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   Stefano Marinelli (stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe)'s status on Friday, 20-Mar-2026 21:56:18 JST Stefano Marinelli

   EnshittifAIcation

   Three episodes, one week. AI bots that hallucinate VPN requirements, recommend Apache configs on nginx servers, and suggest replacing 128 GB of RAM with a cloud VPS. A field note on the cost of mistaking confidence for competence.

   https://it-notes.dragas.net/2026/03/20/enshittifaication/

   #ITNotes #NoteHUB #AI #Hosting #Server #SysAdmin #IT

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     lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Friday, 20-Mar-2026 21:56:15 JST lainy

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     • jae[0]™
     @jae @stefano oh ye of little faith
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     jae[0]™ (jae@mastodon.bsd.cafe)'s status on Friday, 20-Mar-2026 21:56:17 JST jae[0]™

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     @stefano

     > if they're so convinced that AI is better than senior professionals, why don't they replace the bosses with AI

     yesterday they announced an engineering co-manager who's a custom agent that tells you priorities and fields request for the real manager. this is an isolated experiment.

     i'm staying far away from that one.

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     jae[0]™ (jae@mastodon.bsd.cafe)'s status on Friday, 20-Mar-2026 22:18:46 JST jae[0]™

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     • lainy

     @lain @stefano

     > oh ye of little faith

     i've gotta have faith..

     i just don't want a clone of a smug director who practices the ancient dark art of security-theater.

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