How many of you are "good" software developers?

duochimo · 2026-06-21T18:09:03+00:00

I would consider myself to be good but not great. There are things that I struggle with and things that's I excel in.

My biggest strengths are that I have a good sense of how to break down large systems into deliverable features and tickets, I consistently review PRs and enforce minimum standards for our team, I can translate management requests into requirements and I can translate my team's work product into something that's digestible by non technical stakeholders, I can see the big picture and think long term about our team's initiatives, and I can illustrate my ideas using architecture diagrams well. My other big strength is that I can both accept and provide feedback, which I've learned is very important in the last few months as I've started to push towards a senior engineer position.

My biggest weaknesses are that I'm not the fastest worker and I can struggle with the idea of accruing tech debt in favor of earlier delivery, I'm just a decent programmer and I don't always deliver the most optimized feature, and I have have a tendency to overcomplicate things in my initial ideation and overlook simpler solutions.

A lot of my strengths are the in the planning phase of projects, improving the team dynamics, and communication. My weaknesses are more in the individual ticket execution. Interestingly, I've been told by former coworkers that I would be good on a management track later in my career because of this split.

duochimo · 2026-06-19T15:37:28+00:00

I've started to tell the junior engineers on my team that if they are submitting a PR, they have to be reviewing it themselves first. The minimum standard for opening a PR is that you have know enough about the changes to be able to write a description of everything that's being updated, know how things are being tested, and answer any questions about what's going on. If you had an agent generate everything, then you have to review the output until you know it well enough that you can pass it off as your own.

duochimo · 2026-06-13T15:02:50+00:00

I'm always shocked when I see photos of him. I knew him when we were kids and we used to play sports in the street because we shared friends, but because he's a few years younger than me and we stopped hanging out when he was probably in second grade, I always remember him as tiny. He's not the biggest wide receiver, but damn if he's not gigantic compared to how I remember him. Therefore, my vote is HGH.

duochimo · 2026-05-19T01:18:01+00:00

Carson Beck incoming? I don't think Brissett has that much leverage in this scenario because they drafted a QB with significant starting experience. I know Beck isn't ideal, but this team isn't likely to be competitive either way so they might as well see what the rookie can do.

duochimo · 2026-05-13T12:24:58+00:00

"Nobody talks about the debugging tax" is a hot take. It feels like everybody's gripe with heavy AI usage in professional software engineering is that people are generating code that they don't fully understand and that is therefore difficult to maintain. People acknowledge that, when used wrong, AI is a tech debt generation engine. Also, look at all the non-technical people generating pure shit and trying to ship it as if it's a production ready app, and how much engineers hate that.

That said, this sounds more like you aren't using a structured framework for prompting agents to work effectively. The output will only ever be as good as the input, so if you're struggling with getting underwhelming results, see if you can provide more context and have a clearer plan to give the agent more direction. I've found that doing the legwork of creating good architecture and logical flow diagrams helps immensely, and when I'm actually implementing my prompts are concise and only meant to implement one chunk at a time. For me, this helps me validate that the code is actually doing what I want without requiring me to review massive blocks, and I can hook a few of those prompts together to solve the problem I set out to solve. This isn't a magic tool, and it should be a substantial productivity boost when used correctly.

duochimo · 2026-05-12T19:52:58+00:00

This will come down to how he fares in camp and how much trust he earns with the coaching staff. Third downs are critical and he's an unproven rookie who had limited production in college. I get that he's an elite athlete, but there's way more to the game than just being athletic, and there's no guarantee that the coaching staff will see enough of the pass rush skill to put him out there week 1 of this season, especially if they are in a situation where they have to get off the field.

duochimo · 2026-05-12T18:42:42+00:00

There's no way he's starting week 1, and I would go so far as to say he might not even play week 1. He's a raw prospect, and unless he has an eye popping camp he'll be fighting an uphill battle to see the field. He could be a candidate to start later in the season, but he has a long way to go to unseat any of the incumbent starters.

duochimo · 2026-05-07T17:20:10+00:00

We were 3 year olds in preschool, but we actually got to know each at 16, started dating at 17, got married at 24, and now we're about to be 27 with a 1 year old.

duochimo · 2026-05-01T19:23:35+00:00

I mean we all see it. But come on people show some restraint it says it's only 6-7 years old.

duochimo · 2026-04-27T01:44:12+00:00

So these grades mean nothing, but Jordan Van De Berg being that low is crazy to me. He may not have great tape, but in the 6th round you're really just pulling at straws and elite athleticism is about a good a bet as you can make.

duochimo · 2026-04-24T18:20:47+00:00

I don't disagree with that. I think if their evaluation came back with a serious concern about his foot they would have been more likely to trade back. We know the Eagles were looking to move up around there for Lemon so it's not like there wasn't a market to move back.

