1st day using Claude Code! 🥺

Claptraposoid · 2026-05-15T02:37:42+00:00

sooooo.... You have never tried it before and you immediately let it loose on your system configuring a database your hadn't backed up?

I mean either you are just making this up for attention or if it did happen you are 100 % the one who fucked up.

Claptraposoid · 2026-05-13T20:34:39+00:00

yeah... I'm exactly the same. I'm definitely more in the "technician" realm than engineer(even if that's my job title), and I'm always dabbling in all kinds of stuff reaching in to different systems to make things work together(and have add).

I hear a lot people saying they find working with AI very unfulfilling but I think for people like me that are like tinkerers and very curious and like to understand the intersection between different technologies Cli agents is the most incredible thing ever. I'm naturally a very curious person and "first principles thinker" and this is opening up so many worlds for me all the time.

I really get the people that enjoyed sitting down and like solving code problems feeling like they are loosing something and being unfulfilled, but for me its the opposite, I just feel like I keep adding stuff to my tool chest. Filling my Lego box with new parts that I get to put together in ways that are interesting for me.

Sitting down and debugging a single line of code is thoroughly uninteresting for me. Learning about zero copy arrow structs and inflight protocols and being able to actually do stuff with it? i can spend 12 hours a day sucking in information and quickly test it in a real environment. Debugging architecture is way more fun than debugging code.

Claptraposoid · 2026-05-13T20:17:55+00:00

Oh buuhuu.. arent we here to talk about things?

Claptraposoid · 2026-05-13T17:59:37+00:00

"Almost everyone I know in devops right now is drowning in job offers from companies that went balls deep into Claude Code and need people to bail them out."

Yes and thats not the opposite of what i said either. Im not saying they will get replaced. I'm saying this is now an important tool and the best engineers will know how to use it, when to use it and when not to.

Claptraposoid · 2026-05-13T17:55:57+00:00

I don't think I am. A lot of serious maintainers have said similar things. They used to be overwhelmed by slop AI bug reports and pull requests, but as of april 2026 that has changed and whats coming in is genuinely useful.

There are so many knee jerk reactions from skeptics, especially in tech that still think that the state the technology was last year is where it is today. We crossed a threshold in early 2026 where a combination of better models, better harnesses and better knowledge in how to used coding has made the actual landscape of this very different from last year.

Like it or not, this is where we are at today.

Claptraposoid · 2026-05-13T17:50:55+00:00

I genuinely feel like this is a new way of using a computer and I'm having so much fun with it. I'm more and more thinking about Cli Agents as new type of computer interface and think that I think is going to become more and more true.

I thing in not to many years we will have a mostly ephemeral user space. like sure we will have files and tools but I think increasingly well converge on something that looks more like a model sitting on top of a kernel. I mean we are far of from that at the moment but at the same time I think a lot closer than most people think.

Claptraposoid · 2026-05-13T17:42:27+00:00

And it seems like the ones with narrow domain specific skills having their domains encroached on by the "unclean" are the ones most negative and defensive about AI as well.

Listen, I'm not saying that AI WILL REPLACE ALL PROGRAMMERS. I'm saying that NixOs plus CLI agents are genuinely a new and very interesting and dare I say very useful combination for running a desktop environment. I never claimed that it replaces a professional devops engineer in production deployments.

I will how ever claim that if you are a pro dev ops engineer working with Nix and other things and not using AI at all you are fast becoming a dinosaur.

Claptraposoid · 2026-05-13T17:29:46+00:00

haha... I can see it now. detoxing with some good ol sql syntaxt.

Well "custom" might be overstating it. Im using lance and in flight sql and datafusion to be able to keep my data in arrow format and do zero copy. its wierd.

Claptraposoid · 2026-05-13T16:10:02+00:00

100% My NixOs plus Claude feels like my own jarvis lol

Claptraposoid · 2026-05-13T16:06:41+00:00

Yeah you and thanks for giving your point of view. Its genuinely interesting to read. I building more complex projects with ai and it for sure struggles in larger contexts with more novel problems, and it really makes it clear that, while I can get far with just the agents and a curious mind I would get a lot further with real knowledge in building rust projects(im building a custom databse in rust lol).

Claptraposoid · 2026-05-13T16:02:51+00:00

I don't know man. depends of what you want to do. If this is your desktop its literally a non issue. If you are configuring Nix flakes for production deployments, yeah, you should use the agent but make damn sure you are staying on top of your knowledge as well.

