nixCraft 🐧

How does software engineering in IT looks as of May 2026?

✔️ AI AI AI

✔️ AI driven layoffs not 1 or 2 employees but it comes in thousands of layoffs at a time

✔️ package manager getting compromised is daily event

✔️ cloud provider blocks your account randomly using AI agents and AI support doesn't understand anything

✔️ github hacked and all code is available for sale

✔️ AI submitted low quality patches overwhelming FLOSS devs

what else am i missing?

May 20 at 7:45pmWeb
Show threadnixCraft 🐧May 20

GitHub confirms breach after hackers put stolen source code up for sale

https://cybernews.com/security/github-vscode-extension-breach-sourcecode/

Incident Report: May 19, 2026- GCP Account Suspension https://blog.railway.com/p/incident-report-may-19-2026-gcp-account-outage

rest you can search it lol

Show threadboombasticMay 20
@nixCraft I love how the poisoned vs code extension name is prominently displayed
Show threadHacker May 20

@nixCraft Lol.

I miss the "if AI goes wrong is your fault", like if there was a choice to decide whether to use it or not.

Show threadPepMay 20
@nixCraft Two privilege escalation bugs in the Linux kernel publicized within the same month? Could affect software engineering tangentially at least.
Show threadWorikMay 20

@PepVerbsNouns @nixCraft

High quality (ancient) vulnerabilities found in system software...

Show threadeickotMay 20
@nixCraft yes, in spain you cannot access github (and a lot of other sites) any day that there is a match of "La Liga"
Show threadn1May 20
@nixCraft My favourite one that I hear a lot "Just ask AI...." when a task needs to be done.
Show threadJohn LighterMay 20
@n1 @nixCraft a true classic reply I also hear too many times nowadays..
Show threadDave RahardjaMay 20
@nixCraft @ghalldev Every manager grinning and saying “I LOVE AI HA HA HA” in every company meeting like they have a gun to their head
Show threadLouise 🏳️‍⚧️May 20
@nixCraft I'm really tired of it
Show threadMicrofractal 🫖May 20
@nixCraft This is simply not what I understand under pure software engineering. It's software engineering with extra bloat, slop and complicated Big Tech dependencies that cause a bunch of extra problems.
Show threadmbpazMay 20

@nixCraft

- intellectual property theft is still illegal and harshly prosecuted if done by a human, but accepted in practice if a software program does it.

Show threadRay McCarthyMay 20
@nixCraft
Still not making money for vendors.
In reality no saving for users, at same quality, actually increased cost.
Show threadRobertofMay 20
@nixCraft Google is doing like that husband who cut off his sexual attributes to spite his wife.
Show threadThe Witch of Crow BriarMay 20
@nixCraft internal tokenmaxxing leaderboard employee deathmatch
Show threadsoma&May 20
@nixCraft i think you missed the incomprehensible "productivity" gains that *totally* aren't based on pure vibes
Show threadslotosMay 20

@nixCraft Doing BDD by hand and referring to my retirement savings as „euthanasia fund”.

Same old, same old.

Show threadan actual busMay 20
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Show threadderptronMay 21

@nixCraft I've been working my ass off outside for 1/3 the money and sometimes I hate it but mostly it feels great.

Except for the excruciating pain it's great.

Hard labor and spondy don't mix very well but so far I'm managing it. I'm 50 and I haven't put in like this since I was 24 so I'm only able to do half a day but I'm building up.

Fuck it. Maybe letting AI write all that stupid shit is fine. Nobody actually wanted my expertise anyway. They just wanted a program they could hawk.

Show thread�May 21

@nixCraft

>github hacked and all code is available for sale

so i can finally release the stuff i made at my employer to flex at new job interviews? asking for a friend

Show thread👾 Attila GondaMay 21
@nixCraft
✔️ applying for hundreds of jobs and have only a handful of interviews because others companies "while [they] were impressed with your qualifications, [they]’ve decided to move forward with candidates whose experience is a bit more aligned with what [they] need for this role right now".
Show threadSkyglobeMay 21
@nixCraft every day is "Zero Day" day due to agents monitoring public git repos for bugfix commits and using LLMs to rapidly create exploits before downstream projects have time to patch.
Show threadpmjv s klapkami na očíchMay 21

Show threadOzzelot May 21
@pmjv
Oh hey, I masticate!
@nixCraft
Show threadpmjv s klapkami na očíchMay 21
keep it up!

CC: @[email protected]
Show threadOzzelot May 21
@pmjv
dont even need a raincoat
@nixCraft
Show threadDonBahno 👨🏻‍💻🥦🍀🇪🇺🏴‍☠️May 22
@pmjv @vitex Ten tučňák s jointem je fakt dobrej 😂
Show threadVitexMay 22
@donbahno @pmjv Ano, když jsem autora naposledy potkal, dostal ode mě na brko v naději, že se to pozitivně promítne do jeho tvorby. Jsem rád, že se moje očekávání naplnily měrou vrchovatou 
Show threadpmjv s klapkami na očíchMay 22
allegedly!

CC: @[email protected]
Show threadOzzelot May 22
@pmjv
drugs? in my art? it's more likely than you think!
@vitex @donbahno
Show threadDonBahno 👨🏻‍💻🥦🍀🇪🇺🏴‍☠️May 22
@ozzelot @pmjv @vitex Yes! I like that penguin with the joint. "Linux distributions you should avoid"—that's funny.
Show threadVitexMay 22
@donbahno @ozzelot @pmjv
Show threadOzzelot May 22

@donbahno
you should avoid linuk distributions if you can help it

*bsd all the way, plan9 for that extra step beyond
@pmjv @vitex

Show threadpmjv s klapkami na očíchMay 22
thank you, i worked hard on it

CC: @[email protected] @[email protected]
Show threadautumnstuffMay 21
@nixCraft Absolutely related to the fact that AI support doesn't understand anything
Show thread🆘Bill Cole 🇺🇦May 21
@nixCraft On the bright side, Claude & Co. seem to have not read enough Perl to compose credible slop-patches. o some software is resisting…
Show threadEnno RehlingMay 21
@nixCraft
Google declaring the end of the web and search as we know it.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/
Google Search as you know it is over | TechCrunch

Google is transforming Search from a list of links into an AI-powered experience filled with conversational answers, autonomous agents, and interactive interfaces — a shift that could further reduce traffic to publishers across the web.

TechCrunch
Show threadB05HMay 22
@nixCraft overwhelming BOO's for AI evangelists speaking at graduations!