Welp.

[Gast]

@rysiek Which is in stark contrast to some developers commentary, elsewhere and on here, about *waves hands all over* the situation: "we'll just have to wait and see what happens"

Wait for what? I don't know how many times I've worked with folks and their default behavior is "We'll just have to let the bad thing keep happening and maybe management will realize the problem". It only gets worse.

If they have an audience/platform, clout, or money _they should be pushing people to unionize_.

[Gast]

@rysiek

/me packs his bags.

[rysiek@mstdn.social]

@zimzat yup.

[Gast]

@rysiek I didn't know that GitLab wanted people to use Forgejo so badly.

Now GitHub are probably going to do something similar, like try to find a way to sell Copilot more than they are already are

[angiebaby@mas.to]

@rysiek "Be sure to put 'customers' before 'investors' in the blurb, that will be mad funny"

[Gast]

@rysiek #TechBros gotta bunker down while peak stock markets and other assets, take the inevitable slide from greed #Capitalism.

Backup plans far enough away from these effects, is paramount - especially if you or yours can make a rudimentary difference, in a more #sustainable ecosystem.

[Gast]

@rysiek I am so glad I came to this article thanks to you! It manages to clearly state the worries I have as a test consultant in a world where no one seems to care about quality anymore, in a way I could never find the words for. I also learned about the term credence goods for the first time.

[Gast]

@rysiek@mstdn.social oof....

[Gast]

@toxy @rysiek Interesting enough as with cloudflare, their stock is down 10% and still falling

[Gast]

@afterdark @rysiek

[Gast]

@rysiek

Gitlab had a great thing going and they'll be pushing a lot of loyal users away by this. Fuck AI

[Gast]

@rysiek I can see the day coming that there will be very few a tual programmers out there, it will become a lost art.

[Gast]

@rysiek I've been freeloading off GitLab too long. Tried self-hosting their open version of their software so I could pull my repos in-house but I didn't have the patience to sort out undocumented broken containers. This is the motivation I need to migrate everything to Codeberg and send them an ongoing donation to cover costs.

GitLab worked well for me but my usage level never justified a paid account. Sad to see them spiral down the AI drain but it's been coming for a while.

[Gast]

@rysiek@mstdn.social This I think is the most offending part:

Agents will plan, code, review, deploy, and repair. Humans still own the judgment that matters most: architecture, deep understanding of the customer problem, the tradeoffs that require taste.

Who has a "deep understanding of the customer problem" is the one best suited for planning solutions. If they're two fully separated entities without being capable of understanding each other's thought process, well... Have you ever played Octodad: Deadliest Catch? Sounds about as functional, reads "anywhere between barely and not".

At least the game understands that and tries to make fun of the mess to make it worthwhile.

[rysiek@mstdn.social]

@maaikees I am glad you found it useful! And thank you for doing the important yet under-appreciated work of testing and quality assurance.

[rysiek@mstdn.social]

@luna

[rysiek@mstdn.social]

@britter @afterdark "frogjoe" is now a thing.

[Gast]

@arclight @rysiek also consider @radicle
p2p ftw

[Gast]

@rysiek Et tu, Gitlab?

[rysiek@mstdn.social]

@zeh @arclight @radicle as Git intended.