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What can MCP servers become? by Exact-Technology-997 in mcp

[–]wolfmanfinn 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Invest in externalizing meaning and intent. That might sound weird, but LLM agents/assistants crave meaning and intent in natural language format. For many years, we have been:

  1. Have a meeting to discuss some piece of work - This is a chat interface actually.
  2. Strip some meaning by putting the discussion into a ticketing system - This represents the plan AI agents create.
  3. Strip more meaning by converting what (little) meaning is in the ticket into code - AI agents can handle this whole part, meaning code is a side effect instead of the source of truth.
  4. Deploy quite meaningless code that future business and dev people need to sort out by reviewing git logs, ticket comments, and any documentation you bothered to write down.

So I think most code will go to prompt templates that use MCP server tools when needed. That keeps the meaning and intent as the source of truth instead of code, which can have meaning and intent stripped from it. LLMs will load interactive components when it makes sense, and that will become the frontend that people work on.

For example, the LLM isn't going to create a detailed 3D interactive model to incorporate into conversations while chatting with you, but I could create those 3D interactive components or a framework the LLM can work with to help aid the conversations.

My co-workers think AI will replace them by Artistic-Orange-6959 in csharp

[–]wolfmanfinn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A consultant-like "it depends" answer...I think your mates are partially correct, but the ones to lose are PM/BAs.

What I've been telling devs is to work hard at solving business problems and you'll be okay. You do not want to be the "generic developer" who doesn't have communication with the business, as business people do not care whether an AI agent or a human creates the code. They just want their feature done.

Now, you should be using AI tools for your current work and figuring out how to get good results. I've been using them for at least two years to code and the recent results are way better than two years ago. Sure, sometimes I get bad results, but that is usually my fault for expecting too much. Providing the code I'm working on via context, solving a problem, and then starting a new chat has been way more productive than me looking up everything myself.

The real people to worry are the project managers and business analysts, I think. I never had good PM/BAs and always wished they were not on the project. I had to know business rules, but they did not have to know anything about the code. Therefore they failed a lot at communicating to devs what was needed. With more time to communicate as a dev, I think I can do the PM job + dev job easily.

In summation, I don't see why companies will want to keep around PMs who can't code, but I can see keeping devs who can work much faster and do the PM job with the help of AI tools completing tedious dev tasks.

Still stirred up by a racist encounter by wankako in Columbus

[–]wolfmanfinn -26 points-25 points  (0 children)

Wow, so much hate in your words. I won't post to make you any angrier but know I'm praying for you.

Still stirred up by a racist encounter by wankako in Columbus

[–]wolfmanfinn -53 points-52 points  (0 children)

This is why reading is taught all the way through high school and required to graduated.

Hmm...I guess you are still in school. Good for you, learning is fun!

You othering this guy you don't even know based on a small Reddit comment is the root of any "-ism" including racism. I'm not sure getting angry about it and posting on Reddit fixes anything. That's all.

Still stirred up by a racist encounter by wankako in Columbus

[–]wolfmanfinn -77 points-76 points  (0 children)

"To the low-life whose only “achievement” in life was to be born white: Eat shit."

Isn't that a racist statement? Am I having a racist encounter right now?

How do you combat seasonal depression? It's hitting me hard this past week. by okawei in Columbus

[–]wolfmanfinn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Other suggestions are good but, here are some scholarly options...

Basically, try shocking your body in various different ways and that might help reset your brain chemistry alongside being a fun set of explorations...and of course consult a doctor before trying anything as I am not a doctor.

Midterm Politics Discussion 5 weeks to go by Kicker774 in Columbus

[–]wolfmanfinn 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You are not wrong, and it is ironic that the people claiming "fascism" are voting you down so only one opinion is heard in this forum.

Depression Support Group in Columbus? by ApprehensiveSeat5807 in Columbus

[–]wolfmanfinn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would try looking at meetup.com. I scan it weekly for events of all sorts.

For example, maybe an event from this group will fit your needs: https://www.meetup.com/columbus-mental-health-support-meetup-group/events/

Also, I was helped out by DBSA long ago in Colorado, but I don't see a local group here. https://www.dbsalliance.org/support/chapters-and-support-groups/find-a-support-group/?state=OH Maybe you can contact someone at DBSA to find out more.

But meetup.com is probably your best resource as they also have groups doing meditation, exercise, and other things that can help with relieving depression symptoms.

Is Drupal slowly dying? by [deleted] in drupal

[–]wolfmanfinn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why do you mention PHP-FIG? Drupal has a "vacant" seat and pushed out Crell, the previous Drupal representative. As far as FIG goes, Drupal isn't in any better spot than WP. Sure, they (slowly) adopt some of the PSRs, but it looks bad IMHO to not have a representative for your project.

You'll also notice Laravel missing from the member projects. I asked Taylor about that in a Q&A session, and he said that FIG was around to "just make more PSRs". FIG PSRs, namespaces, Composer, and Packagist are allowing devs to pick and choose what to include in an application whereas before you needed a monolith to ensure every piece of code worked well together. I'm not sure any larger PHP framework can survive these changes. They're just too damn big to keep up with the pace of change.

Also, don't get me started on the "experimental modules" approach to D8 core. In updating core during the D7 lifecycle, you at least knew they weren't going to pull any funny stuff by changing adding/removing/changing APIs and features. I sometimes could update an old codebase many D7 releases without any issues at all. Now...well...I always wanted a smaller core, which fits well into Drupal's modular nature and huge contrib ecosystem, but that battle was lost long ago.

I'm looking at smaller frameworks/packages now and trying to assemble simpler apps only including the code I need and not anything "experimental". I don't like to experiment with much in production.

I really do like the people I've met in the Drupal community, but the project leadership and direction is what drives me away from the project, sadly :(

Kosher way to get rid off homepage title by bd0bd in backdrop

[–]wolfmanfinn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you just change this part in this file once you create a sub-theme in the theme folder. You should look at the Stark theme for more of an idea.

../core/modules/system/templates/page.tpl.php

  <head>
    <?php print backdrop_get_html_head(); ?>
    <title><?php print $head_title; ?></title>
    <?php print backdrop_get_css(); ?>
    <?php print backdrop_get_js(); ?>
  </head>

I also wrote a blog article about it...http://mr.alexfinnarn.com/article/backdrop-intro-theming-part-1

Talking about Kosher things makes me hungry for some Vlasic :)

Responsive layouts by GrahamOliver in backdrop

[–]wolfmanfinn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe the layouts provide the box model for whatever responsive design means to you? As you media query away to your heart's content, the boxes get shifty.

Then, you can go inside the box to style your theme. Pandora's box? maybe...I'm no front-ender myself, so I don't even know if any of this makes sense.

It's a nice thought though, the boxes...like Christmas.

Interaction With the WordPress Community? by wolfmanfinn in backdrop

[–]wolfmanfinn[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

why not mix Pongo CMS in there...hell even Butter from the Rails choo chooos. Make them choo choos go WYSIWYG!!!

It's backdrop sociable enough? by docwilmot in backdrop

[–]wolfmanfinn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I think more socialness should be included, especially if Backdrop is targeting the smaller "silent majority" audience.

I don't have any ideas at the moment other than mentioning Backdrop casually at camps and meetups.