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'past the bar' means you have to be smarter than AI, simple as that. You need to be able to tell when it delivers good work, and when not. If you are not smarter than AI, you will not be able to tell the difference. And then what is your added value?

Exactly my experience to, and I'm doing hiring at the moment. We used to filter out the worst with a hacker rank test, but now the idiots cheat with AI, and then we have to waste our time in an interview. It's difficult at the moment.

I don't see the value of a junior instructing an AI, because I as a senior can also instruct an AI.

I perceive the AI itself as a very fast junior that I pair program with. So you basically need the seniority to be able to work with a "junior ai".

The bar for human juniors is now way higher than it used to be.

> When fixing bugs, yes.

One thing I want to mention here is that you should try to write a test that not only prevents this bug, but also similar bugs.

In our own codebase we saw that regression on fixed bugs is very low. So writing a specific test for it, isn't the best way to spend your resources. Writing a broad test when possible, does.

Not sure how LLM's handle that case to come up with a proper test.

Here's a tip from an old timer: read the official docs.

I work a lot with juniors, and they all seem to prefer watching video's. But videos in my opinion are a slow way to gain superficial knowledge.

Do it the hard way and read the official docs, it will be your superpower. Go fast over the easy parts, go slow over the hard parts, it's that simple.

That is likely indeed, because in the interview, she explicitly mentions that New York is also questioning that practice.

And in other news, the Trump appointed ambassador in Belgium, Bill White, is fine with adult men sucking the blood from a baby penis.

And if you think I'm kidding, no I'm not.

Some of those boys end up with herpes, but it's all fine in MAGA land.

Source, straight from the horses mouth: https://youtu.be/KolvU5m0CZI?si=KMnq_y8KfGuhXkDY&t=410

Ah yes, freedom of speech for the Europeans!

And when we travel to US, they need to check our social media to see if our opinions align with the US government.

The problem I mostly see with non programmers is that they don't really grasp the concept of a consistent system.

A lot of people want X, but they also want Y, while clearly X and Y cannot coexist in the same system.

I think it all depends on the use case and a luck factor.

Sometimes I instruct copilot/claude to do a development (stretching it's capabilities), and it does amazingly well. Mind you that this is front-end development, so probably one of the more ideal use-cases. Bugfixing also goes well a lot of times.

But other times, it really struggles, and in the end I have to write it by hand. This is for more complex or less popular things (In my case React-Three-Fiber with skeleton animations).

So I think experiences can vastly differ, and in my environment very dependent on the case.

One thing is clear: This AI revolution (deep learning) won't replace developers any time soon. And when the next revolution will take place, is anyones guess. I learned neural networks at university around 2000, and it was old technology then.

I view LLM's as "applied information", but not real reasoning.

You can't expect them to fix everything all at once. What about the hardware?

Let them focus on offering a payment system, and let others focus on their thing.

I'm confident to go a step further and say there is no deal.

Greenland and Denmark weren't present to make a deal.

And to quote Trump: "Well, the deal is going to be put out pretty soon and we'll see. It's right now a little bit in progress, but pretty far along." (from https://www.youtube.com/shorts/W_UE7h3nTmQ)

The deal that is "now a little bit in progress", sounds to me like there is no deal.

I really love this clip: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/W_UE7h3nTmQ

When the reporter asks: "Does it still include US having ownership of Greenland?"

Trump: "Um....eh...."

All this posturing and he ended up with nothing.

Nice way of avoiding the main question: What deal? There is no new deal between Greenland/Denmark and US.

Then tell us what powers does the Dutch NATO chief has to make a deal in name of Greenland and Denmark.

Trump got empty hands, he got totally played by the nice words of Rutte.

Edit: Your conversation is really mind boggling:

"Trump got a great deal on Greenland!"

"What deal?"

"How would I know?!?!?!"

You skipped the part where I said I work with Ukrainians? I work with them on a weekly basis for 13 years.

> Can you show an Ukrainian law that allows men to freely cross the border?

Did I say he crossed it legally? He crossed it illegally of course, which according to you was impossible due to guards with automatic rifles, drones and anti-personnel mines.

> half of my family lives in Ukraine.

My bet: You haven't spoken with them in years, because they cut connections due to your political views. Just as I will now.

Honest question: why do you comment when you clearly have no idea what you are talking about? You make all kinds of false claims, and then people who actually know have to correct you.

> Very unlikely.

Well, the guy I know fled Ukraine last year, and is now alive and well abroad. So I would say very likely.

Survival is all about being prepared for all kinds of scenarios, adapting to the situation, and a ton of luck.

I rather have a few weapons, than no weapons at all.

That depends on a lot of personal things. I remember a Ukrainian I personally know, leaving after the 2014 invasion.

When Russia was doing "exercises" at their border in 2022, I asked them in a meeting what they felt (guys living in Lviv). Most of them thought Russia would have done it in 2014 already, and now it didn't make much sense. Only 1 person responded he filled up his gas tank. But in the end, nobody left Lviv right after the invasion.

I work with plenty of people from Ukraine. And recently, someone went abroad. So it's definitely still possible.

For those interested, I found this practical experience very informative about preparing for social collapse:

- https://web.archive.org/web/20221004062915/https://organicco...

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kySDKESt3_M

Do you feel Europeans have a better friendship with Canada for example? I mean before Trump was elected of course.

Maybe it's a US specific thing? I do a lot of hiring, and here in Europe it's quite challenging to find good developers. Once we do, we try to keep them.

So at least for us, developers still have a lot of bargaining power.

Turning your allies into non-allies sounds like a great plan in these circumstances.

I like my politicians to be professional.

Those groups you mention are also not monolithic entities.

Every group is diverse. You want me to specify it to each individual?

China as a country of course, what else?

China is predictable, since they act in self intrest. No idea what the hell US is doing.

Some problems solve themselves, and other problems multiply. Knowing the difference is key.