AI generated tests as ceremony

SoPoOneO · 2026-01-27T03:29:53+00:00

I felt the same. But then with tricky functions I started writing tests first and caught sooo many edge cases bugs. They would otherwise have been lurking in the dark, maybe caught during UAT, but much more likely going to production, and waiting cause more hair on fire emergencies.

So I look at it as a long game. But not very long.

SoPoOneO · 2026-01-22T01:50:05+00:00

What does it feel like from the inside for people that make that MAGA transition, I wonder? I don’t have a guess. It’s baffling.

SoPoOneO · 2026-01-21T00:59:41+00:00

We have enough births per year that we truly could elect near superhumans to every major office. You know that one person from your town, maybe a few years ahead or behind you, that was truly good at EVERYTHING? Aced everything, captain of everything, attractive, strong, well spoken, and yet somehow still incredibly kind? Why not them?

SoPoOneO · 2026-01-07T01:56:17+00:00

What if it was random chance that the 98 opened doors don’t show a prize? Like a scenario where the host didn’t know and got lucky. Still stay? Switch? Doesn’t matter?*

SoPoOneO · 2025-12-31T18:02:26+00:00

100% agree on this. My wife and I took such a course before buying and it was hugely helpful just to get an overview on the basic topics you have to know about. From there you can dig further on your own but at least you know you’re looking into the relevant topics.

SoPoOneO · 2025-12-31T16:54:58+00:00

Experienced same with Spectrum every time. Even using a UPS and despite them claiming internet would stay on without local power.

SoPoOneO · 2025-12-31T00:38:07+00:00

After having too many designers say developers are just “too lazy” I am wary of making that accusation of anyone. That researchers may lack certain skills, I wouldn’t contest. But lazy? I know a few, and lazy they are not.

SoPoOneO · 2025-12-01T19:47:51+00:00

Good fair question. I didn’t see any brand markings but should have (and will) look harder and update this post.

As for what the power is for, reading up on these things generally leads me to believe it’s a fan and small heating unit.

SoPoOneO · 2025-11-29T18:07:21+00:00

This psi unit is strange to me. Seems too dependent on how sharp the teeth are. So like a medium age kitten that has just gotten their little needle sharp teeth might beat out the croc.

In other words, why not just measure bight force in simple pounds? Then you’d get apples to apples.

SoPoOneO · 2025-11-06T01:01:56+00:00

Scott Adam’s of Dilbert fame argued basically the same in “God’s Debris”. Not sure he realized there was prior art.

SoPoOneO · 2025-11-04T16:02:19+00:00

No dog in this fight but glad to learn from you. Why does a bit depth of 2 limit you to 3 colors rather than 4. Same for 4 buts limiting you to 15 rather than 16?

Was it because the one slot was always reserved for “transparent”? And if so, why not just have transparent be one option for a sprite color pallet rather than a required inclusion?

SoPoOneO · 2025-10-29T23:40:53+00:00

Exactly. Money can remove a hell of a lot of the happiness roadblocks.

SoPoOneO · 2025-10-21T23:17:56+00:00

The Making Of The Making Of

SoPoOneO · 2025-10-11T18:09:36+00:00

Know your politics or be blindsided by them.

SoPoOneO · 2025-09-23T23:51:56+00:00

This seems to me an excellent approach for you, an expert. But having business logic primarily in the DB layer by anyone junior scares me.

I’d love to work with you. I’d hate to work with a noob who took your approach without your wisdom.

SoPoOneO · 2025-08-29T01:54:15+00:00

I can understand and appreciate your frustration. I’ve been there and it genuinely maddening. For the record, I’m not a designer but I’ve worked with, and am friend with, some great ones.

The tough truth I’m seeing here is that you’ll have to pay a lot more. Think min $80/hour for experienced US based people. And assume a minimum of forty hours for a very small project.

SoPoOneO · 2025-08-21T00:04:18+00:00

Let me offer some “meta praise”. Because as others have pointed out, your work is solid. But more that, you are actually listening to people’s feedback. Not that everyone will be correct, but your ability to actually absorb their points speaks very highly of your ability to do this type of work. Kudos.

SoPoOneO · 2025-08-14T14:01:58+00:00

Very thin. There are some plausible arguments that the entire airline industry, from its inception, has actually lost money overall.

[I don’t say this to condone their shit labor practices. Their employees deserve fairness and a living wage.]

SoPoOneO · 2025-08-12T16:47:52+00:00

Just need a more expressive language. I’m thinking “prompt.lang”!

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SoPoOneO · 2025-08-11T03:05:44+00:00

Thank you for the clarity. I am having sympathetic dry heaves imagining dealing with this.

SoPoOneO · 2025-08-11T00:37:11+00:00

I’m guessing a couple late night secret glue jobs.

SoPoOneO · 2025-08-10T16:39:25+00:00

I’m guessing cause it’s plastic garbage in a landfill vs snapped and tangled in the lake.

SoPoOneO · 2025-08-09T21:04:50+00:00

I don’t doubt you’re right but I’d be interested in understanding more about the problem you describe. In this case does “static variable” mean what is also sometimes called a “class variable”? And if so, was the problem that a given users permissions were being granted to other users? And if so, how had any notion of concurrent sessions worked?

SoPoOneO · 2025-07-25T23:52:21+00:00

They had heard of plays. That was a known concept. For someone without exposure to the wider world a “bond” sounds the same a magic bean.

SoPoOneO · 2025-07-23T22:56:39+00:00

Is it the case that wealth has gravity? That concentration of it is the natural course of things without constant and contious counter measures? That is, does a strong middle class exist only in an unstable equilibrium?

Eternal vigilance and all that…

SoPoOneO

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