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Re: Show HN: I quit coding years ago. AI brought me back

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Post by YeGoblynQueenne »

chickensong wrote: post #443
YeGoblynQueenne wrote: post #433

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Just a note that many creators integrate the advertisement of their sponsors into their content presentation and not all of that can be stopped by ad blockers (most, in fact, can't). Those creators also tend to have a Patreon or similar so their content can be supported directly. And I'd wager that's a much better model for the creators than relying on ads they don't even select themselves and that possibly clash wit…

The SponsorBlock extension automatically skips the type of integrated ads you're referring to.

Which btw doesn't work. Users have to first watch the video, identify "sponsor blocks" and then update the blocker's database. So between the Sponsorblock users who have to watch the video and the multitudes who don't even know it exists... Sponsorblock won't block many sponsors.

Re: Show HN: I quit coding years ago. AI brought me back

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Post by neoromantique »

HendrikHensen wrote: post #425
ikidd wrote: post #384

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The fleet task app has been really useful. I have my hired hands using it, tasks are shared and can be deferred so they don't show up until spring or midsummer when we have weather or time to work on them, or we're going to need that piece of equipment readied. Honestly, I have so many features in it now it's hard to describe it, shared work calendar, parts shopping list, recurring maintenance, blah blah blah. It's v…

Is there any backend component? How do you know it's secure and you won't be hacked? Can you comment on the maintainability of the code?

Hi! Not the original commenter but I have similar bespoke apps for me and my household.

In my case I just don't expose them to network at all, any interaction happens through bots in IM or on a tablet at home (through wireguard).

Theoretically locking it down with OAuth on proxy level would also work, but I prefer to keep it off the internet (apart from the tunnel, obviously).

Re: Show HN: I quit coding years ago. AI brought me back

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Post by lrvick »

KellyCriterion wrote: post #294
rvz wrote: post #241

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> Security engineers will have jobs until software is perfectly secure... and that is going to be a while. Might be never or if the software is not used at all. The perfect and secure software is none.

>The perfect and secure software is none. Well, at least not connected to the internet?

Oh, there are plenty of ways to attack offline systems. Side channel attacks, supply chain attacks, etc.

Most of my job as a security engineer is making offline systems you can actually trust.

Re: Show HN: I quit coding years ago. AI brought me back

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Post by theshrike79 »

shelled wrote: post #204

I, on the other hand, am getting gradually, but strongly, disillusioned, and importantly also feeling disenfrenchised, from coding and the world around it.

Commercial coding or building the tools for yourself?

AI is perfect for building those little tools for you and maybe your family, ones you have no intention of making unicorn startups, but help in your day to day.

You get a bespoke solution and don't need to worry about that free app you found moving to a subscription model when the author wants to profit off it or sells it to a VC company.

It doesn't have to be perfect code, secure or anything else. If it does what it should, it's good.

Re: Show HN: I quit coding years ago. AI brought me back

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Post by chickensong »

YeGoblynQueenne wrote: post #451
chickensong wrote: post #443

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The SponsorBlock extension automatically skips the type of integrated ads you're referring to.

Which btw doesn't work. Users have to first watch the video, identify "sponsor blocks" and then update the blocker's database. So between the Sponsorblock users who have to watch the video and the multitudes who don't even know it exists... Sponsorblock won't block many sponsors.

Yes it's crowd-sourced, so of course it's not perfect. Saying it doesn't work isn't true though, and as more people get onboard, improves. I don't think it's the final solution, but it helps right now.

Re: Show HN: I quit coding years ago. AI brought me back

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Post by veunes »

aenis wrote: post #271
veunes wrote: post #97

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I feel you. There's a massive difference between crafting and assembling. AI turns us from artisans carving a detail into assembly line operators. If your joy came from solving algorithmic puzzles and optimizing loops, then yes, AI kills that It might be worth looking into low-level dev (embedded, kernel, drivers) or complex R&D. Vibe coding doesn't work there yet, and the cost of error is too high for hallucinations…

It helped me finish my webRTC client for a esp32 microcontroller. Thats fairly low level. It did it without breaking a sweat - 2hrs, and we had a model which works with my pipecat-based based server. I loaded the lowest level piece of software I wrote in the last 15 years - a memory spoofing aimbot poc exploiting architectural issues in x86 (things like memory breakpoints set on logical memory - not hw addresses - al…

That's fair, AI handles spec-compliant code quite well. The sanctuary for humans remains where the map doesn't match the territory: debugging silicon errata, hardware-level race conditions, or working with custom, proprietary gear. Vibe coding falls apart when you have to poke around with an oscilloscope because the code is theoretically correct, but the device just isn't working

Re: Show HN: I quit coding years ago. AI brought me back

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Post by veunes »

falloutx wrote: post #148
veunes wrote: post #92

The key phrase here is "I still had domain expertise". Many miss that AI is a multiplier. If you multiply 0 by AI, you get 0 (or hallucinated garbage). You multiplied your knowledge of compound interest and UX by AI's speed. Without your background, the AI would have generated a beautiful interface that calculates mortgages using a savings account formula. Your role shifted from "code writer" to "logic validator" - t…

> Your role shifted from "code writer" to "logic validator" No it didn't, in fact, your job shifted from code writer to code fixer

One doesn't exclude the other. To fix something you first have to validate it and figure out exactly what the AI got wrong.

But yeah, you're basically right

Re: Show HN: I quit coding years ago. AI brought me back

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Post by Alive-in-2025 »

ikidd wrote: post #388
Alive-in-2025 wrote: post #89

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love to hear about what tech is like on farms today. do you run into the problems with fixing tractors and equipment and its all locked down with drm and you cant fix it without hacking the software?

That's all blown way out of proportion. I have a stack of 10k page manuals for diagnosing and repairing every piece of green iron on the place. Honestly, I've been considering training an LLM so I can make better use of the manuals, they're so incredibly detailed it's hard to find the thing you're looking for. The only thing Deere "locks down" is that some of the parts have a CANbus address that you need to get a tec…

I really appreciate that information and personal experience. I do constantly read stories about farmers complaining about this and it sounds like it's actually an exaggeration :-)
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