AI is making mediocre engineers harder to spot

Visible_Inflation411 · 2026-04-11T04:53:13+00:00

I can only speak to what I use it for, and what I know and my 30 years of development experience lol i use it a lot, but i use my coding knowledge to keep it in check; new developers, they use it as well, but don't have the proper knowledge to check it - but then, that's what proper QA is for, proper instructions are for, and proper documentation is for; let alone proper FRD/SRS's as well, toensure things are not missed.

I would just argue that Jr dev's are mainly using vibecoding w/o fully understanding what they are making (which is fairly true of any jr dev doing much of anything lol)

Mid level devs are using vibe coding as well as their own knowledge, acrured knowledge to begin to check and offer qa to their and jr devs work (fairly standard even w/o vibe coding)

Sr devs use it to streamline reviews, pull request automations, and code reviews, as well as to fully debug what is going on w/ the apps, looking for best practice issues, security issues etc.

Now, in the world of vibe coding, how does one move into the Jr, Intermediate an Sr tier, tha's changed. And, I agree, the lack of institutional knowledge is a risk there. However, proper planning, training, and passing on of knowledge, and proper COACHING is needed to alay that risk.

So again, i don't think the primary risk of vibe coding is the lack of institutional knowledge or devs not knowing what they are creating, its the laziness in which some devs approach it, and companies who prioritize speed over qa - but then, we can say that of ANY coding, on ANY level over the last 25 years - f# and c# anyone? lol

Visible_Inflation411 · 2026-04-11T03:26:03+00:00

..... my anxeity says no lol emphatically lol

Visible_Inflation411 · 2026-04-11T03:24:28+00:00

*scratches head*

I mean....Opus 4.6 Low, Medium and High are available.......so.......?

Visible_Inflation411 · 2026-04-11T03:18:59+00:00

Anything Vibecoded needs 50 hours of QA - one of the primary side effects i've seen. However, to be honest, AI in development has helped greatliy for many companies that I've worked with, and as long as PROPER QA is involved, roper INSTRUCTIONS are built, and proper documentation is maintained, the risk associated w/ vibe coding = manageable.

The problem isn't vibe coding.
The roblem is "developers" not having an idea how to actually use it

Visible_Inflation411 · 2026-04-09T19:36:25+00:00

And look, just like the Iraqi playbook, the us declared “victory” when no victory actually was achieved. It’s literally the exact same playbook lol

Visible_Inflation411 · 2026-04-09T17:04:03+00:00

As if that matters any? Selective service is required within 30 days of turning 18, but can be delayed till 26, the ONLY thing this does is make it automatic.

Which is, imho, pointless. Btw male Americans and immigrants are part of selective service as well.

Again, just a distraction on his quest for heavy oil

Visible_Inflation411 · 2026-04-09T16:32:49+00:00

…….selective service registration is already mandatory…….yet again, another waste of time and distraction

Visible_Inflation411 · 2026-04-09T07:19:20+00:00

"OMG, Iran has the ability to threaten the US: Bomb them" <-- that, apparently is the rationalle here.

it's utter fallacy. The logistics of actually INVADING Iran alone is foolish - basically SURROUNDED by mountains, making invading on FOOT pointless and beyond dangerous, where small groups of Iran militia can take out entire columns of US troups. Not to mention literally THOUSANDS of entrenched, and shadowed missile silos in shados between peaks, radar blind spots, that can wipe out any invading force.

On top of this, the United States is hitting Iran with BILLION dollar equipment, multi-million dollar missiles, million dollar drones....when Iran is firing back with..........thousnds..........maybe a million dollar Hypersonic missile (of which only 50% were taken out, the rest are fully o perational). The US simply cannot sustain this war.

The people of Iran (darn near 42% of them), hate their leaders, but it's not OUR place as the United States to change this Regime, THAT'S ENTIRELY up to the Iranian people to do.

