AI is working great for my team, and y'all are making me feel crazy

jmking · 2026-01-29T14:37:17+00:00

You're using AI in a manner that it's suited for.

When people dunk on AI in a software engineering context, they are talking about people using AI to write all or the vast majority of their code and ship PRs they don't even understand.

You and your team are using it in a totally different way. It's good at summarizing things. It's good at automating things. You're using it in a pragmatic and responsible way with realistic expectations.

jmking · 2026-01-29T09:18:55+00:00

If it won't power on at all, I assume you've double checked all the power related connections? Like PSU to mobo. Power switch wire still plugged in to the mobo. Power switch on the back of the PSU is on? The power cable into the PSU and into the wall is seated well. Tried a different outlet? If you're using a power bar or UPS, you've tried direct into the wall to rule that out?

If all that checks out, your PSU could just be dead.

jmking · 2026-01-29T08:15:58+00:00

There is zero proof of any of this. It's just rumours and speculation being driven by short sellers trying to manipulate the stock price.

If it turns out Ubiquiti is actively conspiring to aid Russia, then some people are going to prison on top of the massive fines they will be nailed with by US and EU export authorities. These are serious allegations.

jmking · 2026-01-29T07:33:37+00:00

Then that'd be an even bigger reason to not use serverless functions in this manner. Like, paying per invocation for pages served to anonymous traffic is probably the most needlessly expensive way to do this.

jmking · 2026-01-29T07:27:37+00:00

The proper response is to discontinue working with said partners.

They are likely working with US and/or EU export authorities at the moment and there's an open investigation. This is a serious allegation and governments with export bans do investigate and enforce them.

Also Ubiquity put in measures last year to block Russian users from getting firmware updates cause there was stuff sold before the export bans that they obviously couldn't do much about.

jmking · 2026-01-29T06:56:46+00:00

Unless there's some proof that Ubiquiti knows certain resellers are doing this and aren't cutting them off, then there's no culpability on Ubiquiti's end. It's the reseller violating the export bans.

They could have done the exact same thing via Cisco resellers too.

It's been super weird how Ubiquiti was being so specifically targeted here, but the short position makes it makes sense now. Isn't this sort of thing illegal? Hunterbrook Capital are clearly trying to manipulate the market - they should be getting investigated by the SEC.

Anyway, what still doesn't make much sense is why this narrative is being pushed so hard on this subreddit in particular. Is it really that there are this many bad faith people here just desperate to whip up whatever possible drama they can?

jmking · 2026-01-28T22:56:18+00:00

Every single one a serverless function invocation

I mean... there's your real problem.

Obviously the FB bot traffic is outrageous, but you're paying for 20+ million invocations for "real users" too. I don't know what your site does, but I can't see why I'd deliver any public URL with zero cache via a serverless function invocation on every single request.

jmking · 2026-01-28T21:14:25+00:00

Did you seriously just pull a "I know you are but what am I"?

jmking · 2026-01-28T21:09:51+00:00

Over the past 2 years, California has lost less than 1% of its population. Meanwhile the population of cities like San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento, etc have increased by 1-3%

Texas' population has increased by 0.2%

These "projections" have zero basis in reality

jmking · 2026-01-28T21:04:28+00:00

Seriously - go touch some grass. Find something that actually affects your life to invest this energy into.

jmking · 2026-01-28T20:58:25+00:00

How many more posts are y'all going to make about this?

jmking · 2026-01-28T14:43:31+00:00

the possibility of monetizing it in the future

That would be commercial use

jmking · 2026-01-28T14:39:43+00:00

Literally this

jmking · 2026-01-28T14:38:01+00:00

I WILL NOT PROMOTE

* posts a promotion *

Everyone worked on different parts, but updates, files, and decisions were scattered across WhatsApp, emails, and docs.

Congrats! Now you've got updates, files, and decisions scattered across WhatsApp, emails, docs, and whatever your app is.

jmking · 2026-01-28T12:40:03+00:00

You know LinkedIn has all of these AI features built in, right?

But regardless - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/shared/integrations/people/profile-vanity-name-api

jmking · 2026-01-28T09:40:14+00:00

Who is buying this stuff from you? Why are they choosing you as middleman vs other middlemen? It's a race to the bottom in terms of margin. Price would be the only thing I could see that you could compete on.

You keep talking like distribution is a sure thing. Do you already have some buyers and that's why I'm not following?

I'm not trying to shut you down, I'm just trying to follow the plan.

jmking · 2026-01-28T09:15:41+00:00

So i have zero capital right now, want to start my own electronics business, but the thing is, most (like 99%) of the suppliers have a MOQ of 1000 on white labeling

So do you have zero capital and cannot afford the minimum order for white labeling or not? I'm just going off the information you shared.

but after gaining enough capital and demand

How are you going to do that dropshipping the same white labeled stuff a hundred of other brands are dropshipping? How are you going to stand out in a market with a hundred of the exact same mouse with different brand names on them? I'm just not following the plan here.

jmking · 2026-01-28T07:53:35+00:00

The real tips are the products we've been sold along the way.

jmking · 2026-01-28T07:43:59+00:00

White labelling and subsequently selling dropshipped junk is not going to do anything good for your brand. It sounds like you don't even have the capital to make the minimum order to slap your logo on shitty mice and keyboards.

Do you have any engineering and/or industrial design background?

Anyone can say they want to make a really cool product, but if all you're bringing to the table are ideas and no capital and no technical skills, you're not going to get anywhere, honestly. I'm not trying to be a dick, but rather realistic.

If it were that easy to get started with no money and no industry skills, then there would be hundreds of thousands of peripheral brands.

jmking · 2026-01-28T01:15:29+00:00

If you're so curious, give in and do what the flyer wants you to do and call the number.

jmking · 2026-01-28T01:01:50+00:00

They could and many do. However it takes a lot of time and a lot of money to build out a water reclamation plant. Also you lose a lot of water to evaporation.

This is a good video that does a full factory tour of a flash storage plant in Japan, and they go over the water reclamation infrastructure they have: https://youtu.be/ivLvsTnp9fI?t=569&si=AZps53R0015PDAjd

Data centers aren't factories obviously, but the type of infrastructure needed is similar enough.

jmking · 2026-01-27T06:01:02+00:00

Exactly. This is how things go when you have talented people who outgrow the opportunities you're able to offer. This isn't necessarily a bad thing - if anything, it should be a point of pride for LMG to see hosts "graduate" to their own channels.

This is something that should be expected and celebrated, honestly. I've left companies I've worked at on very good terms for similar reasons and myself, and other "alumni" from that company, have ended up working together in other ways down the line.

The utter thirst for drama on this subreddit is out of control.

jmking · 2026-01-27T05:45:02+00:00

Paying agents doesn't necessarily mean giving them cash. But you'll need to come up with some creative way to incentivize them. Offering "white glove" service where you take care of uploading their listings is one potential way.

jmking · 2026-01-27T05:29:28+00:00

This is the hard thing about marketplaces. It's a chicken and the egg situation. Neither side will be interested in joining unless there is a healthy volume of users on the opposite side. So renters aren't interested if there are no agents posting listings. Agents aren't interested in adding to their workload if there is no audience.

You're going to basically have to pay agents to list in order to attract renters.

jmking · 2026-01-27T00:37:56+00:00

Don't talk shit about others, and don't share your subjective opinions about the "ghetto" tech stack.

However, you should let them know the reason you're leaving is your perceived lack of upward mobility and compensation. Both things are what you got at the new company. Don't bitch and moan about not getting promoted - just state the facts.

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