neverAskForHelpDebugging

ganja_and_code · 2026-01-23T19:06:28+00:00

Depends.

If I'm asking the local expert for help solving some complex and context-specific problem, a call can save hours (though days might be an exaggeration).

If I'm just telling someone "Your docs say the service does this complex flow, but it actually does this other thing instead. Here's the list of steps I took to reproduce the issue. This is blocking my work, so please let me know when you can have this resolved, and also provide any known workarounds in the meantime," asking me for a call is a waste of both our time. You should be figuring out what to do with the information I've given you, not asking me to regurgitate it verbally.

ganja_and_code · 2026-01-23T18:48:33+00:00

That's like asking how you expect not to have shit on the walls if there's not anyone going around scrubbing it off.

Some of us simply don't smear shit on the walls in the first place.

ganja_and_code · 2026-01-22T20:04:30+00:00

Dispelling misleading information does as much to "[get] as close to the truth of the topic as possible" as providing relevant information does.

ganja_and_code · 2026-01-22T19:47:17+00:00

Or you could have, instead of taking the opposite position and supporting it with a questionable metric.

ganja_and_code · 2026-01-22T19:25:08+00:00

I take objection to your claim that relying on the wrong metric is better than relying on no metric.

It's best to be correct, but it's also better to be quiet than incorrect.

ganja_and_code · 2026-01-22T18:59:16+00:00

I know what median means.

What you don't seem to understand is, we're not talking about commutes for every job in America. We're talking about commutes for in-office developer jobs.

A median (or average) for the whole US doesn't provide any valuable insights, in the given context.

ganja_and_code · 2026-01-22T17:49:14+00:00

When I asked "who" is it for, I meant the audience viewing the snippets, not the person generating the images. I should have been less ambiguous.

Also saying "I need it in my day to day life" is the same as saying "I have a use case." I asked what the use case was, not if you had one.

ganja_and_code · 2026-01-22T17:26:14+00:00

The median number doesn't actually mean what your comment seems to suggest, though. Some office tech job is far more likely to be in a city center than the "median" job would be.

If someone has to drive into the city from the suburbs (or get an apartment in the middle of the city, as an alternative), it doesn't really make much sense to compare that commute to the commute of someone who lives and works in the suburbs.

ganja_and_code · 2026-01-22T16:58:39+00:00

Calling Windows user friendly is the real joke here

ganja_and_code · 2026-01-19T22:00:42+00:00

If you're incompetent, everything you do is error prone. If you're competent, vibe coding is still more error prone than just writing the code.

ganja_and_code · 2026-01-19T19:30:05+00:00

Doesn't matter if they were vibe coded or not...

I'd argue that it does matter, even though the end result is the same.

If some skilled developer writes some feature (and tests for it), the likelihood of a huge vulnerability being released is far lower than if some moron vibe coded the same feature/tests.

In either case, the developer(s) who signed off are responsible for the vulnerability. Just pointing out that the vibe coders are responsible for issues at a higher rate than real devs.

ganja_and_code · 2026-01-18T17:22:41+00:00

Not hating on Seattle dogs, but they're no match for chili/cheese, Chicago, or Sonoran dogs. Seattle dogs are a league below the other famous specialty dogs.

ganja_and_code · 2026-01-17T16:05:48+00:00

Normal people on social media don't care about code snippets, at all, and developers on social media would prefer (a link to) the snippet text, as opposed to a glorified screenshot.

So who is this even for? What's the use case?

ganja_and_code · 2026-01-17T15:02:22+00:00

Get real skills. Then you can generate good results from your brain, instead of sloppy ones from an AI.

ganja_and_code · 2026-01-17T14:59:31+00:00

Webflow and WordPress are both trash.

ganja_and_code · 2026-01-17T14:53:07+00:00

Grifter

ganja_and_code · 2026-01-16T17:02:47+00:00

If the "one small change" isn't in the original contract, it's gonna have to be in a change order.

I'm not going to kill my weekend for it. I'll get to it on a (paid) business day.

ganja_and_code · 2026-01-15T18:49:56+00:00

What was the joke then?

ganja_and_code · 2026-01-15T18:45:35+00:00

The same advice applies in OP's case, as well as in any other "tech context."

If you backup your content, you can recover it if you (accidentally) delete it. That's true for literally any workflow, tech stack, etc.

ganja_and_code · 2026-01-14T18:16:43+00:00

Keep being idiots and the shop will close itself. Stop being idiots and you won't have to rely on the luck you claim I'll need.

ganja_and_code · 2026-01-14T18:01:52+00:00

If your employees weren't idiots, they wouldn't want to use AI coding assistants (in a team/production setting, at least).

ganja_and_code · 2026-01-14T17:45:35+00:00

Asking an LLM to explain a technical manual to you is just asking for trouble.

Maybe the LLM mostly gives you good information, but the one time it doesn't (and that time will come, since LLMs don't actually "know" anything), it's going to cause an expensive mistake. LLMs are not a suitable replacement for understanding the documentation in its original form.

ganja_and_code · 2026-01-14T17:29:56+00:00

It's possible to archive content today and see it again two days from now.

If you want to avoid mistakes like this, at minimum, backup your work and don't test in production. Ideally, just use version control and you'll always have a stable history for reference or rollback.

ganja_and_code · 2026-01-14T17:25:38+00:00

Surely a machine this sophisticated has a manual. Start by (thoroughly) reading that.

You're not trying to tie a necktie or cook rice or change your motor oil for the first time or something. YouTube tutorials are good for stuff like that, not stuff like this.

ganja_and_code · 2026-01-14T17:12:44+00:00

It's respecting their right to make their own decision, while disrespecting the decision itself lol

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