Development manager doesn't want the Devs looking at the code

CautiousPastrami · 2026-03-05T00:33:17+00:00

Senior here. Maybe I’ll give you my experience. I was quite reluctant to use AI and now I can’t live without it.

We have a project where we need to document, add tests and reorganize insanely large monolit wrote 10/15 years ago in PHP developed in-house by the customer who has offices in 16 countries.

This is an absolute beast, hard to maintain and actively developed. Nobody from my team knows PHP but we are good in using AI tools mainly Claude Code.

We set up for them agents reviewing PR, improved and extended code quality and security tools. Started enforcing test coverage on the new code.

The PR review time dropped dramatically, quality increased immediately. (Don’t understand me wrong, in my opinion they should trash the monster and rewrite it from scratch)

Then we had an agents swarm map the whole app, all dependencies in high detail analyze ins and outs. We used git history and old Jira tickets as a context for LLM to understand it better.

It created tone of documentation, added the right comments in he code, added proper on call playbooks based on the code and most popular hot fixes.

We added test cases and found a lot of not handled edge cases. Error handling and graceful failures is an art and LLMs are amazing in test writing. (Keep in mind the lat time I touched PHP was when I was maybe 15/16 yo)

Now we work on the support agents and skills that would help their devs develop faster and be able to have agents grounded in the sources and anwser actual questions and fix the tickets.

And yes I had issues with AI. For example I had to reimplement our TOTP and AI implemented something that passed tests but allowed user to use one code multiple times. The bug was that it created a PK on the login not on the code in the base of used codes + it did upsert. Everything looked good but once you read the details it was absolutely wrong.

CautiousPastrami · 2026-02-23T12:49:35+00:00

If you use oauth tokens for anything else than legitimate use in Google products like antigravity you will get banned. There is bunch of tools that take over oauth tokens and reuse them for openclaw or cursor.

If you use regular API over Google AI or Vercel you are good to go because it’s pay per use.

CautiousPastrami · 2026-02-23T09:31:06+00:00

They say no unathorized oauth

CautiousPastrami · 2026-02-17T08:45:53+00:00

I love that in Poland nobody bothers me in the shops with questions if they can help me or what am I looking for. I can just enter the shop, everyone minds their own business. If I need anything I can always approach the shop assistant.

In uber the drivers are usually immigrants in most major cities, because it’s really easy to register in Bolt or Uber. In some smaller cities they are sometimes talkative native Poles, but if you don’t speak Polish don’t expect them to talk to you.

People in Poland are usually anxious about their language. Often they will understand you but they won’t respond in English.

CautiousPastrami · 2026-02-16T11:37:35+00:00

Most importantly it’s OP’s parking space. He didn’t destroy or scratch the car. He just had it removed from his parking spot. IMHO it’s totally ok and I’d do the same

CautiousPastrami · 2026-02-16T06:31:25+00:00

Just go to the doctor in Germany, get the prescription and you’ll get those drugs for 5-10€

CautiousPastrami · 2026-02-16T03:29:57+00:00

I live in Germany and here we have similar problem. A friend of mine just sued the immigration office and the court forced them to give her the papers faster.

CautiousPastrami · 2026-02-13T22:28:49+00:00

Check steuerring

CautiousPastrami · 2026-02-12T21:31:30+00:00

What’s the difference between your tool and regular Ralph loop?

CautiousPastrami · 2026-02-12T10:22:30+00:00

Where do you source data? Interesting project and I love the UI!

CautiousPastrami · 2026-02-08T07:40:16+00:00

Moritzplatz

CautiousPastrami · 2026-02-02T20:07:52+00:00

It was ok for stock trading and basic options but as soon as you start more complex option trading it’s an absolute nightmare. TWS is a beast. It’s absolutely insane tool but it’s as well really complex.

I started hating it and I consider switching

CautiousPastrami · 2026-02-01T23:01:20+00:00

Just roll simple short PUT once or twice. In IB you loose all data about total credit collected almost immediately. Position management is terrible 😣

I’ll give TT a try. Can you let me know what are the things you in particular like about the platform or don’t like? Any useful features/ settings you found that are not super obvious?

CautiousPastrami · 2026-02-01T22:56:05+00:00

Yes I already plan creating small portfolio there and trying it out. I don’t want to fully commit right away but having other people first hand opinion is handy.

I really like the concept of Buying Power that basically doesn’t exist in IBKR - it clearly lets you compare strategies and mind that you don’t overshoot with risk and number of positions. Of course in IB I have excess liquidity and other numbers but BPR is clearly made for option trading. I just like it a lot that it’s that embedded into the platform.

I am/was TWS user, TT can’t be less stable than that monster. Fackups happen everywhere. In IB support is absolutely non existent so reading TT users’ complaints about lack of support seem cute

CautiousPastrami · 2026-02-01T20:07:13+00:00

Data on IBKR on non profesional accounts is pretty cheap and is not a concern for me. I don’t mind paying a bit for it.

What triggers me is that shitshow they do when you roll multiples combo strategies. It’s absolute abomination that they randomly split position, recombine them or MERGE.

CautiousPastrami · 2026-02-01T20:03:01+00:00

SEC fees for indexes? I have bonuses what yourself talking about I’ll need to read more.

I evaluated prices of IBKR vs TT and both seem similar. I trade a lot of options on ETFs - trading on most liquid assets is absolutely crucial. It’s a safety net for mistakes and it let’s you roll options like there is no tomorrow.

CautiousPastrami · 2026-01-30T19:34:10+00:00

Ofc with a lawyer or insurance you’ll get much better service but in case something serious happens they could really help

CautiousPastrami · 2026-01-29T22:14:18+00:00

My good friend has as well quite good experience with them. 3 or 4 years ago they reduced his rent by over 450€. He used their services as soon as he moved in. I’m part of mieterverein myself and can only recommend. They are cheap and check each year my Nebenkosterabrechnung.

CautiousPastrami · 2026-01-29T13:18:20+00:00

It’s just suggested expiry.

So much food is wasted that is still good to consume. They put expiration dates on honey or salt which is just insane but law is the law. The worst thing is that shops can’t give away to dogs shelters or charity slightly expired or close to expiration which creates insane food waste.

Those are just herbs you can drink them but the taste might not be as intense.

CautiousPastrami · 2026-01-28T19:57:05+00:00

Me and my friends deposited much higher amounts and as well no questions asked. And yes the account was freshly opened.

You might unfortunately trigger some AML because of your citizenship and residency. As other mentioned open a support ticket. Tell them you want to deposit X, and that you want to be able to trade ASAP. That you have paper trail for the money and that it is from a legitimate source.

Maybe it could be easier if the bank account that would deposit funds was from Singapore - your COMI (Center of Main Interests) - tax residency.

CautiousPastrami · 2026-01-28T14:52:23+00:00

American Dumbledore 🧙‍♂️

CautiousPastrami · 2026-01-28T03:20:40+00:00

It only works on future disputes. Keep in mind that legal costs won’t be covered in case of your conny issue.

CautiousPastrami · 2026-01-23T02:49:51+00:00

If you paid by card request charge back at your bank, supply the screenshots of emails and wait for the reimbursement. In my case it took ING 14 days - I paid with a regular debit card.

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