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Talk with PM went nowhere. Very nice guy, but was insistent on giving the reviewer the benefit of the doubt. I just wanna die.

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10 points

That fucking sucks, esp as you put a lot of time into it.

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9 points

I’m really sorry. I know how frustrating all of this bullshit is. Here for you. <3

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9 points

oof :x

what’s the next step on that?

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Ugh, from me as well: sorry to hear that.

I can relate to how you feel about the AI stuff. I also work for GenAI-pilled upper management, and the forced introduction of github copilot is coming soon. It will make us all super extra productive! …they say. Dreading it already. I won’t use it at all, I’ve already made that clear to my superior. But my colleagues might use it, and then I will have to review the AI slop… uggghh…

Maybe a small silver lining to raise the mood here, recent article from Monday: Gartner sounds alarm on AI cost, data challenges

If even freaking Gartner is now saying “well, maybe AI is too expensive and not actually so useful”… then maybe the world of management will wisen up as well, soon, hopefully, maybe?

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an idea I just had (which would need some work but talking hypothetical): wouldn’t it be lovely if IDEs VS Code[0] automatically inserted “Copilot Used Here” start/end markers around all generated shit. could even make it a styleguide/editorconfig so it’s universally set across projects[1]

[0] - because lol ofc it’s mainly vscode rn

[1] - and then when you find colleagues who lie about whether they’re using it you wrap all their desk shit in foil

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I like the idea. Or maybe marking such changes in the commit message… I might try to bring that up when the time comes.

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oof, I’m sorry. it’s so hard to get capitalists to understand the nature of what they’re enabling, especially if it seems to be working in the short term. it’s the most frustrating thing during a bubble — it taints every decision the executive class makes, and enables grifters to get away with obvious shit even over objections from people who know better.

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