Jiří Franek
Jiří Franek
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🖥️ Computer toucher. 🗿Least annoying statue pfp. Technically an open source developer: https://codeberg.org/jfranek/valarray https://pypi.org/project/valarray/ Opinions mine. Intrusive thoughts also. No gods, no kings, only trains!
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Yeah, I can see how asking Glazotron9000 if your page looks janky instead of an actual human can save you time.
While lots of people complain about the risk of reduced software quality from AI slop code contributions, I see a lot of opportunity to improve test automation using AI. You can actually automate "eyeball this UI change to see if it looks janky" which was quite infeasible prior to AI coding agents.
In b4 the nagged employees start to automatically generate status reports with LLMs and actual information gets drowned in work-slop induced noise.
The majority of the work in creating a status report pre-AI is nagging people to tell you their status and compiling it into a document. That you can outsource to an agent. “Is the project on track, at risk or off track and if so how do we mitigate risk if the latter?” is where the PM adds value
Crackheads not being afraid for their jobs at companies where taking crack is an explicit requirement.
This article strikes at the heart of the weirdness in the software industry right now. Programmers making $200K+ no longer write code but instead supervise Claude Code which writes the code for them. But instead of being afraid for their jobs, they are excited by how much more productive they are.
Working hypothesis: People most amenable to working with AI "agents" are those who like managing people, but can't actually appreciate people.
A study of 1,488 workers using AI tools showed interesting results. Mental fatigue rose when using 3+ tools and overseeing multiple AI agents. However, automating repetitive tasks reduced burnout. I’ve argued managing people best prepares you to work with AI agents. Now backed up by research.
AI is about vibes part infinite.
Seeing 50 and 60-year-old HN devs share how Claude Code reignited their passion for building software and solving problems over the framework rat race is exactly how I feel. I haven’t felt this energized in years. Detractors argue AI removes the craft and familiarity with implementation details.
The perfect song to come back to work after two weeks of vacation to. For ironic reason... the best reason. music.youtube.com/watch?v=1rDg...
LMAO. Dumping all your shares of a shovel making company in order to YOLO more money into your favorite gold mining enterprise is peak Masayoshi Son behavior.
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion. Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
Man, I didn't want to be negative about LLM's for once, I really did. But if you want to show off a "cool new thing" and you have to caveat the only example with: "Look I know this is complete trash, but..." what the fuck am I supposed to think about that? simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/16/...
Brno discontinued and then restored tram service on it's north-south axis through the old town some years back. What makes it interesting is that there is also a small circle of tram lines around the center that serve most of the tram traffic.
Oxford Street pedestrianization will be an interesting case of how pedestrians and bus users (sometimes the same people!) could be at odd. It's the busiest bus throughfare in London, and there is no obvious equivalent replacement for the routes using it.