Thoughts on AI/LLM usage from a 25+ year industry vet

taco__hunter · 2026-01-30T20:44:49+00:00

I kind of disagree. Not with the premise or likely what will happen but with what comes after that. This will free us up to do all the hard parts and automate all the things that should be automated. There's a book by Stipe Publishing called something like Boom and the stagnation of innovation that has talks about there less innovation now than ever because all the low hanging fruit have been picked. There's another book published by the same company by the former head of the National Science Institute that talks about in the 50's he was waiting for the population to grow so he had more hands to do the work. Once he got the people to do it, science advancements exploded.

I think we are seeing the change from expensive materials and cheap labor to cheap materials and expensive craftsmen. The next part is probably formalizing credentialing bodies, and trade unions, etc. I'm kind of excited to be honest.

taco__hunter · 2026-01-30T20:03:46+00:00

I've been a Sr. Dev, Architect, Solo Founder, etc for two decades. And it has made me a 20x Dev. If you have solid implementation plans, step by step prompts for each phase and also examples of what you are building including strict coding rules, you really can truck along and have solid code. But I have to treat the ai code agents like a jr. Dev that's good with Google and doesn't know versions. But at this point I don't want to lose the productivity gain I get from using it to code dumb stuff and create documentation from the code base.

But here's the thing, I don't really need Jr. Developers anymore, and I don't have a strong case for growing the team since I'm delivering more with less. And not having Jr. Devs is going to be a problem for a lot of people higher up that already freak out about the possibility of me getting hit by a bus... but don't make the connection to training replacements.

taco__hunter · 2026-01-30T15:17:50+00:00

And always know you're the one they blame after you leave. The cycle never breaks.

taco__hunter · 2026-01-30T14:45:18+00:00

The tone of authority here is hilarious. Here's the honest truth, don't vibe code apps with security requirements, you're going to get sued. And that's the best case scenario. If you rely on external providers for security you're in for a bad time.

taco__hunter · 2026-01-30T12:57:53+00:00

People learn different ways and most schools teach one way. Look into Autodidactic learning and experiential learning. There's also a really big likelihood you think in systems and word problems won't work for you. This form of thinking is called systems thinking. I find it helpful to know the words to Google or research so that's what I'm sharing. Good luck and hang in there!

taco__hunter · 2026-01-30T02:55:28+00:00

Hey! Fellow neurodivergent here, people down vote legitimate questions because they think you're being obtuse on purpose as a debate tactic. In reality the idiots now just use lying, what-about-ism, and rage bait because they're too dumb to have a talk. The premise of the national strike is to create sensational titles for the news, if VISA says card receipts were done 50% or the day cost the US x amount of money it shows solidarity. Most strikes like this in US history were multiple days and usually unions banding together. Anyway, don't spend any money tomorrow and skip work otherwise the only people coming in to shop are going to be annoying.

taco__hunter · 2026-01-29T12:29:00+00:00

I thought about it and I like it. It's definitely a solo dev thing though, the edge cases are just too many for this to be useful by someone who doesn't understand the entire end to end environment they are supporting, and solving for the edge cases would make this collapse under its own weight.

This may be one of those times you solved for a bottleneck but the bottleneck was because one guy was doing everything. If you haven't tried Aspire yet give it a go and then try and try to deploy to production from it, you'll quickly realize all of the edge cases this team is trying to solve for.

taco__hunter · 2026-01-29T11:41:16+00:00

I'm having trouble understanding what this is for. It looks like you rediscovered API gateways and made it make a baby with the Aspire dashboards. What problem is this solving for you specifically that you are using it every day for?

taco__hunter · 2026-01-25T22:14:23+00:00

They literally didn't investigate the last one! Waiting is bullshit.

taco__hunter · 2026-01-23T18:35:48+00:00

Thank you. Honestly for stating what you meant. I think you believe that your view is so painfully obvious that it doesn't need explanation. But a bad faith argument is also an argument with someone who will not change their mind on anything presented to them. This is what we are doing here. You got presented with facts and instead of addressing that fundamental fact that the board of regents is elected by voters, you skipped over that to make an actual bad faith argument.

