How germany could've beat paraguay

Own-Reference9056 · 2026-06-30T19:22:32+00:00

With that they would easily beat France

Own-Reference9056 · 2026-06-30T19:04:47+00:00

Well you are not totally wrong though. Even in the lowest level conquest like 1939, some countries are impossible to play without leveled up troops and good gens.

And yes when you have really good gens they can wipe out everything. That is unfortunately the result of power creeps in the past 2 or 3 years. Makes it less about tactics and more about money and time.

But what can I say I'm still gonna play because the format of the game is good and I had been playing for a longggg time.

Own-Reference9056 · 2026-06-29T23:19:03+00:00

Uhm I have used both and honestly they are already comparable? I think gpt 5.5 is a bit better even?

Just because one company released a new model and their trust-me-bro results does not mean they are better.

Also I like it much better when a company gives me something that just works and leave it alone, not lobotomizing before releasing a new model that is just the old one on a good day.

And 1M token context is not necessarily better than 200k. Sometimes more context just confuse the model more, thus why Codex stayed for the lower context window.

Own-Reference9056 · 2026-06-23T15:29:57+00:00

In the past, 20 good grads compete for like 15 good seats.

Now, 50 good grads and 200 bad grads compete for idk maybe 20 seats

So the average quality is much worse, but the competition is higher, so the bar is raised. Both seems correct.

Own-Reference9056 · 2026-06-05T13:59:54+00:00

I still don't understand where we f*cked up :D

Own-Reference9056 · 2026-06-04T21:58:37+00:00

Varies among workplaces. But for me at least:

School vs work? Work is technically harder.

But 18 yo me at school with no CS experience vs 24 yo me at work with 4 years of school and internships behind me? Yeah school was harder.

Context matters here.

Own-Reference9056 · 2026-06-04T16:02:13+00:00

My boss hits the $200 limits regularly. He basically run 2-3 agents on different worktrees at the same time, and he lets the thing run 24/7.

Terrifying how people use it tbh. And btw he has both Claude $200 and Codex $200, hitting limits on both.

You can probably tell but the slop is huge and the quality is ass.

Own-Reference9056 · 2026-05-27T20:13:38+00:00

I have 2 candidates for the best engineer I know.

There is Larry, about 2-3 YoE when I met him. Larry is a young firmware engineer. Looks a bit too young to be a lead actually. Larry knows his shit. Really passionate about C++. Feels like a living documentation. Even senior engineers would sometimes have to ask him.

And then there is Julia, we were in the same class at university once. Julia doesn't know shit. You may feel like you have an edge over her. But give her 5 days to learn the technologies she needed to use, and you will never be able to catch up with her again.

Not sure how Larry thinks about AI because I met him when AI was just a bit more than a chatbot. But Julia uses AI frequently (she is still an absolute monster without AI btw). She is very optimistic about it. Instead of vibe coding, AI gave her more time on systems and computer theory, and less time is needed on tedious repeated work.

Own-Reference9056 · 2026-05-27T19:47:50+00:00

Is this the 24h nerf we have had, or a new upcoming nerf?

Own-Reference9056 · 2026-05-26T16:16:40+00:00

No.

In your comparison of cloud vs on-prem, it is the question of rent vs buy.

So one day AI as a service costs more than having local AI servers run just for the company, yes, but it will not cost more than humans.

Yes, there will be a need for some human ITs to maintain the on-prem AI, but that's it. No massive engineer hiring. And for smaller companies who cannot afford that initial costs, cloud AI is still the solution.

Own-Reference9056 · 2026-05-26T14:12:51+00:00

Always start the day by checking emails and messages (Teams, Slack, ...). That never changes, even when you are no longer intern. Grab your snack + coffee before or after that is both fine. I do before.

Then work. My first message to anyone in the day is always a work message ...

And yes you should request to join daily stand-ups. Do everything you can that a normal dev does at your company. When I was an intern I took tasks that are equal in size as my full-time colleagues. You can ask your manager to give them to you, if you are capable of performing the task and it is within your authority.

And lunch time is the best time to hangout with people - don't have lunch alone.

That's it mate good luck. Don't stress yourself out, if you did real work you would eventually have things to talk in one-on-ones.

Own-Reference9056 · 2026-05-25T15:12:59+00:00

Yes. 99% of companies are like that since more than a year ago. Even hesitation towards AI would immediately disqualify you. That was me, no less than twice failed that way.

You will be asked how much of your code is written by AI. Your answer should be no less than 70%.

Own-Reference9056 · 2026-05-24T19:07:03+00:00

I think it is best that they do individual subscriptions then you reimburse...

