<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dabeaz" class="u-url mention">@<span>dabeaz</span></a></span> I think that&#39;s an increasingly stark divide...</p>

<p>Is anyone manufacturing custom slide rules?</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@kevinbowen" class="u-url mention">@<span>kevinbowen</span></a></span> I&#39;ll show it to her for educational purposes, but hers piano is an electric one, so it&#39;s safe :-)</p>

<p>Holy shit, Carole Cadwalladr’s TED appearance is incredible. *Unbelievably* brave to stand up in person in front of the people enabling tyranny, call it out directly, and call THEM out by name. </p><p>“You are not gods. You are men; and you are careless.” Phenomenal. </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>

<p>Look, programming is my thing. Actually using computers, &quot;tech&quot; more generally, or VCs? Not so much.</p>

<p>We have CEOs telling junior developers to not bother learning how to code, try to vibe code. That’s scary! You don’t learn much with vibe coding. Learning is the best part of the job!</p><p>I tell my junior engineers to not outsource their learning. AI can’t do the modeling, the architecture, the understanding. Can it do boilerplate? Sorta! But the job isn’t writing boiler plate.</p><p>We knew this way back with the no silver bullets essay on incidental vs necessary complexity.</p><p><a href="https://toot.cafe/tags/workersrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>workersrights</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cafe/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ai</span></a></p>

<p>When this bubble bursts, and the fraction of software that was created during it that remains useful will need stabilization. At some point the infrastructure that hasn’t been maintained will need rebuilding. Many engineers will be hired back again. But the people with the skills will be fewer and older.</p><p><a href="https://toot.cafe/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cafe/tags/workersrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>workersrights</span></a></p>

<p>When you’re young or new, every technology is new, it’s hard to see the difference. You play along with wonder instead of fear, you feel valued, you haven’t seen the cycle before.</p><p><a href="https://toot.cafe/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cafe/tags/workersrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>workersrights</span></a></p>

<p>I’m tagging these posts so people who filter them out or subscribe can see them or not. I’m also calling LLMs AI because we’ve publicly lost that distinction but I’m honestly referring to this new product or feature category rather than a particular technology.</p>