• @RustyNova
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    471 month ago

    Exactly. Not an AI phenomenon

    • @Windex007
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      521 month ago

      One critical benefit of the rubber duck is that it doesn’t make things up.

      This is mechanically similar, I agree, but I think the rubber duck is still superior.

      And, I think this should be a “lightbulb” moment for people.

      • @[email protected]
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        261 month ago

        One critical benefit of the rubber duck is that it doesn’t make things up.

        You obviously haven’t seen me rubber duck debug.

      • @[email protected]
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        61 month ago

        I disagree. The rubber duck does not propose alternatives, nor does it point out flaws.

        The flaws may be wrong, but then I have to justify it, which forces me to reconsider what I’ve written.

        It’s like having a script monkey that never took a CS class to bounce ideas off of.

        • @[email protected]
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          21 month ago

          But if you bounce enough ideas off the junior dev, some of those ideas will stick and slowly turn them into a senior dev. On the other hand, junior devs cost money and they waste a lot of water.

          • @[email protected]
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            11 month ago

            The junior devs are always taken into other projects when I need them the most :/ or was at least.

            Plus it’s not like it matters anymore. I haven’t done anything but review code and prioritize backlogs and get yelled at by management that my development team isnt under control and that business doesn’t like it when I bring up things that will impact timeline when I was told the wrong priority of other shit.

            I’m starting to feel like this Senior role is really just a new title for dealing with more bullshit and doing less productive work.

        • @Windex007
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          11 month ago

          I sincerely wish you the best of luck in your future endeavours.