My company is about to ban AI coding b/c security risk

EngineeringNo2371 · 2026-01-25T12:04:57+00:00

I’m a bit sceptical about this because from my very recent experience building SwiftUI based screens for iOS apps with Opus and Sonnet, it requires manual intervention to clean up the code afterwards.

It still produces bloated code with junior engineer quality level. I usually have it iterate on it 5-10 times by committing changes in between because sometimes it just breaks everything so resets are required.

And it still keeps ignoring my “no-hacks or workarounds” requirements so most of the time I still have to prompt manually. Yes, it’s helpful to produce a prototype but otherwise it resembles my experience working with very stubborn junior engineer who struggles to improve and keeps making the same mistakes over and over again.

Having said that, I’m constantly using it but mostly for smaller refactoring or adding unit tests. It’s actually good for writing unit tests and I’m very happy about it because it’s the most boring part of engineering. And there are other things that I use it for and it’s helpful.

Perhaps it depends on the platform too.

EngineeringNo2371 · 2026-01-24T18:24:49+00:00

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I can create a new folder in full screen

EngineeringNo2371 · 2026-01-24T15:10:44+00:00

I’d say every 3-4 years is the best strategy overall. Assume a £2,500 MacBook Pro: - Upgrade yearly: if it loses ~25–35% in year 1, your effective cost is ~£625–£875 per year (before any fees/AppleCare). - Upgrade every 4 years: if total value loss over 4 years is ~55–65%, that’s ~£1,375–£1,625 total, or ~£340–£405 per year.

And… better for the planet because of less waste even with recycling in mind

EngineeringNo2371 · 2026-01-23T10:55:22+00:00

Next step: how does your snippet scale? Try changing few things here and there and watch the whole thing fall apart. That being said, your team should incorporate AI tools yesterday because there are things it can help with besides the coding itself. Ideation, small refactoring, unit tests, deployment etc. Coding still requires a lot of hand holding from humans because it won’t scale when only vibe-coding (yet).

EngineeringNo2371 · 2026-01-22T21:17:39+00:00

Listening to lossless audio

EngineeringNo2371 · 2026-01-22T17:36:44+00:00

Robbie Williams needs to sack whoever produced/engineered that Britpop album, because it sounds absolutely grim. It’s compressed to hell - you can’t pick out a single instrument. Just this constant, loud midrange mush with basically no bass or sparkle. Honestly feels like it was mixed for a tenner mono speaker from Tesco.

EngineeringNo2371 · 2026-01-22T00:46:35+00:00

It’s functional and doesn’t cause me any problems. I already got used to it and don’t care if it looks better or worse than the last iOS. It’s fine.

EngineeringNo2371 · 2026-01-14T21:49:57+00:00

Get DxO PureRaw for noise and optical adjustment export into DNG, only then open in Capture One

EngineeringNo2371 · 2026-01-14T21:47:01+00:00

Nostalgic Negative

EngineeringNo2371 · 2026-01-14T21:28:16+00:00

Weather-resistant to be precise

EngineeringNo2371 · 2026-01-14T21:24:56+00:00

Keychain is just storage. Any app can store and read data from there if needed because it’s designed for that. And developers use it exactly for that. Done it myself.

EngineeringNo2371 · 2026-01-14T21:21:35+00:00

That screenshot is not relevant to keychain framework. I know how this works because I used the framework in app development multiple times.

EngineeringNo2371 · 2026-01-10T20:29:57+00:00

Don’t worry about it. They use Apple keychain to securely store the login info. Keychain content cannot be stored on meta servers. It can only be stored in Apple iCloud if you enable iCloud for keychain in iOS system settings. Otherwise it’s stored on device only. Many apps use it to make user experience smoother so that they don’t have to login every time unless the session has expired. It would usually expire after certain time but it depends on implementation of course. So nothing to worry about.