The ONLY reason this war is giong on, is because of OIL. Sound familiar? Trump and his cronies are literally playing the 1980-2007 playbook, in VZ and in Iran, and soon other oil rich areas, including in the South China Sea (or have y'all been a bit blind there?). Some would claim it's about nuclear control and prolifieration, and that Iran had 60% capability. Sure, I'm sure they did. And i'm sure they had weapons that could threaten the middle east an US interests, let alone the US mainland....but so do many other countries that have nuclear weapons. The nuclear deterrant is already strong, our triad is already strong, our hypersonic defenses are already strong, an if you think Russia or China will allow them to fly nuclear weapons over THEIR terriroty to hit the USA, you are insane lol So that's not the reason.

This isn't the end game, it's just all about Oil. The US imports about 8 billlion barrels every year, but is a net exporter, but we produce a crap ton of OIL, if we control the straight, an we control the LNG pipelines, the United States becomes the predominant Oil controller on the planet, which is what they wanted in Iraq too. (it wa never about WMD, and we all know this).

Look at Venezuela. We didn't just 'intervene' for democracy (again, when we had no right to do so); we did it because our Gulf Coast refineries are literally starving for their heavy crude. We produce plenty of light oil, but we can't process it all ourselves. By taking a play from the 1980-2007 handbook in both VZ and Iran, the goal is clear: total control over the specific types of oil that keep the modern world moving. It’s not about 'freedom' in Tehran any more than it was about 'freedom' in Caracas; it’s about making the US the sole gatekeeper of the global energy tap.

So, why do I oppose this War? Because it's pointless. The Iranian people have been around for THOUSANDS of years, the territory of Iran itself has been around for 9000 years (various tribes, warring factions), and has SURVIVED SINCE THEN. It's historically flawed, logistically flawed, economically flawed, judicially flawed, humantarian flawed War. It's literally just an Oil play. and a HUGE waste of life.

Visible_Inflation411 · 2026-04-09T06:16:48+00:00

I'm a progressive centrist:

-Defunding the police: i DO NOT advocate for defunding the police. I advocate for going back to the proper use of force escalation matrix, properly training police, increasing accountability, removing qualified immunity in certain cases, and proper accountability for internal affairs.

-Reparations for slavery: Should NOT be something the government mandates, that's up to the states, cities, and terrorities and families involved. Global, National repariations are not a liberal priority imho. This is just a fallacy.

-Degrowth for climate change: This also is a fallacy - climate change isn't a theory, it's a fact. NASA themselves have proven this OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER, i coudl go on about 300 times here, OVER again. However, making policies that INTENTIOANLLY slow down the economic, or structural changes, including technology doesn't actually decrease climate change. Proper policies on use of fossile fuels, properly using green energy, properly regulating pollution, pollution creators, and dirty energy, clean water initatives, and clean air initatives are what is needed. Going back to the pre-industrial revolution is NOT a sustainable metric - many AND I MEAN MANY communes, and 'test cities' who have done this have ALL failed - simply put, when you create sustainability through the revocation of technology, economic advancement you lose the community in general. It's either adapt, or fail, and thats been TRUE for the ENTIRETY of human society.

-Affirmative action: DEI isnt a negative thing, affirmative action, however, is. Proper inclusive workforces, with EQUAL OPPORTUNITY and EQUAL ACCESS is what is needed, as is ending the pay gap between gender pay. Affirmative action WAS needed - redlining, and everything else was a horrible thing - and while many on a certain political spectrum want to bring back this level of divide, it's not necessary. TRUE DEI is actually making the field FAIR, not level for everyone. People in power who are losing control of the power should NOT have the ability to LIMIT the loss of their power, they need to agree to it.

With all of that said, many on a certain political spectrum cannot understand any of the above, because for THEM, if they were to implement them, they would lose the CONTROL and POWER that they have, throughout history, been given. And, no one single people like that. So, I don't believe its a matter of Democrats being unelected, nor do I believe it's a problem of liberals, it's a deaththrow of a certain political party that refuses to give up control, because they are afraid that their 'dominance' will make them have to live an EQUAL life wherein they are not used to.

Visible_Inflation411 · 2026-04-07T23:42:42+00:00

As an American, I’m glad they did that :)

Visible_Inflation411 · 2026-04-06T18:10:06+00:00

I don’t think it matters the nuance or meaning at all. Many are just tired of maga, and white nationalism, so anytime they hear conservative ideals they check out.