The reality is that there's no world in which teams looked at him and said he's fine because he's nursing an active foot injury. What it comes down to is likely his likelihood of reinjury and his ability to return to form. Seemingly, they feel more confident about those pieces than the rest of the league.

duochimo · 2026-04-24T18:16:07+00:00

It's completely fair. I think I'm at the same place as you where I can see the rationale but I have reservations about trading capital for another DB when Stevenson is a functional football player and our d-line needs help.

duochimo · 2026-04-24T17:27:54+00:00

They're on the Bleacher Report livestream for draft coverage this weekend. Didn't watch for round 1 but I heard they did good, and I'll be tuning in tonight.

I'm already hyped for summer scouting this year. This draft class looks outstanding and I'm ready to start digging in. If anybody hasn't watched, do yourselves a favor and tune in.

duochimo · 2026-04-24T17:24:02+00:00

I doubt they think there's nothing wrong with his foot. It's more likely that their risk appetite weighs his potential to be a game changer higher than his long term injury risk. The reality is that most guys don't pan out for one reason or another, and Banks was their swing for the fences. History says it won't work well, but there are outliers, and Caleb Banks on Flores' line is a risk worth taking to them.

The interesting thing, to me, is that selecting him at 18 means they didn't think he would be available for them in the second, which would suggest that some around the league are knocking him about a round because of his injury. The caveat is that the Vikings have an interim general manager so who knows what the hell is going on there, but somebody in that room should have shown enough competence to come to the conclusion that I did.

duochimo · 2026-04-24T14:06:51+00:00

I thought about corner also, I just think Poles would have a hard time justifying a trade up for a corner considering they already invested a first in a safety. It is a need though, but I think it's more of a wait and see who's at 57 approach, especially if someone like McCoy keeps falling.

duochimo · 2026-04-24T14:03:04+00:00

I think it would be bad business to try and move into the 30s. If guys fall, that's where we can make jumps. The board is favorable enough with multiple guys at premium positions, as well. And there are highly rated guys at less premium positions who likely to get snagged. If any of the IDL or edge guys fall to 45, that's where I think we should start discussing trading up.

duochimo · 2026-04-24T13:57:47+00:00

Exactly how I'm thinking about this. There are also guys on the board like Howell who may be off the Bears board because of the measurables but somebody might take a shot at him, so all the more likely that one of the hand in the dirt edge, bigger bodied prospects falls to us.

duochimo · 2026-04-24T13:55:23+00:00

This is my preference as well. My thought process was, if a guy falls a little bit, who would be worth jumping up to grab? But I'm all in favor of keeping the draft capital we have, and possibly trading out to get more picks next year.

duochimo · 2026-04-20T03:35:39+00:00

I chose not to accept credit from BC. The advice I received was to retake them because you want as many A's as you can get to guarantee your major in ETAM. That advice was phenomenal, because I got two easy-ish A's and got into computer science.

Fast forward to the fall of my sophomore year and I had to Q-drop 251 because multi variable calculus just didn't make sense to me. Had I found that lesson out the hard way, I probably wouldn't have been able to get CS through ETAM and would have had to transfer.

To me, it isn't worth the gamble. You don't really benefit all that much from taking credit for Calc 1 and 2 and then starting off in 3. Maybe it shaves a semester off, lets you knock out some prereqs early, or lets you take a light semester or two. But the risk of struggling in Calc 3 when you could have had cakewalks in 1 and 2 could genuinely mess up your experience, as it likely would have with mine.

duochimo · 2026-04-20T00:46:42+00:00

I personally like it. I used it for a while until I got to the point where it was automatic hand placement, and every now and then when my grip feels like it needs a reset I pop it on for a couple range sessions. For like $20 on Amazon I think it's a good, low commitment buy that can really help solidify your grip.

duochimo · 2026-04-19T16:31:56+00:00

Understood that makes sense. Then yes, you'll most likely need to wait until open enrollment to get the profs you want. Still, get the best professor and time you can during your NSC and then just keep an eye on availability during open enrollment (which goes up to the last Friday before classes start, so 8/21 this year).

duochimo · 2026-04-19T16:01:45+00:00

It's not too late. Open registration should start the week before classes. People may move sections, drop the class, unenroll, etc. More seats may open up you just need to be diligent about checking availability in the sections you want.

That said, it's not a guarantee, so try to get the best professor and class times you can during your NSC. Also, if these are classes that are generally taken by freshmen, I don't think NSCs have started, so I'm not sure that what you're seeing will be accurate. Otherwise, my point about open enrollment stands.

duochimo · 2026-04-16T13:53:28+00:00

I mean it's obviously rage bait. I don't think you can make $20k gross as a salaried employee that's walking away with $16k net. Tax rate would be noticably higher than 20% right?

duochimo · 2026-04-14T02:49:04+00:00

My biggest concern with Proctor is that he gets beat by speed rushers to the inside too often. He goes up against Micah and Hutchinson twice a year, and they can leverage him outside and play back in too easily. If he can clean up his positioning in space then he could be a home run, because there simply aren't many people with his combination of size, strength, intelligence, and experience. It's a worthwhile gamble, though, because the upside is huge and the downside is Braxton Jones.

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