TheMongoose

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by TheMongoose 1y ago
I'm with you on this one. I can think and walk if that's all I'm doing, but I can't even stand while I'm trying to code.
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by TheMongoose 1y ago
Yes. Next question. Edit: I swear that title said over hyped the first time I read it, but it may just be the constant AI glazing making me lose my mind. They aren't hated enough.
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by TheMongoose 1y ago
I can't wait to instead continue spending my money on a 10 person indie studio's game that's NOT full of AI slop and is actually fun.
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by TheMongoose 1y ago
We always think there's some magic new thing that's gonna fix our problems. But when we get that thing we discover that we're still kinda just the same disorganized mess we always have been.
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by TheMongoose 1y ago
It's harder to accidentally click the web browser and waste time on HN from a pad of paper.
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by TheMongoose 1y ago
It's a physical object that you don't have to remember to click on. But it's also not an app that's sending you annoying alerts at random times. It's just there, reminding you it exists and have things to do.
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by TheMongoose 1y ago
Reminds me of this thread, and this answer in particular. https://www.reddit.com/r/recruiting/comments/1kzvlau/comment...
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by TheMongoose 1y ago
Unicorn hunting is probably some of it. I followed up on one that sent me a rejection letter after two interviews and just said "I see your job has been re-posted" Never heard back. =)
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by TheMongoose 1y ago
Charge a lot more to come in and re-write the spaghetti mess that the vibe coder left the business with into a product that actually works.
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by TheMongoose 1y ago
You don't need to. "I like {language}" is enough. Arguing over the best language is a massive waste of time and energy.
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by TheMongoose 1y ago
Desperate to outsource their thinking, too lazy to punch a few keys and jostle a few brain cells into contacting one another.
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by TheMongoose 1y ago
I wouldn't VC anything personally, that'd be just trading one leash for another.
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by TheMongoose 1y ago
I'm curious what the point you're trying to make is. It's not like ex-FAANG folks are the only ones reporting an endless stream of soul crushing rejection letters.
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by TheMongoose 1y ago
How anyone reasonably expects me to not tie self worth to a task that I enjoy doing, and perform a minimum of 8 hours a day 5 days a week is a mystery to me. The same goes for the folks that think the environment that I spend that time in
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by TheMongoose 1y ago
Anecdotally even folks with great resumes listing recent FAANG experience are having a hard time landing roles currently. They've also coined the silly term "The Great Hesitation" for the market currently where everyone is &
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by TheMongoose 1y ago
I don't watch anime, and I'm not gonna do your market research for you, but here is what I know from existing on the internet and 2 seconds of "refresh my memory" searching. 1. the guy who started the studio hates AI 2.
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by TheMongoose 1y ago
Take a look at every company currently. They're trading the short term illusion of economic gain for a stable and skilled talent pool of employees that are engaged and productive and a public that doesn't hate them and their prod
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by TheMongoose 1y ago
No, it didn't make sense in 2015 either. For all the reasons you correctly identified. But if someone tries to make me to use some AI "collaboration" crap to get a job I'm just gonna decline and go work in another fiel
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by TheMongoose 1y ago
Because the AI bros can't imagine a world in which they don't outsource every single thought to the slop factory.
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by TheMongoose 1y ago
Right now you're competing with people that have years of actual experience writing code for companies and an army of new grads who know nothing but have the degree and are desperate/young enough to work for nothing or near enough
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by TheMongoose 1y ago
An IDE that doesn't inject AI slop into my work constantly.
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by TheMongoose 1y ago
Last week, I saw this https://www.economist.com/business/2025/05/21/welcome-to-the... I disagree that we're in the trough. I think we're just at the start of the downward slope. But I've
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by TheMongoose 1y ago
I did briefly wonder if it was fear of being cancelled for not using AI, but then dismissed that as too crazy to be true. I'm not as bullish on the future of AI as you though. I expect there will soon be a "find out" phase t
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by TheMongoose 1y ago
The conclusion confuses me. If you don't want to become a vibe coder then STOP USING AI TO WRITE CODE. It's as simple as that.
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by TheMongoose 1y ago
Who's gonna provide the training data for thew new version if nobody updates?
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by TheMongoose 1y ago
By this logic we will never have another new library again. Period. We will never have a substantial API change to an existing library either, since there will be no training data for it. What do you think?
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by TheMongoose 1y ago
Why does the argument start out as "senior engineers need to use more AI coding tools" and suddenly shift to product features? How does AI make a better error message? Why does AI need to autocomplete a form? The only argument I
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by TheMongoose 1y ago
..... What? Manage yourself.
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by TheMongoose 1y ago
I feel like you may be one of those managers that wants to schedule more meetings for me and have 1:1's and "coach" and all that. When all I really want is to be left alone to do my work in my sweet home office.
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by TheMongoose 1y ago
I don't. None of that sounds useful to me. I don't want a slop machine to purchase things for me. I manage my calendar just fine with a calendar app. I don't need a swarm of agents to make up research results, I don't

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