Enshittification never stopped we just stopped talking about it because it became normal. Quality does not matter anymore. I agree its depressing, seeing AI Slop being pushed and no one even putting the time or effort in to say this is bad and you should feel bad.
Their win condition isn't destroying Israel, its outlasting the American will for the war until a leadership change happens. They aren't the attackers in this war. They need to just defend until America and Israel give up because it is too costly at home.
This is so interesting. My work is having us do a AI hackathon where we have to attempt to do our daily job only using AI tooling. No writing any code yourself, no manual input besides to the agents. I guess I should prepare myself for the inevitable conclusion of this.
They rebranded to the department of war but its not a war. We definitely don't want war, but we want all soldiers to be warriors. Still not warmongering.
Yep watch the economic forums if you want to get an insight into how these people think. They will absolutely be excited about AI but be a B2B SaaS that sells by the seat. They will move against their own interests if it in the pursuit of the next quarter regardless of long-term though.
LLM generation is a force multiplier for bad actors. The noise generation is impressive and you can influence other actors just by having more content. The good actors have to prove things to be true and make sure they are louder, a tough scenario.
I used Kiro IDE and really liked it. The all you can eat model of LLM usage is very tempting compared to say Cursor. The features in the editor are basically the same.
People have been booggeyman'ing offshoring since before I entered the industry and it's never been all that significant of a factor. Time zones are a big piece but there are a lot of other factors that make offshoring less appealing than a naive analysis of Fully Loaded Cost per head.
If offshoring started before your time, that might be coloring your perception.
I had already been working in tech for decades when the offshoring craze started. It was remarkably similar to the current 'ai craze'. Loads of jobs lost, predictions it was the end of (on-shore) programming, long job searches (and even longer ones for recent grads, etc. All in the name of 'cost reduction'. Thing is, in a couple of years when the savings didn't materialize/live up to expectations, companies started hiring on-shore again (and even paid better!). Now, offshoring is just one more tool. It still exists, it's still used - but it didn't destroy domestic programming market.
Personally, I think AI will follow the same trajectory. Its gonna be rough, but then it won't be the 'magic bullet' management wants, and they'll start hiring again. AI (just like offshoring) will still be there, still be used - it will just be a tool rather then a complete replacement.
The offshoring doomsayers made it seem like offshoring would contract the domestic market, but in fact the US software labor market has grown by >100% since that time. Median software engineer compensation is up something like 90% over inflation over the same period. Clearly it hasn't been all that big of a problem for SWEs in the US.
Yep, it was a 'momentary' glitch in the matrix ... Things came back even stronger then before, and 'off-shore' just became another tool. Its still around, but it hasn't destroyed the domestic programming industry. However, it was painful for a lot programmers at the time and _seemed_ like the end of the world to them...
Which is why I say, it reminds me very strongly of the current AI trend. AI won't 'go away' - but I don't think it will 'be the end' of programmers (at least not in the next 5-10 years). It will just become another tool
The US tech labor market is much more of a seller's market than when I started. Domestic demand has grown faster than supply, despite any offshoring that has also happened.
The roles that were, or could be, offshored are being replaced by AI. Those jobs aren’t coming back and the ones that went to India et al are going away. It was low-value stuff that got offshored. Folks in the west upskilled and tech jobs actually grew, a lot, as did comp.
The story that all the US tech jobs disappeared and got replaced by offshore simply isn’t what happened.
Covid was just starting point, no one is blaming Covid.
There are interest rates going crazy, AI hype, wars going on, visa rules changes, tariffs and trade wars.
Offshoring seems like a silly explanation in current global situation, there probably is some still but I don't believe anyone is risking having employees in Elbonia.
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