Reposted by CodyThoth @thoth.ptnote.dev · 5hAI has made it really clear that a lot of people don't actually understand what it is software engineers DO. They therefore think that using LLM tools to aid in software development means slacking off, kicking up your feet, and letting the computer churn out slop because you don't care. 1291
Cody @cody.chaos.net.nz · 07/10/2026Like many, I wondered why OAI released what they did when and how they did. I suspect this is by far the best explanation we'll see for some time if ever and helped me understand the dynamics driving this. 000
Cody @cody.chaos.net.nz · 06/10/2026I'm not criticizing the person in this post, but occasionally I'm reminded of the gap between software engineers working with frontier models ("Luna 6 is so cheap but I bet Opus 5.5 will handle this with less hand holding...") and normal people (correctly!) convinced Copilot and Gemini are terrible. 100
Cody @cody.chaos.net.nz · 06/10/2026Yesterday. (Probably later today too.) That's literally what my job is. It's called being a "software engineer". 1191
Reposted by CodyElixir of Progress @elucidating.extradimensional.space · 06/10/2026I'm bringing it back. Ngmi. 1211
Reposted by CodyAxe Ghost. On Steam! @axeghostgame.bsky.social · 05/10/2026If you had enough resources, you could run a human brain on a system of gears & diesel power. It'd be massive, but watching the gears & levers move, it'd be evident that the outputs are not the result of a mind. Part of the illusion of human minds is the tiny scale of synapses 11765
Cody @cody.chaos.net.nz · 05/10/2026I wonder if Google AI search results are still a horrifying nightmare? ...Oh. Oh no. 💀 (Result obtained personally within the last 10m and not edited in any way.) 000
Reposted by CodyGOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 05/10/2026AS I HAVE TOLD YOU BEFORE, mister dracula, face ID isn’t going to work for you, you are going to need to memorize a passcode. do you need me to help you set it up again? no, i definitely can’t come over there to help. no, remember, we tried video chat before, i just see the back of your chair. 12640115
Cody @cody.chaos.net.nz · 03/10/2026The fact I know exactly who he's talking about is a bad sign isn't it? (I think I may have missed the firebombing threat though, so maybe there's still hope for me.) 100
Cody @cody.chaos.net.nz · 03/10/2026An interesting discussion, which I broadly agree with. The "Strong Stochastic Parrot Theory" seemed to explain how early models work, but is trivially disproven for later models. If you care about what LLMs can and can't do and (especially) if you consider yourself a skeptic this stuff matters! 150
Reposted by Codyaustin (eeek!/ackkk! 👻) @thebadcode.com · 30/09/2026o11y hacks: add “number of visits to your status page” as an alert 49810
Reposted by CodyPfych @pfy.ch · 29/09/2026Insane seeing people get hyped about a FREE open source project - say how awesome it is, use it and enjoy it, then learn there’s an AGENTS file in the source and suddenly hate it and it’s slop and bad and nobody should use it ???? Ur allowed to enjoy things oomfie. 312012
Reposted by CodyRyan @ryanwright.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is how I remember the order of Henry VIII’s wives. 263952743
Reposted by CodyKevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 25/09/2026How do we incentivize people to paint wizards on their vans again I haven’t seen a wizard van in a decade and it feels like we lost something precious Can we offer up a tax credit? Little bags of shrooms? Start a wizard van painting program at vocational schools? 1072265535
Cody @cody.chaos.net.nz · 19/09/2026The day I realised agents can finally solve complicated merge conflicts was unironically one of the best days I've had this year. I will never emotionally recover from an afternoon I lost somehow resolving the same insane merge conflict 10+ times on a large stacked PR a while back. 000
Reposted by Codyewan @ewancroft.uk · 19/09/2026AI is a tool. Not a replacement.blog.ewancroft.ukI Still Built Itif an LLM wrote a significant amount of the implementation, apparently the human directing it no longer counts. 3376
Reposted by CodyEd Morrish @edmorrish.com · 16/09/2026musk: [pointing phone camera at someone] grok, do a vulgar roast of this person grok: nice shirt. arsehole. did your. mommy. pick it for you. musk: no, grok; more vulgar! grok: nice shirt. prick. did your. mommy. pick it for you. musk: grok, use forbidden words! grok: free palestine 14083595
Cody @cody.chaos.net.nz · 15/09/2026There's a couple more flavours here. I'd frame it more as AI is a tool that allows building both versions, potentially either faster, with a higher quality, or cheaper (pick any 2). Which version any given dev or eng team will choose to build is orthogonal. But remember that the right version is... 110
Reposted by Codyval (try medaka) @tech-val.bsky.social · 14/09/2026one of the weird things about being a software dev in the age of coding agents is that suddenly a bunch of random people online have developed firm opinions about how you should do your job. it's like being an NFL quarterback but without all the fame and money. 2581
Cody @cody.chaos.net.nz · 13/09/2026The people who get this far and then don't continue with "...and obviously this is misguided and harmful and we have a duty to gently bring these people back to reality before they cause catastrophic harm" confuse me. Yeah, there are people claiming Talerico is no better than Paxton. And...? 001
Cody @cody.chaos.net.nz · 12/09/2026I'm not sure if I've ever agreed with a post more. (Also, no, there is not, and I am too.) 010
Cody @cody.chaos.net.nz · 08/09/2026What an interesting pair of posts to see back to back in my feed. 000
Cody @cody.chaos.net.nz · 08/09/2026As a software engineer, I'd consider myself an AI skeptic but at this point that means I'd say "every 3 months" not 1-2. It's disconcerting how fast things change. The difference between now and Feb is enormous. People don't want to hear that all the conclusions they drew from testing... 101
Reposted by Codybel @steelybel.bsky.social · 05/09/2026when u see claude on the github repo 1372012158
