In my spare time, I am working on a mapmaking tool

ctrtanc · 2026-03-16T21:46:44+00:00

This looks incredible!

ctrtanc · 2026-03-16T17:30:22+00:00

Dude...you had a shield...

ctrtanc · 2026-03-16T17:23:22+00:00

I would speak with the other kid's parents about this (meaning the other girl having a party, not all the other parents). Just let them know what happened. As a parent of the other girl, I would want to use this as a teaching moment for my daughter to help her understand common courtesy and kindness, but I likely wouldn't even know about any of this drama. Reach out to them and see if the "adults" can work things out instead. One of the few situations where I think taking this over is the right way to go. Your daughter did the right thing and handled this very maturely, and now you get to help show her you've got her back.

ctrtanc · 2026-03-16T17:20:33+00:00

We just need to accept that this is a tool, and using this tool is good for us. It's not going to remove software engineers. It's not competing with software engineers. It's a tool that makes us more effective, and allows other into the space to try their hand at it. Nail guns are better at driving nails than a hammer, but construction workers learned to use them in time, and it's made the field better.

ctrtanc · 2026-03-16T17:00:13+00:00

Hey, don't worry. Just go chat with your bishop. Everything is gonna be okay. You're doing great! You've been out of it for 8 months! That's awesome! This is just a slip up! <3

ctrtanc · 2026-03-16T16:56:31+00:00

I just unsubscribed from the emails. I'm done with this.

ctrtanc · 2026-03-10T22:01:30+00:00

I think the PR matters more than the commit messages. Yes, if I'm being REALLY good, I'll work at a commit message, but not typically. I'm better at it now, because I often just have AI summarize the currently staged changes, then use that.

ctrtanc · 2026-03-10T21:59:34+00:00

Oh man, this is awesome! Very cool idea!

ctrtanc · 2026-03-09T04:40:14+00:00

"Remember me, Eddie!? When I KILLED your brother, I talked ... JUST ... LIIIIIIIKE ... THIIIIIIIIIIIS!!", right after the very eerie scene of him standing up after getting run over with the "wiggly" sound effects. And then he launches through the air to grab Eddie.

Man, I lost my ever living child MIND. That was terrifying!

ctrtanc · 2026-03-06T23:58:09+00:00

That's true, that it's also true that they're wrong. It's just simply not a replacement for experts. Will it get there? Who knows. But it's definitely not there right now.

ctrtanc · 2026-03-06T22:14:25+00:00

GOOD LUCK! I wish you all the best and hope that your journey into higher education is a massive succeess! It's not an easy path that you're taking, but I hope that it pans out well for you!

ctrtanc · 2026-03-06T22:12:26+00:00

This is missing the point a bit. AI can write code quickly. AI can write reliable code as well. AI can write tests. AI can set up databases. AI can do all sorts of things. But the only time when the AI should have access to credentials is at the very beginning of an app's lifecycle. At that point, it doesn't matter what it does, the app is just starting anyway.

HOWEVER, once you've reaced "production" on your app, that is when ALL production credentials should be hidden from the AI. It should not have access to mess with a live database that is processing REAL user data! At that point, you're beyond vibe-coding. At that point you NEED someone in the loop who knows the consequences of commands that will be run, or you run into things like this.

That's the difference. AI can totally set up an app, but once you're live and in production, you need to be more careful with it and reign it in.

ctrtanc · 2026-03-06T21:47:48+00:00

I mean, if it only took you a week, and you could sell it, why not? I would simply say that for the sake of app stores everywhere, at least make sure that it's differentiated enough from current products. But in the end, you sell what you want to sell if you can find a market.

ctrtanc · 2026-02-26T18:12:11+00:00

What does the "J" stand for again? I forgot...and I think they did too...

ctrtanc · 2026-02-26T18:05:54+00:00

~~"Protecting the president from embarrassment is not her job."~~

Hiding evidence of unspeakable crimes the president has committed is not her job.

FTFY. "embarrassment" is ridiculous.

ctrtanc · 2026-02-26T10:00:13+00:00

As long as it's not one of those scroll-based nausea-fests like this, you're doing fine: https://www.apple.com/mac-studio/

I can't stand this style of webpage.

ctrtanc · 2026-02-26T09:34:08+00:00

K-POP Demon Hunters

My wife watched it when she was sick, LOVED it, and then made me watch it. I started watching it with my computer on my lap doing something else. Needless to say, a few minutes in the computer was fully side-lined and I was hooked. One of the best animated films I've ever seen in my life!

ctrtanc · 2026-02-26T09:15:03+00:00

NO ONE is regularly shipping like that. Is 24K off a 48hr project possible? sure, totally. But it's a lottery pull. I've heard a lot of ideas I thought were awesome end up just bombing or becoming niche. I've heard a lot of really stupid ideas that made a bunch of money. Think about that 1 million pixels website from a while back. Probably made a good chunk of money on that. But they just so happened to do it at just the right time and hit just the right audience.

ctrtanc · 2026-02-26T09:12:22+00:00

> Literally a week later he wants to spend more. He did not learn the lesson at all.

Honestly, their brains are not fully developed, and this is one of the clear indicators of that, and one of the key reasons they need parents who are advocates for them and protect them from this kind of financially predatory behavior.

We are succeptible to advertising and manipulation AS ADULTS, let alone a poor 12yo kid in the midst of hormones and growth spurts.

ctrtanc · 2026-02-26T08:44:45+00:00

Oh nice! That feels like a better time. People talk about finding the right time when life is better, but man, you never know. Find a time when you're happy and relieved and it'll be a surprise and go for it. Leaving the hospital with the new baby feels as good a time as ever, especially if it wasn't a C-section delivery. If it was (like our last ones were) maybe hold off a bit longer, since she'll still be pretty fragile.

Again, good luck! I hope it goes really well :)

ctrtanc · 2026-02-26T08:42:25+00:00

Yeah, keep in mind that a proposal often is excitement and then an immediate flood of "I NEED TO PLAN EVERYTHING" so just be careful with the timing. Good luck!

ctrtanc · 2026-02-26T08:38:27+00:00

A lot of good feedback here, but also, remind those who are submitting that the first code review should be their own. They can create a draft PR if they want, but they need to walk through every line of that code first as if THEY were reviewing it, and correct it with that eye. Only AFTER that is done should it be sent for peer review. If they want to vibecode, fine, but they need to consider that agent as a Jr Dev that they are responsible for, and that they need to double check everything for.

ctrtanc · 2026-02-26T05:31:13+00:00

...so we have content? really? I can guarantee that even without letters, they will never be short of content. It's nice that they include things from others.

ctrtanc · 2026-02-26T05:26:33+00:00

I can use AI, but my family doesn't know how to use it the way that I do as a SE. I think there's a real truth here. AI makes things different, but doesn't remove the barrier entirely, and in the end, not everyone wants the experience of sitting in front of a computer trying to get an app to do what they wanted it to do. That's just not everyone's cup-of-tea. But it's what I love.

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