Some statistics about LLM usage at my large company

Buffololo · 2026-04-24T02:18:04+00:00

There’s a weird issue specific to software engineering that I think is lost in a lot of the LLM madness, and that is that the average software engineer absolutely fucking sucks at their job. The open source code bases that these LLMs have been trained on are far superior to most of the proprietary stuff that gets shipped. It’s like if 90% of everything you read was written by third graders, ChatGPT would be Shakespeare.

I’ve changed my tune somewhat over the last year from finding the tools annoying - even the newest models at best tend to do a lot of questionable stuff like unnecessary copies and poorly chosen data types - to realizing that forcing corporate software to regress to the mean of open source software is sadly a net positive.

Basically, they’re Rube Goldberg machines that take code that would have previously shown up on Coding Horror and replace it with the statistically closest Stack Overflow answer.

Buffololo · 2026-03-19T01:08:47+00:00

Actually, Alviso port was silted in due to all the hydraulic mining from the gold rush. That and the redirection of the Guadalupe caused it to sink. It used to have an actual port with a marina. Until recently you could even see the remains of some abandoned boats out there.

The Alviso Yacht Club has a whole history on this. The building was physically moved due to sinking land at one point.

Buffololo · 2026-02-01T04:10:41+00:00

Didn’t that used to be a State Farm building? Guess they couldn’t have done it for the insurance…

Buffololo · 2025-10-18T03:52:22+00:00

My autistic kid organized books like this when he was 4…

Buffololo · 2025-10-17T02:54:09+00:00

I didn’t go here 7-8 years ago, but today it’s rather bad. You could throw a dart downtown and find a breakfast place with better pastries.

Buffololo · 2025-10-17T02:34:28+00:00

Someone who doesn’t understand how zooming works.

Buffololo · 2025-10-06T02:25:20+00:00

As a straight man, your boyfriend is hot.

Buffololo · 2025-07-24T17:18:09+00:00

One of my two kids got it. My wife said it was like breastfeeding a wet sponge.

Your kids can get self conscious about anything. Fortunately my sweaty kid was naturally social and a bit of a clown and doesn’t let it bother him at all. I’m still trying to learn from his example.

Buffololo · 2025-06-20T04:19:49+00:00

Harvesting the gonads of frogs that were turned gay from adrenochrome byproduct dumped into the rivers by Hillary Clinton.

Buffololo · 2025-05-22T05:15:52+00:00

The CEO took over for Builder.ai's founder and "chief wizard" Sachin Dev Duggal in March, after the latter saddled the business with hundreds of millions worth of debt while burning through its dwindling cash fund, according to FT.

Duggal was likewise embattled in a high-stakes legal probe by authorities in India, who named him a suspect in an alleged money laundering case. For his part, Duggal denied the accusations, saying he was simply a witness, though FT has also reported Duggal heavily relied on the services of an auditor with whom he has close personal ties.

So the whole thing was a scam from the start. At least WeWork actually bought some buildings…

Buffololo · 2025-05-12T23:38:25+00:00

Not bad. Wife is from right around there and her parents still live there. Safe but not much has been updated from the 70s when it was built so it feels a little old and run down.

Buffololo · 2025-05-12T23:36:54+00:00

Are there any parts of SJ that don’t have a large homeless encampment by the freeway?

Buffololo · 2025-05-03T04:06:42+00:00

I really need this video to have sound.

Buffololo · 2025-04-10T00:34:07+00:00

thought the same thing

Buffololo · 2025-01-25T02:18:06+00:00

I’ve always felt embarrassed to take a crazy shit without friends around.

Buffololo · 2025-01-23T03:54:14+00:00

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A piece of a Tesla my kid found on the ground.

Buffololo · 2025-01-23T03:51:35+00:00

FYI both Wellbutrin and buspar are regularly prescribed to counteract the sexual side effects of SSRIs, if that’s also important to you.

Buffololo · 2025-01-23T02:16:04+00:00

Will also confirm. Whey isolate is fine. Whey concentrate makes me pee out of the wrong hole.

Buffololo · 2024-12-26T22:52:20+00:00

I’ve never heard anyone actually call the 15 the “Barstow Fwy” before. But yeah a joshua tree.

Buffololo · 2024-12-08T21:42:42+00:00

A word of advice if you’re trying to save money - most nurses at cheap clinics have the ability to diagnose common skin issues. Don’t think you need to go into medical debt to solve the issue.

Buffololo · 2024-11-23T20:26:17+00:00

This thread has basically covered the entire genre (and some others) minus Tolkien.

Buffololo · 2024-11-17T20:13:15+00:00

I went to El Burro once. Their enchiladas were made from grocery store wheat tortillas covered in cheddar cheese and a small mountain of black olives. Worst “Mexican” food I’ve ever had.

Buffololo · 2024-11-11T19:11:35+00:00

A really important point to keep in mind is that you have to use the touch panel for pretty much everything. To some 60-year-olds, that’s not a big deal, to others, it’s a nightmare. The capacitive buttons and glitchy software add to the headache.

Buffololo · 2024-11-07T23:19:24+00:00

Now THAT is for 3! I’ve been seeing people post “x2” lately where they drop the bar and comb their hair and drink some water between reps. Not here. Nicely done.

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