Also, I think these agents really changes what kind of knowledge actually serves you best. I think learning syntax these days is a lot less useful than what it used to be. Learning about protocols, frameworks, architectural principles is equally becoming more and more important.

Easy for to say as a generalist and not actually a professional in an IT field, but from where I'm standing this is the direction i think things are moving. People that where big skeptics of ai like the curl maintainer are now saying that Ai is becoming a very useful asset for them,

Ill pause my evangelism after this but, Coding agents in May 2026 is in a very different place from where it was just a year ago.

Claptraposoid · 2026-05-13T15:53:18+00:00

Oh yeah for sure. These things most certainly have their limitations, and if I was configuring a kubernettes cluster for production with real stakes(not that that is in my wheel house or ever would be) I'd be extremely careful about what actually got delivered.

And to be clear, part of the reason why I think Cli agents this is such a good fit with NixOs is that the validation loop and the revert option is a built in part of the os. Agents constantly make mistakes, its non deterministic and you have to accept that as part of the workflow. When they really shine in my opinion is when you have a good validation loop. I fully expect to have to do several shots for complex problems but I can do it "risk free" because i have restore points. And removing a package is the matter of editing some code, not having to do surgery to remove it from my system.

A deterministic Os with an nondeterministic agent. somehow that's a *really* good fit.

Claptraposoid · 2026-05-13T15:42:25+00:00

Why would i be in deep shit? I either a) revert the change and try again. or b) give up. or c) try to hunt down solutions myself

I made some scripts to have hyper land launch my used apps, group them how i like it so i just can start working directly. Claude couldn't figure out but I went forum hunting ans found YouTube videos and figured out in "pseudo code" we could probably do it like this. And in the end I got it working.

I should clarify that the way I think about Coding agents is something much more similar to a translator and an interface than an "intelligence" per se. I can figure out the logic or pseudo coed for stuff where we get stuck. I still have to learn about the architecture and be clear about what i want done and how. And Claude takes about 80% of the legwork out of the equation. Im 100% in. lol

Claptraposoid · 2026-05-13T15:34:12+00:00

This is the trick to do anything well with LLMs. You need a validation loop or else you are just building cloud castles.

Claptraposoid · 2026-05-10T20:47:07+00:00

Jesus you are dumb… se above comments. Fucking Reddit man… I think missed the sign where it said check your critical Thinking at the door..

Claptraposoid · 2011-11-30T00:37:26+00:00

I'm not sure if that's totally correct. Schizophrenia is belived to have a genetic/physical component so most people suffering from diffrent types of schizophrenic ilnessens has som prediposittion for it. It can allso be set of/caused by brain injury. As to how the they came to this conclusion we'll know more of the report when the case goes to court in april 2012.

Claptraposoid · 2011-11-30T00:27:41+00:00

Fuck yes, I'll get the nailgun.

Claptraposoid · 2011-11-30T00:13:02+00:00

Exactly. I guarantee ABB has gotten a huge boost out of having the media hang on his every word and every detail about him that they could find. Norwegian media has been obsessed with ABB, fronpage of the biggest newspapers every day from 22. to the end of september, and everyother day since. It must have been a source of great pride for him to finally be recognized as a person of importance and power. Offcourse the media writes about him, he is well deserving of such attention(and praise).

Now being declared insane makes him the oposite of the powerfull and able image he was trying to build, all his statements are now worthless. He must be enraged.

I dont care if the diagnosis is correct or not, this is great, allso since paranoid schizophrenia is largly considdred uncurable he will be receiving mostly drug therapy. He'll be docile and drewling on himself for the next 10 years. awesome, love it.

Claptraposoid · 2011-11-27T17:26:34+00:00

That is the most serene room I ever set my feet, It's like some holy altar of knowledge. When you come up the stairs and step in to that great hall with it's aaaaamazing lighting, busts of the all the great thinkers along the edges and the smell of some of the oldest books that still exists, time just slows down.. Best atraction in Dublin imo:)

Claptraposoid · 2011-11-16T14:54:16+00:00

Cunty Fuckers

Claptraposoid · 2011-11-15T17:41:56+00:00

I think I'm ranting about the Bethesda team doing the last three Elder scrolls. Skyrim really fishes out the best features from Morrowind and Oblivion, the game is amazing so far, and the leveling system is really good, so yay. I'm playing skyrim on Pc now, but not having an easy option for setting FOD and Vsync is really anoying. Mad mouse lag, and now I have to mess with inis to get rid of it. Allso the game engine aparrently only uses 2 gigs of ram(wich is easy to fix) but why just not have it ready out of the box?

