So is now a good time to mention that it looks like tridge also made AI-powered commits to #ardupilot last month, in additon to #rsync?
I don't see anything particularly wrong with those ardupilot commits, but now I'm wondering how I feel about AI writing code for open-source drone projects…
This is what we're using #AI for now, is it?
https://ldstephens.net/posts/claude-saved-me-hours-of-link-cleanup/
"Three minutes with Claude saved what would have been a couple of hours of manual work."
Or, about 15 seconds in an editor (any editor) with search/replace. Or about the same amount of time on the command line with sed or a similar tool.
I don't "hate" AI (I have ethical issues with a lot of it though) - but goddammit are we ever a lazy species.
Me: “make sure you're logged into the right server!”…
them: “yup, absolutely! This is the right one!”
Me: “Are you 100% certain? Be certain." <provides instructions on how to be certain>
them: “Yup! Definitely the right server!”
Me: <takes backup knowing that many #edtechs are idiots>
Me: “OK, go ahead and do the destructive thing you wanted to do.”
them: “OK. Running it. Everything's deleted! Great. Oh… oh no. Wait…”
Me: *sigh*
them: "I was on the wrong server…”
I’m just so done…
Datacore online. Download pending.
Welcome to the #grid, strangelyentangled.
That's two more explanations of how to use SSH to senior IT "professionals" in the past 6 hours.
*sigh*
Me: This plugin breaks your server. Don't install the plugin.
Them: OK!
… weekend passes …
Them: We installed a plugin, and it needed the other plugin you told us not to install. So we installed it. Our server is broken. Help!
🤦♂️
DNS continues to be the #1 thing that confuses the *shit* out of university IT departments. Which, sure OK DNS can be difficult but I’m talking the basics here. Like, updating an A record with a new IP address.
The second most confusing thing for university IT departments is creating and using SSH keys.
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