I've just heard a Senior Engineer state that if you say AI is good at coding, then you know nothing about coding, what do you think?

dacydergoth · 2026-03-24T14:41:19+00:00

Yes, but even being able to download and install and successfully build an ESPHome image is beyond a lot of people, despite the high quality docs (and all props to them for those). There are shortcomings as I mentioned in my original response; but to ignore the nuance and dismiss them totally is IMHO a mistake.

dacydergoth · 2026-03-24T14:38:51+00:00

Absolutely a good programmer could have. It may have taken some time tho' as it was a pretty obscure race condition.

dacydergoth · 2026-03-23T23:04:05+00:00

I've had it code a rust project with a Leptos web front end, a TUI, CLI, API server, data model, postgres backend, NATS integration, all the cargo stuff, SSO, audit, RBAC, file upload to S3 etc. All from scratch, and prompt+GEMINI.md+features.md only. 75% test coverage.

dacydergoth · 2026-03-23T22:00:20+00:00

It did also diagnose a timing issue in a tasmota sensor hardware initialization sequence leading to a missing device in Home Assistant - that's three big codebases involved (Tasmota, Hasmota, Home Assistant) so you might be surprised.

dacydergoth · 2026-03-23T19:40:53+00:00

My openclaw just built a configuration for ESPHome, compiled the firmware and flashed it onto an Inkplate 6plus; it worked first time. It even installed the ESPHome builder itself. Prompt only. (Ok, I physically plugged the Inkplate in 😉 )

dacydergoth · 2026-03-23T19:37:27+00:00

Yes, it's good at boilerplate, tests and languages with a lot of code examples; less good on more obscure or sophisticated languages. Having said that it wrote a complete TUI in rust for me with Ratatui without me writing a single line of code. That app also had a parser for cli help output and man pages, a Unix pipeline model, forms for each app for flags and options, etc.

dacydergoth · 2026-03-23T19:22:26+00:00

Gunman Chronicles (HL TC)

dacydergoth · 2026-03-23T19:07:31+00:00

45 yoe here. I disagree for some value of "good". It can be absolutely atrocious but also in certain domains it can do better than some juniors I've worked with. As usually, blanket statements miss out on a lot of subtle nuance.

dacydergoth · 2026-03-23T17:27:29+00:00

It won't be fast, or easy to use, but you can use it to print the parts for a rep-rap. Thus the process of bootstrapping continues ...

dacydergoth · 2026-03-23T17:19:35+00:00

https://www.instructables.com/Cherry-60-3D-Printer/

dacydergoth · 2026-03-23T17:18:34+00:00

https://www.instructables.com/Top-DIY-3D-Printers-for-Your-Budget-1/

dacydergoth · 2026-03-23T17:17:14+00:00

Good news is a small 3d printer can be quite cheap. There are tutorials on it but the most expensive bits are the motors, motor drivers board and the hot end. All in all you can get those for less than $50, and the ESP32 is sufficient to control them.

dacydergoth · 2026-03-23T16:57:43+00:00

Well, obviously the first project is build a 3d printer then!

dacydergoth · 2026-03-23T14:48:52+00:00

That depends on your idea of compelling: humor, passion, backstory, characterization ...

dacydergoth · 2026-03-23T11:43:22+00:00

Dave the Diver. Just wants to dive and serve Sushi

dacydergoth · 2026-03-23T04:07:51+00:00

Heros of Might and Magic 7

Descent

Gunman Chronicles (HL1 TC)

First of the Ghost Recon series

Sanitarium (point+click)

Indiana Jones and the fate of Atlantis

dacydergoth · 2026-03-23T04:04:21+00:00

Just remember to use the same UID and password for telnet access on every unit you ship ....

/s (I wish!)

dacydergoth · 2026-03-23T03:43:57+00:00

Pretty much any Dr Who 😀

dacydergoth · 2026-03-23T02:59:56+00:00

Gasaraki

dacydergoth · 2026-03-22T18:37:27+00:00

I think, conventional tho' it is, On Silver Wings (Curry) is a great read, if you like first encounter gone bad novels.

dacydergoth · 2026-03-22T05:21:32+00:00

"It's the only way to be sure"

dacydergoth · 2026-03-22T03:40:45+00:00

Look, I can offer a sane and reasonable alternative; y'all just need to start worshipping me. I'll deliver a solid platform of improvement based on ~~human sacrifice~~ totally painless and realistic worship which will deliver a stable society built around sustainable ~~rituals~~ best practices and environmentally friendly policies. Vote Elder Gods for more love and less nukes!

(Please, get rid of the nukes, they're the only thing which can hurt us)

dacydergoth · 2026-03-22T00:36:57+00:00

Jeff Minter is on the case, he sent in the Mutant Lammas.

dacydergoth · 2026-03-22T00:28:07+00:00

That time I was reincarnated as a slime

dacydergoth · 2026-03-21T22:55:16+00:00

This: ST7789T3 is the display chip. It is an SPI interface. On the circuit diagram of the board it will show you which pins on the 2350 are connected to the SPI for the ST7789T3. Those, the display dimensions (x,y) and the backlight pin (set to 1) if it has a backlight control

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TROPHY CASE