Been there. Senior dev told me not to write comments, but write self-documenting code instead.

A really good point I heard is: this was likely a state actor attack, so how many others just like this are out there, undiscovered?

I’ve met this bird. It only prioritizes issues as urgent; when interacted with, it’ll say “yes, this is part of MVP”

I identify as a time radical. We should switch the entire world onto GMT; +/- not a goddamn thing. Is it perfect? I think so, but all those people who might be confused will probably find it a lot less confusing than trying to make sense of the difference between timezones.

I’m in this meme, and I don’t like it (I’m on the left, aspiring to be in the middle)

Quick, somebody teach this man JavaScript.

That’s how I was using it; I ended up spending as much time as I was saving going around and cleaning up after it and/or second guessing myself. Basically, because it only operates in the context of the file you’re working in, it will suggest garbage half the time if you have to work with resources from other files.

Tbh, copilot was probably the worst AI coding experience I’ve had. It actually made me less productive and made me question my competency as a programmer at the same time. Straight up did not have a good time. Use Cody or GPT-4 instead.

VS Code. It’s dead easy to use, has a ton of useful plugins, and it’s customizable while also being enjoyable to use right out of the box.

For AI assisted coding, I use Cody or GPT-4 data analysis on my personal projects. I tried copilot and found that it actually made my productivity worse. Often as not, I found myself stopping and second guessing whether I was stupid or if it was copilot, and it was usually copilot. GPT-4 is really great for problem solving a specific problem or getting some feedback on some bad smelling code, and Cody works great for helping to write my code faster.

You are correct. I came back to say that I’ll use the walrus operator when it’s pushed into my cold, dead hands, but… I might actually use it, now that I’ve refreshed myself on it.

I’ll use ternary operators when you force them into my cold, dead hands

def count_fingers(hand: list): 
    count = len(hand)
    if count != 5:
        if count < 5:
            raise Exception("Check if fingers missing, or just smart ass")
        else:
            raise Exception("Oh... oh no.")
    return count

Yeah, you know, that [checks notes] one copy of a book that the lending library was able to lend* was really eating into their profit margin. Honest to God, they probably spent more money on lawyers over this shit than they’ll ever recoup, and it just makes them look stupid, greedy, and stupidly greedy.

*I think it’s one copy per actually book that’s owned. Just like you can’t lend you friends more copies of a given book than you own.

How can you be a complete stranger and still hurt me so personally?

I’m a backend dev of a little over a year of experience in Python. I’ve started teaching myself Rust so that I can make mod tools and solve issues that bother me.

It’s almost like they’re both bad, but one is a more immediate problem. Al Qaeda may have taken down the twin towers, but they never tried to launch a coup and get Roe V Wade overturned.