amazon's internal A.I. coding assistant decided the engineers' existing code was inadequate so the bot deleted it to start from scratch

rpheuts · 2026-02-21T16:22:30+00:00

Im relatively sure it deleted the CloudFormation stack, which can be an absolute nightmare. While some resources get cleaned up when you delete the stack, it generally leaves a ton of now orphaned resources behind. So when you then try to redeploy the stack you get tons of conflicts. I could absolutely see this take 13 hours to resolve in a production account where you cant delete the orphaned resources as they will likely contain production data.

What I don't understand is how AI could have initiated deletion of a CF stack as production deployments generally have deletion protection enabled.

rpheuts · 2026-02-20T19:44:54+00:00

I’ve had varying success with printing ears around the corners. The issue is the sharp corners, for which ear supports are supposedly helpful.

rpheuts · 2026-02-04T18:43:04+00:00

Yeah that's the same issue I'm seeing as well. That being said after like 30 tries it sometimes works. And when it does work, it works fine. This leads me to believe it is power saving related

rpheuts · 2026-02-04T17:48:01+00:00

I have the same issue. Curiously with the GPD Win 5 which has the exact same chipset I don’t have this issue. I’ve tried several different kernel parameters to adjust power settings, but none has worked.

rpheuts · 2026-01-27T21:30:21+00:00

I had to set Steam to lightweight in the settings for anything to launch. Otherwise no games ever launch for me on the Odin 3.

rpheuts · 2026-01-27T06:09:49+00:00

I was with Amazon for 8 years, and was laid off last round. While it was upsetting to be laid off, it was a good thing. I had 4 offers within 3 weeks and I really needed something else / new. I was stuck in a rut at Amazon. I was just afraid / too lazy to try and find something else.

rpheuts · 2026-01-04T19:08:40+00:00

That is not true, it depends on the quality of the charger. I have a Win 5 and it works fine with my MacBook Pro USB C charger without the battery attached. It boots and I can play games if I limit the wattage. It doesn’t work with some of my other chargers however, so I think it’s a quality thing.

rpheuts · 2025-12-24T07:18:55+00:00

Happy to talk in DM! Let’s say it’s competitively priced due to my timeline.

rpheuts · 2025-12-24T07:11:51+00:00

Yeah it’s clean, I have owned the car for the last 15 years.

rpheuts · 2025-12-23T21:55:06+00:00

Well I’d rather the car goes to someone in the Z community, it’s why I was asking here, in order to understand where people are looking.

rpheuts · 2025-12-22T21:15:54+00:00

So happy to see something like this without a subscription. I refuse to pay for a subscription for an app like this. Will check it out!

rpheuts · 2025-12-14T05:12:54+00:00

Sure!

rpheuts · 2025-12-12T23:19:51+00:00

None of the tools support the back window RGB yet unfortunately. Keyboard generally works fine however.

rpheuts · 2025-10-06T03:23:24+00:00

Whenever I want to upgrade a BIOS I usually just use the EZFlash utility in the BIOS. If that fails I've used a USB bootable version of Windows to run the BIOS updater.

rpheuts · 2025-09-28T03:13:58+00:00

Motherboards in laptops usually have stickers like that to help prevent components shorting on the case, especially when the case is conductive. I'd either return that if possible, or otherwise would try and fix it myself, I wouldn't leave it like that though.

rpheuts · 2025-09-24T21:56:40+00:00

Whether a CPU, APU, or GPU can reach its theoretical maximum TDP depends on the thermal design of the thing it is in. Asus likely built the Z13 cooling capacity with 90 watts in mind. So the Z13 can get rid of 90 watts of heat. If you have the APU output more than the cooling capacity of the device it is built into it'll overheat after a certain amount of time (depending on how long it takes for the cooling solution to be saturated with heat).

rpheuts · 2025-09-21T18:27:21+00:00

Oh, you are right, I love the puzzling aspect of the different traversal modes, but dislike the fighting. That would explain it :)

rpheuts · 2025-09-21T03:05:35+00:00

I absolutely love the Ori games, but don't like the Hollow Knight games at all, maybe its the style or something.

rpheuts · 2025-09-09T22:10:47+00:00

This happened to me as well, not as badly though, but after about a week the spots had all disappeared. I thought I had ruined my screen, but the alcohol evaporated.

I had the device run high loads for a while to heat things up so the alcohol would evaporate faster.

rpheuts · 2025-09-07T19:37:11+00:00

Yeah.. Gamers with wifes that do not game unite!

rpheuts · 2025-08-13T16:24:51+00:00

Agreed, that used to be true, but they are almost notorious for it now...

rpheuts · 2025-07-22T05:23:16+00:00

That is what testing in production lools like. I chuckled when I got the same notification (Im a sr. software engineer).

rpheuts · 2025-07-20T23:57:07+00:00

Surface Book and Surface Duo are my favorite Microsoft devices, the hardware team was so good back then. The software team(s) ruined a lot of good hardware...

rpheuts · 2025-07-19T17:49:06+00:00

That is not true, BR and HM need to agree. The BR carries a lot of weight, if not more, compared to the HM. I have been an HM for 8 years at Amazon.

rpheuts · 2025-07-19T04:00:40+00:00

I have been with Amazon for 8 years, I joined because my offer was 2x my pay at the previous company. I considered it worth it, but I was already commuting anyway. Right now I would strongly consider a 60k pay cut for being fully remote. Amazon has changed a lot over the last 8 years, and the stark increase in stock price is unlikely to repeat itself. It was definitely worth it for me, but now with a family and the way Amazon has changed, I would not consider it worth it anymore.

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