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Re:Resisting Cognitive Surrender on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @02:59AM (#50349296)
There is no such thing as a Software Engineer.

Its just as much as an ego trip...as the Principal Engineers that roam around here, after they survived three layoffs and outputted front end code for six years straight at a FAANG...

Prove me wrong...

Re:Resisting Cognitive Surrender on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @02:54AM (#50349271)
Well Lawyers and Judges are doing exactly that: https://www.damiencharlotin.com/hallucinations/

And if you look a the dates, the rate at which they are doing it is actually increasing...

Re:Mathematics has changed. Let's act like it on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @02:41AM (#50349184)
>> the software developers are next in line.

Sweet summer child...did you try to use an LLM with a less known programming language or one you created yourself and see how bad they perform? Or have you see one graduating from MIT without sucking up the whole internet first?

Take them away their GitHub and their StackExchange then lets talk.

Re:Mathematics has changed. Let's act like it on Sunday November 01, 2026 @05:04PM (#50330408)
>> where writing code can sometimes be delegated to AI, and is arguably less important than understanding what the customer really wants from this software.

This statement is a monstrosity, and the reason why real software engineers know vibe coding will fail. It is fundamental misunderstanding of thinking that that the intellectual work consists of knowing what you want, and coding is merely the mechanical labor of making it happen.

The coding is the intellectual work!

Its where the actual problems are discovered, where the difficult decisions are made, where vague ideas become precise, and where solutions are invented. There is not such thing as a fully formed solution waiting to be translated into code. :-)

Again just the modern variation of the idea guy who goes around saying I have a genius idea for a new startup...I just need some Developers to implement it ....

Re:Jepsen: ParticleDB 1.1.4 on Sunday November 01, 2026 @11:58AM (#50327378)
I dont do consulting for free. I set you up already on the path of enlightenment :-)
Re:Restrooms along the Norwegian Scenic Routes on Sunday November 01, 2026 @09:34AM (#50326103)
Well you can see how, the 100% factual post you replied to, is being downvoted by the MAGA crowd here.
Re:Restrooms along the Norwegian Scenic Routes on Sunday November 01, 2026 @09:03AM (#50325799)
He will suggest to go at night...
Re:HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN on Sunday November 01, 2026 @08:57AM (#50325745)
Take downs are about taking down good ideas. This could become something to drive away core traffic. I could imagine multiple clones layers on different themes like Music, Economy etc...And the similarity is enough with Tube name on it...
Re:Restrooms along the Norwegian Scenic Routes on Sunday November 01, 2026 @08:50AM (#50325687)
Ah yes, the timeline where the US president is a convicted sex offender, 34 times convicted felon, tried to overtake a democratically elected president, stored top secret nuclear secrets in his toilet, orchestrated a cover up of the biggest pedophile ring in history, is an active russian agent, and all we talk about is ...his tantrums....
Re:Restrooms along the Norwegian Scenic Routes on Sunday November 01, 2026 @06:47AM (#50324732)
This is the problem with HN not doing humor. You are always the one who does not grok it...

"Trump calls Norway a ‘shithouse country’" - https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/10/27/trump-calls-norway...

Re:OpenIDEA: The IDE you know, rebuilt in Rust on Sunday November 01, 2026 @04:41AM (#50323985)
So that I understand...

I guess the logic here is: If I love this project, I should renew my JetBrains subscription...so that they can keep having money to fix bugs in their IDE...so that you can keep reverse engineering it?

Am I seeing this right?

Re:Japan's trains are great. Why is booking one so hard? on Sunday November 01, 2026 @04:23AM (#50323892)
Apparently you need to use a Fax.
Re:Jepsen: ParticleDB 1.1.4 on Sunday November 01, 2026 @04:01AM (#50323789)
Vibecoders are the modern version of YouTube fake musicians:

https://youtu.be/FRoXKvD19Po

https://youtu.be/s_mN0DpOttI

Re:Jepsen: ParticleDB 1.1.4 on Sunday November 01, 2026 @03:59AM (#50323782)
TLA+ does not do what you think it does.
Re:Jepsen: ParticleDB 1.1.4 on Sunday November 01, 2026 @03:58AM (#50323776)
Fortunately the list of VCs funding this with millions and clearly zero due diligence is easy to find. I will add them to the address group for my next Nigerian Prince AI startup email distribution list.

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