Micro Men. British film about the beginnings of Spectrum and Acorn.
Readit Newsdrrob commented on Can you recommend movies like The Social Network? · Posted by u/_v9nk
It's mostly been due to the code quality: everything LLMs have spat I've had to heavily edit to make it readable, good quality code, and that's when the code actually works - the number of iterations it takes me to get code that actually works normally means I could have coded it faster myself without trying to get an LLM to do it.
drrob commented on Ask HN: Are there software engineering areas that are safe from LLMs invasion? · Posted by u/toxinu
That might be a good candidate, right.
I am baffled about how each company are jumping into LLMs without considering anything about their own privacy when 10 years ago, just using GitHub with a private repository could have been an issue.
> To be fair the code they produce is dogshit, so it isn't a problem.
That's not a problem for managers and CTO that are just being brainwashed by marketing and LinkedIn posts that all their engineers should use Cursor.
True. There's a bubble that will burst with LLM stuff, I am sure of it.
drrob commented on Ask HN: Are there software engineering areas that are safe from LLMs invasion? · Posted by u/toxinu
Defence. We don't use any LLMs, and couldn't even if we wanted to.
To be fair the code they produce is dogshit, so it isn't a problem.
BT, EE: Yes. Three, Vodafone: No. O2: Unknown.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnvmvqrnq7go
> A spokesperson from BT, which owns EE, apologised and said the firm was "currently addressing an issue impacting our services".
> Vodafone and Three have confirmed to the BBC they do not have network issues.
I'm on Vodafone, I can confirm they're okay.
<RANT>Most "Software Engineers" AREN'T ACTUALLY ENGINEERS... it's illegal in many states to use that title if you're not licensed with the state's Professional Engineering Board.
If you haven't taken professional engineering exams, and passed, you're not an Engineer.
STOP IT! </RANT>
I agree, but I still call myself a software engineer...
That AI is utterly dreadful at coding, and I can't fathom how anyone is getting any productivity gains out of it.
drrob commented on Ask HN: Recommend resources that helped your game dev journey? · Posted by u/stevekwon211
I'm the developer of a boxing game called Leather, that I've had in the Play Store and App Store for about 6 or 7 years now.
As I'm working towards a Steam release I've been digesting a lot of this guy's advice - https://howtomarketagame.com/
Whilst much of his guidance is of course marketing rather than design related, he does write about genres and game mechanics that attract players - specifically on desktop rather than mobile. It's worth a few hours of your time to check his stuff out.
The Dell XPS line I have bought once and will never buy again. I believe mine was a souped up 92xx. Less than a year later the battery bloated for no reason. Put another one, bloated again. Turns out there was some manufacturer issue with the charging unit in the motherboard and by that point it was out of warranty.
I will never buy another XPS. For all of apple's faults, with the exception of the 2018 model pros, I have never had much of a problem.
I too had the battery bloat issue back in 2020 with my XPS. I won't be buying one ever again.
drrob commented on My somewhat complete salary history as a software engineer humanwhocodes.com/blog/20... · Posted by u/jodooshi
In the US, maybe.
In other countries like the UK, a principal architect is probably not getting half that.
I would guess from a quick google that an architect in the UK is on around £50k to £70k. Which is $63k to $90k.
I'm a senior software engineer with around 10years experience. I'm on £38k ($48k) plus a very small bonus, maybe £2 to £3k if I'm lucky.
Last job was a mid-level engineer on £28k. I've seen junior developers as low as £20k and senior engineers on as low as £35k.
I'm the Systems Architect in a small (fifteen people) non-IT consultancy, and I'm on £72k, so I'd say your estimates are bang on.