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@compez.eth
A few days ago, I randomly came across Amdahl’s Law, which basically says that speeding up one part of a process doesn’t necessarily mean speeding up the entire project.
At first, I thought, how is that possible?! Isn’t AI supposed to make software development faster?
But the more I thought about it, the more it made sense!
Take any product we’ve been working on for a long time, for example. Yes, I use AI to help with development, and it definitely makes certain parts of the process faster. But does that necessarily mean I can release a reliable, production-ready product sooner? Not really!
The reality is that writing code is just one part of software engineering. You still need to design the architecture, make technical decisions, integrate components, write tests, fix bugs, review security and stability, and ultimately make sure what you're releasing is actually ready for real users.
AI can speed up some of these steps too, but it won't magically eliminate the inherent complexity of engineering a real product.
Of course, if your only goal is to build something and throw it out there as quickly as possible, sure, you can do that! But just because something was built and shipped quickly doesn't mean it's a properly engineered product. Sometimes it's just garbage produced faster! :)
I think this is one of the biggest misconceptions about AI:
We've confused the speed of writing code with the speed of delivering a product.
AI is an incredible tool, but the responsibility for engineering, quality, and getting a product ready for release hasn't gone anywhere.
Writing code faster doesn't necessarily mean building software faster.
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@leovido.eth
Take a break from AI.. you really don’t need it for absolutely everything.
If you’re a dev, do some of these exercises: https://jvns.ca/blog/2019/08/27/curl-exercises/
Even better, if you create your own exercises.
Happy to do them if you share your own here. I find this a better way for learning.
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@nikolaii.eth
So what happened to PHP yesterday? Anyone followed?
I had to upgrade 2 servers and could not do it for a few hours. Had to replace the ppa[.]launchpadcontent[.]net with packages[.]sury[.]org to accomplish it.
Was it an DDoS attack on the launchpad servers in order to penetrate more PHP servers?
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@nikolaii.eth
🛑 SCAM ALERT! 🛑
Just want to share some more info on this attempted scam, so you can recognize attempts like this.
A few days ago, I received a Telegram message from an account calling itself Lisa Trotter (@lisatrotterdev).
She said she found me through HackQuest. She knew about WhoIsWho, ViniApp, my GitHub work and my Farcaster appearances.
The offer was relevant to my experience: a four-week project building identity infrastructure around Farcaster, verified wallets and ENS.
$125/hour. Up to 80 hours. A $10,000 ceiling. My first thought: with Farcaster’s current user numbers, who’s spending $10K on this—and what’s the business case?
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@swabbie.eth
what's the psychological reason for apple and google having the worst developer sites?
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@disky.eth
Is it me or is iOS more forgiving when your code is a bit "shit", while Android just says hold on, lets make it laggy and slow and oh boy don't you dare to add shadows and to many icons! :/
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@nicom
I now have a Grok bots team that is spending more time than me arguing with each other in their own meetings.
Do I nominate another bot to coach them?
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@darrylyeo
End of an era. Ryan Dahl’s team is joining Cloudflare to co-develop Durable Objects and will stop maintaining the Deno runtime in a year.
https://deno.com/blog/cloudflare
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@nicom
Will swap my children with Grok Bot as soon as it has the capability of interacting with physical world, especially with socks on the floor, dishes and picking up Lego bricks.
I will even kiss it if needed.
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@nicom
Android, why can't I choose the language english and region France? And the reverse, why can't I be in the US and speak french?What's the point of restricting where I can speak a language?
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