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I help software developers secure their work supporting research and higher education.

Here you may find my occasional blog posts with DevOps recipes or example code in obscure programming languages.

Check out my other Mastodon for silly sketches and art generated using code.

Websitehttps://edward.delaporte.us/me
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My Art on Mastodonhttps://mastodon.art/@edthedev
matrix-cadbury

A collection of helpful Matrix bots

Codeberg.org
There's a belief that if you can't see the exact path forward, that no path is possible, and that's just not accurate and not how the world has ever worked. The way forward is almost never known in detail. But getting the compass heading right matters a lot.
The less someone understands about a job, the more they think it can be replaced by AI

If you're #trans and feeling lonely, repost this.

If you are an ally and care about trans people, repost this.

You may be feeling lonely. But, you're not alone.

One of the delights of working in Higher Education is rubbing shoulders with brilliant researchers.

Today was a long day, but I'm fortunate to only work late when a particularly interesting problem is being solved.

I'll share more with y'all when my peers go public with the very cool things they are up to.

#highereducation
#quantumcomputing

I, a programmer, am not afraid of #vibecoding because I'm afraid a chatbot will take my job. I'm afraid of vibe coding for the same reason that a licensed electrician who moonlights as a firefighter is afraid of homeowners who do their own electrical work.

OK, that works... Quite impressed with @jlc3dp

The PCB with LEDs to go inside is expected tomorrow.

Update: Someone asked me if this image was real, not AI, or proof of concept: FFS, it is a real photograph I took of a real 3D print!

And yes, I am mastodon only now, so bloody well boost 🙂 thanks. Yes, thank you.

P.S. never expected "bloody well boost" to work. Extra cool. Thanks all.

#stargate #openscad #stl

@elasticsoul @pluralistic Bets that the seniors start not signing off on code they aren't positive really works, with vague comments like "Overly complex, please simplify." or "Insufficient error checking. Please improve."?

RE: https://mamot.fr/@Khrys/116226030767910474

As predicted, humans are being turned into accountability sinks for #AI. AI code doesn’t work? You're fired!

"After outages, Amazon to make senior engineers sign off on AI-assisted changes"

@pluralistic

"The point I’m making is fairly simple: the whole “AI SaaSpocalypse” story is a cover-up for a much, much larger problem. Reporters and investors who do not seem to be able to read or use software are conflating the slowing growth of SaaS companies with the growth of AI tools, when what they’re actually seeing is the collapse of the tech industry’s favourite business model, one that’s become the favourite chew-toy of the Venture Capital, Private Equity and Private Credit Industries.

You see, there are tens of thousands of SaaS companies in everything from car washes to vets to law firms to gyms to gardening companies to architectural firms."

https://www.wheresyoured.at/hatersguide-saas/

#SaaS #Software #VCs #PrivateEquity #StartUps

Premium: The Hater's Guide To The SaaSpocalypse

Soundtrack: The Dillinger Escape Plan — Black Bubblegum To understand the AI bubble, you need to understand the context in which it sits, and that larger context is the end of the hyper-growth era in software that I call the Rot-Com Bubble.  Generative AI, at first, appeared to be the panacea

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