Thanks for getting back to me. i do myself have serious doubts about the situation, not just for devs but for the race. but a bot does a much better job of maintaining my system than I ever will be able to or want to. and this new-for-me situation frees me to do stuff which is way more fun, like building userdesignedsystems.com. and writing stuff for https://www.tomspages.com
On Thu, Apr 23, 2026 at 3:03 AM songbird <[email protected]> wrote: > tom arnall wrote: > > assuming you do systems for a living, i'm wondering how you expect to > keep > > doing it without using ai tools. > > > > On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 1:56 PM Richard Hector <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> On 22/04/2026 08:53, tom arnall wrote: > >> > why not install codex or similar ai cli agent on the system and get it > >> > to fix the problem? > >> > >> Partly because the problem is already fixed, and partly because I don't > >> want AI (that sort of AI, anyway) anywhere near systems I run, or > >> anywhere in my life, really. > >> > >> Richard > > probably because some of us have been doing this for long > enough that we have no problem continuing doing it how we > have already... > > adding complexity and more exploitation routes and also > yet more sources for others to be parasitic and abusive is > something i consider worth avoiding if possible. > > that so many projects now want to lock you into their > type of build and deploy environments is really sucky - > especially when it often ends up at some kind of > registration or forum type of arrangement. > > as i see it, this is the creeping sewer of social media > which sucks even more time from me doing other things that > i'd rather be up to. one example is an old project going > off to roll around in the mud of discord - been there, yuck, > not going back. > > > songbird > >
