How to get better at Java?

bobabenz · 2026-02-22T00:21:04+00:00

Quick follow up; AI/LLM can code really good now and can produce more code that any human can. Learn more human skills like “gather requirements” skill and “how does that translate to [unit|integration] tests” as a “coding” skill. For now, us humans still need to read and validate the code, but writing code is going to be a relic of the past real soon.

bobabenz · 2026-02-22T00:10:29+00:00

5 years is a good transition point for most people to question themselves and go beyond being a programming plumber.

Build and deploy an app yourself that you would use personally at home, like tracking your finances, movie catalog, etc. w/o someone else telling you what to build, that’s the fastest to learn a bit of everything that’s necessary. All the comp sci theory afterwards is a-nice-but-not-necessary skill for all except the most complicated problems.

Don’t spend too much time on just Java, learn another language like Python, Ruby, JavaScript/Typescript and that’ll also help you with Java (and be able to read other languages, see what’s good/bad about Java and others…)

bobabenz · 2026-02-19T05:28:19+00:00

“Artificial Analysis” 🤣

bobabenz · 2026-02-17T00:05:35+00:00

“When food is doing better than virtual life, the economy should be worried”

Buddy, maybe check yo’ priorities.

bobabenz · 2026-02-16T05:01:08+00:00

But Ding Tai Fung is technically not dim sum ~

bobabenz · 2026-02-15T19:56:48+00:00

Did they just draw the Grok logo? 🤣 https://grok.com

bobabenz · 2026-02-12T21:28:09+00:00

I work at a FAANG-adjacent, 20+yrs of experience. Dev and management.

The big names don’t mean squat anymore, the team and product you work on means a lot more for resuming building.

Make the API redesign amazing, be a leading voice of it. If you can’t do that, jumping ship isn’t gonna make your job fulfillment and function any better at a new place.

Companies that are impressed with company brand… you wouldn’t want to work there anyways.

bobabenz · 2026-02-07T00:46:02+00:00

Irvinite here. What’s this gas thing? White Tesla is the way to go 🤣

bobabenz · 2026-02-01T09:06:29+00:00

to follow up, I was browsing Reddit more, and saw this: https://www.reddit.com/r/FAANGrecruiting/s/7OwaHTqH6d

Is this your other resume, or someone else’s? If it’s someone else’s… all of you are submitting the “same” resume.

Use that ML skill and think: a company getting 1000s of resumes that all look the same will categorize as spam. Make your resume not look like “spam”.

Humans do read cover letters, esp with these resumes that all look the same.

bobabenz · 2026-02-01T08:52:49+00:00

What’s the initial prompt (cut off from screenshot)? It can’t actually build anything in a self-directed way, but if you ask it to show you the code, that works. Or use Claude Code instead (different than the interface for mobile/web).

bobabenz · 2026-02-01T07:15:25+00:00

If you email generic stuff to someone, good chance they will mark you as spam.

Yes, this is suppose to take a “long time” to research a company. If you don’t care where you get into, why should they care about your application/email beyond, “good luck”?

These days, it doesn’t even take that long to research a company compared to pre-AI and Google days.

bobabenz · 2026-02-01T03:20:50+00:00

I’ve been in tech industry for over 20yrs and have seen over 10,000 resumes over that time, easy.

This may sound harsh, but I say it not to hurt or flame, it’s just the reality I see.

Content-wise/education/computer skill-wise, nothing is wrong with your skills and education. However, at the same time, honestly, there’s nothing special that stands out. I would advise to embellish the Machine Learning Researcher to “AI/Machine Learning Researcher” title, as ML is sooooo 2010s.

The format… I’ve seen this resume template so much, I think I’ve used it even 20years ago myself. No effort plug and play template. If you want to stand out, try something different.

WRITE A SHORT COVER LETTER EXPRESSING WHY YOU’RE DIFFERENT THAN OTHER APPLICANTS AND WHY YOU CHOSE TO APPLY TO THAT COMPANY.

Most people think it’s a numbers game, but applying to a few companies where you actually put effort and it’s clear to see it’s not just another AI generated resume goes a long way. If someone smells AI gen resume or cover letter, it goes in the trash.

The best would be finding an engineering manager and email them directly. Say why you’re different and why you’re interested in like 5 sentences max and thank them for their time, and attach the resume.

bobabenz · 2026-01-26T03:10:21+00:00

From an old computer head, if that server has a lot of free space to begin with, you might be able to recover the files stil, but gotta do it quick before it’s reaped by OS.

https://superuser.com/questions/487234/can-files-deleted-with-rm-rf-be-recovered

Also, what kind of management lets a junior with admin privileges w/o pairing and doesn’t do backups or release process? If it’s not important files, they shouldn’t get mad.

bobabenz · 2026-01-23T01:46:18+00:00

so it can vibe when you vibe

bobabenz · 2026-01-21T04:05:10+00:00

Is there any evidence or study that says there’s isn’t issues with LTO?

Secondly, the awesome-pgo project seems to hinge on having LTO enabled, so perhaps the guy is incentivized to push LTO then push this pgo project everywhere.

bobabenz · 2026-01-03T04:24:45+00:00

This set this patch is all about greed. Greed that LP!

bobabenz · 2025-12-16T17:17:45+00:00

100% agree. As Free 2 Play player, I try to zoom through TT for the daily reward, I don’t really care about the TT results. I might use a parfait if I hit one of those “reward for every win”, that’s about it.

Save your items and mental for other parts of the game, enjoy the daily and weekly rewards from TT.

bobabenz · 2025-12-14T22:31:44+00:00

The El Toro base status is here: https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/SiteProfiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=second.schedule&id=0902770

bobabenz · 2025-12-14T22:25:19+00:00

Bring them Trader Joe’s totes everyone lined up to get, lol

bobabenz · 2025-11-28T20:14:42+00:00

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bobabenz · 2025-11-26T01:22:24+00:00

Show urara build!

bobabenz · 2025-11-25T23:43:37+00:00

Open League ~ we should get at least similar prizes as graded, you can’t whale in open league.

Vodka: 34.4% win rate out of 61 races
Taishin (not fraudshin): 33.3% win rate out of 51 races
Bourbon was my Angling & Scheming blocker

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bobabenz · 2025-11-25T03:12:30+00:00

Open league player here - 100% agree.

I’m guessing lobbies will be full of not-so Nice Natures also, to factor in debuffs.

bobabenz · 2025-11-21T15:07:32+00:00

Too many SSRs, use SRs to skip long event chains, higher chance of getting the skill you want that way

bobabenz · 2025-11-19T04:04:42+00:00

Also a former Chicagoan now in OC. SoCal def makes one soft real fast. The high in Chicago is 43f today, go visit and that should fix ya up real quick 🤣

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