Eric Schultz

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FOSS and #DigitalAutonomy activist. Senior Software Engineer Software for Good. Engineering Lead CommitChange. Houdini Project Leader. Opinions are my own. Genderfluid. Cover photo from: https://t.co/7rVeNC
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OMFG… I just heard Mission Control tell Artemis II literally, “Everything but email is go”

LOLSOBBING MY ASS OFF NOW

RE: https://social.coop/@cwebber/116348093202515122

This is a good read. I haven't used a coding assistant yet. I've reviewed vibe coded code and I've reviewed code written by a senior engineer following a similar process to @mttaggart. The code for the vibe-coded software was abysmal. It mostly didn't work.

But an engineer following a solid process even with safeguards still came up with pretty bad code. It was wordy to the extreme and it didn't have near enough abstraction. The code it created functioned but it was unmaintainable. PR reviews took legit three times as long.

It's fantastic at generating a lot of code but generating code is not the only cost in software.

Me: "so WordPress is under a copyleft license"

Junior: "Copy... left?"

Me, in mock horror: "DO YOU NOT REMEMBER THE PRESENTATION ON OPEN SOURCE THAT I GAVE DURING YOUR APPRENTICESHIP?!"

Junior: "... that was a long time ago."

RE: https://techhub.social/@Techmeme/116342790895816786

It sure seems like the medication for mentally ill shouldn't be prescribed by the chatbots that cause psychosis.

Probably going to get a viral blog out of this experience, I'm trying to report a 4tb exposed cloud bucket to a company using their responsible disclosure programme... but they replaced the people with a GenAI ticket system that refuses to discuss the case as it thinks exploring open buckets is unethical and against its rules.

Automated asteroid discovery notice: "Object that would have impacted on April 1."

Everyone on the list: "That is Integrity. Skip it."

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Karlitschek/116340639552226585

I'd wonder what percentage of Americans would say the same.

extremely mad because my relative in American prison has let me know that from now on, instead of being charged once per book or per song and having the files added permanently to his account, he's going to ALSO be charged by the minute to read or listen to music on the tablets that are the only things they're allowed to use.

reminder that paying prisoners (vastly) less than minimum wage is legal in the US because they're defined as an exception to anti-slavery laws.

Me: "so WordPress is under a copyleft license"

Junior: "Copy... left?"

Me, in mock horror: "DO YOU NOT REMEMBER THE PRESENTATION ON OPEN SOURCE THAT I GAVE DURING YOUR APPRENTICESHIP?!"

Junior: "... that was a long time ago."

RE: https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/116330105563818936

The entitlement of these scumbags is unmatched. They know this is a controversial topic and they know lots of codebases won't allow AI generated code but it just costs too much to maintain a fork themselves.

It's like if a project said they don't allow defense contractors to contribute and then Boeing employees started submitting under false identities.