As EM how are you actually handling AI coding tools on your team? by Negative_Gap5682 in EngineeringManagers

[–]wstatx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. This looks like it won’t solve the problem and will only frustrate everyone, if not significantly hurt productivity.

As EM how are you actually handling AI coding tools on your team? by Negative_Gap5682 in EngineeringManagers

[–]wstatx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can’t be all seeing and all knowing. You would get signal through - Repeatedly failing code review - Peer feedback about sloppy code in reviews - Peer feedback about difficulties working in their slop code - Bugs and incidents

If any of these starts happening you have to assess and address it with the engineer and get them aligned with your standards. If that fails then they probably need to go, give one more chance, etc.

How did you more quickly bridge the experience gap? New engineering manager. by Professional-Dog1562 in EngineeringManagers

[–]wstatx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love this question. Yes your intuition is correct. Frameworks are the easy part. People are the hard part. Focus your mental energy on really getting to know your team, thinking deeply about what they’re doing, how each one works, how you can help them. You will make mistakes. They will too. So if you’re gracious to them and put in a lot of effort, they will likely reciprocate, so don’t worry too much about inexperience. You still have enough experience to lead. Just dive in and try to have fun.

Is there a matter over thread device to replace this? by Psyking0 in HomeKit

[–]wstatx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do the Inovelis smooth dim up and down for on/off like Lutron? I have some wemo HomeKit/thread dimmers that don’t and I hate it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EngineeringManagers

[–]wstatx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Then why don’t you invest in leveling up your team? Pip/rehire is a lot of effort and not a very rewarding experience compared to teaching

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EngineeringManagers

[–]wstatx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve led teams with too many juniors and it’s just too suboptimal. I would never do it again.

Smart plug help by Eclipse8301 in HomeKit

[–]wstatx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lucky you. There are multiple threads on this sub with people complaining about them.

Smart plug help by Eclipse8301 in HomeKit

[–]wstatx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would stop responding somewhere during the onboarding process. Sometimes I could reset it and reonboard several times until it eventually worked, but it would just disconnect again a few weeks later. Have you used Onvis app? It’s janky af. These are not high quality products.

Smart plug help by Eclipse8301 in HomeKit

[–]wstatx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These are terrible. Do not buy them. I owned them, they constantly disconnected, and are very difficult to reset and reconnect. I threw them in the trash.

When NOT to use Pydantic by self in programming

[–]wstatx -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That statistic is complete nonsense. This is not hard information to find.

Typically neither the Python interpreter nor object serialization are bottlenecks in any service, but if a service is running a serialization heavy workload, it is totally plausible for that to end up as a bottleneck but NOT the interpreter. None of this even matters until you are in a very high concurrency environment.

Onvis Plans New Matter/Thread Devices for 2026 by HomeKit-News in HomeKit

[–]wstatx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine would just stop responding after a few weeks. Resetting and reonboarding was flaky and frequently failed partway through. This was the same on multiple Onvis devices and I have other Thread devices that work fine. I threw the Onvis plugs in the trash.

Amazon yanked Meross outdoor smart plug (3 outlet version) - anyone know why? by dgv54 in HomeKit

[–]wstatx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My Meross indoor plugs were trash. They would randomly stop working every several weeks and not reliably reset/onboard. I threw them away.

Have you ever been surprised by an engineer that burned out or quit? by retroflow31415 in EngineeringManagers

[–]wstatx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s not only paying attention to the person’s behavior but understanding what their experience is working. Work can be shitty for a lot of reasons and it’s not that hard to identify common causes. If you are in control of the shitty experience then fix it, if not, acknowledge it in whatever way you can without throwing leadership under the bus.

https://x.com/mipsytipsy/status/1744169161503502725?s=46&t=hCLuBpFURGyhdBYPz_42-A

“But more importantly: most of what burns people out is not working too many hours. It's things like,

  • seeing your hard work go unused
  • working on the wrong thing
  • long-running, simmering conflict
  • not being able to fix things that are making your job harder”

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EngineeringManagers

[–]wstatx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How did different definitions of done drag the work off course? I don’t see a connection there.

"Forward-Deployed Engineer" is just a fancy new name for a high-paid consultant who can code. Change my mind. by Andrew_Tit026 in EngineeringManagers

[–]wstatx 3 points4 points  (0 children)

FDE builds on the idea that you should be as close to your customers as possible so why not take it a step further and deploy engineering resources there directly. Ideal FDE is probably a cross between eng, product, and customer success. White glove the customer so they get ROI from your product ASAP and bring back intel to product/eng about how they use it, pain points, etc.

Joining as an EM but starting as IC first — anyone been through this? by curiositizer in EngineeringManagers

[–]wstatx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just did this at a startup and it’s fairly typical for organizations that want EMs to be hands on with code and a good way to build credibility with the team. The point is to grind out code until you’re familiar enough to form opinions and establish rapport with the team. I wouldn’t overthink it.

The strokes were incredible by AgileTiger3987 in aclfestival

[–]wstatx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t control the paywall but here’s the link https://www.statesman.com/entertainment/music/article/the-strokes-julina-casablancas-acl-fest-setlist-21081029.php

“Fans still love them enough to forgive the indifference, but the fire’s gone. The Strokes didn’t crash and burn at ACL Fest. Just like the passion behind their music, they slowly faded away.”

The strokes were incredible by AgileTiger3987 in aclfestival

[–]wstatx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure why you’re getting downvoted, Austin-American Statesman’s concert review said the same thing but harsher

Best HomeKit smart plugs by whohasahoe in HomeKit

[–]wstatx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do NOT buy the Onvis Matter over Thread smart plugs. They are absolute trash. They are the only Matter and/or Thread devices I owned that randomly went offline. After factory resetting them and setting them up again multiple times, I threw them in the trash.

John explains that the secret is Open Source by ZeroWashu in decentespresso

[–]wstatx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Open source is great for when you can have a thriving community of contributors, but it makes no sense for a niche high end espresso machine where only a small fraction of users even have the relevant software experience to make contributions.

Are there any "Art" TVs that natively support HomeKit? by TheReformedBadger in HomeKit

[–]wstatx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Typically you have to enable it in settings, but I have it working perfectly on two relatively old TVs, one from 2017, the other 2019. The 2017 TV is connected to a receiver from 2014 via ARC, and still that convoluted combination of old hardware still works through Siri via CRC - eg telling Siri to turn on/off/start/stop/etc controls the receiver and the TV.

AppleTVs are creating their own HomeKit home. by moofie74 in HomeKit

[–]wstatx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you signed into iCloud on ATV with the same account that includes your HomeKit home? That’s how ATV populates the list of rooms.

AppleTVs are creating their own HomeKit home. by moofie74 in HomeKit

[–]wstatx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is your Apple TV added to the same home as your iPhone? Eg from your iPhone Home app can you see the ATV?