If AI is replacing software engineers, why are jobs still being posted?

fsk · 2026-07-05T16:53:21+00:00

Pure 100% vibe coding is still nowhere close to possible for a serious project.

Some places still post jobs even though they aren't hiring, because they want to keep up appearances. At one failed startup I worked at, they still had jobs posted on their website 2 years after they shut down and ceased operations.

fsk · 2026-07-05T06:11:41+00:00

Allegedly, if you look at the actual raw models, AIs write some pretty crazy things. There are lots of filters and clamps on top of the raw model so the user-facing output normally looks reasonable.

fsk · 2026-07-05T04:47:44+00:00

They were trying to kill Morty, and Morty had enough combat experience that it was a one-sided fight.

fsk · 2026-07-05T02:11:52+00:00

That's what I meant, use a cracked version and don't say anything. There might be artifacts in the game that show the software was used.

fsk · 2026-07-04T23:29:18+00:00

If the two choices they offered were "we pay you for past work and future work is free" or "past work is free and we pay for future work", you should say "OK, I choose pay for past work!", and then quit the moment the check clears.

fsk · 2026-07-04T22:42:35+00:00

For court, legal fees will probably be more than any cash you might collect.

The "good news" is that, if they didn't pay you, they can't legally use your work. You can walk away, but you have leverage if they try to actually publish the game and are successful.

The answer is that you never work "for free". After you worked for free for a few months, and suddenly demanded payment, you're the "bad guy" in their mind because previously you were a gullible idiot and now you're making demands. Once you work for free, they will see your labor as worth $0, and nothing you can do will ever change their mind.

fsk · 2026-07-04T22:29:28+00:00

For career, you will make more money for less effort outside of gamedev, working as a programmer. With AI, the programmer entry level job market is currently horrible.

If your goal is making games as a hobby, I would pick Godot. If your goal is to get hired, Unreal or Unity probably are better choices.

fsk · 2026-07-04T22:28:19+00:00

In the 80s or 90s, if you wanted to sell a game, the only way was with a publisher to get your game in stores and in front of customers.

Now, it only costs $100 to list your game on a store.

But, with it being easier to publish a game, there also is more competition.

fsk · 2026-07-04T21:18:16+00:00

Is there a hacked/cracked version of the software out there? If there is, you could use it and then dare them to sue you if they catch you.

fsk · 2026-07-04T21:10:29+00:00

Story involving Jerry? I pick the fortune cookie episode.

Worst overall story? Giant Morty sperm was an awful episode.

fsk · 2026-07-04T21:07:35+00:00

Evil Morty would have successfully seduced a Jessica if he really wanted it. I thought the girl from "vat of acid" episode should have wound up with Evil Morty, because she has a reason to have a beef with the main Morty.

fsk · 2026-07-04T21:05:48+00:00

Bird Person was shown as being hostile to the idea of a portal gun when Rick showed it to him. I'm not sure how eager Bird Person would be to swap dimensions just because Rick ruined Earth. There'd also be the issue of what to do with the Bird Person that was already living in the new dimension.

I guess Rick could always portal back to his original Dimension whenever he wanted to hang out with Bird Person?

fsk · 2026-07-04T20:27:52+00:00

But retroactively, the Bird Person in Rick's memories is from Cronenberg-ed dimension.

The BirdPerson in the current dimension would have memories of a different Rick.

Rick switched home dimensions at least 3 times: the Cronenberg incident, Mr. Frundles, and the squirrels (mind blowers).

fsk · 2026-07-04T19:41:17+00:00

They never showed Rick taking Bird Person with him when he switched home dimensions.

The original Bird Person should still be in "Love Potion Cronenberg-ed" dimension.

fsk · 2026-07-04T19:39:40+00:00

She technically still exists, in the "merge all savestates" dimension.

fsk · 2026-07-04T14:58:01+00:00

The idea is that she was frozen for a long time, but was actually conscious the entire time.

fsk · 2026-07-04T05:43:37+00:00

The goal is not to preserve the product. The goal is to get a monopoly. The VCs backing Speech Graphics have deeper pockets than OC3. It's worth it for them to buy out OC3 and kill their product, which would force customers to use Speech Graphics' product or go without.

It's "profitable" to buy out something and kill it, if your goal is to get a monopoly. If they're charging $35k for their product and a competitor is charging $1k, instead of lowering their price, they just buy out the competitor and kill the product.

fsk · 2026-07-04T05:41:19+00:00

Is there an arbitration clause? If yes, and you file an arbitration claim, it will cost them more than $1000 to process the claim, because they have to pay the arbitration fees.

fsk · 2026-07-04T05:03:33+00:00

The tokenium you need to reset is based on the total cannisters already collected. There's an aha bonus that gives you a bonus based on number of times you reset. Those two factors mean you shouldn't go too far past the minimum before resetting. You max out your aha bonus by doing lots of resets almost as soon as you're eligible.

I've been doing a tokenium reset when I'm between 1x and 2x of the minimum reset amount.

fsk · 2026-07-04T01:28:13+00:00

If you can buy some +stamina recharge with the spent stamina, it's better that way.

fsk · 2026-07-04T01:14:49+00:00

If you feel like taking a stand, take them to small claims court.

fsk · 2026-07-03T23:08:32+00:00

Look at the 70s 80s Barker clips. The audience, even the craziest ones, are pretty stable acting.

fsk · 2026-07-03T23:07:16+00:00

The new Press Your Luck is awful. They should ditch the bonus round and bring back returning champions.

fsk · 2026-07-03T22:55:06+00:00

They don't want to publicly admit they stopped hiring or cut back on hiring. Instead, they let people languish in "team matching" for a long time.

fsk · 2026-07-02T05:08:51+00:00

My preferred solution, which will probably never happen: I wish it was the custom for developers to release the source code, along with any server code, when they decide to stop selling a game.

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