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This is a hard problem. The best solution is to refuse such work. Techies must push back instead of being push-overs.

Back when I did Psychology 101, there were many papers attacking IQ tests on the basis that it depended on which form of intelligence you were testing for. Philosophers cannot agree on how to define intelligence.

On that basis we can accept that "AI" can be good at some forms of intelligence and not so good on others. A human brain needs about 200W of power. AI data centers need a 100 million times that ... each. So next times your lights dim, just think that somewhere an AI is "thinking".

Data sovereignty is the critical factor. If bringing the data back in-house increases security, robustness then there might be a business case for replicating only that portion of the SaaS app that is actually being used.

Replicating software with AI is not zero cost issue. Not only do you need to pay for tokens used, but still have in-house tech and support costs to consider. Unlikely to be a strong business case for replication on those cost/ROI basis alone.

Perhaps we should remember that Linux is a re-implementation of Unix of the times. Back then licensing and other issues stalled access to A&T Unix and Berkeley BSD. Linux provided the Unix/BSD standards for free.

At the time IBM, Sun, HP and many others were charging huge license fees for their versions of Unix which was becoming increasingly fragmented due to the variations between proprietary implementations. Linux cut through all that chaff and delivered Unix, actually POSIX, standards on affordable Intel 386 based systems.

Some ARM licensees might switch to RISC-V if ARM decides to compete by making their own chips. With the possibility of a recession looming, the build-out of data centres is likely stall. Could become a negative outcome for ARM.

I have a single pillar, admittedly for in-house PWAs: Upgrade to the current version of Chrome then if your problem persists, we'll look into it.

To use an analogy, back in the days of film cameras and before 1 hour labs, the "craftsman" photographer would carefully frame the shot, carefully setting the exposure, aperture and focus. The most meticulous would take notes in a notebook. There were only 36 frames to a roll of film and all going well, the photographer had to wait a couple of days to get back the proof sheet. Those were the days when expert photographers were commissioned to take photos for special events, etc.

These days, everybody is an expert photographer, taking thousands of irrelevant photos with their smartphones. The volume of photos has exploded, the quality of the best has minimally changed (i.e. before being photoshopped, etc.)

The current crop of AI-aided tools are comparable to the early digital cameras in phones.

The way some people wield LLM, etc is like using a chainsaw to cut a dovetail because it is faster.

The void isn't about AI. It is the ever present machinations by managements to extract maximum profit and reduce expenses. AI is simply the latest fad by which to lay off personnel. Technical debt can be deferred by focusing on making this quarter's profit forecasts.

In my experience, every job is a compromise between earnings (or even just having a job) and personal values.

How about you put your contact details into your profile, so that an interested developer can make contact, etc?

I've worked on construction software systems. Wouldn't mind an off-line chat.

I thought I read somewhere that Z CPUs run at 5GHz ??

ISAs fail to gain traction when the sufficiently smart compilers don't eventuate.

The x86-64 is a dog's breakfast of features. But due to its widespread use, compiler writers make the effort to create compilers that optimize for its quirks.

Itanium hardware designers were expecting the compiler writers to cater for its unique design. Intel is a semi company. As good as some of their compilers are, internally they invested more in their biggest seller and the Itanium never got the level of support that was anticipated at the outset.

+1 -- misinformation is best corrected quickly. If not, AI will propagate it and many will believe the erroneous information. I guess that would be viral hallucinations.

The military is owned by the MIC. Trump is merely following the orders from the Epstein era buddies. Such beautiful guys, those bankers. </sarcasm>

For a guy who craves a Nobel Peace Prize, why is he starting wars? The campaign promise was to stop needless wars.

Like the story "The Emperors New Clothes" the media needs to call him out and very forcibly. Until then the sycophants are just going to admire his naked butt.

YES! The session becomes the source code.

Back in the dark ages, you'd "cc -s hello.c" to check the assembler source. With time we stopped doing that and hello.c became the originating artefact. On the same basis the session becomes the originating artefact.

I never chose MS, ever. Most systems have been based on Debian servers. Some special needs I've used Alpine Linux and NetBSD (yes it does run on older, limited hardware).

Of course, some potential clients demand MS based solutions. I simply decline those contracts and ring them up 12-18 months later to see if the CTO/CIO has been replaced.

PowerShell is available for Linux and MacOS. Which means you can have the tool you like and run on a non-MS platform.

Timely warning. But might end up inconsequential once the AI bubble bursts.

Psst -- wanna a data centre ... cheap?

Enshitification follows becoming a monopoly or a cartel.

For example, how is any scrappy, quality focused startup going to unseat Google, Amazon, Facebook, etc? Even Apple seems to be heading down that path.

Absolutely amazing! Good on your for being able to repair it.

Hard to make suggestions when so much context is missing. For example, did you 2 start and then bring on the 2 C-Suite guys?

From my way too extensive experiences in interacting with C-suite folks, the only thing they are very good at is maximizing outcomes for themselves. Being in their rarified suite, they look down upon ICs as being the plebs, to be exploited.

Based on the above assumption, I would predict that things won't get better once you raise. With dilution and other investor tricks the C-suite guys will bleed you dry and then replace you with AI.

tl;dr LEAVE!

Being a specialist field, networking is probably the most effective approach.

The other alternative might be to go to the specific company's HR careers pages. It's not like there's hundreds of potential employers.

In the 1980s Panasonic started making bicycles to order customized to the customer's requirements and preferences. That division continues to operate to this day.

I use a physically separate system.

i.e. DEV and PROD are completely airgapped.

I use Bun or Deno for my projects. Always disliked Node.js and especially npm.

Ryan Dahl created Deno to address his regrets regarding Node.js shortcomings, limitations.

Everybody is different. I'm a very long-term C programmer.

Learnt Smalltalk because I wanted to better understand OOP and I could never get comfortable with C++.

Learnt Python because it provided me with a more interactive environment. Over time as more modules were added it became increasingly my choice for exploring interfaces, e.g. poorly documented USB devices.

Learnt JavaScript because I saw it as becoming increasingly pervasive. The growth of Web APIs together with the browser's graphical environment is edging out Python for many projects.

From the caller's perspective the dispatcher is the authority figure. But that person is just at the bottom of a pyramid. The supervisor, the section manager all the way to the CEO and shareholders.

Sounds like a job to die for ... literally. There is no life-work balance when you are 6ft under pushing up daisies. But some grifters get rich on the efforts of others. i.e. business as usual.

It's always inspiring to watch videos of tangible engineering with atoms.