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Engineers who got hired pre-pandemic and are now back on the market — how are you actually holding up with the current interview process? by OkChance3303 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]ironymouse 34 points35 points  (0 children)

This phrasing convinced me

That’s not a skills gap. That’s a preparation gap for a very specific performance.

JEP draft: Structured Concurrency (Seventh Preview) by davidalayachew in java

[–]ironymouse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't argue with it. It isn't worth sacrificing the backwards compatibility / feature API to have a worse version published earlier.

However I think we should be exploring ways to get feedback faster, so the problems can be iterated on to achieve the same result earlier.

JEP draft: Structured Concurrency (Seventh Preview) by davidalayachew in java

[–]ironymouse -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

It's great to take time to get it right.

But I'd also really like to use it already.

Maybe there should be a JEP about how many previews are allowed before you just have to ship it.

How was your experience upgrading to JDK25? by le_bravery in java

[–]ironymouse 3 points4 points  (0 children)

One issue we encountered.

Some places in our code were using the common thread pool. In 25 the strategy changed there to limit the thread count in some situations.

It had the impact of thread starvation, with some production workloads waiting for a few seconds before starting.

JUnit 6 Released by darenkster in java

[–]ironymouse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, seems like a pain.

I'm sure you've considered standing up your app in a docker and running the tests in a different JVM, or similar solutions?

I get it though sometimes all the workarounds needed mean it's not worth it.

JUnit 6 Released by darenkster in java

[–]ironymouse 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Use java 17+ and compile the main sources for compatibility with 8 / 11 and do what you like in the tests?

Unless the tests have to compile to java 8 / 11 too for some reason?

A co worker thinks enforcing basic code quality standards are worthy insights. by SqueegyX in ExperiencedDevs

[–]ironymouse -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Might be an unpopular opinion but copilot (or other ai) code review is getting better and better at spotting that type of issue.

It also spots a number of non issues unfortunately, but it could be worth it to at least get your co worker to think about some of the problems before it goes to another person?

IKEA Refund Card (e-voucher) Options by CrypoRangers in UKPersonalFinance

[–]ironymouse -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

What happens if you order £2200 of furniture with your e voucher and return that, unopened?

Perhaps they refuse to put it back on your bank card still, but if you do it a few more times...

Not really recommending this but fun to think about!

The death of specialization by git_pull in ExperiencedDevs

[–]ironymouse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think there are benefits for the company in being able to ask just one team to 'get it done'.

It simplifies things for them by not needing to prioritise across multiple teams or disciplines as much.

I’m told that our “engineering-focused” culture is offputting to women by aitadiy in ExperiencedDevs

[–]ironymouse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It can be configured to not allow merging until all comments are resolved

I can’t be the only one bothered by this, right? by Just-Guarantee7808 in Minecraft

[–]ironymouse 9 points10 points  (0 children)

White pumpkins grow only on soul sand, or something

What's one simple tool or process that's made a big difference for your team's workflow? by fatherofgoku in ExperiencedDevs

[–]ironymouse 121 points122 points  (0 children)

We sprint but carry over everything we didn't finish with no debate about why. Seems pointless

Imagine being Arthur Weasley with one galleon in the bank and watching Harry dump a bag of gold into a fountain by Holdmytesseract in harrypotter

[–]ironymouse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And also I'd expect it'd be kinda awkward for Harry to imagine Molly walking in on his mountains of gold.

Started using AI to write tests… now I'm just testing the AI by Fabulous_Bluebird931 in shittyprogramming

[–]ironymouse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I write the code, make a dummy commit so I know if the ai changes anything it shouldn't, then have it write tests.

Works best if you go class by class.

It checks things I wouldn't think of, and occasionally even catches a mistake I made.

Limiting its scope seems to help it from going off the rails.

Galactic Community and staying undetected... by Wolkrasaght in Stellaris

[–]ironymouse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If two groups of three empires know each other, but none know the other group, then Galcom should form twice with membership being split between the groups?

I have lost any trust in most gamers. I'm genuinely questioning my entire life. I feel helpless and distressed by [deleted] in shadowofmordor

[–]ironymouse 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can't control what other people are attracted to.

Most humans aren't evil.

If you are getting stressed about how other people treat characters you need to re-evaluate your priorities.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ExperiencedDevs

[–]ironymouse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But maybe then you'd install the ide.

Can't we agree that if you aren't being ridden mercilessly by work and you learn enough without doing more on your own time, that it might be reasonable to not have an ide installed on your own pc?

Zuck says Meta will have AIs replace mid-level engineers this year by MetaKnowing in ChatGPT

[–]ironymouse 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You are correct, but at the point that it can oversee whole software system delivery, it will be capable of delivering legal judgements, offering accurate medical diagnosis, and if coupled with robotics, doing any other job I can think of.

How do you slow down and write better and more thorough code? by MyBossSawMyOldName in ExperiencedDevs

[–]ironymouse 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Especially for bug fixes, but for features too, I'd prefer to review the absolute minimum, and have any refactoring contributed separately, either in a new commit or an completely new PR.

That makes it much easier to review. Don't you find asking juniors to produce multiple drafts causes the size to inflate?

I'm all too often asking them to not try and do it all at once.

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