Mine is that the useState hook is an actual plague on the entire React ecosystem. Regardless of your opinions of React, if you wanna use something then use it right.
cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/56563524
We're about to learn a painful lesson about delayed gratification in software engineering.
New data from China, 26,811 students tracked January 2023 through June 2025. Students using AI for homework saw their scores jump 20 percent. Completion time dropped nearly half. They aced the assignments.
Then exam season came. Those same students scored 20 to 40 percent worse when they couldn't use the tool.
The homework phase is over. The exam phase is coming.
We're doing this in software right now. Vibe coding feels incredible. Features ship fast. Nobody's asking what happens in Month 18 when the original dev has left and nobody understands the codebase.
Commercial pilots fly with autopilot for most of every flight. They're required to maintain manual flying proficiency regardless. If the system fails mid-air and the pilot can't take over, people die.
Most teams using AI right now have forgotten how to fly manually. They've become passengers in their own systems. The autopilot flies, nobody checks instruments, and the first sign of trouble will be a breach notice or outage.
Three rules:
- Command the mission. Define architecture before prompting. Ambiguity kills in code and in flight. Delegate selectively. Offload mechanical work. Keep design and security reviews human. Verify everything. Audit before production.
- Never trust the automation without checking instruments.
- Quick wins feel good. Sustainable engineering feels boring. Boring keeps systems standing.
Organisations surviving the next two years won't ship the fastest. They'll be the ones who remember how to fly without the aids.
people insisting that you actually be skilled, independently of your tools, doesn't make them Luddites. Rather, being unable to do so makes you a phony.
We're about to learn a painful lesson about delayed gratification in software engineering.
New data from China, 26,811 students tracked January 2023 through June 2025. Students using AI for homework saw their scores jump 20 percent. Completion time dropped nearly half. They aced the assignments.
Then exam season came. Those same students scored 20 to 40 percent worse when they couldn't use the tool.
The homework phase is over. The exam phase is coming.
We're doing this in software right now. Vibe coding feels incredible. Features ship fast. Nobody's asking what happens in Month 18 when the original dev has left and nobody understands the codebase.
Commercial pilots fly with autopilot for most of every flight. They're required to maintain manual flying proficiency regardless. If the system fails mid-air and the pilot can't take over, people die.
Most teams using AI right now have forgotten how to fly manually. They've become passengers in their own systems. The autopilot flies, nobody checks instruments, and the first sign of trouble will be a breach notice or outage.
Three rules:
- Command the mission. Define architecture before prompting. Ambiguity kills in code and in flight. Delegate selectively. Offload mechanical work. Keep design and security reviews human. Verify everything. Audit before production.
- Never trust the automation without checking instruments.
- Quick wins feel good. Sustainable engineering feels boring. Boring keeps systems standing.
Organisations surviving the next two years won't ship the fastest. They'll be the ones who remember how to fly without the aids.
people insisting that you actually be skilled, independently of your tools, doesn't make them Luddites. Rather, being unable to do so makes you a phony.
cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/55845570
After watching the Witch Hat Atelier anime I started getting tiktoks about it.. lots of AnimeNYC cosplayers running around in pointed caps all cute n shit. It showed me a tiktok about this old program from 2005 called Shimeji and this guy had brushbuddy hanging out on his screen. I fell into a rabbit hole, bc I've had oneko installed for so many years I was used to having screen pets around and I wanted this little guy too. My workstation is made so much brighter because of them
I opened this community to spread the word of the fun these little guys are!
After watching the Witch Hat Atelier anime I started getting tiktoks about it.. lots of AnimeNYC cosplayers running around in pointed caps all cute n shit. It showed me a tiktok about this old program from 2005 called Shimeji and this guy had brushbuddy hanging out on his screen. I fell into a rabbit hole, bc I've had oneko installed for so many years I was used to having screen pets around and I wanted this little guy too. My workstation is made so much brighter because of them
I opened this community to spread the word of the fun these little guys are!
cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/52191489
I'm worried about his genetics. He was re-homed to me at 2yo, his previous owners did some genetic selection for him which I don't think I approve of. But he's my cat and I love him to bits and pieces and I want to know that he's ok.
