Why we don’t use AI

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Post by parisidau » Tue, Jan 13, 2026, 10:30 PM UTC

Re: Why we don’t use AI

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Post by localhoster » Tue, Jan 13, 2026, 10:54 PM UTC

I wish. I have just witnessed a engineer on our (small) team push a 4k line change to prod at the middle of the night. His message was: "lets merge and check it after". AI can help good team become better, but for sure it will make bad teams worse.

I sorry friends, I think imma quit to farming :$

Re: Why we don’t use AI

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Post by risyachka » Tue, Jan 13, 2026, 11:27 PM UTC

localhoster wrote: post #2

I wish. I have just witnessed a engineer on our (small) team push a 4k line change to prod at the middle of the night. His message was: "lets merge and check it after". AI can help good team become better, but for sure it will make bad teams worse. I sorry friends, I think imma quit to farming :$

One should not be able to push to prod on their own especially in the middle of the night? Unless its a critical fix

Re: Why we don’t use AI

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Post by sandinmyjoints » Tue, Jan 13, 2026, 11:31 PM UTC

I wonder if the title of this post will someday be a certification?

Re: Why we don’t use AI

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Post by amelius » Tue, Jan 13, 2026, 11:32 PM UTC

risyachka wrote: post #3

localhoster wrote: post #2

I wish. I have just witnessed a engineer on our (small) team push a 4k line change to prod at the middle of the night. His message was: "lets merge and check it after". AI can help good team become better, but for sure it will make bad teams worse. I sorry friends, I think imma quit to farming :$

One should not be able to push to prod on their own especially in the middle of the night? Unless its a critical fix

Who cares, AI has lowered the bar. If AI can produce rubbish 20+% of the time, so can we.

Re: Why we don’t use AI

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Post by deepsun » Tue, Jan 13, 2026, 11:34 PM UTC

localhoster wrote: post #2

I wish. I have just witnessed a engineer on our (small) team push a 4k line change to prod at the middle of the night. His message was: "lets merge and check it after". AI can help good team become better, but for sure it will make bad teams worse. I sorry friends, I think imma quit to farming :$

Try to comply to an infosec standard. Typically one of many compliance controls are "every change must be reviewed and approved by another person". So no one can push on their own.

I know folks tend to frown on security compliances, but if you honestly implement and maintain most of the controls in there, not just to get a certificate -- it really make a lot of sense and improves security/clarity/risks.

Re: Why we don’t use AI

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Post by djaouen » Tue, Jan 13, 2026, 11:34 PM UTC

If the people developing and supporting chat- and c0rn-bots are anxious about the future, that is the correct emotion to be feeling.

Re: Why we don’t use AI

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Post by terminatornet » Tue, Jan 13, 2026, 11:39 PM UTC

Didn't know yarn spinner was used to make so many cool games. Norco is a favorite from the last few years.

The anti-ai stance just makes em even cooler.

Re: Why we don’t use AI

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Post by rhplus » Tue, Jan 13, 2026, 11:42 PM UTC

risyachka wrote: post #3

localhoster wrote: post #2

I wish. I have just witnessed a engineer on our (small) team push a 4k line change to prod at the middle of the night. His message was: "lets merge and check it after". AI can help good team become better, but for sure it will make bad teams worse. I sorry friends, I think imma quit to farming :$

One should not be able to push to prod on their own especially in the middle of the night? Unless its a critical fix

> Unless its a critical fix

The bar for human approval and testing should be even higher for critical fixes.

Re: Why we don’t use AI

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Post by rendang » Tue, Jan 13, 2026, 11:43 PM UTC

One could probably think of dozens of reasonable arguments for avoiding LLM use, but this one is awful. If LLMs actually are able to get more work done with fewer people aka "firing people" that would be wonderful for humankind. If you disagree and like getting less work done with more people, you are welcome to forego tractors, dishwashers, the steam engine, and all the rest.