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The Future of Software Engineering Is Here but Not Evenly Distributed (Updated)

jmugan — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:41:03 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/jmugan/status/2065962078322438524

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48741098

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

The Future of Software Engineering Is Here; It's Just Not Evenly Distributed

jmugan — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 01:01:41 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/jmugan/status/2065962078322438524

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48523145

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

New comment by jmugan in "I'm So Tired of Ads"

jmugan — Sun, 31 May 2026 18:48:38 +0000

I wish I were

New comment by jmugan in "I'm So Tired of Ads"

jmugan — Sun, 31 May 2026 16:36:51 +0000

Even my daughter's dance recital this weekend had them. In between dances they frequently paused to play an ad on the big screen to the right. It was incredible.

New comment by jmugan in "SFO Quiet Airport (2025)"

jmugan — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:56:26 +0000

This is wonderful. I remember I was in Asia in 2000 relaxing at the airport and was puzzled why it felt so nice and peaceful. Then I realized that it was the lack of repetitive pointless announcements.

New comment by jmugan in "Škoda DuoBell: A bicycle bell that penetrates noise-cancelling headphones"

jmugan — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:05:49 +0000

I don't understand why it is my responsibility to hear your bell. Just don't hit me.

New comment by jmugan in "Microsoft: Copilot is for entertainment purposes only"

jmugan — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:29:39 +0000

I thought the title was a joke until I actually read the thing.

New comment by jmugan in "Desk for people who work at home with a cat"

jmugan — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:28:46 +0000

My cat and I want a chair with a little shelf on the back by my head where he can sit.

New comment by jmugan in "Goodbye to Sora"

jmugan — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:04:57 +0000

That jumping Sora logo always made the videos unwatchable for me. So distracting from the scene of Elvis fighting aliens or whatever I was watching.

New comment by jmugan in "A data center opened next door. Then came the high-pitched whine"

jmugan — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:39:54 +0000

I feel like the world needs more sound engineers. There's a constant humming of the machines and we all suffer for it. We also need more vigilance about preventing noise pollution. The beep, beep, beep may make a company feel like it is doing something for safety, but there is no counterforce that they have to answer to about what they are doing to everyone else not involved. (I know there is a better sound to replace beep beep beep but it hasn't made it to my neighborhood yet)

New comment by jmugan in "Hollywood Enters Oscars Weekend in Existential Crisis"

jmugan — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 20:21:38 +0000

I just didn't think that either of them were very good. Sinners was okay, and One Battle After Another was just kind of silly, I think regardless of your political views.

New comment by jmugan in "The political effects of X's feed algorithm"

jmugan — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 21:24:16 +0000

Maybe it has gotten better recently. I tried and tried with Bluesky, but it would not abide.

New comment by jmugan in "The political effects of X's feed algorithm"

jmugan — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:53:11 +0000

Oddly enough, X is the only platform i've been able to teach to not show me culture war stuff, from either side. It just shows me AI in the "For You."

New comment by jmugan in "The Singularity will occur on a Tuesday"

jmugan — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 17:50:01 +0000

Love the title. Yeah, agents need to experiment in the real world to build knowledge beyond what humans have acquired. That will slow the bastards down.

New comment by jmugan in "OpenAI to test ads in ChatGPT as it burns through billions"

jmugan — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 20:25:05 +0000

I agree but I fear it won't stay that way. They boil us frogs slowly.

New comment by jmugan in "The truth behind the 2026 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference"

jmugan — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 03:37:33 +0000

I just finished reading House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski, and this could have been one of the chapters.

New comment by jmugan in "The gruesome new data on tech jobs"

jmugan — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 01:04:59 +0000

Maybe they are just calling the jobs by different names? It seems like names of roles are constantly shifting. "Data scientist" is a term that is going out of fashion.

New comment by jmugan in "The collapse of the econ PhD job market"

jmugan — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 19:05:09 +0000

Which side are you talking about?

New comment by jmugan in "Peer reviewers more likely to approve articles that cite their own work"

jmugan — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 16:53:18 +0000

You don't say?

New comment by jmugan in "Maintaining weight loss"

jmugan — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 19:29:53 +0000

It's also a lot more fun to lose weight than maintain weight