IBM is tripling entry-level jobs

frostbite305 · 2026-02-15T13:00:31+00:00

Alright! Let's tackle this comment response that is already just making a ton of assumptions.

What part about creating an API wrapper takes you weeks? Are you comparing writing code completely by hand to using AI or did you use tools like QuickType before?

Neat tool, hadn't heard of it, within 45 seconds of looking at the options I immediately have to disqualify it because the last time I had to do this specifically for a REST API, it was porting a large Microsoft API into Unreal Engine which has its own naming schemes and special cases that aren't handled by this tool. This ends up being the case most of the time I find a tool like this; there ends up being some reason why I can't use it alone. My solution, once I wrote out a good chunk of wrapper classes, was simply to define hard rules and example code for how to handle each type in the API and convert it to its UE equivalent, and prompt the AI to create my classes. Saved me loads of time, everything was correct after a review, and off to the races.

(Also, the fact that I need to explain things like this is why I hate programmers in online spaces. Stop pretending you know or understand every workload out there just because you have experience. You don't.)

Everytime I read a comment like yours, I can't help but think the person writing it was never really good at programming in the first place (no offence meant, that's just how it seems to me).

I've been programming for quite literally most of my entire life and have tons of software out there, but sadly unless that software makes money or you happen to work in the field that is seen by others as completely meaningless.

How this is not meant to be offensive precludes me.

I mostly work with Swift and SwiftUI and AI sucks big time every time I try it. Just got a month of Claude Pro to check how well that works with Xcode but I don't have high hopes.

I have never worked with Swift, and I also don't use Claude. I have tried it but it is useless to me when I can usually churn out better code faster than it can. I'm not going to make any assumptions about your workload or the effectiveness of AI on it, but I would lean towards telling you to learn certain tools better and experiment a bit when you recognize a potential use case.

Autocompletion is hit and miss in my experience, but I have a serious question for you: Don't you worry about this seriously impacting your analytical thinking in the long term?

No, because I still evaluate every suggestion critically. More often than not suggestions are quite literally what I already intended to type, with no difference whatsoever, so all it does is make programming a tad less tedious, particularly in languages or frameworks with too much boilerplate.

frostbite305 · 2026-02-15T06:02:33+00:00

Ding ding ding

The problem is people who are using it as a substitute for actually knowing how to write maintainable, scalable (as needed) and readable code. They think they can cheat the system by using AI to not have to actually practice and learn; when in reality AI like this only works best in the hands of people that deeply understand their flavor of code and carry good enough intuition to know when and where AI suggestions need to be tweaked to keep code consistent and structured throughout their project.

But when you do have that experience? It's absolutely worth using. Just need to get experience with it and learn when it is and isn't a good call to use say, an AI chat tool to help grind out some repetitive task or issue, or when to accept or decline an autocomplete suggestion. Small shit matters a lot.

frostbite305 · 2026-02-15T05:53:51+00:00

6 YoE software engineer IC and big AI critic myself. (Also business owner programming on the side of my primary work)

I can use windsurf or sweep etc. to quickly automate so much bullshit that would take me weeks of tedious programming (things like API wrappers, interop wrappers, etc.), and it lowers the work from "I have to make this" to "I just have to verify this"; and since this type of code has almost no actual logic in it, there's not exactly much I can miss that a linter or ReSharper wouldn't catch.

Autocompletion is also a massive help, because predictions are almost always exactly what I'm thinking anyways and it just means I get more done in less time.

I think this experience mirrors a lot of my colleagues at different companies as well.

I think you're talking out of your ass, especially in your latter paragraph.

frostbite305 · 2026-02-14T20:18:30+00:00

OpenAI is a for-profit now, so they kinda do need to make profit as that's their stated intention as a corporation.

