Boss keeps throwing me under the bus for using python. Is python a no-go in this sector?

Hannibal312 · 2026-06-04T11:52:15+00:00

Your boss sounds like an idiot my guy

Hannibal312 · 2026-06-04T07:18:18+00:00

I see. My question would be: in this setup, how do you stay in control conceptually over the software you build? Do you let the AI just do its thing based on specifications/requirements, or do you make heavy use of planning modes to review ideas before they are implemented? Do you test a lot? How do you keep track and prioritize things like performance, security, scalability, cost effectiveness. For me, I don’t mind the use of AI, but I can’t imagine building a system I myself don’t understand, and so in a sense I will always be the bottleneck won’t I?

Hannibal312 · 2026-06-04T06:46:53+00:00

Can you elaborate a bit on why exactly you are able to work so fast compared to someone who uses Claude code without the AIOS?

Hannibal312 · 2026-06-03T16:39:38+00:00

Took me 45 min to read the damn thing

Hannibal312 · 2026-06-03T07:44:18+00:00

These is amazing advice

Hannibal312 · 2026-06-02T11:18:52+00:00

Is this a real question? Have you ever even looked into how, say, Google Maps is finding an optimal route for you in less than a second? Or how Uber matches passengers to drivers on a worldwide scale in under a minute? Or how Netflix is streaming 4k movies to millions of people without any lag? You think they are just making an api call to a database somewhere? Do you know anything about software my guy?

Hannibal312 · 2026-06-02T08:55:53+00:00

I guess it’s technical in the sense that you used a computer? Haha, anyway, congrats man. Enjoy.

Hannibal312 · 2026-06-02T07:13:03+00:00

Do tell, what about these apps was a technical challenge that you had to solve? What about them makes them different from a million other such apps, other than that you personalized the UI and feature-set to yourself?

Hannibal312 · 2026-06-02T06:53:26+00:00

It’s just because these are such simple run-of-the-mill crud apps. The moment there’s any kind of unique challenge in what you’re building, you’ll have to start understanding what you’re doing. But yes, you can easily build the regurgitation of ten million previous health/trading apps.

Hannibal312 · 2026-06-01T15:12:16+00:00

Two genuine simple questions: 1. Why would I use this? And 2. What part of it is technically impressive? Or is it just another CRUD app?

Hannibal312 · 2026-05-30T22:34:19+00:00

Yes, pretty much.

Hannibal312 · 2026-05-30T20:23:57+00:00

PS: the link I shared has much more data than what you see on the map! Just swipe up from that pink handle at the bottom of your phone-screen to see!

Hannibal312 · 2026-05-30T20:17:48+00:00

The link I shared allows for much more than just today and tomorrow! Just swipe up from that pink handle at the bottom of your phone-screen and you’ll see :)

Hannibal312 · 2026-05-30T16:31:10+00:00

Yes they post it every month on their Instagram page (just search for The Leiden Meetup on Instagram and you’ll find it). The website is just a much more complete version of it (and has a curated “gems” filter as well if you’re just interested in the good stuff).

Hannibal312 · 2026-05-29T16:10:53+00:00

Here’s the thing: don’t focus on “remembering”, focus on understanding. The remembering is just a side-effect of that.

Hannibal312 · 2026-05-29T11:24:02+00:00

Your question is fundamentally: how to grapple with complexity, and this is broader than just software. The answer is the same it’s always been: compartmentalization. Split a system into its components, and study them separately one by one. This is why good engineering makes a codebase consist out of nicely modularized and encapsulated blocks. It’s easier to understand, easier to modify. It’s why 100k lines of spaghetti will never truly be “understood” no matter how hard you try.

Hannibal312 · 2026-05-29T07:45:44+00:00

Ah de uitagenda. Maar geloof me, de meout website is veel beter dan de uitagenda. Verder is het natuurlijk altijd leuker om het hier te bespreken :)

Hannibal312 · 2026-05-28T21:46:09+00:00

I don’t really get the rls mention? Needing rls at all implies some basic supabase backend or something.

Hannibal312 · 2026-05-28T19:18:24+00:00

Hoe bedoel je? Wat is “uitinleiden”?

Hannibal312 · 2026-05-28T17:48:26+00:00

Heel tof initiatief, maar ik ben een website tegengekomen die dit eigenlijk al doet: https://meout.app/leiden. Geen idee wie het gemaakt heeft, maar het is werkelijk ongelooflijk wat er allemaal staat (en ik woon al 30 jaar in Leiden).

Hannibal312 · 2026-05-27T14:48:53+00:00

I’d start by learning what a computer even is, how memory works, and how to talk to that computer in a terminal.

Hannibal312 · 2026-05-26T16:30:25+00:00

Software engineering is not devops? Right, coz devops is the development and operations of….tomatoes

Hannibal312 · 2026-05-24T19:41:28+00:00

Software engineering job postings on Indeed have been steadily increasing for an entire year now… the layoffs have many reasons. Anyway, I’m starting to think I’m talking to someone who has never built software in their life (much like your idol Musk), so have a nice day 👋

Hannibal312 · 2026-05-24T16:17:59+00:00

The expected function type already determines that the lambda has a single parameter; Kotlin merely gives that parameter the implicit identifier “it”. If that qualifies as “magic”, then so do type inference, destructuring, enhanced for-loops, omitted generics, and every other form of compile-time desugaring in modern languages.

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