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Amazon orders 90-day reset after code mishaps cause millions of lost orders

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Amazon orders 90-day reset after code mishaps cause millions of lost orders - SDF Chatter

Amazon is tightening software development controls after several internal code errors caused major outages that disrupted millions of customer orders. The company launched a 90-day “code safety reset” requiring stricter reviews and approvals before deploying changes to critical systems. The move also reflects concerns about risks from faster development using AI coding tools. #Amazon #TechNews #AI #SoftwareEngineering #CloudComputing #DevOps #CyberReliability

Mar 14 at 5:14pmWeb
Show thread𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘Mar 14
What?? Using fancy autocorrects “trained” on reddit and stackoverflow yields bad code??? I’d only anyone could have predicted such a casualty of tech!! … Morons.
Show threadLost_My_MindMar 14

Dear tech industry…

Stop trying to make fetch AI happen.

Show threadshittydwarfMar 14
They are just so thirsty to fire people that it doesn’t matter how many catastrophic fuckups they have, they keep going for it
Show threadBananaOnionJuiceMar 14
Slop fast and break things even faster!
Show threadzingoMar 14
Yeah, I hope the big tech all break down by the very beast they created. Bankruptcy!
Show threadstupidcaseyMar 14
Just checked it out the site was significantly better back then.
Show threadIAmYouButYouDontKnowYetMar 14
Obligatory ufck Amazon.
Show threadpsychOdelic she/herMar 14
You can say fuck on the Interner
Show threadulternoMar 15
Yuo cna aslo say ufck on teh Interner
Show threadpsychOdelic she/herMar 15
Why don’t you upvoter your own comment?? This is so sad!
Show threadulternoMar 15
Thnacks for upvotering it for me
Show threadIAmYouButYouDontKnowYetMar 15
Kewl.
Show threadultimate_worrierMar 14

Hahaha. Get fucked you AI slop merchants.

The only better news would be that Bezos gigantic head has imploded.

Show threadIchNichtenLichtenMar 14
“But the AI assured me the code would work just fine!”
Show threadJumiMar 14
Amazon is garbage and people who use it idiots
Show threadulternoMar 15
Hi, idiot here. AMA
Show threaddouglasg14bMar 15
Ah yes, this definitely moves the needle in a direction we want or generates meaningful conversation
Show threadJumiMar 15

Oh buhu, cry some more.

I won’t waste my time arguing with idiots. Especially not with randoms online

Show threaddouglasg14bMar 15
Trolls go back to reddit please.
Show threadpsychOdelic she/herMar 14
So that’s where my phone case went
Show threadburghlerMar 15

The hashtags on my Lemmy app are rendered with markdown so it’s just a big ass fat header larger than the actual content. The audacity that this app can be paid for.

Sync, btw

Show threadsnowykittyMar 15
even then markdown should only do that if there’s a space after I thought
Show threadulternoMar 15

Yeah, Markdown requires a space right after the #, but quite a few parsers choose to be forgiving of this rule, to make it easier for beginners.

Although that ends up making them pick up the proper syntax much more slowly.
And then also backfires in cases like what is shown here.

Show threadTollana1234567Mar 15
MAYBE deal with your obsession with laying off everyone every chance your get.
Show threadragasMar 15
Amazon has been one of the slowest and memory hungriest websites that I know of. And that is using it with an ad-blocker.
Show threadkunaltyagiMar 15
It needs to personalize recommendations for each user. That enables it to recommend you another humidifier after you buy one /s
Show threadcloudy1999Mar 15

I’ve seen a lot of comparisons likening LLM code generation to how compilers and high level languages eventually removed the need for programmers to understand machine code. Arguments about determinism and code quality aside, I still think it’s a false equivalence. Even if LLMs produced beautiful, ideal code, they fundamentally remove a programmer’s understanding of what exactly is present in the logic. Mishaps are inevitable.

To prevent them, experienced programmers will do what it takes to produce human understanding and quality in spite of code generation. Yes, read the generated code. Yes, do code reviews with trusted peers. Yes, write/generate unit tests. There are even novel ideas about having LLMs interview us to make sure we understand the generated code’s purpose. That’s not the same as compilers, and it’s not the story AI companies have told us.

Just like in the beginning: Programming languages are made for programmers, not for machines. It’s on us to understand.

Show threadFreddiesLanternMar 15
Gee wiz, almost as if hiring humans was the right choice all along.
Show threadJaysynMar 15
I love this for them.