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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • One of our devs came to me with an LLM rewrite of some parts of our automation. Even at first glance you could see a lot was missed, the refactor simply wasn’t going to work in that state and critical migration logic just wasn’t present.

    I binned the branch and did the refactor myself, as it would have taken more time to figure out the damage caused than just starting over.

    So glad we now pay premium prices for RAM and non-volatile storage, just so some LLM can vomit up a reheated turd.


  • Lol, should I be impressed? I own a pair of Apple AirPod Pro’s, bought them in part because I worked with a MacBook at the time and admittedly they worked together very well. They now live somewhere in a drawer, to be forgotten for all eternity, as that is the only fate they deserve.

    Sound quality (music)? Might be taste, but nothing to write home about.

    Reliably connecting with anything that’s not an Apple product? Lol

    Firmware upgrades if you don’t own an Apple phone? Rofl

    Had to return them twice because of a manufacturing error (there even was an official replacement program) and Apple, being the cheap-ass SoB’s they are, would only replace the right pod as that one had issues. So of course two weeks after my set was returned the left one started acting up as well.

    But the cherry on top: the other reason I bought them was the noise cancelling. It was during Covid and I would work in the same room as my GF, so being able to not having to listen in on her calls was necessary for me. The original pods had fantastic noise cancelling, where the replacements did an absolutely and utterly shitty job. The most important feature, the justification for their existence: removed. Great job Apple, great job.

    Never again.

    Sorry for the rant, the hatred runs deep I guess.



  • For some I agree. But the response to the “I’m comfortable in my role” one I really dislike.

    It should be fine to be satisfied with your position instead of having to eternally strife to a reach a higher step on the ladder. If that’s what somebody really wants, it’s ok and they should go for it. But for others that mindset will just end in a burnout and it should be applauded if they are able to recognise their limits. Work to live, not live to work.



  • Yes. Because I’m absolutely in a position to do anything about this, seeing I live at the other side of the world and do not have the American nationality. NSFW would have been nice.

    Having said that, fuck ICE. Hopefully they’ll end up in a gutter after your current regime collapses.