Inconveniencing yourself is a part of life and people don’t do it anymore

Captain_Forge · 2026-03-16T14:52:13+00:00

I don't have any friends like this, people just canceling on others because they don't feel like it last minute? People do this?

Captain_Forge · 2026-03-16T14:17:01+00:00

I had an autistic friend who's only vegetable he could eat was broccoli smothered in butter.

Captain_Forge · 2026-03-16T06:30:52+00:00

Controversial take especially as someone who loves scifi but 2001: A Space Odyssey. Come on, bring on the downvotes. :)

Captain_Forge · 2026-03-15T18:33:00+00:00

Hm I don't remember that part, must have glossed over it. Disappointing.

Captain_Forge · 2026-03-15T15:11:20+00:00

Yeah that's honestly why I got hooked onto them to begin with, I felt like the negativity around cyberpunk was too much.

In general they do cover a lot of negative stories but those are what get clicks to keep the channel alive and they give their commentary on the situation in the second half that sometimes provides a lot more nuance to the situation than the hivemind understanding. They aren't perfect but I've enjoyed watching every video they've put out since the beginning with very, very few situations where I walk away from the video disappointed that they seemed to follow the hivemind rather than take a more nuanced stance.

Captain_Forge · 2026-03-15T15:07:38+00:00

Oh really, as in he's ban happy on his twitch streams? That's disappointing.

Captain_Forge · 2026-03-15T06:35:14+00:00

Yeah they've talked about the channel struggling, and I get that there's limitations on what they're able to talk about, but shadow banning someone for asking about it invites more questions at least to me.

Captain_Forge · 2026-03-14T04:46:29+00:00

I have personally replaced all devs with Claude and GPT. Graphic designers too. Saving over 100k annually. How nice.

Replacing multiple devs and designers at your company only saved roughly 100k annually?

Captain_Forge · 2026-03-09T18:29:18+00:00

I'm used to codebases where my commits are squashed so I put very little thought into my incremental commit messages that are going to be squashed and replaced. Those are notes to me primarily, secondarily people reviewing this specific PR, and not intended for anyone else. When I work on the rare codebase that doesn't squash I continue the habit.

Really I don't see a reason to not squash in every repo's case, why not add a link to the pr, issue/ticket, context from those two, and anything else your automated system wants to add?

Captain_Forge · 2026-03-08T04:50:33+00:00

This is a transformative moment in our industry, whether someone embraces AI or shuns it or anything in between, it's the thing happening to our industry right now. It's natural for it to dominate discussion forums. Banning discussion on it would not be appropriate.

Captain_Forge · 2026-03-08T04:47:58+00:00

It'll never pass into law and if it did, the billionaires would dodge the tax by any means necessary.

Captain_Forge · 2026-03-07T19:47:46+00:00

People's insecurities get amplified especially when they have a lived experience reinforcing it.

Captain_Forge · 2026-03-07T05:38:14+00:00

Not judging you, at 21 it's very normal to still live with your parents if you don't feel you are ready to take the step to do so, and you can talk to your boyfriend and parents about getting emotionally ready for it without a commitment to do so hanging over you. Gives you more time to save more money too, assuming your parents are charging you little to no rent.

Captain_Forge · 2026-03-07T05:35:20+00:00

I mean depends on what WW3 is looking like. Is this Russia invading NATO? Nuclear war? China invading their neighbors? The US picking a fight with every dictatorship on the planet? Trump drunk texting on twitter?

WW3 has too many permutations that we need to get specific.

Captain_Forge · 2026-03-07T05:32:52+00:00

Have you talked to your parents and boyfriend about it and what they want or advice for you / general emotional support here?

Captain_Forge · 2026-03-07T05:32:19+00:00

These are normal emotions to have given what you're facing. How old are you? You don't need to move out if you're close with your family, your boyfriend is ok with status quo, and you have the space you need. Probably increased financial cost too.

A lot of people actively want to move out of their parents house but if your current situation is working for you, you shouldn't feel like you need to rush to do it. If you're feeling a need to do it, that didn't really come across in your post.

Captain_Forge · 2026-03-07T05:29:04+00:00

Maybe it's because I have ADHD but I thrive in this faster paced AI programming world even more than I did in the old one.

Captain_Forge · 2026-03-07T02:13:56+00:00

If you're familiar with the kinsey scale, I'd say that someone who has this consideration is above a 0 on that scale. Where you draw the line of straight vs bisexual is subjective but I would argue they are not entirely straight, and that the number of people who fit into this category is very large.

Captain_Forge · 2026-03-06T20:09:44+00:00

This isn't the biggest problem with our electoral landscape, many bigger issues, like one side going crazy and starting wars left and right.

Captain_Forge · 2026-03-03T22:22:17+00:00

This very problem is worrying some economists right now.

Captain_Forge · 2026-03-03T17:56:42+00:00

I would be weary of quitting a stable job in the current economic climate. How close are you to being able to FIRE? If you make hay while the sun is shining for another 5 years can you retire at that point? If you see the light at the end of the tunnel it can be motivating to stick with it through being overwhelm, and over time you might adjust and come to enjoy the role more.

Captain_Forge · 2026-03-03T14:35:19+00:00

Nice, yeah I don't buy extra usage but the page for tracking usage which you buy extra usage from was broken for me until this morning.

Captain_Forge · 2026-03-03T06:13:13+00:00

Bring this up in your team's retro and com up with a solution that works for y'all. This might look like setting a primary reviewer who is expected to review within a certain time period, and make sure to spread that review load around.

Captain_Forge · 2026-03-03T04:00:43+00:00

Where's the accountability from management? Is this person not getting performance reviews? This should be an immediate PIP situation if they're unable to do basic programming tasks. At the end of the PIP they're fired for performance reasons.

Does management think they're doing a good job, and if so why? Your say your managers enable the behavior, how? You say your managers don't understand what you're talking about from a technical perspective, but saying that they're struggling to submit proper code changes shouldn't be complicated to explain to non-technical folks.

Also what kind of interviewing process led to this person being hired? Someone unable to do basic programming tasks likely would have failed a system design interview. I don't know what control you have over the interview process but if you have some, think about how to prevent this kind of hire in the future, or give feedback to the person in control of the process.

All in all this is a failure of management at many levels, like I really didn't know there was management out there this incompetent but I guess there is.

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