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PS5 Linux lead quits: "a bunch of noobs using LLMs" that "they don't understand"

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arnaudsm · 1789570645 · focus · HN ↗
Misleading title, there's another major reason: it's an embargo agreement violation that jeopardizes Linux support on PS5.
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1. seki285 · 1789570733 · focus · HN ↗
  Nothing misleading about the title and you are splitting hairs.
  1. arnaudsm · 1789571259 · focus · HN ↗
    Omitting half of the story is misleading, this isn't a pro/anti LLM story.
    Vibecoding has been the norm for months, it's the embargo violation today that triggered his resignation.
    lovich · 1789571604 · focus · HN ↗
    > …been the norm for months…
    You know, it’s petty, but I think one of the things I hate the most about AI is that it surpassed front end JavaScript frameworks in terms of changing what the standard is every few years.
    What’s the point of learning anything if it becomes obsolete faster than the seasons change?
    arnaudsm · 1789572119 · focus · HN ↗
    It's the fear of being left behind that fuels both these things.
    croes · 1789575047 · focus · HN ↗
    Left behind what?
    If AI works as promised coming late to the game is an advantage.
    How many tricks for prompts are already obsolete, how many tools, harnesses etc. are already replaced by better alternatives?
    It’s the difference between knowing a foreign language and only using a translator.
    The former changes you brain structure and your way of thinking, the latter don’t.
    lovich · 1789575438 · focus · HN ↗
    Yea. I've evaluated these AI development patterns 3-4 times over the past year while applying for jobs.
    I've been told by currently employed engineers that I was at state of the art development after a week of using them each time.
    This also seems to have played out in hiring as every interview I've managed to pull has been completely schizophrenic with the interviewers wanting me to show AI fluency(for whatever that means) and then seemingly panicking mid way through as I start using the AI that can immediately solve the bog standard interview questions and then switch to having me manually build things.

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