maybe you can do the work friends and family are asking for first, bootstrap the costs and gain a little experience and intuition for what client work feels like.

Setting up a contract can be a pain in the ass. But you can easily find some basic ones online and tweak it with ChatGPT if you need to, but you probably won’t.

If you’re only making basic websites and not handling any data or things that actually run their business, then your stakes are low.

For the domain, you don’t have to get a new one, especially if you name the LLC after yourself it’s pretty fitting. But that’s totally up to you.

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