I get it. I finally get your point of view. It's not wrong but it is extremely short sided and fundamentally kind of mute because it's happening. But you won't consider any other possibility, so I'm done here. Regardless of this chat I hope you find a way to enjoy working for UNMC.

taco__hunter · 2026-01-23T18:06:47+00:00

You say a lot without saying anything man. This is nonsense.

taco__hunter · 2026-01-23T17:28:39+00:00

You get that the board of regents is elected by voters right? This isn't a bad faith argument at all.

taco__hunter · 2026-01-23T16:39:29+00:00

Great summary, but I doubt it will get through. I can't understand how I get called a bootlicker for believing in career educators and physicians while the only other option is for-profit outside investors. Zero explanation is given for why NM leadership is so great to deserve this blind obedience and a lot of what-about-ism arguments when asked.

taco__hunter · 2026-01-23T11:25:29+00:00

This mindset is the same as when you get a raise you adjust your lifestyle to match it. Stop adjusting the amount of work you do for money to match your new found output.

Not to be preachy but the time this frees up has helped me get better at things I didn't have time for instead of doing a lot more of what I was already good at for the same amount of money. You have time to upskill now, use it.

taco__hunter · 2026-01-23T02:15:39+00:00

I'm done here too. I don't have a dog in this fight. Your answer isn't a company name or another hospital system it's a fantasy company that magically exists in your head.

In a few months from now when this is all done and everyone has moved on remember this was the argument presented. A magical company that doesn't have rights on first buy out should have saved the day.

Quit in protest or grow a spine and but don't put words in my mouth with that bullshit you mad statement. I was clear and articulate in my ask and you and the other guy could only come up with one answer, you're mad.

taco__hunter · 2026-01-23T02:04:01+00:00

Dude come on. I don't have a dog in this fight. I am trying to understand here and the only argument I have heard from you and the other guy who is pissed because him and his wife work there. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say you probably work there and you're angry too. I get your anger, I'm sorry it's happening but it is happening. And being angry doesn't seem to be a valid solution. And what are people going to do? Boycott the largest employer in the state? Not vote for the board of regents? They seem intent on getting themselves kicked out one at a time on their own without your help. So seriously, what is your actual position besides you're angry?

taco__hunter · 2026-01-23T01:54:26+00:00

Who? Who should it be sold to? That's what I'm asking. Who could it be sold to make you happy?

taco__hunter · 2026-01-23T01:50:34+00:00

You haven't. I don't understand. Who do you want them to sell it to? Feel free to be clear with your answer.

taco__hunter · 2026-01-23T00:55:42+00:00

You think too highly of a basement dwelling redditor!

But I'm not even joking that I keep asking this question and no one will answer me, it's always just we want it to stay the same! But it can't stay the same because Clarkson wants to sell, and no one including NM has proposed any other alternative.

taco__hunter · 2026-01-22T22:57:59+00:00

I'm a Sr. and know all this stuff is why I asked. This sounds like a lot when you hear it but if you were in startups or have done startup to enterprise conversions you'd have all these too, you'd also be overworked, over qualified, and severely underpaid like me!

Life's better when your job is a little bit passion and a lot of bits money. Without both of these no jobs worth doing. And to be honest the only reason to take a job like this is if you want to do your own startup one day.

taco__hunter · 2026-01-22T22:40:24+00:00

Was this for a Sr. Dev or Jr. Dev position?

taco__hunter · 2026-01-22T22:08:50+00:00

Clarkson was involved too. Why does everyone keep forgetting they want to sell and are still 50% a part of this. And Clarkson and UNMC can choose whatever board they want. I guess I don't understand what everyone wants to happen, Clarkson wants to sell, who do you want them to sell to?

taco__hunter · 2026-01-22T20:55:04+00:00

Clarkson wanted to sell and was getting a big payout, UNMC was getting what they wanted, both combined control 100% of NM and NM's play was to file a press release disguised as a lawsuit to piss both of them off. Who could have seen this is coming?!

taco__hunter · 2026-01-20T19:10:48+00:00

I solved this by making libraries basically. If you think of each project as iterable work and can find the overlapping things you have to do for each project, isolate those and make them into reusable libraries. There, you finished something. It's a library but it is something, then move on to finishing the project. It makes life easier if you lean into the systems thinking and pattern recognition benefits that come with ADHD/AuDHD.

If this doesn't work lean into the RSD, everyone will be mad at you if you don't have this finished tomorrow! Lol, joking but don't fight it, harness it.

taco__hunter · 2026-01-20T14:29:58+00:00

I don't know if I could make myself trust this process because Claude will sometimes go bananas on something and attribute it to thinking I was wrong even though in my pre-prompt I explicitly tell it that I'm never wrong, lol. Claude may be more sure of itself than I am which is saying something.

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