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New comment by BatFastard in "Coding expertise is going to collapse from AI reliance"

BatFastard — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 02:45:24 +0000

My tests work, multiple agents confirm the code base. Code reviews pass.

I do very little actual reading of code anymore. Now I am more of a results merchant.

New comment by BatFastard in "Octopus intelligence may be related to never-before-seen mutation"

BatFastard — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 19:34:13 +0000

I found the article very interesting. Not click bait at all.

I didn't realize that an octopuses brain was spread out all over its body.

New comment by BatFastard in "Coding expertise is going to collapse from AI reliance"

BatFastard — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 19:05:40 +0000

10,000 LOC, hell my LLM can do that in a day!

Current project has over 60,000 LOC, I find using an antagonistic agent code and architecture reviews are really handy for keeping things grounded.

New comment by BatFastard in "Coding expertise is going to collapse from AI reliance"

BatFastard — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 18:36:54 +0000

next year I PROMISE!

New comment by BatFastard in "Coding expertise is going to collapse from AI reliance"

BatFastard — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 18:31:41 +0000

I would be interested in see that. I have reems of rules I use with Claude.

New comment by BatFastard in "How I find problems to solve as a staff engineer"

BatFastard — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:06:08 +0000

Mostly agree, one small caveat. I always had a class of critical problems. They were rarely the important, but they were critical to things running smoothly.

New comment by BatFastard in "Should you stop cracking your knuckles?"

BatFastard — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 15:19:36 +0000

Many are, but some perform for lack of a better word.. magic.

Went to a Orthopedic surgeon, he said my back pain was the cost of walking on two legs.

Then I went to half a dozen cracking Chiropractors, and the were shit.

Finally found one that practiced DNFT (Directional Non Force Therapy), its a close to magic as I have ever seen, but it works wonders. I can sleep, walk, and sit with no pain. Something I never thought I would do again.

New comment by BatFastard in "I’m leaving OpenAI to build telepathy"

BatFastard — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 20:29:58 +0000

King? I thought it was Lord Trump! His AI generated personality has ruled over the earth for all time.

New comment by BatFastard in "Oil companies report sky-high profits thanks to wartime crude prices"

BatFastard — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 19:11:53 +0000

Why don't I hear anyone mentioning "Windfall profits tax" Are oil companies immune from legislation under the current administration?

New comment by BatFastard in "The lost civic life of movie rental stores"

BatFastard — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:46:38 +0000

Is there not a way to flag something as an AI submission?

If NOT we need it! Really needs to happen behind the scenes or this will turn into AI talking to AI.

New comment by BatFastard in "The New AI Superpowers: Focus and Followthrough"

BatFastard — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 17:06:50 +0000

I totally agreed with Rick. A.I is a rabbit hole revealer. And it encourages me to go down them with its "Great Idea" spam.

Edit: Reveler vs Revealer

New comment by BatFastard in "OverpAId – Fire your CEO. Hire the future"

BatFastard — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 23:04:15 +0000

Their CEO needs to tell them to remove the lorum ipsum from the landing page.

"Quis tellus eget adipiscing convallis sit sit eget aliquet quis. Suspendisse eget egestas a elementum pulvinar et feugiat blandit at. In mi viverra elit nunc."

New comment by BatFastard in "REO Trucks I4 4WD Pickup Truck Starts at $21,500"

BatFastard — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 20:42:36 +0000

Pretty sure Slate offer exactly this.

New comment by BatFastard in "$100 AI Music Video: Claude Fable 5 vs. GPT-5.6 Sol"

BatFastard — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:47:01 +0000

I found these hilarious!

I was ROFL over some of the mistakes the AI made. Parts of it was amazing, other parts were amazingly off.

New comment by BatFastard in "Grok Build is open source"

BatFastard — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 01:36:12 +0000

No need to believe, just look at the facts.

New comment by BatFastard in "Are we offloading too much of our thinking to AI?"

BatFastard — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 23:14:55 +0000

I personally find the AI allows me to think at a more abstract level. For me as a maker, this is fabulous! I dont have to worry if I am crossing my T and dotting my i, I get to worry about the overall composition. Which for me at least is mind-blowing!

New comment by BatFastard in "The Tower Keeps Rising"

BatFastard — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 19:59:56 +0000

Use the force Luke!

I finally learned to let go of the code. I dont even run my C++ editor anymore.

I run frequent code and architectural reviews. Its awesome.

New comment by BatFastard in "I love LLMs, I hate hype"

BatFastard — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 02:42:40 +0000

I miss OS2

New comment by BatFastard in "Weightlifting beats running for blood sugar control, researchers find (2025)"

BatFastard — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 06:01:00 +0000

Aren't article like this required to say "in mice" somewhere in title?

New comment by BatFastard in "GPT-5.6, Grok 4.5, Claude, and Muse Spark build the same 4 apps"

BatFastard — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 02:56:22 +0000

I hear "Honestly" more often from Anthropic than I ever do from all humans.