samir, actually the xkcd top hat guyI will never understand why we looked at modern programming, saw that there is a good bit, which is programming, and a bad bit, which is code review… and decided to automate the good bit at the expense of having to do a lot more of the bad bit.
Those of you who like code review: I recommend shifting left, pairing with your colleagues (especially non-programmers such as product designers or testers), and writing lots more test cases. I think you’ll enjoy it a lot.
A couple of people wrote to me to say that they are annoyed that we built robots to make “art” (scare quotes) when we should be making robots to do laundry.
And aside from the fact that unless you do take your laundry to the river to wash it, you already have a robot that does 90% of the work (and I can respect wanting automation for the other 10%)…
We don’t have robots (chatbots) that make art or write code either! They do an average job of some things, poor at others, and you can’t rely on them at all. If this is “AI”, I want it nowhere near my laundry.
Our 2020s tech industry loves to automate the easy part and hand-wave away the part that matters. The chatbots can’t do anything; they can only do the pointless parts, the boilerplate, the busywork. This is not the work. Humans still have to do this and the chatbots make it harder because they have to sift through bullshit to do so.
Keep Sam Altman the fuck away from my chores. He’ll just break all my dishes and dye my t-shirts blue.
🏳️🌈 Bri 🌞🚴🌱✨@samir LLMs would absolutely throw a bright red sock into every other load of laundry.
Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE@samir "And aside from the fact that unless you do take your laundry to the river to wash it, you already have a robot that does 90% of the work (and I can respect wanting automation for the other 10%)…"
I guess the ironing might only be 10% but it still would be nice to get rid of having to do it ...
@samir (We have tried ironing services in the past, but they always go bust or otherwise stop operating after a while.)
Mute Dog Brewing@TimWardCam @samir I solved this problem by not caring if my clothes are ironed or not.
@TimWardCam @samir that's what hoodies and flannels are for ;)
@Mutedog @TimWardCam Agreed, I iron a shirt when I have to go to a wedding; otherwise I am good.
Daniel@TimWardCam @Mutedog @samir https://verybritishproblemstshirts.com/product/shorts-weather-t-shirt/ my wife bought me this T-shirt. I wear it at work when it's snowing outside
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Dragan Stepanović@samir Hey Samir, I love what you're saying :)
@d_stepanovic We’ll see if anyone listens though. 😛
Barney Dellar (he/him)@samir @d_stepanovic You might be preaching to the choir… I’ve taught people how to pair and how to mob, and I’ve introduced it on teams I’ve been in, and that’s worked. Just telling people, though? I haven’t seen that work very often.
It worked on me, though! I heard about mobbing at a conference, and decided to try it with my team.
It worked on me, though! I heard about mobbing at a conference, and decided to try it with my team.
@BarneyDellar @d_stepanovic In a few more years, once the child is shelf-stable, I would love to start training again. I miss it.
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