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Answered in TFA, the described scenario is findable precisely in:

> AI labs, VC-funded startups and Big Tech

I'm the HITL who knows what's needed and what good looks like, moderating chat agents and coding agents.

That's a present/future that we get to (try to) invent, AFAICT.

Is that a lot of responsibility? Yes. Is it ours? Also yes.

I get the sense a lot of people just want to be told what to do. This is one of the times that we actually have to do some invention with intention, IMO.

Waze (if online)

HERE (if offline)

Really cool. I'd love to be able to order cheap ones in packs of 5 or 10, with custom led colors/locations/sizes/brightness, fitting into a printed card...

Is there a newer 'be autonomous' culture? Or did I just grow up a bit?

10-20 years ago people would love to talk about technical topics. Ask help, give help, offer pointers, debate merits.

Now I guess we ask AI, figure it out ourselves, and/or grin and bear it?

What happened? Is it from remote work? Or everything's easy now? Or nobody wants to stick their neck out? Time constraints? Knowledge gaps?

I don't struggle, exactly, but I run up into all kinds of situations where there's no obvious best choice (everything's awesome and everything is too limited all at once), so either some tough choices need to be made or maybe there IS a better way but it's just VERY non-documented or too much of a PITA to do right away (or simply, silo'd and well-protected).

There ARE avenues to get things done. There ARE multiple valid channels to ask or follow up in. The answer is basically: do it, don't ask. And yet...

GIVEN an culture/expectation/want to be "autonomous" (heck that's what agents need to be, mostly), I think something is missing.

It's like people learned somewhere "be independent", "be autonomous", "don't require help" as somehow "virtuous" outside of the "normal" bounds.

Am I the only one noticing this? Or did something shift?

> library jobs can be fairly difficult to enter as a stable career,

I think it's the same in the US and probably most of the world.

Last I heard, word on the street was, a lot of people want that job and openings are limited (and tenure generally long-lived), so you pretty much have to know someone there to get the job, and even then probably wait a long time and work your way up. There are so few of that job, and enough people want to do it, that the pay is quite low. So it's not really a viable career unless you are wealth or have another actual breadwinner.

Grain of salt of course. There are a lot of exceptions to the above, I'm sure. But that's what I heard.

Honestly in 2026 if you want to be a 'librarian' you should probably learn and do tech to make enough money, and then spend your available time being a pirate librarian for Anna's Archive or whatever. Far, far more impact: worldwide, unlimited.

But I think if you put your mind to it, anything can be achieved.

Walking around most "libraries", they are kind of a thing of the past. Many literally got rid of tons of books to make room for technology or whatever. Some seem good still though.

I think it's high time to really start reinventing libraries though. AI and digital access and all. And books. But mostly, literacy (of all the above). Maybe some billionaires/trillionaries can fund that. Who funded/founded so many US libraries back when. Carnegie?

What is real history? I would like to learn it. Not being snarky. Thank you.

Oops, that should 140 F (or 60 C) when done, in the coolest center part. Thank you for noticing it.

To get a perfect steak with nice X-shaped sear marks on both sides:

1. Turn grill on all the way. Close lid. Wait for grill's gauge to reach >400 F (>200C).

2. Put steak on grill. Close lid. Wait 2 minutes.

3. Rotate steak 90 degrees, placing on a fresh section of the grill (not where it just was). Close lid. Wait 2 minutes.

4. Flip steak over, placing on a fresh section of the grill (not where it just was). Close lid. Wait 2 minutes.

5. Rotate steak 90 degrees, placing on a fresh section of the grill (not where it just was). Close lid. Wait 2 minutes.

It's been 8 minutes of grilling. Steak is about done. Stab it with a meat thermometer into the middle part, it should read 350 F (or 176 C) to be medium done (pink in middle).

Tips:

a) Optional but recommended: rub steak with olive oil and steak seasoning on both sides, including the edge.

b) If steak is thicker: add a little more time. If thinner, use less time.

c) If steak is frozen (buy good cheap steaks and freeze to last a long time): add a little time.

d) To cheat, put a little dab of butter on top for the last segment of each side.

e) Leave the steak out for 15-20 minutes to get to room temp before making it.

f) Let it sit on a plate for 8 minutes before serving. It's still cooking, and the juices settle in. You can "tent" foil over it if you want.

g) Don't cut the steak when checking it. "Fast" and accurate meat thermometers are cheap now.

This is for grilling. The stove, broiler, and cast iron skillet instructions are different.

Suppose I wanted you or someone else on Upwork or Fiverr to port a Rails 4 app to Rails 8 (or React or HTMX or anything up to date and maintainable).

Assume the business logic and all edge cases work in the legacy app. The app is "done", just too old to work on or run on modern hosts. Hence the project.

Would/could you use AI to deliver the project at 10x the speed? Or at 1/10 the price? Or charge the same amount as ever?

I have a feeling the lowest-cost developers on freelance marketplaces are not very good at using the AI tools (and whatever related acumen) and need a lot of hand-holding, the same amount of effort almost as if I decided to guide AI to do it myself.

IMO, there's value you can sell in being someone that (even developers) can hand off a project to, to do end to end, if it's fully specified. Even though the buyer could do it themselves, the developer would be taking on managing it and having AI do it until it's correct, and all the little things, few as they may be.

AI should be giving contract developers superpowers. If it's not, then the limited set of contractors with the AI superpowers will be able to charge 10x as much for their time, and the actual cost of the project remains the same even if it's done 10x as fast/easily.

Curious if you see/feel this, or if there's a marketplace for "please vibe code this for me, make sure it works and is what I want".