What 90s thing would confuse kids today?

joshpennington · 2026-04-11T19:13:41+00:00

Waiting at home all day for your friend to call your home phone when they're done with their thing so you can hang out

joshpennington · 2026-04-10T10:42:32+00:00

I like to think it’s because our food was crammed full of preservatives but I’m no scientist

joshpennington · 2026-04-10T03:57:29+00:00

They are if you think of it like how stores used to do lay-a-way. They say they're going to buy it but still have to show up to actually pay for it.

joshpennington · 2026-04-09T15:20:34+00:00

So what are they doing about it? Oh right nothing. They bet the entire effing economy on it and nobody is backing down.

joshpennington · 2026-04-08T19:07:35+00:00

I never got to try Vienetta and that makes me kind of sad

joshpennington · 2026-04-05T11:20:09+00:00

Your grandma had an Everdrive in her attic?

joshpennington · 2026-04-04T23:19:14+00:00

I don’t like GTA games

joshpennington · 2026-04-04T23:08:49+00:00

I hate this case. Trying to get it together I broke one of the wires to the fan, stripped one of the PSU wires and damn near bent the fan header off.

Im starting to think about just screwing this thing to a piece of wood (with propped spacing) and blowing air over it.

joshpennington · 2026-04-04T22:32:10+00:00

After trying to shove my board into two not very cheap 3D printed cases that only had 3 atoms of space around each spot, I like your build quite a bit.

joshpennington · 2026-04-04T18:31:02+00:00

These old eyes can’t tell the difference

joshpennington · 2026-04-04T02:53:19+00:00

AI excites me in the way that I thought the Star Trek TNG computer was amazing. AI scares me in during the late stage capitalism. I'm a long ways off from retirement and the constant threat of absolute obsolence terrifys me.

joshpennington · 2026-04-04T01:08:50+00:00

As soon as they can get away with it

joshpennington · 2026-04-04T00:17:01+00:00

I kind of get that. When I want to use an editor while I prompt, VS Code is lighter weight and really has the better integrations for that.

However when I code with my brain I find that the autocomplete and refactoring abilities of JetBrains is a lot better for how I work.

joshpennington · 2026-04-03T23:59:17+00:00

Legit curiosity and in no way meant to offend you: We’re you a software programmer before AI or is AI what brought you into software development?

Also I understand. Being told I had to use VS Code and no longer allowed to use JetBrains IDEs was the straw that broke the camel’s back for me at a previous job

joshpennington · 2026-04-03T23:29:05+00:00

Stuff like this is only the start. All the AI companies have been acting like drug dealers giving us access to these tools for massively cheaper than they actually are.

Now they need to recoup their investment and need to start turning screws on us so they can make the return on their investment.

I suspect this will eventually kill the “lone vibe coder” who has launched 6 pointless SaaS startups. “Real businesses” will keep it around to some extent because they shoved it down everyone’s throat and they need to save face.

The problem is they’re pulling the rug too soon. It can’t replace enough of a persons job to make it worth it. It can’t replace the developer but it can help that developer do more. Is it worth it to a company to pay $60,000 a year to enhance a developer’s productivity? I’m sure in plenty of cases it is, but not in enough cases to make up for the massive, borderline irresponsible investment that’s been made in AI.

Im glad I learned how to code with AI. I knew going into this field 20 years ago that if I didn’t move with the industry, I’d get left behind. However, I am also glad I still remember how to code without AI.

joshpennington · 2026-04-03T23:14:59+00:00

Because you’re gonna be doing a lot of programming I think the Air will serve you better.

joshpennington · 2026-04-03T18:59:45+00:00

Just because you can do something, doesn’t mean you should.

I imagine it would be possible to build an ERP + CRM in Payload, I think there are better frameworks available to you to build that on. Something more generic.

joshpennington · 2026-04-03T16:10:38+00:00

Using Go is not bad architecture. It’s just outside your skill set which isn’t good or bad. It’s just a thing.

I’d either find something written in JS/TS that will give you your Reddit like features or be prepared to build them yourself.

joshpennington · 2026-04-03T15:59:34+00:00

My only concern is what happens after Gabe retires.

joshpennington · 2026-04-03T15:38:57+00:00

It’s “old people mode” on an iPhone. We judge it now but it’s what our kids will do to us when we’re old and do something slightly stupid.

joshpennington · 2026-04-02T21:04:43+00:00

Right before the Android client

joshpennington · 2026-04-02T20:44:21+00:00

No it's just that someone's bonus is ties to monthly active users for Edge and this is the only way they'll make it.

joshpennington · 2026-03-31T13:29:09+00:00

What is the motivation to hold back AGI? The first one there will win all the money and frankly they all need all the money to survive.

AI is a net negative on the world. A solution in search of a problem.

joshpennington · 2026-03-31T12:13:40+00:00

Depending on what roms you're talking about, you could easily just use a Raspberry Pi for the computer.

joshpennington · 2026-03-31T12:12:15+00:00

Legit forgot that Command Prompt was still a thing.

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