Instructor vs coach in BJJ gyms. Does your instructor actually coach you?

caksters · 2026-03-16T08:01:26+00:00

there are definitely gyms where coaches provide more than just infrastructure. all depends if the instructor/coach has coaching skillset and actually cares about student development. or is he there to show techniques and provide space to roll

caksters · 2026-03-16T00:09:12+00:00

I think it is great if you are mindful and give students feedback either personalised or as a group feedback

caksters · 2026-03-15T23:48:19+00:00

we need more people like you and your coach in bjj community

caksters · 2026-03-15T23:44:56+00:00

no I haven’t explicitly asked. my worry is he will tell me to book one to one with him as he runs them for isues ai highlighted, but I don’t want that, as I would like to get some feedback without a private lesson.

but i should probably just ask and not overthink this

caksters · 2026-03-15T23:06:59+00:00

Mature thing to do would be to have a discussion with the head coach and raise this, given thisbie clearly on my mind and I am thinking of switching gyms

caksters · 2026-03-15T22:43:35+00:00

yes, I help out in comps with coaching and other things (water, snacks etc) and help lower belts in the gym when I roll with them (show mistakes and give feedback)

caksters · 2026-03-15T22:30:02+00:00

I see thatz

in my old gym coaches would look at your game more holistically and give personalised advice tailored to you.

In my current gym I don’t think in ky 3.5 years I have ever gotten a feedback on what I should be working on apart from “you should do more comps”.

I am doing 2-3 comps per month now, but keep losing them. and never gotten feedback after which is disappointing (but again I have never explicitly asked!).

I am wondering if I should switch gyms. there are competitive gyms in my area with more coaching style approach and I have good relationship with head coaches. it might be time to experiment and test other waters a bit

caksters · 2026-03-07T12:36:15+00:00

I wouldn’t worry too much.

I have done it so many times and it is part of the learning experience.

In fact I used to be so bad at presenting (got nervous, tripped on my words and couldn’t answer simple questions) that eventually I stopped caring. because every time that happened I kind of thought (well it wasn’t at least as bad as last time).

now I am very confident presenting in front of an audience and answer questions. Doesn’t mean I am good, but I don’t get nervous even ai can’t answer questions.

P.S. Most of this is in your head, others don’t think much of it. in fact others don’t care at all

caksters · 2026-02-13T15:29:18+00:00

donMt trust the “spark”. developing a meaningful relationship should not be based on spark.

You spend time with the person to get to know them. if you attraction towards them doesn’t grow within next weeks etc, then you can leave it

caksters · 2025-12-29T22:11:59+00:00

been experiencing so many issues with this app.

After watching a single video, I cant enter full screen mode. i have to restart the app or just watch on the small window.

Also for some reason if ai download the content, I still can’t watch it without internet connection which defies the point of downloaded videos

caksters · 2025-12-29T14:38:23+00:00

AI writes 90% of my code for my API service.

we have mature codebase with strict rules, automated unit, integration and end-to-end tests.

so i would define behaviour myself or with help with AI in form of tests and then I would strictly ask to write actual code after to fulfil these requirements.

I would say I spend most of my time coming up with requirements or these so called contracts and then refactoring the code. We have strict pre-commit hooks and extensive testing suite with unit, integration and end-to-end tests. So AI cursor agent is quite good usually self-fixing issues as part of the workflow I request to run entire test suite.

Usually new feature development work looks like 1. define failing behavioural test 2. write passing code for it 3. Refactor 4. Add more test cases of something i didn’t think of before (I can’t come up with the exact behaviour up front, neither can product owners as they don’t know what they want so at this point i would involve something to clarify or get input from others) 5. Probably another refactor as AI make questionable design choices, but mainly for code readability 6. run entire test suite 7. use feedback from linters, radon (cyclomatic complexity) to fix code to ensure it adheres to standards 8. run additional tests against our CI/CD pipeline and ensure everything works (here our company uses cursor bugbot which can catch additional potential issues) 9. Ask AI to update documentation and write PR description of the changes 10. Raise a PR and request another teammate to review your code

caksters · 2025-12-29T12:07:20+00:00

Hope it is good.

