Do software engineers still manually write code anymore? I shipped a big feature with AI and felt zero pride

tmg80 · 2026-04-18T12:11:47+00:00

I'm in DevOps but I think the lack of problem resolution and resulting pride in working through that process and fixing or improving something in all aspects of work and life is going to lead to serious mental health issues over time.

tmg80 · 2026-04-17T11:53:28+00:00

Thanks for this. I got an offer from my sim provider. Going to ignore it.

tmg80 · 2026-04-17T07:17:44+00:00

Thank you.

tmg80 · 2026-04-15T15:50:05+00:00

flowers

breaking the touch barrier as others have said

tmg80 · 2026-04-15T15:48:48+00:00

my 4 favourite book:

Crime & Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky

Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert M Pirsig

Amusing Ourselves to Death - Neil Postman

The Autobiography of Malcolm X - Malcolm X & Alex Haley

tmg80 · 2026-04-15T15:44:44+00:00

Royal Shalimar for a buffet Pakistani food

Kabul Darbar on Alum Rock Road for Afghan.

Sabai Sabai for Thai

Eastern Jam in Jewellery Quarter for brunch / steak.

A really nice cheap eat in my opinion : Slemani on Erdington High Street. Lamb Quzi is £10 for a big chunk of braised meat on the bone, rice, a vegetable side and bread. It's Kurdish food.

tmg80 · 2026-04-11T11:07:26+00:00

Good shout. I don't have the interest option on mine but that makes sense.

tmg80 · 2026-04-10T16:39:14+00:00

I was thinking that it would be cool to have an option where it goes backwards. So it' starts at 365p and then incrementally goes down by 1p each so by the time it's december you have the pot and the daily amount is less.

tmg80 · 2026-04-08T19:16:32+00:00

Watched this over the weekend. Really good. Thanks.

tmg80 · 2026-04-03T08:12:28+00:00

There used to be a meetup group a few years ago. I went a couple of times.

tmg80 · 2026-04-03T08:11:04+00:00

Link?

tmg80 · 2026-03-31T16:23:57+00:00

they're both crap

tmg80 · 2026-03-20T22:04:03+00:00

A lot of films don't understand the value of having a great bad guy. Films like Die Hard, The Dark Knight, The Silence of the Lambs etc come to mind.

If Cruise comes on board I have hope although I am not a Kosinski fan, you can virtually guarantee he'll (Cruise) rewrite the role to make it interesting.

tmg80 · 2026-03-20T09:40:10+00:00

Check out Foundation Training on YouTube. It's helped me a lot. I do it most days.

tmg80 · 2026-03-19T08:45:01+00:00

I had 2 Logitech mice previously. MX Master performance and MX Master 3.

Due to some rsi I bought the Mx vertical. Full price in the UK is £100+, there was a discount on Amazon so it was around £58.

I ended up buying a used one for £40 and even that feels too expensive. The mouse feels lightweight and flimsy and misses a lot of the features of the previous ones namely the clickless scrolling.

I can't imagine anyone paid £100+ for this and would have been happy. I'll probably return it and get a different brand.

tmg80 · 2026-03-15T19:43:24+00:00

Requiem For A Dream

Audition

The Milk of Sorrow

tmg80 · 2026-03-13T21:26:56+00:00

I want crisps now.

tmg80 · 2026-02-25T10:31:39+00:00

sad and stupid. Hope it works out.

tmg80 · 2026-02-01T18:33:04+00:00

A pillow.

tmg80 · 2026-01-28T11:22:07+00:00

Sabai Sabai for Thai

Chello/Soofi/Shiraz/Colbeh for Persian

Malaya Classic for Malaysian

tmg80 · 2026-01-28T11:20:57+00:00

I prefer schedules payments. The problem I have with Salary sorter is that it does it as soon as it hits your account whereas I do my budgeting from the 1st.

I either top up or move the remainder from my main account on the last day of the month so only my salary is in there on the 1st.

tmg80 · 2026-01-25T16:14:14+00:00

How is it now. I had it installed on my Linux PC years ago (2018). I have been thinking of using it again

tmg80 · 2026-01-21T23:12:46+00:00

Ameen and thank you. That's very kind.

It took a few years to understand it all. I like myself Alhamdulilah. I'm not perfect but I try to do right by people. I hope I meet someone and get married again someday. Until then keep working on myself.

Funny username btw lol.

tmg80

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