Reposted by Codynora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 17/08/2026don't fucking ask me to be a fucking cop about everyone i "associate with" on fucking anything 1149858
Reposted by CodyMatt Keeter @mattkeeter.com · 05/09/2026"average AI agent posts to online wikis during training" factoid actualy just statistical error. average agent posts 0 times per training run. Astras OpemAI, who lives in gpu & posts over 10,000 times each run, is an outlier adn should not have been counted 0787
Cody @cody.chaos.net.nz · 03/09/2026Couldn't agree more. And once you start looking it's very common and absurdly toxic. Maybe especially in modding communities. You can literally get death threats because you didn't respond quickly enough to someone asking for support for a free mod. 020
Reposted by Cody🎃 scarecrowcialism 👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · 02/09/2026We're gonna lose a major surface combatant. No, not sunk. Like actually lose. Can't find. No idea where it went. 1428825
Reposted by CodyRegime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢 @regimecpa.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Pro ship and anti ship forces continue to fight it out in the strait of Hormuz 525642
Reposted by CodyAndrew Lilley Brinker @alilleybrinker.com · 31/08/2026Hey @1password.bsky.social, time to change course.alilleybrinker.com1Password Supports the Ethnic Cleansing of Europe — Andrew Lilley Brinker1Password has committed $300,000 to Omarchy. This is unacceptable and must be rescinded. 541521623
Cody @cody.chaos.net.nz · 31/08/2026Quite right. But also, this drives a regular feature of political commentary which is when someone loudly proclaims that something which is already illegal is bad, actually, and there oughta be a law against it. Which there is, but what they mean is "maybe we should enforce it!" 000
Cody @cody.chaos.net.nz · 30/08/2026Depends why you think it's a big deal but: 1) OAI was super bad about running the tests, ensuring goals could be met, sandboxing it, monitoring, etc. Outsourced key tasks to a startup who fucked it up. OAI doesn't seem to think agents are dangerous or alignment is that important! 141
Reposted by CodyRyan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 30/08/2026Renney smashed this debate. Told it like it is. No wonder Simeon didn't think their finance person should attend, and Seymour didn't think Henry should attend. And it's clear why, Renney would've wiped the floor with them all. "We're not a poor country. We make poor choices" #nzpol 1229696
Cody @cody.chaos.net.nz · 29/08/2026There's a number of errors here but I want to call out the very first one which I think drives a lot of the rest: We're discussing people being scammed by *slavers*. Not slaves. Slaves do not have agency; it's part of the definition. And giving money to slavers is ontologically evil. 1201
Cody @cody.chaos.net.nz · 24/08/2026I'm not sure it's super meaningful but I do think a common vein of anti-gen AI criticism boils down to "this tool is unreliable [like a person]" rather than deterministic [like software]". Doesn't mean the criticism is wrong; it's just odd how much time is spent complaining that LLMs... 140
Cody @cody.chaos.net.nz · 23/08/2026People post the wildest, most easily disproven things. I'm sure that sentiment makes them feel better, and shouting out even more so but (importantly) it's not *true*. Ironic since apparently incorrect unsourced claims are something they care about. 000
Reposted by CodySassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Labour is like when your friend does a series of random shit hoping to get the attention off some guy who a) doesn’t even know she likes him and b) isn’t even planning to be at that event. 4508
Reposted by CodyTim @timward2014.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I have not hired the nurses that were in the tertiary institutions and which you were probably thinking would be hired immediately Forgive me they were disposable so numerous and so essential to reduce costs #nzpol 112342
Cody @cody.chaos.net.nz · 22/08/2026My pet theory is a lot of people instinctively don't grasp how fast the tech is moving. Understandable; it's arguably unprecedented. But if I do a deep dive on most tech I will be able to make informed comments for years. 18 month old experience with LLMs is almost meaningless. 130
Reposted by Codyamos @fasterthanli.me · 21/08/2026if the main hallmarks of AI psychosis are sprawling bespoke systems, unreasonably ambitious projects, indefatiguable drive to prove others wrong, and delusions of grandeur... ...I think I've had it *long* before AI existed. 1717611
Reposted by Codyval (try medaka) @tech-val.bsky.social · 21/08/2026it is kinda frustrating having half your friends go Unabomber-mode over a tool you use for work 210914
Reposted by CodyLux 🌸 Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 17/08/2026"Killing is fine when I do it because I know who the bad people are" remains an absolutely terrifying take to me 311124
Cody @cody.chaos.net.nz · 17/08/2026I mean, I would have thought that went without saying. Car brain has many symptoms but one of the more inexplicable is the idea that drivers have a right to speed. 010
Cody @cody.chaos.net.nz · 17/08/2026Sometimes you read a tweet, nod, think "yeah that's well stated", then pause in horror as you realise how unhinged a certain corner of Bluesky is going to be about it. "Easy, we just let the vigalentes with correct opinions murder people!" Awesome, your morality is simpler than a comic book's. 6295
Reposted by CodyOutbursts Of Everett True @everetttrue.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Pittsburgh Press July 03,1916 14542117
Reposted by CodyCrowsa Luxemburg @quendergeer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026[PRONOUNCING THEM LIKE "VERSACE" AND "SHITAAKE" RESPECTIVELY] oh that's my grimace milkshake 26310
Reposted by CodyJulie Blommaert @drjulieb.bsky.social · 12/08/2026New Zealand expert here! This is not funny, New Zealand only does this when it’s in extreme distress. 332277