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As an older developer (50+) I tend to use terminal apps for my workflow: vim, ssh, git, scripts for building, and now Claude code. There are gui and web interfaces for all of this. The junior developers on my team are not comfortable with terminal apps. I spend my day in vim and zsh, but the world has moved on. On we go, up the ladder of abstraction.

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But I guess unlimited resources wasn't really the problem, was it?

I no longer care whether I am productive at work.

Yes. I feel completely comfortable. My work has prioritized AI for office tasks, documentation, and coding. I use the tools they give me.

In my personal life, I don't touch it.

I hope I never run across any of those sketchy websites that buy user accounts. Can you give me a list so I can add them to my blocked domains? Opsec is key.

When do you think { compiler | http | von Neumann architecture } capability will reach its ceiling?

Unless replaced by something far more capable, refinements and incremental improvements will continue to be applied to LLMs. They will become less expensive and more specialized. Machine learning and neural networks are part of the software stack. LLMs will continue to grow and improve for the foreseeable future.

$0 personal

$200 claude max through work -- pricing may be different, they don't show me the invoices

If you can do economics without revision, that is, find the real number of jobs lost or gained or workplace participation in real time, you could make a lot of money. Probably win some prizes, too.

Economics is an imperfect science.

Incredible observation. Seasons begin and end on different days depending on sea level. I was under the impression that the first two thirds of March was winter at every elevation in the northern hemisphere. singleshot_ has added much to this conversation. You cannot tell AI slopposters from regular hn users because they all get out of the house the same amount of time.

Spring starts the last week of March. lazystar out there in floral print dresses on March first looking like an absolute tool. Enjoy your train set!

So 5-10 years to amortize the cost. You could get 10 years of Claude Max and your $20k could stay in the bank in case the robots steal your job or you need to take an ambulance ride in the US.

I hope someone tells the Mozilla CEO.

No. My labor is transactional. The rest of my time is leisure.

Same reason why I have no interest in working weekends. Is the CEO going to come by my house on Saturday and mow my lawn? Wait, HR said we were family...

The new CEO centered AI ("It's Time to Evolve Firefox Into an AI Browser") in his first communication to the community. Spawned at least three new forks and introduced people to LibreWolf.

His first communication reduced trust: "It is a privilege to lead an organization with a long history of standing up for people and building technology that puts them first."

Now let's put people first by making Firefox an AI first browser. Enzor-Demeo would have made an excellent Microsoft product manager. Too bad he didn't get the job.