nixCraft 🐧6d ago

I'm 60 years old. Claude Code killed a passion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47386813

I'm with you 100%. AI has sucked the fun out of coding and IT work. There’s no satisfaction in solving problems anymore. I'm also just a few years away from 60, so I think we are on the same page. Maybe it is fatigue, I dunno.. you tell me.

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Show threadnixCraft 🐧6d ago
Let me clarify a litle bit. why am I with this HN guy? My work is now forcing this nonsense on everyone. Like any other major IT work, they think it is the future because C-suites are getting free BJs from AI companies. I don't want to use these tools, not even for paid work. The other day, I wrote a small Python script to automate certain tasks for my own needs. Now, that was fun for me, but not this forced AI bullshit. Forced stuff never work on people who can think & knows what's good & bad
Vleeuwe6d ago
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My other biggest hate for AI and all these companies is how they are stealing others' work. Just because someone put their art, song, book, or forum post/wiki contribution online doesn't mean it is free to steal. Not to mention environmental issues. If you really want to train your shitty AI, pay up to all these people first. You have money in trillions. Instead, they are stealing, firing workers, and building massive data centers and surveillance networks to drag down everyone. So fuck off!
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Show threadfrancis6d ago
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Show threaddatatofu6d ago
@nixCraft I hear that exhaustion. Most 'AI' today is just bloated corporate theft. But I spent my DCS years broke in Colab, hand-coding Bayesian sims and custom transformers because I wanted to solve real problems, not push buttons. At Shaolin Data Services, we don't use the 'Big Tech' scrapers. We build lean, efficient models on Cloud Run that actually respect the craft of engineering. Don't let the corporate haymakers convince you the art is dead—some of us are still forging our own steel.
Show threaddatatofu6d ago

@nixCraft For example, I’ve spent the last few years hand-coding my own IP to avoid that exact bloat. Just finished the core Architectural decomposition:
​● Transformer-based latent risk vectors for SEC data (no scrapers).
​● 100k Kill-Shot simulations using vectorized Monte-Carlo logic.
​● Turning raw math into a 'How Fucked Are You' boardroom scalar.

​Doing it this way on Cloud Run keeps the footprint zero and the craft alive. Engineering isn't dead; it just moved back to the garage.

Show threadVleeuwe6d ago
@drmorrisj @nixCraft are you guys hiring, and training?
Show threaddatatofu6d ago

@RWvanLeeuwen @nixCraft
I appreciate the interest! Right now, the core architecture is in a highly experimental 'Sovereign' phase—I'm keeping the dev team strictly limited to ensure the logic stays pure while we finalize the multi-cloud deployment across GCP and AWS.

​That said, as we scale out the delivery through the Gown of 9s framework, I’ll be looking for growth/ops partners who can help us translate this 'Wild Magic' for the broader market. Let’s stay in touch as the vault stabilizes.

Show threadVleeuwe6d ago
@drmorrisj @nixCraft fascinating. Look forward to hearing back
Show threadsaradsmejem6d ago
@nixCraft besides the fact that hatred is one of the most primitive emotions—because you waste energy on something you gain nothing from and it eats you up inside, you don’t really hate AI, but rather those disgusting commercial corporations we all should avoid as much as possible...
Show threadXCM5d ago
@saradsmejem @nixCraft
I think many will agree that LLMs are a very cool technical achievement.
But when they are shoved down your throat at every opportunity and CEOs don’t see anything else but LLMs, it all gets rather nauseating.
Show threadSiim Ošur5d ago
@nixCraft None of them have the liquidity, it’s all market cap and numbers. Hype plays a big role too. Whilst they definitely have money, none of them really have these millions in their pockets. The moment this gold rush dies down we’ll likely be looking at an extreme economic recession. My guess is the kind that might rival all others. In other words, dark days… something to be ready for, cuz as they go down, they’ll be taking massive branches of the economy with them.
Show threadXCM5d ago
@siim @nixCraft
I don’t think there will be a large economic shock.
For sure a major adjustment and the die off of smaller players. I think the kind of Gemini are here to stay.