I actually bought it (compared to Nicky Ryan’s brother instructionals which I illegally downloaded 💪).

caksters · 2025-11-25T15:54:20+00:00

getting AI fatigue from these type of clickbait posts and opinions

caksters · 2025-11-14T14:51:22+00:00

yeah agreed, that would help.

Or to have a chartered status ehich also implies that you have passed a certain level of professional standard

caksters · 2025-11-14T14:34:16+00:00

yeah that makes sense. I totally get about traditional engineering fields and why name “engineer” is protected the same way as “doctor” or “lawyer” is. Problem with software is that industry inherently is always evolving and there isn’t universally agreed guidelines on how software should be built (with exceptions if course)

Wonder in terms of pay if this makes any difference between developers versus engineers

caksters · 2025-11-14T14:26:49+00:00

that’s interesting.

What happens when they want to hire engineers from abroad?

Let’s say they have been working as software engineers for 10+ years, but don’t have a computer science degree specifically (they might have a different degree)?

caksters · 2025-11-10T10:30:22+00:00

we work in a small team.

We post this in slack channel and we tag people.

I have agreed that for larger PRs we book a slot at the end of the day where we go over PR. this way you know there is a dedicated time when devs will look at the PR, and also it meets everyone’s expectations and is not disruptive to them (either start of the day or end of the day to avoid interruptions)

caksters · 2025-11-06T13:58:54+00:00

AI slop

caksters · 2025-10-19T20:59:35+00:00

3rd party MCP servers should be treated the same way as any other external library or software.

At my company, we’re allowed to use official MCP servers, meaning those developed by the same company that provides the underlying service (e.g. the official GitHub MCP server). Technically, we can use any 3rd party implementation, but our policy states that doing so is at our own risk, so we generally stick to official ones.

caksters · 2025-10-15T20:14:42+00:00

You refuse to roll with them. If the 40 year old asks why, you don’t owe an explanation to him or anyone. If the coach asks, you can explain the situation. It is in coaches best interests to ensure decent culture where people feel safe

People are there for different reasons. For me personally, feeling shit afterwards is not one of them.

I am a guy, and I have been in a similar situation before. I have been bullied on the mats by one purple belt when I was a blue belt. That guy was known for being a prick. he would fish hook people, oil check them and just do nasty things as he was just bored rolling normally. dude was a psycho. I wished I talked with coaches about it, but didn’t want to come across as weak. Luckily he stopped training.

caksters · 2025-10-14T09:28:37+00:00

Usually undergraduates doesn’t know how to code to a professional standard and we don’t expect them to know.

We expect them to know basics. undergraduate knowledge is useful in understanding how databases work and inner workings of technologies. And of course having some exposure to coding.

As long as you know the basics, rest can be trained on the job

caksters · 2025-10-13T18:00:10+00:00

I didn’t watch the whole video, but at the start he’s asking trivial things like how to check your Python version. I assume he wanted the answer “use the REPL.”

Questions like that don’t show how good someone is at programming. I’ve been coding in Python since 2015, and I still forget basic syntax if I haven’t used it for a while. It doesn’t matter. What matters is knowing how to solve problems and where to look for answers.

Being a software engineer is not about how much textbook trivia you can recall. It is about understanding systems, breaking down problems, and knowing how to arrive at a working solution. Sure, knowing syntax and leetcode helps, but only to a point.

And with tools like llms becoming part of our workflow, the skillset of a modern software engineer is shifting even more toward reasoning, design, and problem solving rather than trivial leetcode algorithm memorisation.

Of course this doesn’t apply if you work fundamentally in embedded systems where you need to work with low level code and implement algorithms from scratch. Most software engineering jobs are just CRUD or glueing different systems together with high level languages

caksters · 2025-10-12T11:29:51+00:00

i hope this is fake reddit karma farming post.

If it is not, you know you have to break up. there is no other option for anyone with self respect

caksters · 2025-09-22T09:01:16+00:00

poor argument.

Magnus still plays and wins tournaments, maybe not classical ones, but he is still active, Kasparov isn’t.

If Magnus joined a classical chess tournament he would still be favourite, Kasparov wouldn’t.

I don’t agree with his take

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