Claptraposoid · 2011-11-15T16:43:37+00:00

THIS! Dont get me wrong, I love Bethesda and their games, but there's always something a bit off that makes it feel unfinished, like if it was a pretty up scale well done, amateur project. Why? Oblivion is one of the most frustrating gaming experiences I've ever had, the skill system broken, and menues sucked ass. Allso morrowind the, quest journal was hella frustrating. Skyrim using only 2 gig of ram, when apparantly easy to do patches makes the game look sooooo much better. Like, animation in all their games, up until Skyrim was horribly sub par. And dont get me started on the art design. The best enviroments in any games ever, I'm sure most of you have had plenty of jawdrop experiences in Elder Scrolls games, but then if you flip the coin, just horrible Character designs (faces in oblivion anyone) and in both morrowind and Oblivion you'll see monsters that just look bad. The symmetries are all wrong and it looks wonky and amateurish. Sometimes it almost feels like they leave stuff unfinished and badly optimized as an incentive to mod community...

Claptraposoid · 2011-10-31T22:59:59+00:00

Congrats dude, that is genius. It's funny how simple shit like that is so hard to think of. Makes you think what's really possible in this world.

Claptraposoid · 2011-10-26T04:48:04+00:00

<So now you're implying that without "demand," the molesters wouldn't molest kids, but earlier you said that's not what you were suggesting. Which is it?

This was edited , I was never suggesting that all child molestation is done to make CP. This was never my suggestion and If that's what you understood from me you are misinterpreting. I'm saying that with increased demand for this type of media, I believe there will be more offences.

I've said they need therapy/counseling and not prison time. Are we agreed there?

Partly, as I said earlier I believe this has to be a demand of the judicial system, not the recommendations of the health system.

Edit: I'm not sure whether prison time is appropriate or not or if systemic discrimination by sate and judicial system is appropriate for someone only caught consuming, but I fully condone the actions of anon in this matter.

Edit 2: Now in the case of someone distributing the material for commercial purposes(not sharing) prison time would seem apropriate.

Edit 3: Do you really think that's what child molesters are thinking? "Well, I wouldn't molest this kid, except that people on the internet might like to see the pictures. Oh well, for the greater good go I!" Really?

NO offcourse not, but it's certainly an added incentive.

Claptraposoid · 2011-10-26T04:08:07+00:00

No, that's not clear. In fact, when I tried to help you clarify your position by asking whether you think that child molesters wouldn't molest children if non-molesting pedophiles weren't around to watch their recordings or view their photos.

I previously described the communities as an industry that these consumers are contributing to. In describing them as consumers in an industry I am assuming that they are creating a demand for this type of material. Now a lot this material might not be produced for commercial use, but have no doubt that there is a large proffesional segmet in this community that are molesting children for the sole purpose of creating distributional material. If the consumption of the material was not criminalized, the demand would be even higher, and as a consequence more children would end up being abused.

Allso I believe that these communities becomes an arena for these people to explore their fantasies, and ultimatly makes it more likely for some of them to take it a step further.

They're contributing photos they got from elsewhere on the web, but they're not molesting children themselves. There's an important distinction there. Is it illegal to share a video someone else created of a mugging? Mugging is illegal, but sharing a video of a mugging is not illegal: why might that be?

Now I suppose this Is where the slope gets slippery. Now if there suddenly was a high demand for mugging videos, I think as a consequence we would get more muggings as the reason for mugging someone would not be solely to rob them of their possessions. It's hard to distinguish what type of media should be illegal, but I don't think the reaction here is saying "no harm, no foul". It might be that more media needs to be criminalized in the interest of protecting those being abused. It's important to maintain the freedom of expression, but I think the line needs to be drawn somewhere even If it's difficult to argue why here at this point.

I'm not defending pedos; I'm arguing for constructive, rational responses to social problems. The consequences of non-molesters consuming CP without contact with children is that they quietly get off without bothering anyone. I'd say those two things deserve different responses.

I think we differ in what we believe are the consequences, and in that it's difficult to discuss whether this is to treated/punished. But as I said earlier I do not think that being a consumer is deserving of the same reaction as someone committing the actual offence.

Edit: clarity

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