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   Baldur Bjarnason (baldur@toot.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Mar-2026 22:04:05 JST Baldur Bjarnason

   (Following thread was prompted by people pointing out that the Bluesky dev team seems heavily into vibe-coding now and originally posted on said vibe-coded Bluesky platform that is now constantly failing.)

   Over the past year, every single time one of the apps or services I use suddenly became less reliable and more buggy, I never have to look far for the "Claude is amazing and now writes most of my code" post for the devs involved.

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     Baldur Bjarnason (baldur@toot.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Mar-2026 22:04:03 JST Baldur Bjarnason

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     Because the element of coercion and a complete disregard for consent is now an integral part of how the industry works, but that's a topic for another day.

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     Baldur Bjarnason (baldur@toot.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Mar-2026 22:04:04 JST Baldur Bjarnason

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     Best part? It's always somebody with years of experience. Exactly the demographic that is supposedly able to use this shit safely, but my impression is they're just as bad as the novices

     This is happening IMO because of one of the fundamental issues with software dev (and this predates "AI" and was one of the themes of my first book):

     Most software projects fail and most of what gets shipped doesn't work. The way the industry is set up means there is little downside to shipping broken software

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     Baldur Bjarnason (baldur@toot.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Mar-2026 22:04:04 JST Baldur Bjarnason

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     Few devs have a reference point for genuinely working software. Usability labs were disbanded over 20 years ago. Very few companies do actual user research, so their designs are based on fiction. Bugs are the norm

     Alienation is also the norm for devs, both socially and organisationally. Whether it works for the end user doesn't cross their mind. Whether the design fulfils business needs is not their problem. Bugs are a future problem. Ship insecure software and patch it as user data gets stolen

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     Baldur Bjarnason (baldur@toot.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Mar-2026 22:04:04 JST Baldur Bjarnason

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     Devs are so disconnected from the output of their work that many of the norms of the industry are outright illegal: there's a good chance that if you follow popular practices for a React project, for example, you'll end up with a site or product that violates accessibility law in several countries

     Few devs would even know where to begin to look to answer the question "does my software work for the people forced to use it?"

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     Kraftwerk-Das Model Collapse (dngrs@chaos.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Mar-2026 22:08:43 JST Kraftwerk-Das Model Collapse

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     @baldur motivated reasoning is one hell of a drug. I've seen a developer far better than me getting completely hypnotized by LLM sycophancy; I tried pointing out that what they proudly posted as "see? Completely bug free after just a few rounds of conversation!" did in fact contain a subtle bug/violation of their prompt. Got ignored and they only went downhill from there. It's a saddening cult really.

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     Alexandre Oliva (lxo@snac.lx.oliva.nom.br)'s status on Thursday, 05-Mar-2026 00:07:51 JST Alexandre Oliva

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     • :trebuchet: Kale :trebuchet:
     or the "You must allow our JavaScript programs to run on your browser, otherwise we won't allow you to get to the information that we're legally required to provide you with"
     
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     :trebuchet: Kale :trebuchet: (darkestkale@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Mar-2026 00:07:52 JST :trebuchet: Kale :trebuchet:

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     @baldur Whoever came up with 'Yes/Not now' needs to be dragged into the streets and shot.

     No wonder some folks don't understand consent - our software doesn't allow for it.