I think what's going on is a paradigm shift to treat code as completely throwaway piece, not meticulously analyzed, inspected and manually reviewed but completely replaceable without caring too much about internals - if outputs are correct for set of inputs, perf is ok then its passed as "good enough".
This approach is still evolving but some developers are already picking it up, and since students and new developers are learning to work like this then future for new generation of coders in inevitable - new position is coming to life: vibe coding engineer
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pxtail commented on AI overviews cause massive drop in search clicks arstechnica.com/ai/2025/0... · Posted by u/jonbaer
Fun. I have people asking ChatGPT support question about my SaaS app, getting made up answers, and then cancelling because we can’t do something that we can. Can’t make this crap up. How do I teach Chat GPT every feature of a random SaaS app?
> How do I teach Chat GPT every feature of a random SaaS app?
You need to wait until they offer it as a paid feature. And they (and other LLM providers) will offer it.
It’s notable that he was not the patient, he was the patient’s husband who somehow was allowed to enter the room with the MRI machine.
The superconducting magnet in an MRI scanner is always on even when not performing a scan.
This was pure and simple negligence by the MRI operators. Access control is the most basic part of MRI safety!
Even if he was not wearing this “chain”, he never should have been allowed to enter the room. He could’ve been wearing a steel wristwatch, had a keyring in his pocket, etc.
> The superconducting magnet in an MRI scanner is always on even when not performing a scan.
This should be placed on the entrance with big bold letters, I think that a lot of accidents could be avoided by simply providing "WHY" information. I had MRI scan and I wasn't aware that machine was active even when not performing scan and now after knowing that I think that personnel there was very lax with allowing me to enter the room after instructing me to put metal objects away AND without enough emphasis how dangerous it could be if I forgot to do so.
pxtail commented on The $25k car is going extinct? media.hubspot.com/why-the... · Posted by u/pseudolus
I went down this route in the early 2010's. In preparation for an over landing expedition I wanted to have mechanical knowledge to be a sort of "mechanic" on the trip so I bought a bunch of "project cars" and began tinkering. While it WAS a lot of fun and I feel smarter, it was a total waste of time.
To save you all the trouble of all I went through, it was fun debugging mechanical stuff, but ultimately there is no "self-reliant car owner"
It all comes down to tools and parts. You need easy access to a lot of both or else you are limited to extremely ugly temporary fixes which amount to super gluing your engine back together.
On our overland trip, when we had an issue, it turned out impossible to fix without a massive lift and air tools, so all my years prep was essentially reduced to having a few extra words I could tell the actual mechanic capable of performing the fix.
If you still want to go down this route I recommend the book "zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance" and have 4 Saabs you can have lol. I'll even throw in the clutch kit you can't install without a custom Saab tool.
> so all my years prep was essentially reduced to having a few extra words I could tell the actual mechanic capable of performing the fix
That is valuable as well, in some places car mechanics could be eager to let's say make repairs more costly than needed
pxtail commented on Pixar's Newest Movie, 'Elio', Is a Box-Office Dud nytimes.com/2025/06/22/bu... · Posted by u/Bogdanp
One of my local theatres does a discount Tuesday with $5 tickets. Over the years the price has crept up to $5.75, but it’s still an easier sell to friends and family. Of course if you buy online they add almost $2 to the price of a ticket… but that’s another rant.
> if you buy online they add almost $2 to the price of a ticket
What's the logic behind this practice? Since there is no need for employee to be involved then shouldn't online bought ticket be even cheaper?
pxtail commented on Show HN: Most users won't report bugs unless you make it stupidly easy · Posted by u/lakshikag
I hired a house cleaner. I didn't tell them what to do because figuring that out is their job. They didn't do the things I wanted and they even missed some spots on what they did do. I didn't tell them about that either. It's they're job. So I fired them and switched to another. Repeat. Maybe eventually one of them will figure it out.
You hired a house cleaner, you told him everything he needs to know, he did a good job. Next time unfortunately he arrives with broken vacuum cleaner, he has another one, smaller, less powerful takes him longer to do the job but it's still done, not spotless but it's fine, he is a nice guy, has good attitude.
Another time and he arrives with faulty steam cleaner, again , work is done but takes longer, not ideal outcome. This is happening again and again, he even asks you sometimes to wiggle the cord, push some buttons and try to troubleshot, you know, improving the vendor and stuff.
pxtail commented on Show HN: Most users won't report bugs unless you make it stupidly easy · Posted by u/lakshikag
I tell my customers that they should spend 1hr per month “improving the vendor”.
See, if you rely on a vendor, then you need them to survive. It’s a parasite-host relationship. You need to tell them what you need, and oftentimes they will bend the roadmap in favour of the most demanded features. Alternatives:
- They choose their most amusing feature,
- They choose the most lucrative feature among the new possible markets while ignoring all bugs, which is the most rational way to address bugs unfortunately,
- You don’t tell them, they don’t improve, they die / they triple the price of the product by lack of audience, and you have to migrate your data to another product.
Nice, I hope you are spending 1h per month for each customer as well advising them how the can get the most out of your service and/or improve their integration - otherwise it would seem like you are expecting unpaid work from your customers, which is ridiculous.
pxtail commented on Show HN: Most users won't report bugs unless you make it stupidly easy · Posted by u/lakshikag
I won't report bugs in paid software/services because it's not my job, I'm not paid for it, I'm user of the service, not free workforce so they can reduce amount of QA staff or skip it completely. Give me a discount and then maybe, just maybe I'll think twice about reporting something.
Bugs renders your soft unusable? Fine, there is plenty of competition out there who will do it right.
pxtail commented on Anduril to take over Microsoft's U.S. Army $22B headset program cnbc.com/2025/02/11/andur... · Posted by u/jonbaer
I saw that picture of Andurils founder and immediately thought: "they are all going to jail."
You are joking but there is something unsettling to me in how this guy builds his own image. I mean, everyone, especially in professional environment presents some kind of persona instead of authentic "self", he seems to be deliberately constructing his own based of bunch of videogames - I suppose there is nothing wrong with that but still, taking into account type of business he and his company is involved in - it feels wrong to some degree.
Context below - long video interview with the man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItLFpYha6Wc