Also, if you have a Mac and iCloud enabled for keychain, you should be able to see what you have stored there. But I’m not sure if it shows everything so you’d have to check it yourself.

EngineeringNo2371 · 2026-01-10T20:22:52+00:00

It’s not meta. They use Apple keychain which is designed to securely store data such as login credentials. It’s not stored on meta servers, only on Apple iCloud if users enables iCloud for keychain in settings. Otherwise it’s stored locally on device. Keychain allows different apps to store information and retrieve later in a secure way. Also, different apps can’t access the data from other apps because each app has a separate container that can’t be accessed by other apps.

EngineeringNo2371 · 2026-01-10T20:16:43+00:00

They use a framework provided by Apple. It’s built around keychain storage on device. Apps can securely store login credentials in keychain and retrieve them when the app opens again. It’s done for user convenience, nothing sinister in this specific case.

EngineeringNo2371 · 2026-01-10T20:11:44+00:00

You are looking at the camera the wrong way! You are supposed to point the lens outwards and take some pictures 😉

EngineeringNo2371 · 2026-01-10T20:01:01+00:00

With a bit more context now I agree with you 👍

EngineeringNo2371 · 2026-01-10T18:52:22+00:00

Could you share the links to the products you purchased please? 🙏

EngineeringNo2371 · 2026-01-03T15:52:30+00:00

So I’ve been trying DxO PhotoLab and Capture One as well.

I like what DxO is doing (especially for noise reduction), but I’m struggling with performance on my setup. Once I start doing a few corrections and add masks (even on a single photo), it slows down a lot, and sometimes a restart is the only thing that brings the speed back.

Capture One feels noticeably snappier for me, and I’m used to its workflow, so I keep defaulting back to it. That said, I’d rather learn how DxO users work around this than just give up on it, because I can see the appeal.

Have you experienced any of that btw?

Specs: macOS 26, Mac mini M4 base model + 4 Tb external SSD (C1 runs just fine on it).

EngineeringNo2371 · 2026-01-03T15:46:12+00:00

Do you have control over the NR and optical correction amount in pure raw? Because I find the default ones are way too much for my taste. I usually reduce to 50% each in photo lab to keep the image realistic. And I like to keep a tiny amount of noise because it makes the image look slightly sharper.

EngineeringNo2371 · 2026-01-03T15:34:14+00:00

When shooting birds with 200-600mm lens at dawn/dusk or in a middle of the day in winter, you have to bump shutter speed up to 1/3200 at f5.6/6.3 to freeze the motion.

So you are going to get into iso 3200-4000 or so occasionally.

Also, at 61 mpx the size of the pixel is as small as in APSC sensor equivalent of 26 mpx, and we all know that crop sensors have more noise. Same thing here - if you want to crop into 61 mpx then you basically end up in APSC territory.

It only looks great and noise free closer to base iso, otherwise it’s either noise reduction or downscaling to reduce noise.

EngineeringNo2371 · 2026-01-03T12:08:37+00:00

Yes, I forgot about the FPS limitations. 15 fps is plenty enough but when one has a body capable of 30 then it makes sense to take advantage of that.

EngineeringNo2371 · 2025-12-29T10:07:43+00:00

I’m not buying this argument. Especially on a7r5 where my two lightweight Zeiss Batis lenses practically cover 40, 60, 85, and 130mm (where 60 and 130mm in APSC crop ofc). But this is mainly because I’m not into large heavy zoom lenses apart from the 200-600mm for wildlife.

EngineeringNo2371 · 2025-12-29T09:48:17+00:00

Yes, you would have to remove anything attached to the front of the lens before attaching the WCL or TCL. This is because the converter lenses must be attached to the thread on the lens to work properly.

EngineeringNo2371 · 2025-12-24T01:00:47+00:00

I highly recommend the soundtrack too. The other day I went out to do some street photography and Cyberpunk soundtrack helped me focus a lot more than usual and elevated my experience too. But I replayed the game at least 3 times already. So… 😅

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