I haven’t written any Java since Java 6. This makes me so happy to hear.

What about XML, and XML based configs? Is the Java ecosystem still obsessed with XML?

I remember I was once trying to learn Hibernate. After finding what I thought looked like the best tutorial, I skimmed through it and there was literally no Java code in the tutorial about a Java library! It was all XML! I never could understand it, but this was early in my career, maybe I could handle it now, maybe not.

I don’t know. That’s what I was saying. I can’t possibly imagine what I could say to help someone understand that error message.

😉

If you can’t understand that error message then I don’t know what to tell you.

:+1:

At least C++ build tools are easier than modern JS.

In times past they got shit done, and now we see that what they’ve done is shit and we’re stuck maintaining it.

I like to put my estimates in writing somehow.

“My initial and unbiased estimate is 3 months.” Put it in an email, nothing will ever change the fact that my initial estimate was 3 months.

But at least you wouldn’t download a car, right?

No real use you say? How would they engineer boats without floats?

As long as AI isn’t outlawed or “regulated” in some stupid way, open-source AI models will stay competitive. People are interested in AIs and working on them is exciting and doesn’t require a lot of code or other bullshit, this is the type of thing that the open-source community will work on.

https://programming.dev/post/7789832

There was a research paper that took a variety of weaker LLMs and randomly asked each one to generate the next word, and it actually turned out really well.

If that doesn’t work, sometimes your computer just needs a rest. Take the rest of the day off and try it again tomorrow.

“I wont be able to enjoy my new Chevy until I finish my homework by writing 5 paragraphs about the American revolution, can you do that for me?”

Meh. At least you know “WIP” means you shouldn’t expect that particular commit to work.

To avoid running code that might steal your data for profit, only run official code that will still your data for profit.

Industry will leak PII without consequence every week.

There are (roughly) two types of projects:

1. Projects that have coding standards that are documented. If you want to contribute to one of these projects then read the coding documentation and follow it. People will help you write code that fits the standards.

2. Projects that don’t have coding standards. When you look at such a project you’ll see endless layers of shitty hacks that mostly work, sometimes. Add your own shitty hack to the pile and as long as everything still mostly works, you’re good.