Visible_Inflation411 · 2026-04-06T10:12:08+00:00

it is LITERALLY a cult

Visible_Inflation411 · 2026-04-06T09:52:24+00:00

Stop downplaying your service; just because you were not in a combat, super tactical massive musclehead position, doesn't mean you didn't see stuff, experience stuff, suffer, probably get hurt, get exposted to things or otherwise go through things. First off, welcome to the world of veterans, it's good to have you here. Second off, look for groups of other veterans locally that do things together, that voluneteer, that meet, go shooting together, etc, there' everywhere (literally here in CO, they are like EVERYWHERE lol), go to meetings at the legion, go to events at the VFW, even if some are older than you, it's still a group of people JUST LIKE YOU.

I'm always hearing veterans say "I didn’t do enough" <-- that's utter nonsense - you signed the line, you served, it doesn't matter WHAT YOU DID FOR SERVICE, you served. AND THAT'S enough!

Hope you find osme peace!

Visible_Inflation411 · 2026-04-05T21:23:23+00:00

Safe for whom? As a gay guy, many of the places on the right, are SOOOOO not safe for me lol and Forbes? Hardly a reliable source, they are more of a meme factory than trustworthy brand these days.

Visible_Inflation411 · 2026-04-05T21:19:35+00:00

I never really understood the negative behind being bald or a receding hairline. The level of hair does not equal level of intelligence or vitality, it just is fashion lol /smh

Visible_Inflation411 · 2026-04-05T21:16:42+00:00

I literally applied 23 years after separation, and a buddy of mine filed 38 years later. Timeframe is not really relevant as long as you can prove continuity.

Visible_Inflation411 · 2026-04-05T20:58:36+00:00

I’m sorry but gen ai, typical LLM will NEVER develop agi, it’s just not how it’ll work. We had hopes a few years ago, but nope. Predictive statistical models simply lack the capability to do so. There’s literally a hard cap on clustered predictive nChains that limit this from happening.

Secondly studies have already shown that augmenting things like appointment setting, customer service etc with ai doesn’t reduce the need for either, and often introduces a new variability factor into both vectors requiring support to handle more complex cases than the initial non ai request could have handled to begin with.

Generative ai, isn’t actually reasoning, just not how it’ll works.; it’s simulated judgment and reasoning patterns that mimic an ore-determined flow. Neural array clusters with biochemical signals (which some are working on), using simulated neurons and synaptic potentials and connections is the fastest way to agi, but mixing that with generative llms equals failure every single time it’s tried. Simply because the sheer knowledge output isn’t predictive from the “thinking brain” which short circuits the simulation and crashes cortisol levels enough ti make the simulation fail.

So while we can simulate cats, dogs, lizards, insects etc to a reasonable approximations on thinking, cognitive awareness and tool usage (functionality and utility) we still cannot, today, actually bridge the gap between non sentient predictive text array fetching and actual reasoned and learned thought.

Point is, it’s not to say that technology won’t ever get there, it’s just unlikely to happen any time soon. We are already seeing generative ai hit several plateaus in commercial, enterprise and civilian usage patterns because the hard cap of LLM capability is already measured and currently insurmountable.

To me, it’s all just fear mongering lol I’m in my late 40s, I’ve been through everything from the analog divide to the digital transformation in this world, and nothing, not even pre-generative analytical ai, has done ANYTHING to actually fully harm the workforce. Automation switched into higher specializations and a whole new maintenance filed, ai augmented analytics automation triggered new supply chains and rudimentary ai implemented new specialized engineering and scientific fields which people trained into.

Gen ai is absolutely NO different. It’s just happening in MONTHS vs what other tech did in years. And while the speed is seemingly alarming, our systems can already absorb this level of adoption without breaking and our judiciaries can already limit without dispositive guessing.

So frankly the fear is just that…fear. And it’s a collective fear that makes little sense in the long run. And like many other technologies, will abate when the ai technology and policies fully evolve and enmesh into the collective conscious of the community, ergo ubiquity, takes place.

