CoffeeBoy6h ago
Tilton Raccoon
This comment sums up why I’m so tired of programming in 2026 pretty well
Apr 5 at 2:41pmWeb
Show threadDelta Sierra16h ago

@tilton I get the sentiment, agree totally.

But, if someone slapped a circular saw out of your hands, I think they're going to say something like "Arghhhghgggg my fingers!" instead.

Show threadfraggle3h ago
@notthatdelta @tilton *slaps top of circular saw* this little baby can fi--OH MY GOD MY FINGERS ARGH
Show threadXoa Gray15h ago
@tilton Absolutely everything in tech, 100% has been this now for years and it's so fucking old.
I'm kind of surprised even the jackasses that are huffing their own "AI" farts aren't tired of the stink at this point.
Show threadFoxVK15h ago
@tilton I think that is how being old feels like... 🤷‍♂️
Show threadThommy15h ago
@tilton yeah I fucking hate it. It’s so self-obsessed and backwards. We devs should be thinking about how best to serve end-users not fighting a holy war on behalf of dev tool vendors.
Show threadIsaac Ji Kuo12h ago

@thomasjwebb @tilton I am so so so tired of this, and it feels like it will never end, but also ...

I half live in SQL world, and it shows that there is a better way. For the most part, databases all speak one computer language SQL. Yeah, different SQL DBMS vendors have different products with different features, but for the most part you learn SQL once AND YOU ARE DONE.

No endless cycle of the next hot computer language, FOMO, lava layers, blech.

Just SQL.

Show threadThommy9h ago
@isaackuo @tilton probably one of the better use cases I've heard of Claude was someone using it to rewrite things that were written in some proprietary ORM DSL back into SQL. Using one shiny new thing to back out of a previous shiny new thing. I think a lot of Claude users are falling straight into the vendor lock-in trap making special tools for it instead of just making a damn script that they can run on their machine. And letting it make spaghetti code that humans can't understand.
Show threadjack the nonabrasive15h ago
@tilton Who wrote this? What's it a comment on? (I know it's about LLM's etc but what specific thing is it responding to?)
Show threadTilton Raccoon15h ago

@karabaic A comment on Reddit. Full context here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Common_Lisp/comments/1screye/comment/oedprrx/

Show threadpancakes🔜Bed14h ago
@tilton techbros:
Show threadBytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱12h ago
@tilton
It sounds like the old thing about "If the only tool you have is a hammer, all problems start to look like nails" or similar.
The wheel turns, of course.
Show threadslotos11h ago
@tilton Funny how this would be relevant 10 years ago too.
Show threadWulfy—Speaker to the machines10h ago

@tilton

Nail gun's supergood tho!

CHUNK CHUNK
Yeah? You gotta admit!

CHUNK

Show threadPaul Hutchings9h ago

@tilton waiting until we can talk about why trying to metaphorically cut lumber with a nail gun is the dumbest fucking thing ever.

Its the whole "when you have a hammer everything looks like a nail" except because it's a nail gun the misuses and mistakes happen at 10x the speed just like they are now

Show threadThe Blue Wizard7h ago
@tilton Put that nail gun against this dumb boss's forehead and squeeze the trigger. There. Problem solved. 😜
Show threadBaloo Uriza2h ago
@tilton It's honestly why I'm finding IT tedious. And all last decade people wouldn't shut the fuck up about blockchain.
Show threadTurre1h ago

@tilton
Totally. And it's not just talk, you're required to use it. That you're required to use the nail gun, regardless what it is you actually do. Even if you can't find anything else to nail than your own foot. They update your job description to state that.

And it's not just programming, it's everywhere.

Show threadKlaus Frank2m ago

@tilton
100% agree.

And then there is also the boss implementing KPIs that the one that uses more nailgun gets a payrise. Even though you're the one that needs to pull out all of these extra nails in order to put them in where they should have been placed in the first place...