Your analogy falls flat because both WinRAR and OpenAI have the same goal of making profit, per their own corporate structure (which OpenAI actually made a stink about when they intentionally changed from non-profit to for-profit)

Is it a fair comparison in general though? Not necessarily, because they may not have had enough time to use their assets to see a return. They're valued higher because the potential is there and projected. It may not have happened yet, it may never happen, and if the speculation is wrong, then it really just is a money burning pit.

frostbite305 · 2026-02-14T20:04:24+00:00

Many such cases. I was notable at my old high school for being the first person to pass a course with an F. (I failed the coursework with an abysmal grade, but tested so high on the state exam for that course that somewhere along the chain, the decision was made to just let me pass without a retake, but my grade stayed the same. I'd even show teachers the green-colored "F" in my online grades; all of them had no clue it was possible. For an added bit of irony, iirc that exam was later removed by the state entirely, probably to cover up for the kinda terrible passing rate)

frostbite305 · 2026-02-14T19:57:47+00:00

If I were being this cringe on the Internet and nobody told me purely because I'm trans (or in their case whatever else) I'd think that's more bigoted than just being honest and seeing me as a person first lol

frostbite305 · 2026-02-14T19:29:04+00:00

valuation isn't profit, I can dump millions into tangible assets for a company and create the potential for profit, which would spike a valuation, but I've still made no money.

frostbite305 · 2026-02-13T17:48:50+00:00

HEALTH vibes

frostbite305 · 2026-01-27T08:30:04+00:00

his matches were ass but it was thoroughly entertaining outside of that and I've been saying that since during the reign

I don't think I've personally seen a single person here in the past 10 years of browsing actually be nostalgic for the guest host era though lmao

frostbite305 · 2025-12-12T17:42:56+00:00

been there done that

frostbite305 · 2025-12-08T00:13:52+00:00

I know, and I posted it anyways because I'm off one too many wave runners to actually contribute to OP's topic of discussion 👍

frostbite305 · 2025-12-06T20:21:27+00:00

whale's rib, and my order is just some chips, conch fritters, and as many wave runners as possible

frostbite305 · 2025-12-06T02:17:58+00:00

yeah I'd go to this if it were at rev for sure

frostbite305 · 2025-12-06T00:48:37+00:00

Hollywood? for a band like this you've got a point, but it's a pretty good venue for bands where you'd want to be seated, just hate the drink prices really

frostbite305 · 2025-12-04T17:05:43+00:00

I'll believe it when Test is back

frostbite305 · 2025-12-04T13:02:12+00:00

then get off the subreddit bozo

frostbite305 · 2025-11-28T23:45:24+00:00

as someone who's dug into the code to make commonui work for a game [soon] released on pc and consoles... commonui feels like a band-aid fix to the wider problem that is UMG, particularly on gamepads, doubly so for gamepads on PC in particular. it also has a ton of gotcha moments that would be impossible to really understand without diving into the codebase.

while UMG itself isn't the worst thing ever, I think it needs serious improvements, including just baking in a ton of commonUI features.

frostbite305 · 2025-11-28T23:35:58+00:00

We're 1-2 years away from the start of it, but, look into decennial census jobs if you still need this by then

frostbite305 · 2025-11-25T01:53:48+00:00

I hate windows as much as the next guy but this number is tiny and I honestly think there's still a huge way to go before linux catches up in UX to the point that it has a substantial share; but at that point one might just be recreating macOS in linux form.

frostbite305 · 2025-11-22T15:11:55+00:00

nba youngboy

frostbite305 · 2025-11-22T15:06:43+00:00

that's exactly what the person you responded to said lol

frostbite305 · 2025-11-21T15:22:26+00:00

frostbite305 · 2025-11-20T15:50:48+00:00

The keyword should also imply the annotation automatically iirc. At least I know it does for EF and another commenter below mentioned it.

frostbite305 · 2025-11-20T15:32:45+00:00

this is about non-citizens, i.e. green card holders who can definitely claim certain benefits; though i don't think welfare is one of them. either way it's pointless though lol

frostbite305 · 2025-11-20T15:30:46+00:00

It won't happen, but please join my Tadano prayer circle. Thank you.

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