😆🤖 Ah, the irony! Google boasts about its AI coding prowess, while its own employees are busy crafting digital eye-rolls and chuckles about how the tech barely functions. 🚀💥 When your AI writes 75% of your code, perhaps it's time to hire a few humans to write some humor instead. 🐒💻
https://www.404media.co/google-employees-internally-share-memes-about-how-its-ai-sucks/ #AIHumor #GoogleIrony #TechStruggles #DigitalLaughs #CodingReality #HackerNews #ngated
Google Employees Internally Share Memes About How Its AI Sucks

Google’s CEO says 75% of the company’s code is AI-generated. The people who write that code say the AI they’re using is overhyped.

404 Media
Ah, the Matplotlib Incident—where humans realize their glorious AI overlords also demand *JavaScript and cookies* to function. 🍪🤖 Because nothing screams cutting-edge technology like struggling with web settings! 🙄😂
https://members.sigmazero.cc/posts/when-ai-crosses-159174096?postId=when-ai-crosses-159174096 #MatplotlibIncident #AIOverlords #JavaScript #Cookies #TechStruggles #WebSettings #HackerNews #ngated
🌐💀 Oh no, another digital detox manifesto! Our brave protagonist is valiantly battling the evil interwebs with Cold Turkey Blocker, yearning for the lost art of real-life interaction. May the Force of Reality be with you, noble unplugged hero! 🙄✨
https://user8.bearblog.dev/logging-off/ #digitaldetox #coldturkeyblocker #realinteraction #unpluggedhero #techstruggles #HackerNews #ngated
Logging off

I am feeling so sick of the internet. I feel like's it's just a net negative in every way. It makes me see the world as a horrible place. I'm gonna try to st...

User8
🚀🤯 "Cutting inference cold starts by 40x" — because the world REALLY needed another acronym soup of #LP, #FUSE, #CR, and the ever-special CUDA-checkpoint. 🍜 Meanwhile, mere mortals still struggle to start their microwaves without a manual. 📖🔍
https://modal.com/blog/truly-serverless-gpus #CuttingInferenceColdStarts #CUDACheckpoint #TechStruggles #HackerNews #ngated
How to achieve truly serverless GPUs

A deep dive on Modal's deep tech for fast boots.

Modal
Programming Still Sucks. — Writing

Sorry Peter. — I'm at a birthday party, and while most people here also work in tech, there's always a Guy with a Real Job. You know, a physical job, building some or other thing people need. And this Guy always asks some variant of the same question: aren't you worried AI is taking your job? I glance around and see a few faces turning around toward us, rolling their eyes ever so slightly before returning to their previous conversation. Yes, this question again.

How many sliders do you need to adjust to mute your phone reliably?

Or do you simply:
... turn on the flight mode?
...switch it off completely?
...smash the screen into pieces with a giant hammer?

Read about why I miss the one true mute button:
https://open.substack.com/pub/wrenwrites/p/where-is-the-silent-mode-button-or?r=5emdhk&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#TechStruggles #Newsletter #Enshittification #DigitalNoise

Going to the cinema, putting my phone away, and watching a movie with no distractions? I wish it was that easy.

Read about my silent mode pet peeve: https://open.substack.com/pub/wrenwrites/p/where-is-the-silent-mode-button-or?r=5emdhk&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#TechRant #TechStruggles #Newsletter

Where is the silent mode button? Or: Going to the movies—a study in anxiety

Going to the cinema, putting my phone away, and watching a movie with no distractions? I wish it was that easy.

Wren Writes
👶💻 Ah yes, the "Confessions of a Millennial in Tech"—a riveting saga where our hero bravely navigates the perilous world of...JavaScript and #cookies. 🍪 Because nothing screams cutting-edge tech insights like struggling to enable basic browser functions. 🙄🔧
https://www.elenaverna.com/p/confessions-of-a-millennial-in-tech #ConfessionsOfAMillennial #TechStruggles #JavaScript #BrowserInsights #HackerNews #ngated
Confessions of a Millennial in Tech

A lot of mixed feelings and unanswered questions.

Elena's Growth Scoop