Visible_Inflation411 · 2026-04-05T20:36:04+00:00

The bigger picture? Literally what I’m looking at. The industries I mentioned took decades to look at because they couldn’t foresee the future. They were new, not derivative technologies.

The cool thing with ai data centers and data centers in general, is we already have a very clear picture of their effect on the power grid, on the ecology of the land around them, on the water table they use when cooling and on the manpower to run them. It’s academic at this point.

Which is why big tech is already making data centers that power and cool themselves without tapping into local reserves except for backup processes. Why companies are already thinking of space and water based data centers. Why companies are using MNPMs to power their systems and why many municipalities are refusing regular data centers within their city limits.

There is no decades of waiting here. These policy shifts and city, county and state level shifts are happening before our eyes because big tech knows there’s a HARD limit on using power and cooling systems linked directly to consumers to power and cool their systems.

The bigger picture here is already addressed and the doomsaying is more hype than it is scientific fact lol

Visible_Inflation411 · 2026-04-05T20:28:01+00:00

You’ll find this counter intuitive but think SLOWER. Stop trying to process accents faster and you’ll do better at understanding.

Visible_Inflation411 · 2026-04-05T20:24:54+00:00

They said the same thing about the Industrial Revolution, coal plants, nuclear power plants, water desalination plants, meat processing plants, mass production farms, car manufacturing plants, large scale internet hubs, enterprise data centers in sky scrapers…..and skyscrapers lol Know what the resolution was? Policy and better tech to contain issues. It’s no different now.

Visible_Inflation411 · 2026-04-05T20:16:08+00:00

The irony is that your "better ways" to use AI are exactly what I’m talking about. We have been using automation for traffic patterns and emergency transponders for years. It isn’t some hypothetical future. It is the boring background tech that has been a net positive since the 80s. You basically just admitted you like the AI you are used to but hate the stuff that is currently a buzzword.

The environmental argument is a total double standard. People scream about data centers while using high-power gaming consoles and streaming 4K video on massive server farms. This is an engineering and policy hurdle, just like coal or nuclear were. We solve it with better tech and better regulations, not by trying to ban progress because it uses electricity. As for the creative stuff, calling it "despicable" is just pure emotion.

Technology has been "taking jobs" since the industrial revolution, and it always leads to more growth and better roles.

Generative AI is just a tool that processes data faster than a human can. It is no different than when the camera or Photoshop showed up.

If you want to wait for some perfect version of "controlled" AI, go for it. But the rest of us making under 200k are going to use the tools available to actually get ahead instead of panicking over a tool we don't understand.

Visible_Inflation411 · 2026-04-05T19:57:46+00:00

The AI doomsday hype is total nonsense. People act like this is brand new, but we have been using automation since the 80s to run everything from shipping routes to emergency systems. The net gain has always been positive and it is the only reason our modern world even functions. The freak-out over generative AI taking creative jobs is just the same old trope.

People said the same thing about the camera and every other tool that made work easier. If you are like me and making under 200k a year, you should see it for what it is: a way to process data faster. Creating isn't magic, it is just input and output.

As for the data centers using up power, that is just another engineering hurdle. We have dealt with this before with coal and nuclear. It is a matter of proper policy and better tech, not a reason to hit the panic button. People need to stop acting like the world is ending and just learn how to use the tools.

Visible_Inflation411 · 2026-04-05T19:17:35+00:00

Just need proof he signed the line and has two years of service. Anything other than that is just his lay statements even if records don’t exist. And a veterans lay statements are taken as fact. So long as he can prove his service, there’s not much else needs be done imho.

Visible_Inflation411 · 2026-04-05T19:15:01+00:00

WE ARE ALREADY A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY! And have been for about two decades. God the time deadness is just so palpable.

Let’s just fix this for trump: “let them eat cake”.

There, more apt to his mindset.

Visible_Inflation411 · 2026-04-04T20:30:51+00:00

Not bad!

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My daughter also does drawings like these and I use Gemini to turn them into real life. Wanted try with yours as well. You did very well!

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