I'm sorry for being old-fashioned, but I sign up to social media sites to be able to talk/connect to humans.

Fill up your site with bot interactions and everyone needing @grok to verify everything, going so far as to tell them result of 2+2, and I'm out.

*me reviewing a resume*

"Optimized backend APIs and increased speed by 40%"

*resume straight to dustbin*

why tf do people write like this

I've been the solo dev for this product for the last 10 months. I took this spaghetti of a codebase and made it stable on production.

4 months ago a front-end engineer with 10 years of experience joined. That guy can't even make responsive pages.

Guess who got promoted to engineering manager?

If weed can damage your short term memory, imagine what weed can do to you.

Stay away from weed!! It does something to you but I forgot what.

"We weren't able to come up with a solution before because we were using GPT-3, and now GPT-5 has come out which is so much better"

"Even if the issue's unique, it's the context that matters. Had we put in a higher level prompt, we would've fixed this issue already"

"We absolutely need to implement an AI-first system because Amazon laid off so many engineers because of AI, it must mean that we are not using it properly."

"I'm gonna put a $1000 into trying Devin, and if it doesn't work, we're gonna keep trying over and over until we eventually reach the solution"

sigh....

I've talked about the privileges of being a dev, before. The following is not a rant btw, just me appreciating my line of work.

Back in 2018, when I was 2 YOE as a Laravel developer, this thought crossed my mind, what if I remained a Laravel dev all my career and never got a job in another tech stack?

I thought I could make some demo projects but no one would pay me for that. And on top of that, I'd have to start from scratch since that Laravel experience wouldnt count for, let's say C# dev job.

Is this the "comfort zone" most devs get trapped in? And what if I get trapped in it as well?

It was my legit concern back then.

But whatever happened after that, happened and here we are.

I am now a React + PostgreSQL dev, and because of my freelancing, I'm getting pushed into becoming a Vue JS + C# full stack dev, all the while I'm getting paid for it. My research times are also billable.

I just find myself in a privileged position where my career and skills will now never be stagnant, and as a result of that, I get to earn my bread and butter.

I just love being a dev sometimes :)

I'm at a point in my career where I've started to think -

"Have I made it?"

I mean, I make a very good amount of money by freelancing, I have an online presence with my YouTube and I have a wife.

Isn't this all I ever wanted in life? If I push for more at this point, what am I pushing further for?

This question is equally relaxing and terrifying at the same time. It keeps me enlightened and in a state of limbo, at the same time.

tailwind is trash holy crap.

every div element contains like 30 classes that have their own thing going for them.

just start writing inline css at that point. Why bother putting classes in?

for fucks sake, if you start with me, do it properly. don't run away whimpering like a puppy.

Grow some balls next time, oh wait. some can't.

This is the irony of Indians, guys wearing shades indoors and talking about inferiority complex

I can't believe we went from

"Use AI for coding! It's the best companion to have!"

to now

"AI is making you dumber and lazier. Ditch all the tools and learn from scratch."

Crypto bots, please do us a favor and choke on my dick.

I should really close snek.molodetz.nl tab when I'm on call with a client.

@atheist please speak for yourself next time. Some of us like following each other outside of devRant.

I don't know what kind of pathetic childhood you had that makes you feel like hating everyone makes you the "cool" one but really it makes you an insufferable asshole that kills the vibe in the room whenever you walk in.

Everyone is like - Oh it's "that" guy again. Now we gotta come up with excuses to split and get away from this weirdo.

Also, fuck you. You absolute bitch.

This is the end of devRant, I think. You already know that I'm a YouTuber so you can always find me.

It's not possible the other way around, but I think it's for the better.

It was nice knowing all of you, and we had a pretty good run. Maybe we'll meet in real life, maybe we won't. Only luck will decide that.

So long !!

how can someone even hope to achieve AGI when humans are too fucking stupid to even comprehend what intelligence really is.

I opened facebook (don't ask why), and found a reel that's older people humor, and felt like commenting on it.

My days are numbered, aren't they?

If you see a toilet in your dream, do not,

I repeat,

DO NOT use it.

i wish i was a parrot so i could swear at people all i wanted and not get into trouble for it.

I am here, once again, to remind you of a simple fact.

Ostream did not delete himself.

dev communities can be the most toxic as well as the most welcoming at the same time.

just depends on what your timing is. You can get a bunch of links to help debug your issue or you can get told to "kill yourself".

You never know.

only when something gets taken away from you, that's when you realize the true value for it.

vibes ain't flyin' can't deadass sigma no cap lit ohio level 7900 fam, you're ngmi on god rizzling gyatt.

I want to buy a 4TB external drive, with the sole motivation to "preserve" as many games as I possibly can. I know it's not enough, but I want to save my fav games before they're completely gone from the internet.

I could do that, but then what if the Operating Systems go to shit? What if Windows rolls out an update, where you can't run .exe files anymore? Everything has to be installed and run from the Microsoft Store? What if an "online-only" version of Windows gets released and all previous versions get removed?

I know duh, get the Windows 10 cracked iso file as well. But it just depresses me, looking at the hoops I have to jump if all I want to do is enjoy older games.

I love freelancing. That's it.

age++

I made a video about senior software engineers. And I think y'all are the perfect audience for it.

Here, watch it -> https://youtube.com/watch/...

I'm gonna piss off the Linux users with this one and I don't care anymore.

Linux will never be able to match Windows and Mac software quality. Tell yourself all you want that it is superior for development purpose (which it is) but don't tell yourself that is an Operating System.

It's more like an Operating Environment, where I can run some apps, but not all apps, which defeats the purpose of an OS.

Writing code is fine, but the second you dive into apps like OBS Studio, the machines shits it's pants like b2plane does on a daily basis.

This is why people hate Windows and want Linux to step up and be good, but it can't happen because of "diversification". So many distros, just fucking pick one standard and stick with it for fuck's sake. This is why apps are not optimized for Linux.

Windows and Mac have standardization which is why I can fucking be productive with it.

"I use arch btw" yeah you do, but what can you do with it?

FUCKING NOTHING !!!

Linux is like that one loser friend who people want to see turn things around, but the fucker won't make it happen because they don't want to help themselves in the first place.

Tbh, ostream is a nice guy. Once you get over his

- Racism towards Germans
- Racism towards Jews
- Closeted racism towards anyone, really
- Psychotic episodes of rage
- Borderline criminal tendencies
- Bipolar disorder

It's actually fun to talk to him. You have to invest time and patience though.

Love you ostream bro.

his bipolar disorder
her schizophrenia