Dare ObasanjoFeb 23
It’s an interesting world where the highest paid and most senior engineers in FAANG have fully embraced using tools like Claude Code and software novices have adopted vibe coding tools like Cursor but there’s a strong midtwit style resistance in the middle arguing that AI tools are just hype.
Show threadCassandrich
@carnage4life The "highest paid and most senior engineers" are likely more like management roles where they've been long detached from working with code and suddenly feel empowered to micromanage rather than depending on actual engineers to do things below a high architectural level. Their opinions are not telling you what you think they're telling you.
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Show threadkhmFeb 23
not to mention that the "highest paid and most senior engineers in FAANG" are the people responsible for shit like "loading bars on websites" and "advertising on the start menu"

good judgment has never been a selection factor for these roles, and I'm not really surprised that AI slop is indistinguishable from the code they were writing before

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Show threadTorbjörn NorinderFeb 23
@dalias I believe https://defector.com/toward-a-theory-of-kevin-roose applies here. This pundit is not worth your time.
Toward A Theory Of Kevin Roose | Defector

“You can’t be a serious critic,” New York Times technology reporter Kevin Roose wrote on Tuesday, on Bluesky, about artificial intelligence, “if you’re in denial about how useful it is.” Narrowly, in strict terms, this is true: You can’t be a serious critic of anything if you are in denial about any part of it,…

Show threadCassandrichFeb 23
@tnorinder Sometimes when you respond to someone who's wrong it's not for them but for their audience.