Melanie

@melnow
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Trans IT worker, mainly in the healthcare field.
PronounsShe/Her

> The use of AI Coding Assistants in software development is as of now widely regarded as industry best practice

That is exactly why software development as an industry is such a shit show and explicitly not engineering.

@RickiTarr The other day, I ACTUALLY saw someone say

"The trans people were telling us this would all happen and we didn't listen. And they were right."

And I almost pissed myself. I could not BELIEVE someone said it out loud. 👀👀

whoops! turns out the unit economics on “tokens” won’t be profitable or sensible for anyone involved unless we just let the technology mature and progress normally for about 50 years. unfortunately we just steered everything that would drive that normal progress into a cartoon brick wall
Overheard: “I feel more pressure to use AI as an adult than to do drugs as a teenager.”

#ai #llm #drugs

Two gender-related #FediTips:

1. The first time you interact with someone or say something about their post, it's worth checking their profile to see if they've shared their pronouns. I've seen a slew of misgenderings of trans and enby people in replies recently, all of which were preventable.

2. If you are comfortable revealing this about yourself, it's a great idea to share your own pronouns in your bio, ESPECIALLY if you feel like you don't "need" to. Normalize sharing pronouns!

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Chin up, tits out, don’t let the bastards wear you down
Your entire ruling class would struggle to successfully conduct an opening shift at a 5 Guys. That's not an exaggeration - these people are crass fucking morons with zero life skills; it's why every election one of them fumbles the ball trying to eat a sandwich or navigate the self checkout at a Walmart. These are not bright people with good plans. You should stop listening to, or even respecting them.

“The tech industry is shaping up to be one of the most hated industries in our modern era.”

Great essay by @baldur, as recommended by @pluralistic

https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/the-old-world-of-tech-is-dying/

The old world of tech is dying and the new cannot be born

Writing at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland

In a meeting and hearing the failures of AI is amazing. We give it data, ask questions just to test, and it continues to hallucinate. Why does this keep getting pushed on us