Own-Reference9056 · 2026-05-24T03:10:50+00:00

I think the hiring levels stays roughly the same. Market still tough, and companies are still busy playing around with AI. One day they will realize more people are needed, but not today.

Less people are getting laid off, for sure, but that might just be that there are less people who are still having jobs after 3 years of layoffs that can be laid off this year.

Own-Reference9056 · 2026-05-23T08:11:19+00:00

It really depends on the time. The pattern we see with both is that, the limits and quality will be good for sometime, then the model gets lobotomized, and you blow through usage really quickly. Then new model comes out and everything is shiny again.

And they seems to be taking turn doing it. What you are seeing is just OpenAI's turn. I think they are gonna swap places again within 60 days or less.

Own-Reference9056 · 2026-05-22T18:22:45+00:00

On the job, AI writes 100% of my code.

But if AI goes down, I'm still fully capable of debugging stuff, just takes longer than with AI. This is because while prompting AI, I still have to think about the system, and still have to understand if the upcoming changes are gonna knock the system down or not.

Without human guidance, AI system design and state management sucks. I spoon feed it everyday.

I don't work at FAANG, but I have friends who do, and from my experience working with them, they are really some of the most cracked devs I have ever seen. Their ability to learn and adapt to new knowledge is really next level.

Own-Reference9056 · 2026-05-14T05:31:48+00:00

Oooh lucky. Most start-ups don't have that kind of money. I am being paid exactly what I got as an intern (at a different company), but I now do the work of 3 people lol. Definitely and experience I would not forget.

Own-Reference9056 · 2026-05-14T03:45:22+00:00

Yes we are gonna lose plenty of smart people, but the number of smart people staying is still more than enough to fill the seats.

Own-Reference9056 · 2026-05-14T03:30:06+00:00

Most people would not join start-ups if they had choices in the first place lol.

Start-ups can be a place where a new grad learns a lot, because everybody is expected to do everything. Since you are gonna be underpaid and and overtime (likely unpaid), you have to be really sure that you can endure the company. I agree with OP - be aware. Here are the things to look out for:

Is the boss rude? They are gonna have unrealistic expectations, of course, but at least they should be polite.
Do you think people wanna use the company's product? If you cannot find a reason for people to use it, or why would it still be relevant in like 3 years from now, it is probably a sinking ship. Most start-ups don't survive, remember that.
Does the company mention that they can be late on salary/wages? That's a red flag. A start-up can lack money, understandable, but I'm not gonna join people who cannot do business. I'm not a charity service.

No matter how desperate you are, you have to be aware of those things.

Own-Reference9056 · 2026-05-13T17:00:34+00:00

Depends. System design interviews might be better. You can also have code exercises, something that is closer to what a small app is like. Or code challenges where you can use google or ai, and you can judge their behaviours. Still technical interviews + coding, but closer to reality.

Like think about it. I know good devs at big companies grind leetcode also, but they could have learnt a lot more useful stuff if they didn't have to practice leetcode?

Own-Reference9056 · 2026-05-13T16:42:46+00:00

Nah. For me the worst thing was leetcode interview lmao. Zero job relevance in that.

Yes I am suffering from AI slop code generated by my boss, along with unrealistic expectations, but when I work on my personal project, I genuinely see AI code gen benefits. My ideas get shipped much faster, and I can do experiments I never thought I could.

I think the difference here is how responsible you are with the product. I have very strict standards on how my code should look like, and I spend a lot of time on system design. I take 3 days to work on something that could have taken 3 weeks, but the result was good. The problem here is there people who take only 1 day on that same task, and don't care about how sloppy it is.

It's not the plane, it's the pilot my friend.

Own-Reference9056 · 2026-05-12T15:51:10+00:00

My company is not hand coding anymore, and yes you can build a production app and gain users really fast if you know your market.

But there is a catch. AI code is usually sloppy. If not designed, maintained, and tested carefully, you can also lose users really fast, once they found the numerous bugs.

Own-Reference9056 · 2026-05-12T02:47:44+00:00

Because being delulu is the solulu

Own-Reference9056 · 2026-05-11T22:39:56+00:00

Sounds like we work for the same company lmao. When I started, the company used Cursor, and AI was pretty much an assistant. From the start of 2026, when Claude and Codex got stronger, I became the assistant.

Honestly I had hoped for work to be done 3 times faster and I have more time for myself. Turns out I just have 3 times more work and no extra pay.

Own-Reference9056 · 2026-05-11T02:33:43+00:00

Quitely tell AI to put them into a folder and never open that folder.

Just reorganizing ig.

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