I still have a FAT32 external drive that this (very) rarely still bites me 😫 there’s nothing important on it, so I’ve been lazy

It’s so much worse than it was. AIs have absolutely murdered entry-level positions

Yeah, mostly agreed. In my experience so far, an experienced dev that’s really putting time into their setup can greatly accelerate their output with these tools, while an inexperienced dev will end up taking way longer (and they’ll understand less) than it would have if they worked normally

Its an absolute gamechanger, IMO - the research phase of any task is reduced to effectively nothing, and I get massive amounts of work done when I walk away from my desk, because I plan for and keep lists of longer tasks to accomplish during those times.

You need to review every line of code it writes, but that’s no different than it ever was when working with junior devs 🤷‍♂️ but now I get the code in minutes instead of weeks and the agents actually react to my comments.

We’re using this with a massive monorepo containing hundreds of thousands of lines of code, and in tiny tool repos that serve exactly one purpose. If our code quality checks and standards werent as strict as they have been for the past decade, I think it wouldn’t work well with the monorepo.

The important part is that my company is paying for it - I have no clue what these tools cost. I am definitely more productive, there is absolutely no debate there IMO. Is the extra productivity worth the extra cost? I have literally no idea.

I’m sure most of them are actually retired, but all? No chance

Reddit’s primary source of revenue is ads, that is a simple fact. What metrics do you think matter when it comes to ad revenue?

…you’re joking, right? There is not a company in the world that is happy to ignore 1/100th of their revenue disappearing.

Is it going to kill reddit? Of course not. Are they “100% unaffected?” Of course not.

100% unaffected? It makes their data worth a lot less for AI training. Even if they keep comment history, these are edits - how do you determine which edit to use? Using all of them poisons the data, and picking one risks doing the same.

On top of that, reddit has quickly become a non-source for opinions… I used to append “reddit” to any search where I wanted candid feedback, but absolutely would never do that these days. That’s less traffic, which is less ad money, which comprises the vast majority of their revenue. Reputation is virtually the only thing that matters for search, and Reddit’s reputation has been sliding for years.

Did plex do something again

I literally don’t write code anymore, I write detailed specs, invest a lot of time into my guardrails and integrations, and review changes from my agents. My code quality has not fallen, in fact we’ve been able to be much more strict about our style guidelines.

My job has changed completely, but the results are the same - simply much, much faster. And to be clear, this is in code bases that are hundreds of thousands of lines deep, across multiple massive monorepos, and using context from several different documentation sites - both internal and external.

If anything, people are understating the effects this will have over the next year, let alone further. The entry-level IC dev is dead. If you aren’t producing at least twice as fast as you used to, you’re going to be left behind. I cannot possibly suggest strongly enough that you start learning how to use it.

My productivity has at least tripled since I started using Cursor. People are actually underestimating the effects that AI will have in the industry

If everyone on your team of 6 is 20% faster, you don’t necessarily need the 6th person. Maybe you put that towards more work, but that’s not very American, these days. Cut costs, cash out, fuck 'em

I’ll be honest, I thought Plex Pass was always a requirement for this 😅

Oh god, thanks for that fucking PTSD bomb

Why is doing literally nothing but adding cost a bad thing? 🤷‍♂️ they’re even selling on the same platform, it makes the actual-priced product harder to find or is just a full-on scam, pretending they sell higher quality products than actuality.

I haven’t personally used it, but my coworker said using Cursor with the newest Claude model is a gamechanger and he can’t go back anymore 🤷‍♂️ he hasn’t really liked anything outside of cursor yet

It’s not lazy. You just have no perspective.

Nah, fuck that, you’re just lazy and entitled. Obviously sometimes things come up, but why does everything have to ship in less than a week? Amazon doesn’t even have the best price on 95% of shit anymore, and hasn’t for years - ditching Amazon has saved me money on nearly every single item, I just have to wait slightly longer for them.

You can support nazis if you want - it’s not illegal, despite every rational perspective in the world. But don’t blame your support on bullshit like “I can’t think ahead more than two days.”

It’s literally not even hard, but yes you have to put some effort into it, and of course it isn’t convenient. You’ll probably save money, though - Amazon hasn’t had the best prices on 95% of items for many years now.

If you aren’t OK with being slightly inconvenienced, you can always keep supporting Nazis 🤷‍♂️

…you’re joking, right? Electing the convicted rapist, convicted fraudster, racist, sexist, wannabe dictator that literally tried to lead a coup four years ago didn’t tip you off?

Or, hear me out… carry it until you find one with room? If finding full trash cans “forces” you to litter, that says more about you being an entitled piece of shit than it does about anything else.