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isquaredr commented on Dev-owned testing: Why it fails in practice and succeeds in theory   dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/37... · Posted by u/rbanffy
isquaredr · 2 months ago
Economically devs are the only ones that can do it. If I am a good QA engineer that cares enough about the product to do a good job, I could probably be making more money as a product manager.

These days when every iota of attention can be leveraged to the extreme by AI you can’t afford to tie up that attention testing a phone number input across 100 countries and interpreting the results.

isquaredr commented on I don't care how well your "AI" works   fokus.cool/2025/11/25/i-d... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti
HarHarVeryFunny · 4 months ago
> But if I was a junior I'd be very worried about the longevity I can expect as a dev. It's already easier for many/most cases to assign work to a LLM vs handholding a human through it.

This sounds kind of logical, but really isn't.

In reality you can ASSIGN a task to a junior dev and expect them to eventually complete it, and learn from the experience as well. Sure there'll likely be some interaction between the junior dev and mentor, and this is part of the learning process - something DESIREABLE since it leads to the developer getting better.

In contrast, you really cant "assign" something to an LLM. You can of course try to, and give it some "vibe coding" assignment like "build me a backend component to read the data from the database", but the LLM/agent isn't an autonomous entity that can take ownership of the assignment and be expected to do whatever it takes (e.g. coming back to you and asking for help) to get it done. With todays "AI" technology it's the AI that needs all the handholding, and the person using the AI is the one who has effectively taken the assignment, not the LLM.

Also, given the inability of LLMs to learn on the job, using an LLM as a tool to help get things done is going to be a groundhog day experience of having to micro-manage the process in the same way over and over again each time you use it... time that would have been better invested in helping a junior dev get up to speed and in the future be an independent developer that tasks can indeed be assigned to.

isquaredr · 3 months ago
The difference is the LLM is predictable and repeatable. Whereas a junior dev could go AWOL, leave unexpectedly for a new job, or be generally difficult to work with, LLMs fit my schedule, show constant progress and are generally less anxiety inducing than pouring hundreds of thousands into a worker who may not pan out. This sentiment may be showing my lack of expertise in team building but at worst shows that LLMs represent a legitimate alternative to building a large team to achieve a vision.
isquaredr commented on Low Cost Robot Arm   github.com/AlexanderKoch-... · Posted by u/pbrowne011
isquaredr · 2 years ago
The geek in me is drooling, but are there any practical home uses others have found for robotic arms? Hacking is always more fun with a good project
isquaredr commented on Eloquent JavaScript 4th edition (2024)   eloquentjavascript.net/... · Posted by u/vajdagabor
isquaredr · 2 years ago
Any suggestions from the community on the best way to consume this site as an audio book? I know I could scrape and feed into a text-to-speech library but was wondering: is there is anything off-the-shelf?
isquaredr commented on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2023)    · Posted by u/whoishiring
seanobannon · 3 years ago
ReMatter | Full Stack Engineer & QA Engineer | Remote | Full-time | https://rematter.com/careers

Our mission is to enhance the sustainability, resilience, and robustness of the global metal supply chain while minimizing its carbon footprint. ReMatter is a scrap metal recycling software company founded by Forbes 30 Under 30 Stanford grads, building modern solutions for the $100B+ scrap metal industry.

Our stack includes TypeScript, React, Node, GraphQL, AWS (Lambda, Cognito, S3, RDS), GitHub Actions, and Docker. Experience with our stack is a plus, but we believe in your ability to learn new technologies quickly.

Join us to create a meaningful impact on the lives of recyclers. We offer competitive salary, meaningful equity, flexible schedules, remote work, and engaging company events.

Apply at:

- SWE: https://rematter.com/careers/?ashby_jid=a55462d8-70d8-42ca-9...

- QA Engineer: https://rematter.com/careers/?ashby_jid=e615f89d-c840-472a-8...

isquaredr · 3 years ago
What is the compensation range for this role?
isquaredr commented on Dashcam footage shows driverless cars clogging San Francisco   wired.com/story/dashcam-f... · Posted by u/gorbachev
ajcp · 3 years ago
I completely agree they can change our relationship with vehicles. Let's look beyond a subscription service though and think how it can be part of a stand-alone auto insurance policy, or offered by your apartment complex as part of your monthly rent, or the HOA and paid for as part of your dues the same as landscaping is. SDCs will be services that are offered as part of a larger relationship/service.
isquaredr · 3 years ago
Interesting take. Would my HOA be controlling utilization and maintenance? If the car has a flat tire or my neighbor monopolizes the usage, would the larger relationship/service be responsible for fixing the issue?
isquaredr commented on Dashcam footage shows driverless cars clogging San Francisco   wired.com/story/dashcam-f... · Posted by u/gorbachev
adrr · 3 years ago
If cars could talk to each other you'll get better utilization of the road because you could cut follow distance to a few feet.
isquaredr · 3 years ago
Sounds good in theory. I’m not optimistic about all the car makers cooperating on an industry standard, though. Plus the failure scenario seems pretty catastrophic to overall throughput. I hope some bright thinker figures those problems out; it does seem like a great opportunity
isquaredr commented on The Metals Company subsidiary lifts over 3000T of nodules to sea surface   investors.metals.co/news-... · Posted by u/bill38
Something1234 · 3 years ago
Wait what is TMC? Is this like futures trading, but with less liquidity?
isquaredr · 3 years ago
Abbreviation for “The Metals Company” which is the subject of the article
isquaredr commented on Low-code is not a cure for overworked IT departments   zdnet.com/article/low-cod... · Posted by u/Brajeshwar
robertlagrant · 3 years ago
"Configurable" is a manager-trap, just like low code. If something's configurable, you now need to forever test all the potential configurations, which always seems to become a combinatorial explosion of tests.
isquaredr · 3 years ago
Exactly. A configuration change is the same as a code change: it should be tested and reviewed before it goes live
isquaredr commented on Low-code is not a cure for overworked IT departments   zdnet.com/article/low-cod... · Posted by u/Brajeshwar
isquaredr · 3 years ago
Our team has built a low-code solution to build simple web views and help lower the barriers to making changes. So far it has not saved us any time and arguably has made things worse. The requirements coming in are complex, so instead of building the views in a comfortable environment (our IDE) we are building the same amount of complexity in an environment with rough edges (our LC/NC tool). In my opinion we have misidentified the bottleneck. In reality the time sink is getting clarity on the requirements and understanding the interactions of the components on the page. Whether that page is made in an IDE or in our tool is largely irrelevant.

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