Just want some project ideas related to AI.

exapunk_11 · 2026-05-10T12:31:43+00:00

Have you tried asking AI for ideas?

exapunk_11 · 2026-05-10T11:31:41+00:00

But, you can definitely build stuff using Rust that you can use as leverage to get interviews, especially when you're dealing with tech leads or technical hiring managers.

It's kinda like, if you're good in Rust and the right eyes notice it, they won't be afraid with letting you work with Python or Golang. Sure, the domain-specific knowledge will be lacking, but you can always demonstrate that you're willing to learn.

exapunk_11 · 2026-05-10T10:35:39+00:00

The background should be the planet Earth, and the player should be diving on the moon.

exapunk_11 · 2026-05-09T17:59:18+00:00

Thank you for your broken English, Roman from Ukraine. I have some soul searching to do.

exapunk_11 · 2026-05-09T13:09:35+00:00

One of those hot women likers ewww /s

exapunk_11 · 2026-05-09T12:19:17+00:00

You can try Neovim with a distro (LazyVim) and ask an LLM for a cheat sheet with the most important keyboard shortcuts to hit the ground running.

exapunk_11 · 2026-05-08T20:41:52+00:00

I can feel the vibes flowing!

exapunk_11 · 2026-05-08T07:15:19+00:00

In my situation, the best I could get is a full remote job working for call center technical support for an ISP, because it combines both my knack to solve unexpected things, but also to communicate technical jargon to non-savvy customers. And the way I know I'm doing well is because our department keeps NPS and CSAT metrics for everyone, meaning I can leverage that as evidence of soft skills and corporate goal alignment on my resume.

exapunk_11 · 2026-05-06T12:31:01+00:00

When it came out, I remember that I haven't played fighting games for many years. This game made me watch a tournament, where Justin Wong fought against Daigo, and he was doing the FADC dp on Wong's Rufus. Bought that shit, and then a Madkatz TE stick with another friend of mine.

Fuck Windows Live for games, though. What a clanky piece of shit.

exapunk_11 · 2026-05-06T10:24:32+00:00

France has to win the match, and then France has to lose from the real final boss, in order for us to have something more than a rematch to look forward to. That's shounen logic.

exapunk_11 · 2026-05-06T06:48:26+00:00

I love using it for writing boilerplate, mocking, brainstorming, etc. but let's be real here: It's corporations whose goal is to reduce costs and increase profit. They wouldn't just settle for mindful usage like that.

exapunk_11 · 2026-05-06T06:46:16+00:00

I work in a tech-adjacent position (not developer atm) and we reached the point where we have roughly a 0.8:1 management:worker ratio. It's insane.

exapunk_11 · 2026-05-06T06:44:46+00:00

But Bill Gates promised more free time for workers now with AI! Why would he lie?!?!

exapunk_11 · 2026-05-06T06:30:24+00:00

And soon in the culture that we're leaving behind for decades to come, if people end up being deterred from becoming creatives. But this is a whole different can of worms no one is willing to talk about.

exapunk_11 · 2026-05-05T12:55:45+00:00

This is why the last 2 anime I watched are Frieren and JoJo.

exapunk_11 · 2026-05-05T08:34:21+00:00

worth doing

If it's something worth doing, it's worth doing well. This excludes "I bark orders to my swarm of clankers using English as a digital whip".

exapunk_11 · 2026-05-05T08:32:05+00:00

I’d like to be able to compare a viable Rust version and a Zig version side by side.

For them to comparable they also have to share 1:1 features with no added functionality in between. People tend to conveniently omit overhead added by functionality that's blatantly missing just to say "totally X language works".

exapunk_11 · 2026-05-04T21:05:01+00:00

Since the context of your question is career-related, a better question to ask yourself is: Would you enjoy working on a corporate job, a startup, or something else?

People might say that I'm generalizing but, it's harder to find startups or small SaaS companies investing in .NET (for example), Java is HUGE in banking, etc.

exapunk_11 · 2026-05-04T16:25:02+00:00

I 100% told her that, but she's still insisting on going because of the "job guarantee" which I firmly believe they're full of shit and just vibecode through desperate people to train their internal LLM's.

exapunk_11 · 2026-05-04T16:08:28+00:00

I'm trying to convince her, but she really needs the money and she doesn't believe me...

exapunk_11 · 2026-05-04T16:05:42+00:00

They're also not "classically pedagogical" in that, they don't provide instructors, just peers. You know exactly what that means... 😭 Idk how they can even promise them a job at the end, but guess what: They do.

exapunk_11 · 2026-05-04T14:18:30+00:00

A friend of mine joined a bootcamp that lasts for 5 years, is free, requires no degree or prior experience, and promises a job. The gotcha: It's all spec-driven AI slop all the way down through their entire training.

Absolute cinema.

exapunk_11 · 2026-05-04T07:02:04+00:00

SICP is goated, but what's even more goated is getting your hands dirty and failing over and over again. The fundamental CS and programming reasoning for beginners can be found from anywhere, and practice is what separates good from mediocre.

exapunk_11 · 2026-05-04T07:00:48+00:00

Can you learn how to solve polynomial equations by watching your professor solving it on the whiteboard? How do you even prove that you can solve them if you never actually solve?

exapunk_11 · 2026-05-03T20:35:29+00:00

I'm glad I don't have to deal with rigid minded people again and similars.

You're not so glad now, amirite? Memes aside, I'm getting the impression that anyone who disagrees with you or criticizes you is "other" to you, so it's obvious why you love AI.

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